designing engaging curriculum for global collaboration in the classroom
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Workshop at ASB Unplugged 2014, Mumbai, India. http://learningconfluence.wikispaces.com/Global+Collaboration+CurriculumTRANSCRIPT
Designing Engaging Curriculum for Global Collabora4on in the
Classroom
ASB Unplugged 2014 Hands-‐on Learning Ins4tute
learningconfluence.wikispaces.com Julie Lindsay
Julie Lindsay Director Learning Confluence P/L
MA Music, MA Educational Technology Leadership EdD Student, University of Southern Queensland
@julielindsay | about.me/julielindsay learningconfluence.com | flatconnections.com
Let’s get started…..
OPEN this WIKI: • hSp://learningconfluence.wikispaces.com/ • Follow link to Designing Engaging Curriculum
AGENDA
• PART 1 – Ge)ng started with global projects and collabora:ve pedagogy
• PART 2 – Global project curriculum design
• PART 3 – Design, pitch and evaluate global projects
GeVng started with global projects and collabora4ve pedagogy
PART 1
Discuss!
What is ‘collaboration’? What is ‘global collaboration’? What conditions must exist to support global collaboration in learning?
What is Collabora4on?
Something we do already
Enhanced using
technology
More than coopera4on
Aligned with standards
ISTE NETS.S
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collabora:vely, including at a distance……
Develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.
ISTE NETS.T
Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innova:on
A classroom that is: • connected • engages with multiple audiences • engages with diverse resources,
and tools • creates authentic, collaborative
learning outcomes
Defining the Global Collabora4ve Classroom
Going Beyond the ‘Wow’
Engaging learners and
leaders
Shifting traditional
pedagogies
Having realistic
expectations
Challenges of Global Collabora4on
Global competency
International mindedness
Cultural awareness
Glocalisation!
The cross-‐cu
ltural skills an
d
understandi
ng needed to
communicate outs
ide one’s
environment an
d to act on
issues of glo
bal significan
ce.
Think Global
and Act Loca
l!
Everyone is n
ot like me.
Everyone is li
ke me in some ways
.
Why Global Collabora4on?
Global Learning: Holis:c and ‘Flat’
Collabora4veConnected Learning
Blended Learning
Project & Challenge-‐based
Culture of sharing
Flipped Classroom
Inter-‐connected
Web 2.0
Global Project Design Leadership for connected learning
Pedagogy
‘Flat’ Learning
Recipe to FlaSen Your Classroom
Simple ACTIONS to Go Global
Global, Flat,
Connected Classroom
Connect
Communicate
Ci:zenship
Collaborate
Choice
Create
Celebrate
Simple ACTIONS to Go Global
Connection Personal Learning Network (PLN)
Students
School
You
Connection Strategies for meaningful interactions
hSp://www.flickr.com/photos/jrhode/375671790/in/pool-‐rss
Connection Pull Technologies
1. RSS Reader 2. Tablet-‐Sized Devices 3. Handheld Devices 4. Social Bookmarking 5. Joining Online Conversa4ons 6. Networking Organiza4ons 7. Loca4on Based Apps
Connection Taxonomy
© Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay, ‘FlaSening Classrooms, Engaging Minds’. Pg 55
'Good teacherpreneurs aren't renegades; they are connectors'
hSp://www.flickr.com/photos/51035553780@N01/344832591
Connec:on Teacherpreneur
How connected are you as an educator?
How are you connec:ng your students to the
world?
Connec4on! The 2 minute challenge
Image: 'customer-‐loyalty_reten4on.jpg’ hSp://www.flickr.com/photos/36001761@N02/3364250371
Communica:on The Handshake
hSp://padlet.com/wall/asb2014
Two types to sustain a global project Communica:on
Tradi:onal Classroom Separated by Loca4on Separated by Time
Connected ‘flat’ Classroom Unified by the Internet Unified by asynchronous communica4on tools
SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS
Communicate Synchronously
Red arrow poin4ng to latest ac4vity by students on the Ning
Blue arrow poin4ng to global real 4me chat by students on the Ning
Flat Connec:ons Global Project Ning (Educa:onal Community) -‐ Connect -‐ Communicate
Communicate -‐ Blended
Communicate – Blended modes Virtual Participation
Digital Citizenship “…the norms of behavior with regard to technology use”
Ribble and Bailey
© Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay 2011
Enlightened Digital Citizenship model
Ci:zenship Global competency and confidence
Digiteen/tween project outcomes
Team forma:on, Handshakes
Research Topics, Collabora:ve Wiki Authorship
Ac:on Project Design and Implementa:on
Celebra:on, Reflec:on, Sharing outcomes
hSp://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/8540095171/
• Research the technology and lead the way
• Monitor and be engaged
• Avoid the fear factor & make a difference
• Model legal wisdom & choose your own copyright
Be a DigiTeacher
Digital Ci:zenship
Ci:zenship!
