FlatISSN Weeks 6-10

Hi, EveryoneWelcome to

FlatISSNWeek 6: Choice!

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom

1• Connect

2• Communicate

3• Citizenship

4• Contribute & Collaborate

5• Choice

6• Create

7• Celebrate

We want to hear your voice!

• What’s your favorite part of the book so far?• How has this book challenged your thinking?• What’s one insight or “ah-ha” you’ve had?• What question has the book raised for you?• If you’ve been doing the 15 challenges, how’s

it going?• What would you like to discuss tonight?

Teaching in the Choice-Rich Classroom

• Teachers should be filters, not fact repositories• Teachers should be pedagogical customizers, not

standardizers• Teachers should see technology as enabling, not

replacing*• Teachers should be coaches, not lecturers• Teachers should be actively engaged*• Teachers should be human, not perfect• Teachers should have personality, not uniformity

7 Spaces of Learning ~Ewan McIntosh

• Secret Spaces• Group Spaces• Publishing Spaces• Performing Spaces• Participation Spaces• Data Spaces• Watching Spaces

Choices That Increase Student Engagement

• To Question• To Build• To Invent• To Connect• To Have Meaning• To Understand• To Excel

“Digital Bloom’s Visual” by Mike Fisher, Feb. 27, 2009http://digigogy.blogspot.com/2009/02/digital-blooms-visual.html

“The Networked Teacher” CC by langwitches on Flickr

Next Meeting Wed., May 9th

Homework: Read Chapter 8Step 6 – Creation

Flat Classroom Challenge 11Tag blog posts & tweets #FlatISSN

Special Announcement:

ISA students who’ve participated in the Flat Classroom Project and are now student managers of theNetGenEd Project will be joining ourdiscussion on Thursday, May 17th.

***You don’t want to miss it!***You’re welcome to invite colleagues and

students from your school to join us, too.

Hi, EveryoneWelcome to

FlatISSNWeek 7: Creation!

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom

1• Connect

2• Communicate

3• Citizenship

4• Contribute & Collaborate

5• Choice

6• Create

7• Celebrate

How to create the FlatISSN mash-uphttp://snapguide.com/guides/create-the-flatissn-mash-up/

How to Find & Download CC Images from Flickrhttp://edcr8.co/Jg9sGs

Next Meeting Wed., May 17th

Homework: Read Chapter 9Step 7 – Celebration

Flat Classroom Challenge 12Tag blog posts & tweets #FlatISSN

Special Announcement:

ISA students who’ve participated in the Flat Classroom Project and are now student managers of theNetGenEd Project will be joining ourdiscussion on Thursday, May 17th.You don’t want to miss it!You’re welcome to invite colleagues and students from your school to join us, too.

Hi, EveryoneWelcome to

FlatISSNWeek 8:

Celebration!

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the students who are joining us tonight.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom

1• Connect

2• Communicate

3• Citizenship

4• Contribute & Collaborate

5• Choice

6• Create

7• Celebrate

Connor Mitchell

Zak Ziebell

Next Meeting Tues., May 22nd

Homework: Read Chapter 10Designing and Managing a Global

Collaborative ProjectFlat Classroom Challenge 13

Tag blog posts & tweets #FlatISSN

Hi, EveryoneWelcome to FlatISSNWeek 9: Designing & Managing a Global

Collaborative Project

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom

1• Connect

2• Communicate

3• Citizenship

4• Contribute & Collaborate

5• Choice

6• Create

7• Celebrate

How Can We Flatten the ISSN?

• How might we share what we’ve learned about “flattening” our classrooms with other colleagues in the ISSN?

• What collaborative projects might we and our colleagues want to implement next year?

• What steps do we need to take to turn these ideas into reality?

• How might we share what we’ve learned about “flattening” our classrooms with other colleagues in the ISSN?

• What collaborative projects might we and our colleagues want to implement next year?

• What steps do we need to take to turn these ideas into reality?

Essential Questions from Ch. 10, p. 262

• Consider a global collaborative project that interests you and relate it to the project design essentials. Are there any questions you have for organizers?

Essential Questions from Ch. 10, p. 262

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

• What role do social media play in success of online projects in today’s educational environment?

Essential Questions from Ch. 10, p. 262

• Why are some projects more “successful” than others? How can we support the needs of participants brining different countries, systems, and expectations?

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

Citizen 1.0 Citizen 2.0 Citizen 3.0 Citizen 4.0 Citizen 5.0

MDG #1 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E

MDG #2 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E

MDG #3 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E

MDG #4 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E

MDG #5 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E

MDG #6 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E

MDG #7 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E

MDG #8 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E

Mark Gerzon’s Five Stages of Becoming a Global Citizen

• Citizen 1.0 – Worldview based on one’s self (egocentric)

• Citizen 2.0 – Worldview based on one’s group (ideocentric)

• Citizen 3.0 – Worldview based on one’s nation (sociocentric)

• Citizen 4.0 – Worldview based on multiple cultures (multicentric)

• Citizen 5.0 – Worldview based on the whole Earth (geocentric)

The Millennium Development Goals

• Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger

• Achieve universal primary education

• Promote gender equality and empower women

• Reduce child mortality

The Millennium Development Goals

• Improve maternal health

• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

• Ensure environmental sustainability

• Global partnership for development

TED Talks

TEDxChange

Project Design

• Global Citizenship Matters• Interdisciplinary• Global citizenship, contemporary issues of

global significance, service learning• 21c literacies, global competence• Grades 9-12, ages 13-18• Outcomes: wiki pages, multimedia projects• Optional: talks to be given at TEDxYouth event

Final Meeting Wed., May 30th

Homework: Read Chapters 11 & 12Challenge-Based Professional

Development and Rock the WorldFlat Classroom Challenges 14 & 15Tag blog posts & tweets #FlatISSN

Hi, EveryoneWelcome to FlatISSNWeek 10: Challenge-Based Professional Development and Rock the World!

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom

1• Connect

2• Communicate

3• Citizenship

4• Contribute & Collaborate

5• Choice

6• Create

7• Celebrate

FlatISSN Project Ideas

• Digital citizenship • Skype conferences (Liz)• 9th grade history course (Jesse)• Technology access (Eric)• Virtual world poetry slam (Bernadette)• Global Citizenship Matters: MDGs + Gerzon book (Honor)• A day in the life (Bernadette)• Global art exchange – writing about art around the

world (Laura)• Service learning project – finding out about needs &

efforts in other communities (Mitzi)

Future ISSN Book Clubs?

• The Connected Educator by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach (Honor)

• Global Citizens by Mark Gerzon (Liz)• Imagine by Jonah Lehrer (Judy)• Out of Our Minds by Ken Robinson

(Bernadette)

Essential Questions from Ch. 11, p. 287

• What are the evolving modalities of professional development?

• What are the main obstacles to embedded PD? How can these be overcome?

Essential Questions from Ch. 11, p. 287

• What are the advantages of combining students and educators in the same learning event?

• How has this chapter influenced the way you think about professional development in your learning community?

Essential Questions from Ch. 12, p. 301

• Describe the items in your learning pathway concerning global collaboration in the classroom. Which item has helped you in the most positive way?

Essential Questions from Ch. 12, p. 301

• What are your Big Three? Which one will you start on first and when?

• How could you create a formal learning community for ongoing improvement?

Well Done, FlatISSNers!

Thanks so much for everyone’s participation and contribution to our collaborative learning

over these last ten weeks.Let’s stay in touch as we go forth to begin Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds!

Act. Do. Be you. Choose three.Your lifelong journey starts now.

Rock the world!