Communicate, Collaborate and Innovate;

Authentically Integrating Tech in the Early Years

Rebecca TuplingCanadian International School of Hong KongRebecca.Tupling@gmail.comTwitter: @RebeccaTupling

mailto:Rebecca.Tupling@gmail.com

Communicate, Collaborate and

Innovate; Authentically Integrating

Tech in the Early Years

HELLO!I am Rebecca Tupling.I am currently teaching Grade 4.I taught Early Years for 11 years.

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Presentation

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Specialises in ways to communicate, collaborate and innovate in the Early Years.

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“The important thing about

young children is that they are powerful. They are lovable,

playful, changing, and vulnerable. But the most

important thing about young children, I believe, is their

power.

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Communicate

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/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/verb

1.share or exchange information, news, or ideas.

Communication with Parents

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August - December

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tigpmt0h2HA

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZq2wUGWttU

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Results

How Did We Do it?

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Seesaw Pen Pals

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Fort Worth Country Day SchoolFort Worth, Texas, USA

Canadian International School of Hong KongHong Kong

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When would you use it?

Why would you use it?

How would you use it?

Communication Ideas1. Student Reflection2. Student Blogs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQ8gXvQBH4

Collaborate

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/kəˈlabəreɪt/verb1. work jointly on an activity or project.

Community Collaboration

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“Any educator will tell you that a parent is a child’s first and best teacher.” pg. 19

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz4iiqvrAFI

Global Connections

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“A working definition of online global collaboration: Online global collaboration broadly refers to geographically dispersed educators, learners, classrooms, schools and other learning environments that use online technologies to learn with others beyond their immediate environment in order to support curricular objectives, intercultural understandings, critical thinking, personal and social capabilities and ICT capabilities.”

Julie Lindsay

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“What if….Every teacher tweeted one thing that they did in their classroom to a school hashtag, and they took five minutes out of their day to read each other’s tweet?What impact would that have on learning and school culture? George Couros

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The Power of Twitter within your own Community

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The Power of Twitter

within the Global

Community Cathie Matthews - UNIS, Vietnam

@catherine_learnVeronica De Vries - NIST, Thailand

@Verushkadevries

Pana Asavatana - TAS, Taiwan

@PanaAsavatana

Brooks Luscher - AISM, Mozambique@ELCwithBrooks

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Reflection Time

When would you use it?

Why would you use it?

How would you use it?

Collaboration Ideas1. Parent

Involvement2. Within School3. With Other

Schools4. Twitter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQ8gXvQBH4

Innovate

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/ˈɪnəveɪt/verb1. make changes in something established,

especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.

Coding in the Early Years

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Reflections “It’s a cube so it’s called Cubetto.”

Ryan

“I see the arrow so it goes this way.”

Caden “Each thing we did had instructions.” Marcus

“If it turns left and left and left it turns around.”

Gianna

“Grow makes it get bigger.” Anabelle

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The students used Google Earth to

investigate the area they would go for an upcoming field trip.

This field trip was connected to How

We Organise Ourselves.

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The students used Stop Motion to show different

stories. This learning

engagement was connected to the

unit How We Express

Ourselves.

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The students used Pic Collage to

explore and label different materials, environments and

homes. This learning

engagement was connected to the

unit Where We Are in Place and Time.

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The students explored Loose

Parts Play through old

computer and keyboard parts.

They created doctors offices, restaurants, and

hairdresser shops.

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Reflection Time

When would you use it?

Why would you use it?

How would you use it?

Innovation Ideas1. Coding2. Google Earth3. Stop Motion 4. Pic Collage 5. Loose Parts with

Old Computer Parts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQ8gXvQBH4

Going Further

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More Early Years Teachers on Twitter;

@Es_Ip

@Awykoo

@Gillplittle

@LeoWCDNIS

@FBradleybarnard

Slides presented by www.carnivalslides.com

21C Teachmeetshttps://www.21c-learning.com/events/format/teachmeet/ Next one - May 7th

Electronics resource - https://www.buzzer.hk/

Seesaw - PD in your PJs

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THANKS!Any questions?

You can find me at: @Rebecca Tupling

Rebecca.Tupling@gmail.com

www.worldlywonders.org

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