day 1 kids talking to kids creating meaningful global connections

KIDS TALKING TO KIDS

Presented by Edna SacksonMount Scopus College

IB Asia Pacific Conference March 2011

CREATING GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

FOR LEARNING

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Imagine…

Key conceptsTuesday, 12 April 2011

Responsibility

Reflection

Perspective

Connection

Change

Causation

Function

Key conceptsTuesday, 12 April 2011

What does it look like?

JapanHong Kong

Indonesia

IsraelSri Lanka

Singapore

IndiaThailand

What does it look like?

Growing food successfully requires knowledge and understanding of the

natural world.

Understanding our geographical neighbours helps develop a global

perspectiveTuesday, 12 April 2011

Understanding other cultures

To connect to different cultures we need to understand their customs, beliefs and values

Connection

Kids talking to kids

Rural school, India

Music… a common language

It was fun to talk to people who we thought were

completely different and find how similar

they are to us. All kids have fun and learn stuff!

I thought it might be difficult to talk to them because of

cultural difference and background but it wasn’t.

I thought it might be difficult to talk to them because of

cultural difference and background but it wasn’t.

Instead of learning about the

m, we talked to them.

Perspective

Similar and different…Tuesday, 12 April 2011

your friends

your school

your countrymy country

communitymy community

Perspective

Similar and different…

my friends

my school

I think it’s great that we (Australians) can talk to people in India. I find it even better

that it’s led by children, because it can help

us with our inquiry. It’s a good idea that we

can interact with children of a different culture and find out about them

in this way.

How does it work?

Function

think small

How does it work?

Function

be inspiredthink small

How does it work?

Function

be inspiredthink small

connect asynch

How does it work?

Function

be inspired

get tech

support

think small

connect asynch

How does it work?

Function

be inspired

get tech

support

think small

join skype

connect asynch

How does it work?

Function

make it relevant

be inspired

get tech

support

think small

join skype

connect asynch

How does it work?

Function

make it relevant

be inspired

get tech

support

think small

join skype

let go

connect asynch

How does it work?

Function

make it relevant

be inspired

get tech

support

develop a PLN

think small

join skype

let go

connect asynch

How does it work?

Function

make it relevant

be inspired

get tech

support

develop a PLN

think small

join skype

be pers

istent

let go

connect asynch

How does it work?

Function

think big

make it relevant

be inspired

get tech

support

develop a PLN

think small

join skype

be pers

istent

let go

connect asynch

How does it work?

Function

Connecting asynchronously

An unlikely connection

I think it’s fantastic that we are getting the

opportunity to teach, so others maybe can

benefit from what we’ve learned ourselves.

It was great in the sense that we can share our learning all over the world and it’s not limited just to the

classroom.

Monika: The boys literally looked like they

were trying to peek into a window.

It was great in the sense that we can share our learning all over the world and it’s not limited just to the

classroom.

Overcoming obstacles

Reflection

Deepening understandings

Deepening understandingsSocial inequities create a need for

action in the world

‘I felt very happy and excited to have

interacted with the students. I got my share of learning too, out of

it.’

Deepening understandingsSocial inequities create a need for

action in the world

Little kids talking to kids

What are the effects?

Causation

connection

Causation

connection

awareness

Causation

connectionauthenticity

awareness

Causation

understandingawareness

Causation

engagement

Causation

engagement

social conscience

Causation

engagement

creativity

social conscience

Causation

engagement

creativity

social conscience

communicati

Causation

engagement

creativity

collaboration

social conscience

communicati

Causation

engagement

creativity

collaboration

social conscience

critical

thinking

communicati

Talking to our neighbours

It was amazing..I thought all Sri Lankans

had a hard life and Jude’s life is

so good.

When you look it up on the internet, it could be written

by anyone who hasn’t even lived in the place.

Learning directly from people

who live there means it’s more likelytrue and reliable

so good.

Learning directly from people

who live there means it’s more likelytrue and reliable

so good.

