global education initiatives
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A presentation given at the Association of Indepedent Maryland Schools Technology Retreat in April 2008.TRANSCRIPT
Global Education Initiatives
AIMS Technology Retreat Spring 2008
Alecia Berman-DrySt. John’s Episcopal School
Guiding Questions
• How can we better empower our students to cooperate and to utilize themselves in an ever-globalizing society?
• Can we develop a better understanding of what divides the nations in today’s rapidly changing world by connecting the students to develop an understanding for global issues that affect their everyday lives?
• How can we use technology to increase the capacity of students to become employable and self-reliant in today’s global marketplace?
Cooperation
Developing Global Awareness
Employable and Self Reliantin Global Marketplace
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Guiding Questions + Books + Needs + Social Media = ?
• The classroom that serves the global student should be:– Able to evaluate sources– Self discipline, persistence– Collaboration and Teaming– Reflective and compassionate– Global awareness and understanding– Create new paradigms and content, innovation– Leadership minded
Finding Parnterships
• Put out a lot of lines
• Some will get bites– But some fish are too small and have to be
tossed back in to mature
• No such thing as a fish that’s too big…until it overwhelms you.
Some Good Fishing Holes
• Your own school• Epals• GlobalSchoolNet• Global Education Collaborative &
Classroom 2.0 Nings• Sister Schools Project• NAIS 20/20 Challenge• World Wise Schools (Peace Corps)
Collaboration Formats
• Early stages– Voicethread– Blogs– Wikis
• Getting to Know You…– Ning– VOIP
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Collaboration Models
• Flat classroom project– Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis– http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/
• The Horizon Project– http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/
• The Literacy Workshop– http://www.literacyworkshop.org/poetryslam/poetrysla
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Issues Faced
• Time Zones/Asynchronous Communication
• Cultural Bias• Hardware accessibility/Bandwidth• Importance of Guidelines for Participation• Evaluation
– Our rubric– Other rubrics
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The Final Frontier
• Student Travel– World Leadership School