A presentation given to EduTech Sydney Australia on the amazing global classroom that can now be ours if we are connected. Let's learn about the world, with and from the world.
22. • Are whales your favourite? Jemma year (King David School)
• Did whales once have legs? Emily year 6 (The King David School)
• wow by jeremy
• Have you ever scanned and 3D printed a fossil? Blake year 6 (and 3D
printing champion)(by The King David School)
• did you help get that whale back into the water a few weeks ago (by
Jeremy)
• How do you name the animals or find out the names of the animals if
you've never seen the animal or fossil before? Jemma year 6
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24. • Much better learning from someone like Wisteria than through a textbook
• How she showed the actual objects
• All of it was really good – Wysteria was a really good presenter, asked
questions and got everyone involved.
• Different time zone and it was interesting to know that she was in my
yesterday and there was a night time concert outside while she spoke to us.
• Lady pirate Chin commanded 500 pirate ships, made me interested in old
history
• Liked how she was actually at the museum, and showed us the actual objects
from the ship
• To see the things they used – photos and objects
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What Students Liked
25. Lana, Grade 6, Boston USA
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26. Sprites for World Friends project on World Museum site
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27. From Beatriz (grade 4)
Learning about scratch with Lanna was great I reckon it
was magical the way she showed us the snow outside
it was the first time I ever saw snow. I asked a lot of
questions I was very interested in what we were
learning for example……
how long have you been using scratch? she had been
using it for 3 years which means she has a lot of
experience with scratch.
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37. • The German food day
will be on next
Wednesday. There will
be three dishes on
this day they are;
• Pork Schnitzel and
gravy rolls $4.50
• German pasta Bake
$4.50
• Beef goulash with
spritzla & German
noodles $4.50
57. • Our questions of Dave:-
are you on earth
• Are you in the northern hemisphere? Yes
• are you in france
• Are you on a island near Australia
5 . are you in a communist country? no
6. Are you in a heavy populated area?
7Are you in a country where British had established colony?
8 are you in europe
10are you in africa
9 are in in asia
Do you play any sports?yes
do you like to play basketball? yes
Are you in Europe? No
Do you live in South America? No
Do you live on a coast line? No
Do you live in the capital city of your state? No
Do you have 52 stars on your flag? No See full
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71. International friendship day a special United Nations day on the first
Sunday of August. The lesson was aimed to make new friends in
other countries. We connected up with students from Ipoh, Perak in
Malaysia. There were 35, 16 year old student in the class that we
talked with. We used the chat and comments area to talk to each
other.
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International friendship day
72. How many subjects do you have in Malaysia?
We have 10 subjects here in Malaysia
We have English, Bahasa Melayu(our national language),Chinese, Additional Math, Modern
Math, Science(Biology, Chemistry, Physics), History(very boring T^T) and Moral Education
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Some of the things we talked
about
78. o Blogs
o Online research
o Global projects
o Share it out - twitter, facebook, instagram
etc
o Connect the students beyond school
Enable further learning/conversations
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79. • Time zones
• School years/extra curricular activities
• Language
• Cultural differences
• Accents
• Infrastructure/bandwidth
• Confidence
• access to technology
Challenges
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85. • Passion
• Ownership of ideas and projects
• Connections - networking
• Communication
• Willingness to take risks
• Determination
• Necessity of pre-testing
• A sense of humour!
• Work through all issues and do not judge!
Requirements for success
86. • Learning about the world from the world
• Increased engagement
• Reduced racism
• Empathy
• No barriers to learning
• Understanding of cultures
• Greater awareness of own culture
• Netiquette, digital citizenship
• 21st Century Digital and Communication Skills
• Increased confidence
• Awareness beyond the textbook
• Variety of communication skills etc
Impact – some thoughts!