Flat Classroom Workshop 2013

Julie Lindsay @julielindsay

http://flatclassroomworkshop2013.flatclassroomproject.org/

http://learningconfluence.com

Introductions

• Handshake via your introduction• What do you do? • Why are you here?• Something about you not related to

education?

San Antonio – In the news todayTechnology enhances life, health of seniors, studies say

“Many people, as they age, don't want change in their life. But they have to embrace change, and the technology that comes with it, because keeping the mind active and learning new things is very important. It's the key to living a long and interesting life.”

Studies have shown that seniors who use computers report fewer depression symptoms than seniors who don't log on. What's more, according to a 2012 study conducted by the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, computer use, coupled with moderate exercise, may protect against memory loss late in life.

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Places and SpacesGetting set up to collaborate

• Join wiki – add name to participants page• Join Flat Classrooms Ning• Join Backchannel• Virtual participants

BackchannelJumps InHere!

flatclassroombook.com

SCHEDULE Day 1• PART A

– Getting started with Flat Classroom pedagogy– Defining global collaboration– Getting started with Global Projects

• PART B– Skype call – Conversations about Flat Classroom Pedagogy– 7 Steps to Flatten your Classroom– Reviewing existing projects– Web 2.0 Bootcamp– Quadblogging activity

• PART C– Designing, Pitching and Evaluating Global Projects

• Flat Classroom Projects Part 1• Action Project

SCHEDULE Day 1• PART A

– Getting started with Flat Classroom pedagogy– Defining global collaboration– Getting started with Global Projects

what is connected and ‘flat’ learning?

Connected Learning…….

Connected learning applies to skills, attitudes and behaviors for the 21st century. It is about how we receive, share and ultimately create and publish content. It is also about how we approach learning through the use of technology. Connected learning focuses on the building of networks and developing personal learning resources through the interaction with personal learning networks and professional learning communities. A face to face community, or regular classroom, is often the starting point, but then, supported by technology, the learner connects with other ideas, resources and communities online. The term 'connectivism' is often used and refers to the metaphor of a network with nodes and connections, and where learning involves creating these connections.

Connected Learning…..

Flat learning…….

‘Flat' learning refers to the working relationship between all learners - teachers, students and others - so there is no real hierarchy for learning. A 'Flat Classroom' connects and engages with multiple audiences, resources and tools to create authentic, collaborative learning outcomes. Information flows freely from one to the other as the quest for knowledge, constructed through interaction, continues. This is scaffolded by the efficient use of a variety of tools, especially Web 2.0 tools, for learning management, collaboration and co-creation.PLN - Personal Learning NetworkPLC - Professional Learning Community

Flat Learning…..

…..use of technology to virtually eliminate the physical walls of the classroom

…bringing the world into the classroom and opening the classroom to the world….

……discovery and engagement with others who are not in your physical space

http://www.flickr.com/photos/superkimbo/3122642792/

Connected AND ‘flat’ learning is important because…

…it connects learners with the world and impacts the context in which we learn

…it is a pedagogy supported by technology

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59217476@N00/5617505546/

…it can change the world as we know it - local and global

…it goes beyond just connecting….

Connected and FLAT learning is the future?

……NOW

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

http://www.p21.org/overview

P21C SkillsCommunication & Collaboration

Communicate Clearly• Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal communication

skills in a variety of forms and contexts• Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions• Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate and persuade)• Utilize multiple media and technologies, and know how to judge their effectiveness a priori as

well as assess their impact• Communicate effectively in diverse environments (including multi-lingual)

Collaborate with Others• Demonstrate ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse teams• Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to

accomplish a common goal• Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, and value the individual contributions

made by each team member

http://www.p21.org/overview

ISTE NETS.S

ISTE NETS.T

Flattened Classroom

Blended Learning

Challenge-based

Project-based

Flipped

Inquiry-based

Holistic – Flat embraces all modes

What is a Flat Classroom®?

Transforming Education through Global Collaboration

Wiki-centric Global Collaboration using Web 2.0 ToolsAuthentic Problem Solving using Real-World Topics

‘Flat’ learning – teacher to student, student to student

projectsand

pedagogy

Thomas FriedmanThe World is Flat

"The more you have a culture that naturally glocalizes - that is, the more your own culture easily absorbs foreign ideas and best practices and melds those with its own traditions - the greater advantage you will have in a flat world."

