Creating global connections within

an educational environment

Teaching, Learning and Technology

Conference 2011

Tina JarvisPittsford Central School District

tina_jarvis@pittsford.monroe.edu

Creating global connections within an educational environment

Ever wonder what a one roomed schoolhouse might look like in a global village? Come spend three hours together where we can learn how to use certain tools along with an active internet connection to begin to connect our students on a global scale. Teachers will learn how to use ePals to make a global connection with teachers and students from around the world. Google Earth will be used to learn more about their connection classroom and their environment and geography. Teachers will then learn how to set up a learning environment in Moodle for the use of collaborating together through embedded multimedia, RSS feeds

and WIKI's. If a video conference connection is not a possibility because of varying time zones, then our teachers will be trained how to capture video using a Flip Camera and embed this into their Moodle for a more authentic connection with their global peers.

Our Agenda 8:30-11:30• 8:30-8:45 Introductions• 8:45-10:00 ePals• 10:00-10:15 Google Earth• 10:15-11:00 Moodle• 11:00-11:15 Multimedia/Flip Cameras• 11:15-11:30 Reflections

Introductions

High Noon20 Global Problems,

20 Years to Solve Them

By: J.E. Rischard

Group one (sharing our planet)

-global warming-biodiversity and ecosystem losses-fisheries depletion-deforestation-water deficits-maritime safety and pollution

Group two (sharing our humanity)

-peacekeeping-conflict-prevention-combating terrorism

-education for all-global infectious diseases

-digital divide -natural disaster prevention and

mitigation

Group three (sharing our rule book)

-biotechnology rules-global financial architecture

-illegal drugs-trade-investment-competition rules

-intellectual property rights-e-commerce rules

- international labor and migration rules

Globally

• http://www.epals.com/media/p/238085.aspx

My Home

Classroom Match

My Email

My Forums

Manage Forums

Instant Translation

My Files

My Chat

Admin Page

Student Log In

Let’s take some time to explore…

Let’s take some time to explore…

Moodle

Learning Block

RSS Feed

Forum

Web Links

Glossary

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USB Movie Camera

Reflections