supporting the literal & digital travel of global citizens through exploration of project-based...
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In today’s highly competitive global “knowledge economy”, all students need new skills for college, careers, and citizenship. This supports most states' adoption of the Common Core Standards. The failure to give all students these new skills leaves today’s youth-and our country-at an alarming competitive disadvantage. As Tony Wagner's The Global Achievement Gap suggests, "Schools haven’t changed; the world has." In this session we will explore how schools are able to use the tools of project-based learning to support our students’ travel as they develop into true Global Citizens. Specifically we will travel the world digitally with a clear lesson plan replication for teachers to use across grade levels.TRANSCRIPT
Supporting the Literal and Digital Travel of our Global Student
Citizens through the Exploration of Project-
Based Learning Susan Wells
Lynne [email protected]
Today- highly competitive global “knowledge economy”
all students need new skills for college, careers, and citizenship
Tony Wagner's The Global Achievement Gap suggests, "Schools haven’t changed; the world has."
In the United States, most states this year adopted and began implementing the Common Core Standards, is this a match for a “knowledge economy?”
Explore how schools must use tools of project-based learning to support students’ travel as they develop into true Global Citizens
Class organization and collaboration
Product presentation
Create and capture multimedia
Making connections in collaboration
Content choice to make meaning
Global connections
K12 Lesson Plan: Problem-solving, My Community and Responsibility as a Global Citizen Each student joins classroom prepared edmodo group
Project assignment begins with student choice and opportunities for research
Each tool introduced can be used across levels from young children through adult users
Begin where one lives connecting identified problem at home to the larger community
Web-based news for research
Google maps to connect where you are in the world and connect as Global Citizen
Begin Prezi, making and recording connections, capturing research, being mindful of authentic audience
Taggalaxy.de allows opportunity for additional vocabulary development, unexpected connections, student conversation and collaboration as project develops
Voicethread provides creative development of multimedia presentations for inclusion in product presentation and uploading within Prezi or directly to Edmodo
Prezi is completed and practiced for authentic audience seeking real change for identified real problem
All products are uploaded to edmodo for sharing with wide audience
Our charge…prepare globally competitive students ready for college, careers, and citizenship!
Sources
http://mobilelearningequityandaccess.com
www.edmodo.com
Prezi.com
Voicethread.com
Taggalaxy.de
https://maps.google.com
www.nbcnews.com