Glocalization: Thinking globally acting locally

Differentiated Instruction

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Project Based

Learning

Coopera

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Learn

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BestPractice

Keys to a

Flat Classroom

You Know Your Classroom is Flat if…You and your students expect to have regular, if not daily, conversations with teachers and students from other classrooms around the world.

You Know Your Classroom is Flat if… You and your students communicate, collaborate and create products that make a difference to the world with other people from different countries and cultures.

You Know Your Classroom is Flat if…Your students have a PLN that reaches across time-zones, ages and interests

Quote from Jeff Plaman, ISB

GETTING STARTED WITH GLOBAL PROJECTS

Defining the Global Collaborative Classroom

A classroom that is:• connected• engages with multiple

audiences• engages with diverse

resources, and tools• creates authentic,

collaborative learning outcomes.

Global Collaboration 1.0

Global Collaboration 2.0

Global Collaboration 3.0

Evolution of Global Collaboration in Education

The Evolution of Global Collaboration in EducationP 7

Challenges of Embedding Global Collaboration

Going Beyond the

‘Wow’

Engaging learners and

leaders

Shifting traditional pedagogies

Having realistic

expectations

What is ‘Global Collaboration’?

Not an ‘add on’

An approach to pedag

ogy

Evolution of the Traditional Classroom

Learning is Social

Social-educational networking

New media

Peer-to-peer

learning

Why Global Collaboration?

Global competency

International mindedness

Cultural awareness

Glocalisation!

The cross-cultural skills and

understanding needed to

communicate outside one’s

environment and to act on

issues of global significance.

Discuss!

What makes a successful global collaborative project?

Why are some projects more successful than others?

What are the characteristics of an engaged teacher and classroom in a global project?

What is a Teacherpreneur?“A teacher who sees an opportunity to make a profitable learning experience for students through the forging of partnerships with other classrooms with common curricular goals and expectations”

“The teacherpreneur accepts the responsibility and risks for the endeavor and is accountable for the outcome”

http://flatclassroombook.com

What do Teacherpreneurs do?

Teacherpreneurs take all the best practices in education and latest advances in technology and use them to blaze new trails in teaching and learning that focus on connection and collaboration.

See Teacherpreneurs - http://tinyurl.com/teacherpreneurs

The rise of the Teacherpreneur Leader

• Champions for change – realizers of the vision• New methods of publication and sharing

information – keep on teaching!• Building and facilitating communities• Researchers• Pedagogical excellence• Innovate from within• Working within and beyond the school culture• Managers, directors, mentors, guides

Teacherpreneur Leadership

A teacher gets an idea for learning

Fosters excitement amongst other

teachers

A group of teachers come together to

do something significant

TeacherpreneurInnovator

Pedagogy expert

Community builder Connector

Change maker

Integrates new

technologies

How do school leaders foster the Teacherpreneur Leader?

• Encourage customization of learning experiences to local standards while being flexible to embrace the world

• Support innovation and encourage pedagogical excellence

• Encourage an agile curriculum• Equip teachers to investigate new global

relationships and design solutions

how do you…..go flat?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31167076@N07/5471047557/

BackchannelJumps InHere!

SCHEDULE Day 1• PART B

– Skype call – Conversations about Flat Classroom Pedagogy– 7 Steps to Flatten your Classroom– Reviewing existing projects– Web 2.0 Bootcamp– Quadblogging activity

7 Steps1.CONNECTION2.COMMUNICATI

ON3.CITIZENSHIP4.CONTRIBUTION

&

COLLABORATION

5.CHOICE6.CREATION7.CELEBRATION

Step 1 Connection

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22177648@N06/2137737248

Step 1: Connect

How do you connect?

ConnectionConnected PLN

What is a PLN?

An extended community of

people that you can interact

with regularly

A personally chosen collection of resources you can go to when you want to learn something

Photo credit: http://flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/2060090675/

Why have a PLN?

Foster conversation and social learning through connectivity and interactivity

Ongoing professional development

Make important professional connections globally

A PLN supports Professional Development because it…..

