Helps coordinatecommunications and contributions.★Project Manager: Oversees theproject timeline and tasks.★Tech Support: Helps with anytechnical issues that arise.★Communications Director: Ensuresregular communication betweengroups.★Researchers: Find neededinformation for the project.★Writers: Help draft documents andcommunications.★Presenters: Help present the finalproject outcomes

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tellme!
Have you already collaborated
globally with your classroom?

tellme!
What has stopped you from collaborating
globally with your students?

tellme!
If there was one subject you wish you could teach
by collaborating globally, what would it be?

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• 5 reasons most teachers fail to consistently bring
global collaboration into their classroom.
• How to connect and build projects that transform
student learning and thinking.
• My top 4 reasons to collaborate globally
• 8 simple steps to creating awesome collaborative
projects in your classroom.
• A secret for each step

31Projects and Global Connections
10yearsof global collaboration success
2,000+students
Lots of students and teachers

Classroom Wiki (2005) K12 Online Conference
Teacher Collaboration
Wiki (2006)
Flat Classroom™ Project
(2006-2012)
Horizon Project (2007-
2008)
Digiteen Project (2007-
2012)
Digiteen Island in Open
Sim (2008-2010)
Arab Israeli Conflict
Simulation (2009, 2011,
2013)
Flat Classroom
Conference – Doha,
Qatar (2009)
NetGenEd Project
(2009-2013) – with Don
Tapscott
Flat Classroom Live at
ASB Unplugged,
Mumbai (2010)
India Immersion Project
(2010)
Eracism Project (2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Flat Classroom
Conference China 2011
China Immersion
Project (2011)
Hope for Slaves (2012) Gamifi-ed (2014) Physics of the Future
(2014)
Shark Tank App Building
(2014-2015)
H&R Block Budget
Challenge (2014-2015)
Someglobalprojects

afewoftheConnectionsmyclassroomhasmade
Myschool

Hi
I am Vicki Davis
I am here because I love to teach and help use
technology in helpful life-changing ways.
You can find me at:
@coolcatteacher

5ReasonsMostGlobalCollaborative
classroomprojectsfail
Note these in your workbook.

1.lackofclarity
Teachers don't define a clear purpose and time
frame

2.PoorPlanning
Starting the project or collaboration before
planning it together or building a strong
connection between the teachers.

3.Unclearunderstanding
Teachers don't know how to teach together or
accept mutual responsibility for each other's
students. “Teachersourcing”

4.KitchenSinkSyndrome
Teachers try to put too much into the project.

5.Burnout
Teachers go overboard and then burn out and drop
out.

Top4ReasonstoConnect 
YourStudentsGlobally
1. Connecting lets
students move from
talking about the world
to talking with the world.
🌏

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Camilla, Georgia

2. Connecting your students
globally unleashes experiential
learning where students learn
by doing and connecting.
🌏

http://flatclassroomproject2006.wikispaces.com/
Virtual+Communication

3. Online global collaborative
experiences will allow you to build
you and your school’s reputation
as innovative leaders in a modern
21st century education.
🌏

Teams
“Working with
people across
the world has
challenged me.”
“The majority of my
partners wanted to
contribute
something
meaningful to
the project.”
Horizon Project
Casey tells her
story
P 29

4. Students become
more engaged learners
(for life).
🌏

✓ Fosters community (Elbow 373)
✓ Helps see problems from multiple viewpoints (Howard 10)
✓ Co-authoring impacts the writing of individual authors (Aghbar)
✓ Improves Learning Experiences (wolf 2010)
✓ “Ideal model for constructing, reorganizing and acquiring new
information” (Janssen et all 2010)
✓ Global collaboration is essential in today’s workplace (Friedman)
✓ Shorten time required to solve pressing world problems (Tapscott)
PLUSalltheBenefitsofCollaborativeWriting

“…you can’t just drop new innovations into a
classroom and hope that the instructor will
invent effective ways to use them. To fully
utilize a new teaching technology, you often
need to invent new teaching practices as well.”

 
John Seely Brown, Visiting Scholar,  
University of Southern California

Step1:Connect
The secret to connecting to the world is to connect
yourself first. You are the plug!  
You find the light socket!

Teacherpreneurs 
Craftsmen and women who personalize
learning for students

Youneedtoconnectin4ways
🌏
1. Connect with yourself.
How do you define
yourself as a teacher?

🌏
2. Connect yourself to
others
How will I build my PLN?

FIXED MINDSET
A belief that you are
what you are right
now and can never
improve or change.

GROWTH MINDSET
A belief that you
can grow, improve,
and learn

2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change
STEP 1: Innovate Like a Turtle

15 minutes 
2-3 times a week
 
Embed Learning: Kaizen

🌏
3. Connect with your students
You’ve got to relate before
you innovate!

