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Presenters
Cathy Wolinsky
• Instructional Technology Integrator in Yarmouth, ME, USA
• Participated in A Week in the Life... Pilot
• Certified Flat Classroom Teacher
• iEARN Teacher Leader• twitter: @cathywo• yestechchat.blogspot.c
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Toni Olivieri-Barton
• Technology Coordinator at Shanghai Community International School, China
• Participated in 2 Flat Classroom Projects, 1 Digiteen Project, 1 A Week in the Life Project
• Certified Flat Classroom Teacher
• twitter: @toniobarton• blog:
toniobarton.wordpress.com
Betsye Sargent • Founder, Head, and teacher at the Phoenix School in Salem, MA, USA• Master's degree in Early Childhood Education• Participated in A Week in the Life... Pilot • Certified Flat Classroom Teacher Twitter@phoenixschoolFacebook: ThePhoenixSchool, Salem, MA
Donna Román • 5th Grade teacher in
Mill Creek School, Geneva, IL, USA
• Master's degrees in Reading, Instructional and Education Leadership
• iEARN Master Trainer• Certified Flat Classroom
Teacher
Twitter @donnaromanBlog: donnaroman.tumblr.com
Global Project Design Model from:
Flattening Classrooms, Engaging MindsMove to Global Collaboration one step at a Time
by Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay Co-founders of FlatClassroom Projects, LLC
and FlatClassroom Conference and Live Events, Inc.
http://www.flatclassroombook.com Coming out in February 2012
To apply for the Flat Classroom Certified Teacher program: http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/certified-teacher-program.html
Project Design Essentials
• Project Aims• Curriculum and Standard Alignment• Student Level/Age• Working Mode: Individual/Team• Required Inputs/Optional Inputs• Required Outcomes/Optional Outcomes• Workflow• Assessment & Evaluation
Seven Steps Design Principles
Step 1: ConnectionStep 2: CommunicationStep 3: CitizenshipStep 4: Contribution & CollaborationStep 5: ChoiceStep 6: CreationStep 7: Celebration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caitlinator/95534056/
Step 1 ConnectionConnecting begins with you, the teacher
• Pull technologies• eBook subscriptions• Hand-held devices• Social bookmarking• Online presence• Networking organizations
Become a teacherpreneur: • Recognize an opportunity.• Customize your classroom to fit your learners• Take a risk GO GLOBAL!
KindleDiigo
iPhone/Android
TwitterBLOG
Connect your students with others across the Globe
Taxonomy of Global Connection• Level 1-Intra-connection (classroom)
• Level 2-Interconnection • Level 3-Managed global connections
• Level 4-Student-to-student (teacher-managed) A Week in the Life.... Read across the Globe• Level 5-Student-to-student (student-managed)
Step 2: Communication
Opportunities:• Synchronous -- live meetings or chats/Skype• Asynchronous - blogs, wikis, video 'handshakes'• Blended -- social networks
Challenges:• Time Zones• Holidays/vacations• School day* Getting students to respond to one another
People who are passionate about global collaboration stay connected
CommunicationWeb 2.0 & Multimedia tools:• Google groups • VoiceThread• iMovie • email• Blackboard Collaborate
Step 3: Citizenship • Discussions within class and among
classes • Reliable, responsible, ethical online
standards• Agreed practices for copyright,
intellectual property, fair use, and Creative Commons
• Teacher monitoring Project Monitoring Portals Class Monitoring Portals
Netvibes Wiki notifications Edmodo notifications
Step 4: Contribution & Collaboration
• Mechanism for equal and fair contribution• Determine project expectations• Consider tech access of your partners • Can be assigned as 'homework' with older students• Teachers model this as they problem solve and collaborate
throughout project • Wiki development for collaboration • Use of discussion tab on wiki or Edmodo
Step 5: Choice• Students customizing their own learning• Technology as discovery learning• Active teachers as coaches
Step 6: Creation• Co-creation within a school,
between schools & globally• Innovation and creativity as
higher order skills• Publishing for a broader
audience
ExamplesArabspring - Yarmouth High schoolhttp://arabspring.wikispaces.comhttp://arabspringcomments.blogspot.comhttp://sandersegypt.blogspot.comhttp://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/research/transformation
Add projects that you would like to share: http://ispycommunity.wikispaces.comhttp://aweekinthelife11-2.flatclassroomproject.org/
Step 7: Celebration
Skype
Reflection after project is over to celebrate
Student Summit meeting -- Blackboard Collaborate
Resources
• Flat Classroom Certified Teacher program: http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/certified-teacher-program.html
• FlatClassroom Certified Teacher Projects:o http://readacrosstheglobe.wikispaces.como http://arabspring.wikispaces.como http://phoenixkidsviewtheworld.wikispaces.com/
• wikispaces.com• edmodo.com• voicethread.com