Join me earlier than normal today, Tuesday, August 20th, 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. CONNECTED LEARNERS
SOCIAL MEDIA AS A
LEARNING TOOL
Using social media to connect
educators and experts worldwide

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5. We use Skype, YouTube, blogs and Twitter to get in contact with students
and teachers from other parts of the world.
We communicate and learn from peers in the outside world using social
media
We write personal blogs using authentic material
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 teacher.
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.
USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO CONNECT
EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND EXPERTS WORLDWIDE

6. 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 (second year)
OUR SCHOOL – OUR CLASS

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

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11. GLOBAL CLASSROOM
Twitter

12. 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

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TWITTER TO CONNECT WITH
EXPERTS

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RSS – FEEDS TO KEEP UPDATED
communicate

16. Curriculum goals
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Curriculum goals

19. CONNECTING

20. GOALS SET BY STUDENTS

21. USEFUL LINKS

23. Produce texts using different
media
Indepth project writing about a
topic from your curriculum this
year
Understand texts written
Research online
CURRICULUM GOALS:

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27. • 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