How to connect globally with other classrooms. Advice on how to connect, share, and improve your classroom with global competency, technology, and connections. It is time for education to improve.
2. How to find Project Partners?
#1 Social Networks
3. Where?
3. How to find Project Partners?
#2 Established Networks
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
4. How to find Project Partners?
#3 Hashtags
3. Where?
Location URL
#flatclass Conversations around the principles of
merging classrooms and co-creating
together
#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
5. How to find Project Partners?
#4 Conferences
3. Where?
Location URL
K12 Online Conference
(online only) - free
http://k12onlineconference.org/
Global Education
Conference (online only)
– free
http://www.globaleducationconference.co
m/
ISTE ($) http://www.iste.org
Lots of conferences by
Look for them!
curriculum area
6. 1) Analyze Your Context
Connect with your Organization
• Local School Policies and Procedures
• Laws of the State and Nation
• Relationships
• Site Blocking and Unblocking
• Parent Communication & Permissions
• Past Experiences
• Local Mentors & Advocates for Global
Collaboration
Guidelines and work habits
that support and hold
accountable p 45-50
7. 2) Coordinate with Curriculum
• Project Organizers:
– Agree on mandatory outcomes and
cooperation aspects
• Local Curriculum
– Standards Alignment
– Augmentation of Project on
Customized Basis
Guidelines and work habits
that support and hold
accountable p 45-50
17. Key Concepts of the Global Classroom
• Teacherpreneurship
• Teachersourcing
• Community Habits
• Connection Mapping
• Dual Communication Modalities
– Asynchronous
– Synchronous
21. Digital Citizenship
“…the norms of behavior with
regard to technology use”
Ribble and Bailey
Citizenship Chapter begins
on p 98
22. Your Definition CANNOT include
the word “computer”
Note
Citizenship Chapter begins
on p 98
23. The strongest enemy of cyber criminals
“Educators who
arm their students
with knowledge of
common electronic
crime issues of the
day and teach them
the steps to take if
suspicious activity
is noticed or
offenses occur.”
P 103
25. Step 3: Citizenship
Technology Access
Map of world’s Facebook connections Source: Facebook December 2010
Citizenship Chapter begins
on p 98
26. Individual Awareness
“To blindly accept a
website’s profile settings is
to hand over your digital
destiny.”
P 101
27. Social Awareness
“The novelty and addictiveness of technology
will harm our relationships and productivity
unless we take control.”
Flat Classroom Book
www.flatclassroombook.com
P 101
28. Cultural Awareness
Everyone is not just like me.
Everyone is like me in some ways.
P 101
29. Global Awareness
• Different countries have different laws
– Copyright, legal
– Taboo subjects
• Nationality transcends culture
– Every nation has multiple cultures
– Never stereotype a nation
P 101
30. We need to be strong against
online threats
Identity Theft
Cyberstalking
Viruses,
Malware
Spyware
Phishing
Pharming
Intellectual
Property Thieves
P 102
31. 5 Steps to Internet Safety
1.Stop
2.Screenshot
3.Block
4.Tell
5.Share
P 104-105
32. How do we keep student participation levels high when in social networks students tend
Building a vibrant community
requires a higher standard of
communication between
participants and in Flat Classroom
global collaboration all participants
are expected/required to
contribute, collaborate and be
visible online.
Klossner’s (2010) 90-9-1 principle
Step 4: Contribute &
Collaborate
towards Klossner’s Theory?
P 128
33. What is co-creation?
Can you have co-creation without the 3 R’s of global collaboration?
•Receive
•Read
•Respond
P 128-130
34. Use Multiple Intelligences as a
Planning Tool
11/21/2014
Vicki A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher -
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
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Step 5: Choice
PLACES: Creating a physical environment conducive for learning p 171-173
SPACES: Designing Electronic Spaces for Choice p 173- 186
36. Why Celebrate?
Step 7: Celebrate
• Ongoing Improvement – Kaizen
• Retrospection
• Closure
• Sense of accomplishment
• Provide feedback
• Cement cooperative learning experiences
A thought about Retrospection…….
• It would be sad to retire and have it said, “she didn’t teach 30 years, she
taught 1 year 30 times.”
The Chapter on Celebration, Kaizen and
ongoing school-wide improvement begins on
page 215
37. Ways to Celebrate
PUBLIC PRIVATE
• Hall of Fame
• Best of Project
• Award Events
• Online School Museum
• Press Releases
• Social Media Posts
• Memorabilia
• Online Presentations
• “Awards” Shows
• Crowdsourced Voting
• Participant surveys
• Certificates
• Personal recognition from
administrators
• “Popcorn” conversations
• Reflection spaces
• Journaling
• Personal portfolios
• DVD Recordings
38. 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
40. MasterMind Meetup #2
Project Proposal:
Just a beginning
brainstorm
(Let’s look at the wiki)
Remember: We’re
learning to walk.
41. Evaluation Rubric for Your Wikis
• 25 points: How practical is this idea?
• 25 points: How transformative is this project idea for the
classrooms involved?
• 25 points: Does this project have asynchronous and synchronous
communications methods.
• 25 points: How marketable is this idea to other teachers/
classrooms? (How catchy is the title? How interesting is this
concept? Is it something teachers can get excited about and think
they can do?)
Editor's Notes
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Julie: The Flat Classroom Project Framework shows the essential construct of this global collaborative project
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Julie: Ribble and Bailey define……..thanks to Mike Ribble for providing a workable entry into digital citizenship in the classroom
Julie: Today, citizenship needs to extended and expanded to include norms of behaviour that are expected for when people connect, communicate and work together in any way.
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Vicki: - talk about Areas of Awareness
Julie: Cover Rays of Understanding
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Vicki: The classroom teacher decides the appropriate action, which may include asking the student to apologize to the educational network or, in some cases, suspending or even banning the student from the network. One of the advantages of working as a global team on these projects is that the networks are monitored 24 hours a day, and RSS feeds make it easy to see new content as soon as it’s posted. It is very rare that a student deliberately or maliciously sets out to be offensive when collaborating online as part of a project. In fact, we’ve suspended or banned fewer than 10 out of 3,000 students in more than three years.
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Julie: The 3R’s – without these there is no true collaboration or co-creation