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Leveraging Technology to Connect to the WorldChicago International Education Conference
November 9, 2012
Lucy Gray
Lucy Gray Consulting
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Social Media Review
“Online technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other.”
“Social media are works of user-created video, audio, text or multimedia that are published and shared in a social environment, such as a blog, wiki or video hosting site.”
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Why Tech?
Take charge of your own professional development and model learning for colleagues and students.
By developing a PLN, you can investigate best practices and target your needs and interests. Anytime, anywhere.
You’ll be able to find opportunities for global collaboration.
Our students are networking and we need to understand the spaces created by social media as well as how to engage kids.
We need to see ourselves as curators and creators of content.
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The Highly Connected Educator
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21st Century Students & Teachers
New Connections
Connected Individuals
New Communities
Virtual Communities
New Content
Collaborative Communities
Connected in innovative and new ways
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Millennials Want to Learn…
With technology
With one another
Online
In their time
In their place
Doing things that matter
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“The Highly Connected Teacher”
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The New Media Consortium
The K12 Horizon Report
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills
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Flat Classroom Project® & Book
Julie Lindsay & Vicki Davis
Steps to Flattening Your Classroom
Project Development
PD Toolkit
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Additional Resources
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Esther Wojcicki and Michael LevineTeaching for a Shared Future: American Educators Need to Think Globally
EdWeek: Global Learning blog by Tony Jackson
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Example Projects
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Earth Day Groceries Project Mark Ahlness
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Around the World with 80 Schools
Silvia Tolisano
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The Writer’s ClubRob Sbaglia
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Google Lit TripsJerome Burg
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Sample VideoValerie Becker
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A Whole New MindKarl Fisch
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WikiValerie Becker
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MyThologyMatt Cauthron
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The iEARN Project Book
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The Classroom Teacher’s Toolkit
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Apple Inc.Tools of the Trade
Photobooth (photos, video, greenscreening)
iChat AV (videoconferencing, desktop sharing recording)
Garageband (recording, podcasting)
iPod, iPod Touch, iPad - apps
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Global Collaboration, Exploration & Innovation on iTunes U
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Generic ToolkitStill or video camera - Kodak cameras
Web cam - Logitech
Chat client - Skype (free)
Digital recording device or web site
Collaborative workspace - Think.com (Thinkquest), Google Sites, Wikispaces
Networks - Twitter, iEARN, ePals, TakingITGlobal, Global Ed ning
Web 2.0 Tools - VoiceThread, Voki, Google Docs (Forms), Google Maps & Earth
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Starting Points
ePals
Buck Institute for Education
iEARN-USA
International Baccalaureate
Facing the Future
Flat Classroom Project
Global Nomads
One World Education
Primary Source
Rock Our World
Roots & Shoots
TakingITGlobal
Voices Education Project
World Savvy
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Recommendations
Learn to network; network to learn
Keep it authentic
Start small and design very structured projects
Join an existing group project
Develop a customized vision of 21st century learning for your classroom, school and district
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Slides with clickable linksavailable at http://www.lucygray.org
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Let’s Practice
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Join the Global Education Conference and explore conference opportunities: http://globaleducationconference.com
Join Twitter and start following people on Lucy’s global education list: https://twitter.com/elemenous/global-education/members
Join Skype in Schools and explore potential projects https://education.skype.com/
Join Apple’s Challenge Based Learning Community and identify interesting projects: http://www.challengebasedlearning.org
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Contact Info
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http://lucygrayconsulting.com
http://globaleducation.ning.com
Username: elemenousOn Skype, Twitter, YouTube, Diigo, Flickr, Delicious