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This was a presentation prepared for the Flat Connections Conference in Sydney, 2014. It looked at some of the following questions:- What is a global community? Some examples of global communities. Where can educators start to connect with the world? What are some of the most popular networking tools to build a community? How can a global community be successfully maintained. Let’s take a look at some of the challenges and tips to overcome the challenges.
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Global Connectedness
Anne Mirtschin@twitter
http://www.murcha.wordpress.com
http://bit.ly/1l2BPww
Multitude of Reasons to Connect Globally
See http://bit.ly/1rpaYfA
What does global connectedness look like?
The Global BackchannelBackchannel in Blackboard Collaborate –
synchronous virtual classroom with Malay and Australian students
Kar Waii kinda shiver sometimes when talking in front of peopleGeorginayeah same
#Cheer On For Reshma
wow.. didnt know that
this is a fun room
i remember last time how we were talking about Exo and Shaolin soccer :P Good conversations :)
Backchannel – backchannelchatYear 3/4 Australia and Prep/One Indonesia
Backchannelchat
International Peace Day with a Special SchoolUsing Skype to bring in virtual special students from Russia
Interactive whiteboard in virtual classroom with students/educators, families from
USA, Japan, Australia
Regular lunchtime classes with Christopher Herz an author in New York!
Lana from Boston teaches Australian years 3/4 how to created sprites in Scratch using skype.
Resultant sprites for World Friends project on World Museum site
Mobile teaching and learning using skype.Lorraine Leo, Boston, uses reverse camera
to solve student coding problems
ghangouts
Learning a song using a video recording by
Boston students
• Handshakes• Network and socialize on a ning site• Collaborate and create wiki pages• Request an outsourced clip• Complete a movie• Create an eBook• Student Summits
Flat Connections Projects
The Flat Connection Projects – K-2 Building Bridges
Thai Skype Linkup
Sharing Scratch projects
Making the Impossible PossibleSkyping with Cheery School Students
in largest slum in Kenya
Examples of Global Communities
Tools for collaborating
• Voicethread – eg Moving on• Padlet – eg Peace Wall,
Outside my window
Use globally interactive apps- eg Toontastic
Tweet Chats #globalclassroomhttp://theglobalclassroomchats.wikispaces.com/
Maintaining the Community
Challenges
Tips for overcoming challenges
• Learn from and with each other• Timeanddate
• Interpreters• Alternative communication forms – images,
videos, sign language, symbols etc
Use an interpreter!
Be flexible with tools – eg Chinese people like using QQ
Use Google translate or Bing Translate
Requirements for success• Passion• Flexibility• Ownership of ideas and projects• Connections - networking• Communication• Take risks• Determination• Pre-testing of tools for connection• Maintain a sense of humour!• Work through all issues • Do not judge!
eFind Me
[email protected]: http:www.twitter.com/murchaMy blog: http://murcha.wordpress.comClass blog: http://murch.global2.vic.edu.auTech Talk Tuesdays: http://techtalktuesdays.global2.vic.edu.au
