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Flattening Classrooms from Japan to Latin America Tracey Bryan 2013 Tri-Association Annual Educators Conference, Mexico City

Flattening Classrooms From Japan to Latin America

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A presentation created for the Tri-Association professional development workshop in Mexico City, October 2014, based on my experiences going through the Flat Classroom Teacher course and my personal journey towards flattening teaching and learning at my school.

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  • 1. Flattening Classrooms from Japan to Latin AmericaTracey Bryan 2013 Tri-Association Annual Educators Conference, Mexico City

2. Between 22%-29% of all U.S. jobs are or will be potentially offshore within a decade or two. Alan S. Binder professor of Economics at Princeton 3. Manufacturing Jobs Hourly Wages $1.90 Philippines $57.53 - Norway(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2011) 4. Our childrens world is global, not local. In a globalized world the potential customers could beseven billion people. 5. 20% Time Genius Hour 6. Daniel Pink + Thomas Friedman 7. Julie Lindsay + Vicki A. Davis 8. Transforming Education through Global CollaborationWiki-centric Global Collaboration using Web 2.0 Tools Authentic Problem Solving using Real-World Topics Flat learning teacher to student, student to student 9. 5 Levels of Global Connection 1.Intra-connection (own class) 2.Inter-connection (within district) 3.Managed global connection 4.Student to student with teacher management 5.Student to student with student management -Flattening Classrooms Engaging Minds 10. Do you consume, comment, curate, orcreate? 11. I used to just be a consumer 12. Curating... 13. Where can you share what you know? 14. Crowd Funding 15. Proyecto Comunidad Inteligente iPod touch 16. 7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom1.CONNECT 2.COMMUNICATE 3.CITIZENSHIP 4.CONTRIBUTE & COLLABORATE 5.CHOICE 6.CREATE 7.CELEBRATE 17. How does my digital footprint define me in the eyes of others? Photos Social Networking sites Chats Videos Digital portfolios Badges Account Profiles Producing online content Site/product reviews 18. Leveraging Connections 19. Bringing the world into your classroom 20. Carol Strohecker Director of the Center for Design Innovation, Winston-Salem, NC 21. Professional Learning NetworkOn your device or a piece of paper write down the things about education that you are passionate about, the things that keep you up at night. 22. ASOMEX on iTuneshttp://goo.gl/soRKuKSend submissions to: [email protected] 23. 2 Tweets That Changed Everything 24. Twitter for Staying Connected#mexedchat 25. How far reaching are your words/ideas? 26. Fill out the form on this link and we can begin to build regional collaborative projects.http://goo.gl/A2HT0c 27. Keep in Touch With Me@tipsbytracey [email protected] http://pinterest.com/asfdlc/ http://insatiablelearner.wordpress.c om/