What are you doing in your school to foster global digital ci4zenship?
Ci4zenship! The 2 minute challenge
If Collabora4on is a needed & required 21st Century skill, educators need to not only teach it, but employ & model it as well
Online Existence
“The weakness is that if there is a problem, and you e-‐mail them, they can just ignore the email, or they can just do their own thing and not listen to what you ask of them.” Student in the Horizon Project
hSp://www.flickr.com/photos/superkimbo/3940303947/
FlaSening the classroom is technology enabled collabora4on
Contribu:on and
Collabora:on
Ci:zenship!
How do you teach collabora4on? What technology tools foster collabora4on?
Collabora4on! The 2 minute challenge
“PuVng choice into the classroom will naturally direct students toward their own interests and strengths. It can allow students to “shine” in unimaginable ways.” Fla$ening Classrooms Chapter 7
“‘Beefsteak or liver’ quite took away Philip’s power of choice. He begged for a glass of milk…”
MARK TWAIN
Using Web 2.0 technologies to: • Ques4on • Build • Invent • Connect • Have meaning • Understand • Excel
hSp://www.flickr.com/photos/35590362@N02/5791320785/
Choices for different learning styles
http://k-2buildingbridges.blogspot.com/2012/04/voicethread-sharing.html
To be able to Create is a 21C Learning Objective
Revised 2001 by Lorin Anderson
From Create
To Co-create
Challenge yourself……….
Co-creating a Popplet with students around the globe. Robyn Thiessen - Vancouver, B.C.
Co-creation
Co-Creation Collabora:on
© Emily McCurran, Flat Classroom® Cer4fied Teacher
Student Summit
Celebrate New friends and achievements
Reflect and evaluate
A sense of accomplishment
Making the world a better place
Enhanced cultural understanding
Flat, Global,
Connected Classroom
Connect
Communicate
Ci:zenship
Collaborate
Choice
Create
Celebrate
The 2 minute challenge
What is missing here? What would you add? Take away? How will you use this in your classroom or in your school on Monday morning?
Time to Team Up
• Find like-‐minded partners – hSp://padlet.com/wall/asb2014
• Awer break sit together
Global project curriculum design
PART 2
Flat Connec4ons Global Projects • Grade 8-‐12, Ning & Wiki • Emerging technologies, E-‐Book, Video
Flat Connec:ons Global Project
• Digital ci4zenship leading to ac4on • Tween: up to 13, Teen: over 13
Digiteen Digitween
• Asynchronous formal deba4ng • Global discussions leading to ac4on
Global Youth Debates
• Gr 3-‐5, Edmodo & Wiki • Comparing lifestyles and living A Week in the Life
• Cross-‐classroom groups share and create • The start of technology-‐based global interac4on
K-‐2 Building Bridges to Tomorrow
• Grade 8-‐12, Ning & Wiki • Emerging technologies, E-‐Book, Video
Flat Connec:ons Global Project
hSp://www.flickr.com/photos/32625013@N00/17135231/
Ning for community development hbp://flatconnec:onsglobalproject.net/
Teachers
Students
Extended community
Community Collabora4ve Learning
Building working rela4onships
Project Content
Horizon Report K-‐12, 2013 Emerging technologies impac5ng educa5on and learning shared via a 5meline of poten5al relevance. hSp://www.nmc.org/horizon-‐project/horizon-‐reports/horizon-‐report-‐k-‐12-‐edi4on
Project Themes
Open Learning futurist, David Price OBE, argues that ‘open’ is not only affec5ng how we are choosing to live, but that it’s going to be the difference between success and failure in the future. hSp://engagedlearning.co.uk/
• The future of learning and educa4on • Emerging technologies and how we can and will use them • Connected and flat learning • Collabora4ve and social entrepreneurship • Global issues and ac4ons to solve them
Collabora4ve wiki leading to a published eBook
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by Anita Hart: hSp://flickr.com/photos/anitakhart/4586879133/
Student final video
Storyboard & planning
Outsourced content
Personal content
Topic subtheme
Video specifica4ons
Credits & cita4ons
Personal Mul4media Response to Topic
How will Workflow support FCGP 14-‐1? FCGP-‐01: January-‐May • Applica4on Deadline: January 23 • Online Teacher Informa4on mee4ng: Before February 7 • Classroom and student handshake: February 7-‐21 • Wiki edi4ng and collabora4on: February 22 -‐ March 22 • eBook planning must be started by: March 8 • Video pitches and crea4on: March 23 -‐ April • Video outsourced requests due: Up before break or by April 5 • Video outsourced requests completed and uploaded: April 17 • FCGP videos due: April 26 • FCGP eBooks due: May 1 • Student Summits: April 26 -‐ May 31 • Video Judging Phase 1: April 26 -‐ May 6 • Video Judging Phase 2 (meta-‐judging): May 6 -‐ 13 • Awards ceremony: Awer May 13 as determined by the project organiser
How will Student Teams func4on?
