Looking for Global Partners

One of the CFF teachers with whom I worked this past year and I spoke at the end of the year about his desire to create a "global issues" course in our HS next year. The vision is to choose some GLOBAL THEMES and have kids from around the world to have peer-peer "conversations" about them...So one of my themes for this year's NECC was to investigate global opportunities. I signed up for a session today and when I walked in and saw a room full of iMacs, I KNEW I would not be disappointed :) This session was done by some apple distinguished educators. Click HERE for the wikispace they have created.
Global Collaborative Resources

MA314 Classroom Innovations Series: Teaching and Learning in a Global Context [Workshop : Hands-on]
Julene Reed, St. Georges Independent School with Lucy Gray Monday, 6/25/2007, 8:30am–11:30am; OMNI International A Learn how to use technology and online resources to provide structured experiences so students deepen their understanding of the world as they explore environments outside the classroom.

They also had a handout with some great resources for finding global partners and projects.

Rock Our World	http://www.rockourworld.org
The GLOBE Project	http://globe.gov
Kidlink	http://kidlink.org/english
My Wonderful World	http://mywonderfulworld.org
iEARN	http://iearn.org
ePALS	http://epals.com
Global SchoolNet Foundation	http://glonalschoolnet.org
Gloriad	http://gloriad.org
Think.com	http://think.com
One World Youth Project	http://oneworldyouthproject.org
Jane Goodall Institute	http://www.janegoodall.org
Roots & Shoots	http://rootsandshoots.org
Global Voices	http://globalvoicesonline.org
Global Learning	http://globalawareness.com
Kids World	http://peacecorps.gov/kids
Kids Around the World	http://www.katw.org

I know as we sit down to plan in September we will use some of these resources. If you are interested in becoming a partner in our global issues course, please let me know...
OH and if you have any ideas about what ISSUES we should think about...should it be up to the kids...are the issues we are concerned about in the US even ISSUES in other areas of the world...the opportunities...