collaborative classroom
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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
?
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
s
*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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