collaborative classroom

Connecting to the World

Building a Collaborative Classroom

Cheryl Lykowski

Discovery Educator Network GuruMichigan’s DEN Leadership Council – Chair

Discovery STAR Educator

April 2012

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can’t read and write, but

those who can’t learn, unlearn, and

relearn.~Alvin Toffler, “Rethinking the Future”

Are today’s students tech

savvy or digitally literate?

Why focus on a digital and

collaborative classroom?

Technology has shifted from a

personal experience to a

community experience.

Build a collaborative

community in the classroom.

A 21st century classroom:

How does it look?

Collaborative

Cooperative

Community Creative

Connected

ContributiveInvestigative

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Learning is active.

Learning is social.

Learning needs rich contexts.

Learning needs to be authentic.

Learners are diverse.

Today’s learners are:

Creative

Leaders

Communicators

Creators

Risk takers

Connected

Essential Question

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*How might this work?

*How might this benefit my students?

*How might this add to my

instruction?

Global Awareness, according to The Partnership for 21st Century

Skills, includes:Using 21st century skills to understand and address global issues.

Learning from and working collaboratively with individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts.

Understanding  other nations and cultures, including the use of non-English languages.

Global awareness is necessary because:

Students can no longer live isolated from the world.

Students need to be global citizens.

Students must learn about diversity, languages, cultures, traditions and points of view from others.

Connections

Make connections with other educators, near and far

Connections

Connections

Collaborative Digital Tools:

Multi-user

Synchronous/Asynchronous

Collaborative

Communicative

Prepare your students

Ambassadors

Movement

Silliness

Loud & Clear

Slang

Engagement

Confidence

Taking Turns

UnexpectedQuestions

Collaborative Tools:

Role of the collaborative

learner:Greeter

Question asker

Photographer

Videographer

Scheduler *adapted from Silvia Tolisano

Backchannel writers

Live Bloggers

Google Earth

Mapper

Role of the collaborative learner:

*adapted from Silvia Tolisano

Info Station

Timer

Data writer

RolesLive

BloggingGoogle Earth & Google Maps

Back Channel

Interviewers

Roles

Scheduler

Greeter

Information Station

Question Asker

Roles

*adapted from Silvia Tolisano

Greeter ~ Greets the partner school. Makes initial introduction.

Question asker ~ Asks specific questions for data collection.

Photographer ~ Responsible for documenting connection with still images.

Videographer ~ Responsible for documenting connection with video.

Scheduler ~Responsible for adding Date & Time of planned Skype connection to embedded Google Calendar.

*adapted from Silvia Tolisano

Backchannel writers ~ Documenting conversation, questions, answers and classroom happenings during the connection on a backchannel chat.

Live Bloggers ~ Blogs Skype call live to classroom blog.

Google Earth ~ Finds location of Skype partner and measures distance in miles & kilometers.

Mapper ~ Responsible for adding placemark of Skype partner’s location to embedded Google Map on classroom blog.

Info Station ~Responsible to search for any data question on the spot. Verifies any questionable information as well.

Timer ~ Responsible for noting time Skype call started and ended as well as calculating elapsed time.

Roles

Roles

Data Entry ~ Responsible for adding data collected into embedded Google form on classroom blog. Ex. distance miles/km, temperature in F/C.

Word Problem Creator ~ Creates a math word problem from data, questions and answers collected during Skype call.

Backchannel Cleanup ~ Responsible to save backchannel chat as a word document and cleaning up duplicate comments and mark questionable statements to be verified.

*adapted from Silvia Tolisano

Collaborative Projects to Get You

Started

On the Same Day in March

Around the World with 80 Schools

Teddy Bears Around the World

Skype in the Classroom

Projects By Jen

World Math and Spelling Day

Collaborative Writing

1001 Flat Tales Mysteries of Harris Burdick

Flat Classroom Project

Collaborative Projects with Multimedia

Life ‘Round Here Rock Our World

http://www.youtube.com/user/rockourworld1?ob=0&feature=results_main

Rock Our World

Bringing Experts into the Classroom

Bringing Experts into the Classroom

Johnathan Rand

Sarah L. Thomson

Johnathan Rand

http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

Bringing Experts into the Classroom

Egg Farmer

Iditarod Veterinaria

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Sharing the Curriculum

ResourcesFlattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds

Resources

Sylvia Tolisano

http://www.langwitches.org/

Resources

Wesley FryerSpeed of Creativity

Kevin HoneycuttKevinhoneycutt.or

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Questions?

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Contact me:

Cheryl Lykowski

Web2.0explorer@gmail.comhttp://techconferences.wikispaces.com