Encourages a global perspective

Acts as a lifeline for quick fixes

Caveat: A network is only as valuable and useful as what participants contribute

Photo credit: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2112632514&size=m

Scaffolds educators sharing, communicating and collaborating

ConnectionTaxonomy

© Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay, ‘Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds’. Pg 55

'Good teacherpreneurs aren't renegades; they are connectors'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035553780@N01/344832591

ConnectionTeacherpreneur

Information

Location

Generation

Communication

ConnectionStrategy for Curriculum Development

Creating a Connection Strategy p 51- 54

Communities

Learning capital

The hidden curriculum Contexts

ConnectionCurriculum agility and stability

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrhode/375671790/in/pool-rss

ConnectionPull Technologies

1.RSS Reader2.Tablet-Sized Devices3.Handheld Devices4.Social Bookmarking5.Joining Online Conversations6.Networking Organizations7.Location Based Apps

Connection is not enough………………it is only the first step of going flat

Step 2 Communication

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22177648@N06/2137737248

TWO types of communication methods:SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS

Traditional Classroom

Flat Classroom

Separated by LOCATION

Unified by the INTERNET

Separated by TIME

Unified by ASYNCHRONOUS communications tools

Communications in the 21st Century p 64-67

Step 2: Communication

Communication Challenges

• Timezones• Connection issues – technical and human• Perception and application of synchronous vs

asynchronous– Blending learning across the world– ‘Classes’ outside of normal school hours– Students and teachers connected outside of

normal school hours

Teacher Meetings

Web 2.0 Bootcamp

• Tools for Connecting and Communicating– Edmodo– Ning– Voicethread– Blackboard– Animoto – Handshake multimedia– Others?

Step 3 - Citizenship

Discuss!

What is YOUR definition of digital citizenship?

Brain Storm

Digital Citizenship“…the norms of behavior with regard to technology use” Ribble and Bailey

© Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay 2011

Map of world’s Facebook connections Source: Facebook December 2010

Step 3: Citizenship

Technology Access

Technical Awareness

You can run into the 21st Century when you know how to use 21st century tools.

Individual Awareness

“To blindly accept a website’s profile settings is to hand over your digital destiny.”

Social Awareness“The novelty and addictiveness of technology will harm our relationships and productivity unless we take control.”

Cultural Awareness Everyone is not just like me. Everyone is like me in some ways.

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

Citizenship

Why did you delete stuff off

the wiki?

BTW I didn’t delete

anything

Sorry for accusing you, the history

makes it look like you

OMG I JUST SAW THE

HISTORY ON THE

WIKI..Really sorry for any

problems

Step 4 - Contribution and Collaboration

Discuss!

What is ‘collaboration’?

What is ‘global collaboration’?

What conditions must exist to support global collaboration in learning?

If Collaboration is a needed & required 21st Century skill, educators need to not only teach it, but employ & model it as well

Online Existence“The weakness is that if there is a problem, and you e-mail them, they can just ignore the email, or they can just do their own thing and not listen to what you ask of them.”Student in the Horizon Project

The Internet

ONE PURPOSE

•Receive•Read•Respond

Technopersonal skills - SynchronousCollaboration

Technopersonal skills - AsynchronousCollaboration

Co-CreationCollaboration

Web 2.0 Bootcamp

• Tools for Collaborating– Wiki– Google Docs– Voicethread– Others?

• Quadblogging activity – in teams

Step 5: Choice

Discuss!

What are the reasons for giving students choice in their learning?

What are the characteristics of teachers in the choice-rich environment?

