International Education Network of Central Ohio

Educational Service Center of Central OhioApril 25, 2012

Welcome and Updates• Columbus • Dublin• Gahanna• Licking Valley• New Albany• Olentangy• Upper Arlington• Worthington

Possible Project Categories

•Person-to-person connections

•Global curriculum make-overs

•Collaborative projects

•Global issues awareness

First Person Connections with Another Culture

Face-to-Face Through Technology Through Travel

Speaker from a local cultural group.

Panel of exchange students or new immigrants address a topic.

Join an online project.

Shadow a business trip via blog or email.

Use Skype or collaboration software to connect with an expert, author or another class

Visit a cultural center

Dinner in homes of nationals or immigrants

Student trip abroad

Making Connections

•Students and families in your school

•Community organizations and businesses

•Topic-oriented groups

•Groups like Global Nomads

* Tip – choose a topic of conversation through which culture differences and similarities can be discovered, rather than making those the topic.

Global Curriculum “Make-overs”

Taking a unit or topic and making it more global

•Look at the topic from different perspectives•Tie in global issues•Include news from another country•Look at global data•Read texts written in or about other countries

Curriculum Make-overs

If you are contemplating a project involving curriculum you’ve got to check out this site!

http://www.primarysource.org/

Collaborative Projects

Join existing projects

•iEARN•Flat Classroom Project

Choose a topic and find a partner class/school

Collaborative Projects

If you are contemplating a collaborative project using technology you’ve got to read this book!

http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/

Global Issues Awareness

Could be organized around:

• United Nations Millennium

Development Goals• Current events in newspapers around the world• Model United Nations

Resources

Decide Who’s Doing the Work?

Students as individuals

Classroom groups

The school as a whole

A group that extends beyond the school

Project Template

What will success look like?

How will you measure it?

Presentations by students at a global issues community evening

Students will video tape presentations which will be evaluated using a rubric created by staff and students.

Problem to be solved:

Students aren’t aware of global issues

Goal: All 11th graders will be able to speak in depth about one of the UN millennium goals

Strategies:

Students will interview a local expert.

Students will share info about each goal on a wiki

Grade levels or groups of students involved:

All 11th graders

Staff to be involved: Advisory teachers, social studies teachers, media specialists, and language teachers.

Community partners:Not sure yet

The Nitty Gritty

Summer 2012

Summer 2012

Fall 2012Fall

2012

Winter 2013

Winter 2013

Spring 2013

Spring 2013

Team workTeam work

Create a baseline survey

Create a baseline survey

Administer survey to students

Administer survey to students

Student ActivitiesStudent Activities

Choose an area of interest

Choose an area of interest

PartnersPartners

Help to identify

local experts

Help to identify

local experts

UnsolvedUnsolved

Access to a wikispace

Access to a wikispace

Time LineTime Line

Your Elevator Speech

Describe your project to the president of the Board of Education in two minutes or less.

Include:•What students will do•Benefits to students

Project Tuning Step 1 (8 minutes)

Presenting team explains their project and highlights particular areas where they may want input

Step 2 (2 minutes)

Listeners ask clarifying questions (no judgments or suggestions disguised as questions)

Step 3 (5 minutes)

Listeners point out key ideas that they heard in the form of balanced warm and cool feedback

Thank you!