Presentation supporting a breakout session at Create the Future, BISS, Beijing January 2010 http://createthefuture.biss.wikispaces.net/

1. Global Collaborative Projects: Concept, Power and Magic Julie Lindsay “Create the Future” Beijing, January 2010

2. Julie Lindsay E-Learning Coordinator Beijing (BISS) International School Resources: http://julielindsay.wikispaces.com http://123elearning.blogspot.com Get connected: http://flatclassrooms.ning.com Email – lindsay.julie@gmail.com

3. Today’s Message‘Flatten’ your classroom and transform education

4. “I never teach my pupils, I only provide the conditions in which they can learn" Albert Einstein

5. You Know Your Classroom is Flat if… Your students have a PLN that reaches across time-zones, ages and interests Quote from Jeff Plaman, ISB

6. You Know Your Classroom is Flat if… You and your students communicate, collaborate and create products that make a difference to the world with other people from different countries and cultures.

7. You Know Your Classroom is Flat if… You insist that your students use their mobile phones to txt overseas friends to check out the weather/price/tv show update Quote from Madeleine Brookes, WAB

8. What is a Flat Classroom? Wiki-centric Global Collaboration using Web 2.0 Tools Authentic Problem Solving using Real-World Topics ‘Flat’ learning – teacher to student, student to student

9. What is a Flat Classroom? Global Collaboration 3.0 Cultural Understanding Digital Citizenship Online Learning Environments http://flatclassroomproject.org

10. Seven Steps to Flatten your Classroom

11. 7 Steps Connect Communicate Citizenship Contribute Collaborate Create Celebrate

12. Step #1 Connect

13. Staying motivated! Teacherpreneurs in Flat Classrooms are not alone….

14. They find others to fly with….

15. Vicki Davis Westwood Schools Five Phases of Flattening your classroom

16. What is a PLN? An extended community of people that you can interact with regularly A personally chosen collection of resources you can go to when you want to learn something Photo credit: http://flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/2060090675/

18. Why have a PLN? Foster conversation and social learning through connectivity and interactivity Ongoing professional development Make important professional connections globally

19. A PLN supports Professional Development because it….. Encourages a global perspective Acts as a lifeline for quick fixes Scaffolds educators sharing, communicating and collaborating Caveat: A network is only as valuable and useful as what participants contribute Photo credit: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2112632514&size=m

20. Getting started with a PLN BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG Reflecting Sharing Connecting Collaborating Posting Commenting

21. I Blog, Therefore I Am

22. Getting started with a PLN ‘Micro-Blogging’ ‘Microbogging’ with 140 characters at a time

23. Start or Join an Online Network….or 10 N I NG

24. Learn Central http://www.learncentral.org/

25. PLN: Sharing and ConnectingDelicious and RSS readers http://del.icio.us/julielindsay/PLN Google reader http://google.com/reader

26. Step #2 Communicate

27. TWO types of communication methods: Synchronous and Asynchronous

29. Examples:

30. Instant Messaging

31. Voice over IP (Skype)

32. Video Conferencing

33. Face to Face Interactions

34. Webcasts

37. Examples:

38. Blogs

39. Wikis

40. Podcasts

41. Virtual classroom recordings

43. PrincipleThe effective FLAT classroom structure has BOTH Asynchronous and Synchronous communications methods.

44. Communicate Wiki discussion tab

45. Communicate Elluminate.com as a synchronous connection tool

47. Step #3 Citizenship

48. 21st Century Citizens

49. Citizenship

50. Digital

51. What is YOUR definition of Digital Citizenship?

52. Digital Citizenship “…the norms of behavior with regard to technology use” Ribble and Bailey

53. Digital Citizenship Touchpoints 'Digital Citizenship in Schools' by Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey:

54. Citizenship OMG I JUST SAW THE HISTORY ON THE WIKI..Really sorry for any problems Sorry for accusing you, the history makes it look like you BTW I didn’t delete anything Why did you delete stuff off the wiki?

55. Knowing what is appropriate!

56. Appropriate Behavior Affection Gender Language Awareness “analyze” vs. “analyse” Cultural Sensitivity Responses to others Copyright & Fair Use

57. Be a Digiteacher Three Steps

58. Research the TechnologyConnect Yourself Number 1

59. Monitor and Be Engaged Number 2

60. Avoid the 'Fear Factor'Make a Difference Number 3 http://flickr.com/photos/breakdennis/

61. Step #4 Contribute

62. Wiki history

63. Contribution Message to students…… Contribute to your team by recording short video clips for your partners to use in their videos. Do not be a non-contributor and lurk somewhere in the darkness. Come out and be part of the construction.

64. 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

65. Step #5 Collaborate

66. Collaboration Ning discussion

67. Wiki’s and Disruptive Technologies ……. Innovations that drastically change the course by which users connect, engage, and relate with the world and transform society

68. A wiki allows for sharing of ideas and collaborative authoring

69. Wikis…Weapons of ‘mass collaboration’ Don Tapscott ‘Wikinomics’ Horizon Project 2008 Keynote http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/Keynote

70. Anatomy of a Wiki

71. Discussion History Searching Editing Videos Images Notify Audio Widgets RSS feed

72. Step #6 Create

73. 21st Century Learning Objectives To be able to CREATE

74. Why Revise? ……to account for the new behavioursemerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. Blooms Digital Taxonomy Andrew Churches http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy Revised 2001 by Lorin Anderson

75. Step #7 Celebrate

76. Celebrate New friends New achievements A sense of accomplishment Enhanced cultural understanding Making the world a better place

77. Student Summit andAwards Ceremony Presenter Julie Lindsay Qatar Academy http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/Student+Summit

78. LACHSA Summit Presenter Vicki Davis Westwood Schools http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Summits

79. Vienna International School Summit Presenter Vicki Davis Westwood Schools http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Summits

80. 7 Steps Connect Communicate Citizenship Contribute Collaborate Create Celebrate

81. Global Collaboration: The Concept Curriculum design: embedded, not an add-on Who? Timeframe? What tools? What are the expectations during? What are the outcomes? How to celebrate?

82. Global Collaboration: The Power If you are practicing collaboration you have the power to change the world, one classroom at a time

84. Use of Web 2.0

85. Global classrooms become one classroom

86. Common assessment objectives

87. High expectations for connectivity and collaboration on teachers and students (it is not enough to email once a week!)

88. Extended community partners

89. Use of multimedia to solve real-world problems

90. Teacher and/or student initiated, student-centered learningGlobal Collaboration 3.0

91. Global Collaboration: The Magic The magic of collaborationcomesfromseeing studentsandteachers find their own voice and take charge of their own learning.It comes from being given choices and ownership and empowerment of their learning path.

93. Flat Classroom Projects http://flatclassroomproject.org Flat Classroom Project Digiteen Horizon / Net Gen Ed Eracism

94. Flat Classroom Conference and Workshop

95. Flat Classroom Workshop And mini-Conference ASB Unplugged, Mumbai February 2010 http://flatclassroomconference.com

96. http://flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/

97. Julie Lindsay E-Learning Coordinator Beijing (BISS) International School Resources: http://julielindsay.wikispaces.com http://123elearning.blogspot.com Get connected: http://flatclassrooms.ning.com Email – lindsay.julie@gmail.com