Brain Storm

Choices: Align with Learning Styles

Social Network(Ning) •Blogging

•Forums

•Administration•Organizing Site•Linking sharer

•Acting•Presenting•(Get on film)

•Photography•Camera Op•VoiceThread•Animoto

•Record audio files•Audacity editor•VoiceThread•Animoto

•Photography•Outdoor video•Gcast remotely•“Roving” reporter

• Google Earth

•Forums•Cell phone enabled Blogging or pics•Discussion facilitators

•Reflections•Reading & opinion•Debates

DigitalStorytelling •Script Writer

•Call Sheets•Production Schedule•Asst Director

• Acting•Presenting• Lighting• Flow &

movement

•Camera•Editing•Lighting•Storyboarding

•Audio Editing•Music Selection•Sound Capture

•Scene Scout•Scene set up•Storyboarding

•Acting•Directing•Movie Ideas•Vision Casting

• Reflecting•Status Reporting

• Journal process• Ideas

Wikis •Wiki Composition•Writing•Research

•Programming•Organizing•Widget finding•Mentoring

•Acting•Presenting•(Get on film)

•Camera•Photography•Graphic Design•“looks”

•Record audio files•Audacity editor•VoiceThread•Animoto

•Outdoor dig storytlngor photography•Maps•Environmental research

•Discussion mgt•Cell phone enabled Blogging or pics, twitter•Live streaming

•Reflecting•Opinion•Reporting ongroup issues

Personal Interest Projects

“Invention” projects

Dramatic Projects

Opinion “voice”

opportunities

Oral Debates w/ follow up

Backchannels

Deep Research projects

(proposed by student)

Step 6 - Creation

To be able to Create is a 21C Learning Objective

Revised 2001 by Lorin Anderson

……to account for the new behaviours emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous.

Why Revise?

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

Blooms Digital TaxonomyAndrew Churches

Digital Taxonomy

Creation

Co-creation

Higher Order Thinking

Discuss!

What is ‘co-creation’?

Can you have co-creation without the 3 R’s of global collaboration?

Brain Storm

Step 7: Celebration

CelebrateNew friends

New achievements

A sense of accomplishment

Making the world a better place

Enhanced cultural understanding

Why Celebrate?

Ongoing Improvement – Kaizen

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.”

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. ”

LACHSA Summit

Vienna International School Summit

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Summits

PresenterVicki Davis

Westwood Schools

7 Steps1.CONNECTION2.COMMUNICATI

ON3.CITIZENSHIP4.CONTRIBUTION

&

COLLABORATION

5.CHOICE6.CREATION7.CELEBRATION

BackchannelJumps InHere!

Web 2.0 Bootcamp

• Tools for Connecting and Collaborating– Edmodo– Ning– Wiki– Voicethread

• Quadblogging activity – in teams

SCHEDULE Day 1• PART C

– Designing, Pitching and Evaluating Global Projects• Flat Classroom Projects Part 1• Action Project

Flat Classroom Projects 2012-13

Meet the Flat Classroom

Why global projects?A Global Education includes Global Collaboration!

Flat Classroom® Global Projects

Flat Classroom® Project

Digiteen™ and Digitween™ Projects

‘A Week in the Life…’ Project Gr3-5

NetGenEd™ Project

Eracism™ Project

Incubator Program (you can do this after certified!)

K-2 Project Building Bridges to Tomorrow

@flatclassroom

@digiteen

@netgened

@eracismproject

@flatclassroom

@flatclasskids

P10-11*

P11-12

P13-14

P12-13

P13

NEW!

NEW!

@flatclassroom

*See the frameworks for each model on referenced page numbers.

#flatclass

‘A Week in the Life…’A Flat Classroom® Project for Elementary School students

Grades 3-5, age 8-10

Project Tools - Teachers• Flat Classrooms Ning – Our ‘social’ educational

network– Join the AWL group– ‘Handhake’ – introductions– Share ideas, converse, solve problems

• Google Group – For emails and more private communication as needed

• Google docs – Teacher admin doc– Team Grids – student teams and class information

Essential Questions Which Will Be Answered as part of the project

• What are the similarities and differences among children around the world?

• How can we connect with each other through our commonalities?

• How does your geography where you live impact your topic?

1. Do some research on a week in the life of children in your school around these NINE topics:

• School time• Languages• Clothing• Housing• Transportation• Leisure time• Holidays• Celebration• Environment

2. Collect multimedia and share with team members

• Multimedia choices: video, audio, slideshow, cartoons, etc.

• Share multimedia online via team wiki pages• Discuss differences and similarities between

multimedia

3. Complete a final project demonstrating your information to the rest of the group.

• Each classroom will be responsible to assemble a number of team projects

• Upload finished projects to the wiki• View all the group projects and compare and

contrast the results.