It gets more into me when someone tells me than

if I was just reading it.

Water is a shared resource that is precious and is essential for the survival

of all living things.

Q: Do you get water 24 hours in a day?A: No Q: When do you get your water?A: 2 hours in the morning, 2 hours in the eveningQ: Do you use tap water? Or store water? How? A: Yes, store in barrels, cans, and tanks in the house and big kitchen utensilsQ: Does the government help you in any way?A: At election time, (some parties) make sure we get water for 2 days at a stretch Q: Is the water enough for your family?A: Yes it is enough…

Water is a shared resource that is precious and is essential for the survival

of all living things.

The thought of seeing children from so far away in their own room was exciting, and intimidating all at once. But they caught on to the idea that they could find out about each other using this medium: text on skype, translations from and into English, from and into Marathi and Hindi. And I was inundated with queries to send to them even after the session was over. But what really struck me, yet again, was the vast potential for understanding different perspectives and situations.

Change

Responsibility

inquirers

Responsibility

inquirers

knowledgeab

Responsibility

thinkers

inquirers

knowledgeab

Responsibility

thinkers

inquirers

knowledgeab

principled

Responsibility

caring

thinkers

inquirers

knowledgeab

principled

Responsibility

communicators

caring

thinkers

inquirers

knowledgeab

principled

Responsibility

balancedcommunicato

caring

thinkers

inquirers

knowledgeab

principled

Responsibility

balancedcommunicato

risk takers

caring

thinkers

inquirers

knowledgeab

principled

Responsibility

balancedcommunicato

risk takers

caring

thinkers

inquirers

knowledgeab

reflectiveprincipled

Responsibility

balancedcommunicato

risk takers

open mindedcaring

thinkers

inquirers

knowledgeab

Responsibility

balancedcommunicato

risk takers

open mindedcaring

thinkers

inquirers

knowledgeab

respectful

Responsibility

balancedcommunicato

risk takers

open mindedcaring

thinkers

responsibleinquire

rsknowledgeab

respectful

Responsibility

balancedcommunicato

risk takers

open mindedcaring

thinkers

responsibleinquire

rsknowledgeab

respectful

Responsibility

balancedcommunicato

risk takers

open mindedcaring

thinkers

responsibleinquire

rsknowledgeab

respectful

Where to from here?

Blog: http://whatedsaid.wordpress.comTwitter: @whatedsaidEmail: eddizmail@gmail.comGoogle Doc: http://bit.ly/kidstalkingtokids

Cartoons: http://bit.ly/mytoons Voicethreads:http://voicethread.com/share/1530609/http://voicethread.com/share/1088459/

Videos: http://bit.ly/by_edhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL81Cto8xxQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmeqJRq9-kQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOsIbw5msdghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLj6KpaJs7A

Images in presentation:eivindw Cesar R. Robbert van der Steeg Extra Ketchup Bob AuBuchon MazzSackson

Useful websites:http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/http://www.wtvi.com/TEKS/05_06_articles/skype-in-the-classroom.htmlhttp://www.epals.com/http://www.skypeforeducators.com/educators.htmhttp://www.iearn.org/http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/archives/3948http://voicethread.com/http://www.toondoo.com

Blogs to inspire you:http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/03/04/third-graders-called-upon-to-be-the-experts/http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/10-ways-to-create-global-connections/http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/tag/global-interaction/http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/02/10/my-journey-with-global-collaboration/http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/03/04/skype-in-the-classroom/http://edtechworkshop.blogspot.com/2011/03/flat-classroom-are-we-really-ready.htmlhttp://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2011/02/11/goal-9-make-a-global-connection-30goals/http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/01/03/around-the-world-with-80-schools/

For your interest:http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/tag/soles-and-somes/http://solesandsomes.wikispaces.com/http://pzweb.harvard.edu/vt/VisibleThinking_html_files/VisibleThinking1.htmlTuesday, 12 April 2011

day 1 kids talking to kids creating meaningful global connections

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cultural difference

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