Team Wiki
Researchers
Media fossickers
Content editors
E-‐Book managers
Outsourced video clip organisers
Student leaders
Team Grid -‐ Topics
Team Grid – FCGP14-‐1
Personal Video Topic Selec:on Student chooses topic Aligns with research & eBook crea4on
eBook Content Selec:on Topics, subtopics, mul4media Edi4ng, cita4ons, formaVng
Sub-‐topic ID and Ranking Challenges & Trends Collabora4ve ranking
Main Topic ID and Research Primary & Secondary sources Expert Advisors
Global Youth Debates: Deba:ng into Ac:on
Slovakia Hong Kong
Japan Singapore USA
hbp://globalyouthdebates.com
Explore Global Projects
• Find a partner • Spend some 4me now exploring another Flat Connec4ons Global project – hSp://www.flatconnec4ons.com/flat-‐projects.html
What are the CHARACTERISTICS of a GOOD Global Project? How can we design learning experiences that embrace global education as well as enforce rigor and relevance.....or are these the same?
Discuss!
Design, pitch and evaluate global projects
PART 3
Global project design features
Find like-‐minded educators
Design Outcomes
Select Tools
Manage for Success
“Designing a global collabora4ve experience involves transcending the obvious real :me linkup, fostering higher order thinking and
providing opportuni4es for cultural understanding while usually making a product that impacts
others in a posi:ve way. ”
Engage students globally
Ci:zenship!
What is an INSPIRING, CHALLENGING, RELEVANT and GLOBAL topic or theme to join classrooms/learners across the world?
Global project design! The 2 minute challenge
Project Design Rela4onships
Project Design Essentials These include:
¡ The Flat Classroom Framework
¡ Curriculum Planning, Standards Alignment, Inputs and Outcomes
¡ Seven Steps Design Principles and Teaching Strategies
Pg.237-258
Pg 257
Pg 257
What to do now?
• Design a global project – use whatever tools you need
• Be ready to ‘pitch’ this verbally and with artifacts of your choice
• ‘Pitch’ for feedback • Review and update • Share via Google Doc
Global projects? Where to start? • Flat Connec:ons – fully managed and supported – (caveat – entry is via subscrip4on, some scholarships available) hSp://flatconnec4ons.com
• Global Classroom – community of global educators keen to connect – hSp://globalclassroom2013-‐14.wikispaces.com/
• iEARN – learning circles and other projects – hSp://iearn.org and hSp://iearn.org.au/
• Join networks – Flat Connec4ons – hSp://flatconnec4ons.net – Global Educa4on Conference – hSp://globaleduca4onconference.com
Flat Classroom Conference Sydney hbp://www.flatconnec:ons.com/
http://flatconnections.com
Flat Connection Global Educator
12-‐week course -‐ global cohort 2-‐graduate credits through University of Northern Iowa
hbp://www.asbacademy.org/courses.asp
6-‐week course -‐ global cohort 3-‐graduate credits through CSU
Main website - http://flatconnections.com Teacher Network- http://flatconnections.net Contact: [email protected]
Learning about the world, with the world
Julie Lindsay Director Learning Confluence Global Educator, Leader, Innovator, Author @julielindsay about.me/julielindsay learningconfluence.com