🌏
4. Connect your students to
others
Not 21st Century skills.
21st century connections!

Sciracy – Pauline Roberts - NEIGHBORHOOD

Sue Sadler – Traveling Rhinos

How to find Project Partners? 
#1 Social Networks
3.
Where?
3.
Where?
Description URL
Global Project Ideas http://
globalcollaborations.wikispaces.co
m
Global Education
Collaborative
Http://globaleducation.ning.com
Taking IT Global http://www.tigweb.org/tiged
Classroom 2.0 http://classroom20.com

#2 Established Networks
3.
Where?
3.
Where?
Location URL
iEarn http://www.iearn.org/
ePals http://www.epals.com/
Skype Education http://education.skype.com/
Global Classroom
Project
http://
theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress
.com/
eTwinning (europe
online)
http://www.etwinning.net

#3 Hashtags
3.
Where?
3.
Where?
Location URL
#gaetc
#gaedchat
Connect with people in your state
to do projects!
#globaled Global education conversations
#globalclassroom Conversations around global
classroom conversations
#edchat Lots of conversations happen on
this hashtag in education
#mysteryskype Mystery Skype hashtag on Twitter
is also a place where you can
find partners

#4 Conferences
3.
Where?
3.
Where?
Location URL
K12 Online
Conference
(online only) - free
http://k12onlineconference.org/
Global Education
Conference
(online only) – free
http://
www.globaleducationconferenc
e.com/
ISTE ($) http://www.iste.org
Lots of
conferences by
curriculum area
Look for them!

21st
Century Skills
21st
Century
CONNECTIONS

Step2:Communicate
The secret to communicating effectively online is you
need simple ways to connect synchronously and
asynchronously with teachers and students.

Synchronous
✓Definition: at the same time ✓Examples:
✓Instant Messaging ✓Voice over IP (Skype)
✓Video Conferencing
✓Face to Face Interactions
✓Webcasts ✓Webinars

Asynchronous
✓Definition: NOT at the same time
✓Examples:
✓Blogs
✓Wikis
✓Podcasts ✓Virtual classroom recordings
✓Recorded Video

www.edmodo.com 
Free, blogging, assignments

Step3:CultivateCitizenship
SECRET: Select a framework for a common language. Use
lots of current examples to discuss. Discuss issues as they
arise in the project and relate it to common language.

Best Software Ever Invented  
to Be Safe Online

My Strategy: Truth or Fiction Bellringers
Take current true or false things
from Snopes and push kids
to find out for themselves.
protect students by posing
scams that people are falling
for now!

5 Steps to Internet Safety
1.Stop
2.Screenshot
3.Block
4.Tell
5.Share

Step4:Contribute&Collaborate
SECRET: 100% contribution starts with your
expectation that everyone will contribute

Klossner’s (2010) 90-9-1 principle

3R’sofGlobalCollaboration
Receive
Read
Respond
🌏

Step4:Contribute&Collaborate
SECRET: An authentic audience will engage your
students but the authentic audience should engage
quickly.

Audience is Important
“Technology creates opportunities for
students to do meaningful work that has
value outside school, receive feedback
on their work, and experience the
rewards of publication or exhibition.”  
Peck & Dorricott, 1994 
http://caret.iste.org/index.cfm?
fuseaction=evidence&answerID=9&wor
ds=audience
Read

ChallengestoGlobalCollaboration
Lurkers &
Nonresponders
Some students think
they can just lurk and
because it "counts" on
social media, that it
counts in the classroom.
Language Disconnects
Many have the language
of the project as a
second language. Just
disclose the use of
translators, never
“pretend" to be native if
you're not.)
Cultural taboos and
disconnects
Be on the watch for
disconnects.
Poor technopersonal
skills
Some mistake
technology mistakes for
intentional offenses.
Always give the others
the benefit of the doubt.
Cultural Differences
Plagiarism and copyright
can look different.
Others think it is a social
network
Time Zones
The greater the time
divide, the better you
must be at asynchronous
communications.

EducatorLeadershipRoles
★Project Management
★Coaching and Mentoring
★Keynotes
★Expert Advisors
★Judging
★Leading “Sounding Board”
Classrooms
Preservice teachers are an untapped
resource for tandem learning!

ClassroomLeadershipRoles
★Collaborators & co-creators
★Sounding Boards
★Outsourced Partners
★Feedback & Students Choice Judging!
Multi age experiences can help students
simplify and fine tune their pitch!

Step5:EmpowerChoice
SECRET: Students can create and invent their
own topics through a simple pitch process.

