for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with a group of Norwegian students, and their English teacher (and blogger) Ann Michaelsen, to discuss their recently published book, Connected Learners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Global Classroom.

1. Ann S. Michaelsen
Utviklingsleder Sandvika vgs
http://annmic.wordpress.com/
@annmic
SOCIAL MEDIA AS A
LEARNING TOOL
Using social media to connect
educators and experts worldwide

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6. Participants will be shown how to use social media like Skype, YouTube,
blogs and Twitter to get in contact with students and teachers from other
parts of the world. Students communicate and learn from peers in the
outside world using social media and teachers introduce new material to the
students on personal blogs using authentic material like videos from Youtube
and TED. Curriculum goals are the basis for learning, not textbooks, and
students find how different topics can be used to cover the curriculum goals.
Questions and challenges are set by the students with help from teachers.
Students offer feedback to fellow students. The goal is self-paced
differentiated learning where every student can progress individually and the
teacher can keep track of this. We explore how it is possible to use digital age
learning in an authentic real-world practice, modeling real-world problems.
USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO CONNECT EDUCATORS,
STUDENTS AND EXPERTS WORLDWIDE

7. 1:1 school
Block scheduling – all day subjects from
8:30 – 13:15
Teaching without textbooks
PLN building with social media: Twitter,
Blogging Skype, Facebook, YouTube, Internet
during exams
MY SCHOOL – MY CLASS

8. BLOCK SCHEDULING - 1:1 - BLOG
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9. BLOCK SCHEDULING - 1:1 - BLOG

10. BLOCK SCHEDULING - 1:1 - BLOG
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13. GLOBAL CLASSROOM
Twitter

14. Why Twitter?
• Great way to connect – quick and in realtime
• Great way to find information
• Quickly updated
• Search and fnd almost everything. Something
happening searh and find out what people are talking
about.
• Build a network
• Easy to use, what you put in is what you get out of it.
• Info in Norwegian:
http://delogbruk.wikispaces.com/Hva+er+og+hvorda
n+bruke+Twitter%3F

15. Twitter Resources, Apps, and Tools
Twitter is possibly one of the most powerful social media tools available to
educators. Get started today with these resources. Advanced users might find
something here to enhance their Twitter experience.
http://pinterest.com/esheninger/twitter-resources-apps-and-tools/
USING TWITTER AND BLOGS

16. TEN REASONS TEACHERS
SHOULD GIVE TWITTER A GO

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TWITTER TO CONNECT WITH
EXPERTS

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RSS – FEEDS TO KEEP UPDATED
communicate

20. Curriculum goals
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Curriculum goals

23. PUBLISH TO AN AUDIENCE
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24. CONNECTING

25. KEEPING UP
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26. GOALS SET BY STUDENTS

27. USEFUL LINKS

29. produsere sammensatte tekster i
digitale medier
velge et fordypningsemne
innenfor eget
utdanningsprogram og
presentere dette
LÆREPLANMÅL

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33. • We made the book in the 2nd semester of the year 2012/2013
• Nearly all of the students in our class used it as an in-depth project
• The ones who didn’t participated as well
• 10 Chapters – Chapter editor for each
• Work & Collaboration!
THE PROCESS