Project Tools - Students

• Edmodo – Our ‘social’ educational network– Students in teams– ‘Handhake’ – introductions– Share ideas, converse, solve problems

• Wikispaces - Our collaborative working area– Co-create wiki pages with material share for each

topic

Workflow AWL 12-2 – Part 1

Multimedia Collection

Wiki, Edmodo Sharing raw multimedia

Team FormationEdmodo Organize by Teams In Teams, individual

handshake

Classroom HandshakeEdmodo Join the AWL 12-2, Class Handshake, teachers’

comment, interact

Team

Top

ics

FLAT CLASSROOM TEAMS 2009

Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6

School Time 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F

Languages 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F

Clothing 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F

Housing 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F

Transportation 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F

Leisure Time 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F

Food 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F

Celebrations 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F

Environment 9A 9B 9C 9D 9E 9F

Student TEAMS

‘A Week in the Life...’ Team Grid

“A week in the life…”

Project Workflow: AWL 02 - September-December

• Application Deadline: September 1• Online Teacher Information Meeting: before September

15• Classroom and Student Handshake: September 15-30• Team Formation and Project Discussions: October 1-30• Multimedia Collection and Sharing: November 1-15• Media Collation and Product Development: November

15-30• Celebration, Summits and Reflections: November 30-

December 15

Please join our View from the Window Youblisher

It’s not too late.

Patty Hoyt, California

Anne Mirtschin plus page of captions

Sonja Dasopatis, captions below each picture

Possible layouts, but I can use anything. I can turn anything into a JPEG.

Welcome to

Building Bridges to Tomorrow K-2 Flat Classroom Project

K-2 12-2October-December 2012

http://k2-12-2.flatclassroomproject.org/

AIM: TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH REGULAR CONNECTION AND COLLABORATION AND BY SHARING BETWEEN CLASSROOMS.

BUILDING BRIDGES TO TOMORROW

TO CONNECT CLASSROOMS AROUND THE WORLD IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS AND COLLABORATIONS AND TO SHOW THAT CO-CREATION OF IDEAS AND PRODUCTS IS POSSIBLE AT THIS LEVEL OF EDUCATION

OUR CHALLENGE:

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

You believe global collaboration has a place in your classroom

You want to improve digital citizenship and cultural understanding

You want to foster global competency amongst students and teachers

You have some digital fluency and access to digital tools

You want to use tools and skills in meaningful ways to connect with others and learn together

CREATING THE HANDSHAKE

Handshake phase In your groups of 5-6 reach out and ‘shake

hands’ over the next week. Share this handshake experience with the rest of

us via the wiki and Ning Tools for the handshake?

You decide! Skype? Google Earth? Another Web 2.0 multimedia tool? Share ideas and surprise us

Project Tools - Teachers• Flat Classrooms Ning – Our ‘social’ educational

network– Join the K-2 Building Bridges group– ‘Handhake’ – introductions– Share ideas, converse, solve problems

• Google Group – For emails and more private communication as

needed• Google docs

– Teacher admin doc

Essential Questions Which Will Be Answered as part of the project

• Can very young students effectively connect, communicate, and collaborate in a global project?

• What does this look like?• What products can students in mixed

classroom teams co-create?• What activities and structure can we design

and implement to scaffold this collaboration?

1. There are 7 possible topics:

1. How We Play, 2. Celebrating Together, 3. Going to School, 4. Part of a Family, 5. Making a Meal, 6. Sharing Stories, 7. The View from the Window (landscape,

geography) – Everyone does this

2. Collect multimedia and share with team members

• Multimedia choices: video, audio, slideshow, cartoons, etc.

• Share multimedia online via team wiki pages• Discuss differences and similarities between

multimedia

3. Complete a final project demonstrating your information to the rest of the group.

• Each classroom will be responsible to assemble a number of team projects

• Upload finished projects to the wiki• View all the group projects and compare and

contrast the results.

PROPOSED OUTCOMES

Co-created product from mixed classrooms

E-Book creation - to be shared via a variety of devices

Multimedia product eg Voicethread, Glogster (Gr 3-5 project use these)

Parent/school presentation - school assembly? Parent conference session? Open classroom?