Passion Projects in Practice
Erin Klein

3 Boys, 1 Task, 3 Apps
Karen Lirenman
@klirenman
1st Grade Teacher

Brain Friendly
Classrooms
in Practice
Erin Klein

Formsof“pitching”
Storyboard or
outline
1 Minute
“elevator
pitch”
Project changes
or new
directions

Createchoicerichchallenges
Topics, Debates, Skits,
Service Projects, Genius
Hour, 20% Time, Maker
Projects
🌏

7“To’s”forAwesomeChoice
To
Question
To InventTo Build
To Connect To Excel
To
Understand
To Have
Meaning

Step6:CreateThingsthatMatter
SECRET: Students are more engaged when
they do something that matters to THEM.

HowstudentsCanCreate
★Publishers of Content
Personal publishing (ebooks, Youtube,
etc.) and Social publishing (school
Facebook etc.) 
★To have a Personal Brand
★To do Projects that Make a Difference
★Use THEIR imagination!

Top
Teaching
• Teachi
ng
Helps

Step7:Celebrations
SECRET: Celebrations can happen almost any time and
anywhere but they should always be for a REASON and
planned by the STUDENTS.

Project Celebration: Student Summit
“In addition to the in-class
required assessment for a
global project, it is
advised that students are
able to celebrate and
reflect with others from
the project, including
teachers and students. ”P 266-267 Showcase:
The Student Summit in
Action

17IdeastoCelebrate
Private
✤ Private Teacher
Surveys
✤ Private Student
Surveys
✤ Personal
Portfolios.
Public
✤ Paper plate
awards
✤ Classroom hall
of fame
✤ Student choice
awards
✤ T shirts/
tokens/ memory
minders
✤ Certificates
✤ Let them plan
the next step
✤ Leave messages
to the next class
Global
✤ Project Awards
✤ Online school
"Museum" of
excellence
✤ School press
release
✤ Social media
Sharing
✤ Presentation
recordings that
are shared
✤ Reflection
spaces
✤ Judging and
Feedback

Step8:Reinvent&levelUpSECRET: You don’t have to do the same project over
and over. If you get bored with projects, your students
will too!

Marilyn Monroe 
“Sometimes good things
fall apart so better
things can fall together.”

Let'sLookatanexample
MAD about Mattering

Step1:Connection
Virtual Handshake & Weekly Teacher
Meetings

Step2:Communicate
Keynote about topic, Email, Trello, Wiki,
Google Docs, Google Slides, Zoom Room

STEP3:CultivateGoodCitizenship
Lots of conversations as things happened.
Weekly teacher Meetings.
PM and APM Feedback and teacher coaching

Step4:ContributeandCollaborate
Weekly PM and APM Reports with individual
teacher follow up. Praise publicly, coach
privately for impovement.
Coordinated work on Trello

Step5:EmpowerChoice
Heartbreak Mapping
Red Light/ Yellow Light/ Green Light Process
Share what breaks your
heart!

Step6:CreateThingsthatMatter
Student created projects.
Personal pitches
Self Harm
Get all the rubrics, tutorials and info at
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/mad-app /

Step7:Celebrate
Final Presentations & Celebrations
#appsthatmatter
Final App Pitches
The following apps will be judged and reviewed as
part of the MAD about Mattering Judging Process.
You can see the student apps by downloading the
MAD-Store app on itunes, Google or in the online
MAD-Store or the platform of your choice. Use the
codes below to see the app.
1. choose2matter - Mattering 269-775-793
2. Enough - Domestic Violence 269-993-976
3. Bullyproof - Anti-Bullying 222-366-436
4. In Special Shoes - People with Mental
Illness and Physical Disabilities Matters
491-687-169
5. No Excuse for Abuse - Animal Abuse
775-278-758
6. Overty - Anti-Poverty 925-168-917
7. Quit the Addict - Addiction 096-952-053
8. Stop Sex Trafficking - 219-413-839
9. StressLess - School Stress 262-668-762
10. Suicide Prevention App049-983-312
11. Texting and Driving App 378-499-598
12. WeCancervive - Cancer Support and
Prevention - 685-946-667
13. Uncut - Self Harm 356-189-777
Phase 1 Judges
Dr. Tim Greene
Dr. Lee Graham
Dr. Mark Weston
Dr. Elaine
Roberts
Dr. Cyndi Kuhn
Alice Barr
Rick Burkett
Bron Stuckey
Jennifer Nicholas
Shane Snyder
META JUDGES
Tammy Neil
Nathan Stevens
Coordinator
Susan Bearden

Step7:Celebrate
Final Presentations & Celebrations
Final Judging
& Voting
Coordinated work on Trello
Final Judges
Jaimie Casap
Google
Rohit Agarwal
Tenmarks
Amazon K12
Joseph South
Guest Judge
Us Dept of Ed
Ankur Goel
Crescerance
Ari Schorr
Microsoft
Coordinator
Susan Bearden

2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change
STEP 2: Select your “Big 3”

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@coolcatteacher

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