Building Learning Communities Projects for the Global Classroom Connection

1. Building Learning CommunitiesProjects for the Global Classroom Connection Dr. Howie DiBlasi “Emerging Technologies Evangelist” Digital Journey howie@frontier.net Twitter: hdiblasi www.drhowie.com

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5. http://www.edutopia.org/magazine Edutopia is Support for Educational Reform

6. https://join.me/ Search for joinme Or get app on phone Or https://join.me On your phone Type in code

7. BONUS……………… • join.me – Free Screen Sharing and Online Meetings • Free, simple, fast online meetings. Share your screen instantly with anyone. • https://join.me/

8. Global Collaboration Why ?

9. Skills • Tools • Projects

10. Communication and Collaboration • NETS: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. • Common Core: W.5.6. • With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others. • Numerous examples exist in the Common Core to encourage collaboration and many are easily facilitatedthough blogs and social media.

11. 11 Things students learn when they are working collaboratively? • Leadership • Communication • Learn about cultures • Time management • Working together • Use web tools • Views of culture, economics, ecology, geography, literature, art, and/or social awareness • Solve a problem with another student who has a completely different background and experiences • Utilize their critical thinking skills • Provides competitive edge in regards to understanding global issues • Become global citizens

12. For more information check these resources: • Start Your Own Collaborative Global Project • Ongoing Global Projects You Can Join • Projects with a Science and/or Math Focus • About Globalization • Technology and Instruction • Virtual Classrooms • Conference Call Guide.com is an excellent resource for the virtual classroom.

13. Using a backchannel: • http://todaysmeet.com/ • Let’s check this out….. • http://todaysmeet.com/nl3

14. Type in your FIRST Name-CLICK JOIN

15. Questions To Ask… Your turn >>>> Tell me about any collaboration sessions or projects in your school or district… How do learning technologies improve student outcomes?

16. Global Collaborative Projects • http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Global_Collaborative_Projects.htm • About Global Projects • Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet • Connecting Cultures: A Teacher's Guide to a Global Classroomdownload as a pdf file

17. Questions To Ask… Your turn >>>> Tell me about any collaboration sessions or projects in your school or district… How do learning technologies improve student outcomes?

18. But how do I make …. • Connections • Collaborations • Communications

19. Give Kids A Global Voice:Globalize the Curriculumhttp://www.epals.com/ Using Web 2.0 Tools Social Networking for Global Collaborative Learning

20. ePals Education Network | ePals.com www.epals.com/Join Collaborate with other Classrooms & Educators Worldwide. Free to Join!

21. Connecting classrooms in 200 countries 20 million students & teachers www.epals.com/Join

22. Select a Country Project Search E-Pals • Select a classroom from the list of profiles

23. Student/Collaboration:Project Overview • Friendly letters with email • Compared cultures • Connect: Skype/Video Conf • Completed “documentary”

24. Project Search

25. Find a project- Looking for a project you can join? Use the powerful search tools on the left to find other ePals classrooms seeking project partners, then submit a join request

26. Select a classroom from the list of profiles

27. www.epals.com

29. The Way We AreEn Españolhttp://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=TheWayWeAre_overview • What makes me who I am? • Collaborative learning experience • Learn about the daily lives • Cultures • Climates and geography • Live in other regions of the world. • http://www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/

30. Standards • National Geography StandardsPlaces and Regions • Standard 6: How culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions.Human Systems • Standard 10: The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics. • Standard 12: The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement.National Education Technology Standards (NETS)

31. Essential Questions • How is my life similar to and different from my ePal's life? • How does the natural environment where my ePal lives affect his or her life? • What effect does the culture in my ePal's region have on his or her life?

32. The Way We Are What makes me who I am? Collaborative learning experience Learn about the daily lives Cultures Climates and geography Live in other regions of the world. What is "The Way We Are"? http://www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/

33. Culminating Activity • Students will create final digital presentations about themselves and their ePals reflecting an increased understanding of the differences and commonalities between their cultures, their environments and their lives.

34. The Way We Are Digital Storytelling Holidays and FestivalsAround the World Global Warming Habitats Weather Natural Disasters Water Maps Projects - Collaborations

35. Collaboration across the Digital Divide: New York Students and their ePals in Botswana Hello From Sao Paolo, Brazil Louisiana and United Kingdom Students from the Guangxi School, China

36. Helpful links: • Taking it Global for educators • Taking it Global • Global Education Ning group • Teachers without Borders • iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)  • ePals • Instructional Technology Community Site • Speed of Creativity • Wikis • Blogs • Bridgit • Distance Learning

37. Your turn…..What tools are you using to collaborate?

38. Communication Skills (Written-Oral-Presentation

39. Finding the Right Tool • 4 Tools

40. Glogster Glogster.EDU • Lesson ideas to foster creativity and higher order thinking skills • Teachers and students can create interactive posters for research, websites, presentations, reflection,

41. Glogster Glogster.EDU

43. Gloster.edu Sample 4th Grade

44. Use VoiceThreadhttp://voicethread.com/ This is Brazil: http://voicethread.com/ • Language Channel http://voicethread.com/#q.b37780.i218912

47. http://voicethread.com/#q.b45226.i236813

48. LiveSlide • Allows teachers to create or download presentations and share with the entire class • Via ANY device, be it desktop, laptop, tablet…even a smartphone. • Teacher or student to annotate directly onto any slide while the rest of the class follows along on each of their own personal devices

49. LiveSlidehttps://liveslide.org/

50. BoomWriter Offers Collaborative Publishing for Kids • http://boomwriter.com/ • Provide a safe online place in which students could collaboratively construct a story. • Provides a story starter for a story and students continue the story by writing additional chapters.