Workflow K-2 12-2

Multimedia Collection

Wiki Sharing raw multimedia Organising into communication format

Team FormationMultimedia and Individual

handshakes Organize Topics Select Tools, Plan collaboration

Classroom HandshakeTeacher Ning Join the K-2 12-2 Wiki Class Handshakes

Project Workflow: K-2 12-2 October-December

• Application Deadline: September 15• Online Teacher Information Meeting: before October 1• Classroom Handshake and Kick-off: October 1-15• Team Formation and Project Discussions: October 15-

November 1• Projects to be started by November 1• Multimedia Collection and Sharing: November 1-15• Product Development and Co-Creation: November 15-30• Celebration, Summits and Reflections: November 30-

December 15

Digiteen/Digitween Project

© Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay 2011

What is the Digiteen Project?

There are 2 parts to this project for students who are 13 years and older:• Global collaboration on research and sharing

resources via a wiki, including ongoing discussion and interaction between global classrooms via the wiki and Ning

• A school-based local project that takes the new knowledge about Digital Citizenship and implements something within the school community that will raise awareness and make a difference

Digiteen Project Features

• Continue with the rigorous research and wiki-co-creation

• Continue with mature discussion opportunities on the Ning, sharing ideas and practices to do with digital citizenship

• School-based action project

Workflow Digiteen/Digitween Pt 1

Research

Wiki, Edmodo Sharing raw multimedia/wiki editing Discussions

Team FormationEdmodo/Ning Wiki/Team Grid In Teams, individual

handshake

Classroom HandshakeDigikid = Edmodo Digiteen = Ning Class Handshake, teachers’

comment, interact

Project Matrix (11x5) = 55 groupsAreas of

Awareness/Core Competency

1. Technical Access & Awareness

2. Individual Awareness

3. Social Awareness

4. Cultural Awareness

5. Global Awareness

A1 Safety 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E

A2 Privacy 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E

A3 Copyright, fair use & legal compliance

3A 3B 3C 3D 3E

B Etiquette & Respect 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E

C1 Habits of learning and managing online activity: Health

5A 5B 5C 5D 5E

C2 Habits of learning and managing online activity: Social media

6A 6B 6C 6D 6E

C3 Habits of learning and managing online activity: Virtual worlds

7A 7B 7C 7D 7E

D Literacy & fluency 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E

Digital Citizenship Perspectives: Parents & Community

9A 9B 9C 9D 9E

DESIGNING, PITCHING AND EVALUATING GLOBAL PROJECTS

Collaboration Primer

• 2 or more people working together– Higher order thinking skill

• Local: – geographical proximity– more opportunity for synchronous communication– often cultural and linguistic differences minimized.

• Global: – Collaborators geographically dispersed (eg cultural and

linguistic differences or different time-zones)– requires more of an asynchronous approach

Discuss!What are the CHARACTERISTICS of a GOOD Global Project?

Brain Storm

How can we design learning experiences that embrace global education as well as enforce rigor and relevance.....or are these the same? Is it essential to have rigor??

What is an Effective Global Collaborative Project?

An educational project that flattens or joins classrooms and people from geographically

dispersed places within a technology infrastructure built for a common curricular

purpose.

Interactions foster cultural understanding and global awareness in the process of

learning.

Local identity is maintained and celebrated.

Getting Started with Global Projects

Find like-minded educators

Design Outcomes

Select Tools

Manage for Success

Examples of successful Global Projects

“Successful global collaborative

projects start with planning and

designing meaningful and understandable

interaction.” Brain Storm

Am I willing to redesign my curriculum to embed a global project into what my class does?

“Designing a global collaborative experience involves transcending the obvious real time linkup,

fostering higher order thinking and providing opportunities for cultural understanding

while usually making a product that impacts others in

a positive way. ”

How do I define criteria for evaluating global projects?

Discuss!

How can we design learning experiences that embrace global education as well as enforce rigor and relevance? Are these the same?

Brain Storm

Project Design Relationships

Learning Confluence

Julie LindsayDirector and Co-founder, Flat Classroom®Flat Classroom® Conference ChairGlobal Educator, Leader, Innovator, Author@julielindsaylearningconfluence.com