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1. Do you Co-Create at theElementary Level?Flat Classrooms
Do!Julie Lindsay Director, Flat Classroom Projectswith Flat
Classroom Teachers!flatclassroomproject.net#flatclass
2. Three Parts to Presentation1. Introduction to the Flat
Classroom2. Global Collaboration Strategies for Success3. Stories
from the Flat Classroom
3. 1. Introduction to the Flat Classroom
4. Fla$ened Classroom Blended Learning Challenge-based
Project-based Flipped Inquiry-based The Flat Classroom is
Holis0c
5. The at classroom is a pedagogy supported by technology
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6. What is Collaboration? Something we do already
7. Partnership for 21st Century Skills
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8. P21C Skills CommunicaTon & CollaboraTon Communicate
Clearly ArTculate thoughts and ideas eecTvely using oral, wri$en
and nonverbal communicaTon skills in a variety of forms and
contexts Listen eecTvely to decipher meaning, including knowledge,
values, aZtudes and intenTons Use communicaTon for a range of
purposes (e.g. to inform, instruct, moTvate and persuade) UTlize
mulTple media and technologies, and know how to judge their
eecTveness a priori as well as assess their impact Communicate
eecTvely in diverse environments (including mulT-lingual)
Collaborate with Others Demonstrate ability to work eecTvely and
respec`ully with diverse teams Exercise exibility and willingness
to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a
common goal Assume shared responsibility for collaboraTve work, and
value the individual contribuTons made by each team member
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9. ISTE NETS.S
10. ISTE NETS.T
11. Why Global Collaboration? Global competency InternaTonal
mindedness Cultural awareness GlocalisaTon! The cross-cultural
skills and understanding needed to communicate outside ones
environment and to act on issues of global signicance.
12. De5ining the Global Collaborative Classroom A classroom
that is: connected engages with mul0ple audiences engages with
diverse resources, and tools creates authen0c, collabora0ve
learning outcomes.
13. Challenges of Embedding Global Collaboration Going Beyond
the Wow Engaging learners and leaders Shieing tradiTonal pedagogies
Having realisTc expectaTons
14. 2. Global Collaboration Strategies for Success
27. Choices for dierent learning styles
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28. Step 6 - CreationTo be able toCreate is
a21CLearningObjective
29. Revised 2001 by Lorin Anderson
30. From Create To Co-create Challenge yourself.
31. Co-creating a Popplet with students around the globe.Robyn
Thiessen - Vancouver, B.C.
32. Step 7:Celebration
33. CelebrateNew friends and achievementsReflect and evaluateA
sense of accomplishmentMaking the world a better placeEnhanced
cultural understanding
34. Flat Classroom Projects for Elementary Level
35. A Week in the Life A Flat Classroom Project for Elementary
School students Grades 3-5, age 8-10
36. Essen0al ques0ons which will be answered as part of the
project What are the similari0es and dierences among children
around the world? How can we connect with each other through our
commonali0es? How does your geography where you live impact your
topic?
37. 1. Do some research on a week in the life of children in
your school around these NINE topics: School 0me Languages Clothing
Housing Transporta0on Leisure 0me Holidays Celebra0on
Environment
38. 2. Collect mul0media and share with team members Mul0media
choices: video, audio, slideshow, cartoons, etc. Share mul0media
online via team wiki pages Discuss dierences and similari0es
between mul0media
39. 3. Complete a nal project demonstra0ng your informa0on to
the rest of the group. Each classroom will be responsible to
assemble a number of team projects Upload nished projects to the
wiki View all the group projects and compare and contrast the
results.
40. Project Tools - Students Edmodo Our social educaTonal
network Students in teams Handhake introducTons Share ideas,
converse, solve problems Wikispaces - Our collaboraTve working area
Co-create wiki pages with material share for each topic Other Web
2.0 tools
41. Workow AWL Part 1 Mul0media Collec0on Wiki, Edmodo Sharing
raw mulTmedia Team Forma0on Edmodo Organize by Teams In Teams,
individual handshake Classroom Handshake Edmodo Join the AWL 12-2,
Class Handshake, teachers comment, interact
42. http://k2-12-2.flatclassroomproject.org/
43. AIM: TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING OF LIFEBEYOND THE IMMEDIATE
ENVIRONMENT ANDALSO BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH REGULARCONNECTION AND
COLLABORATION AND BYSHARING BETWEEN CLASSROOMS.BUILDING BRIDGES TO
TOMORROW
44. TO CONNECT CLASSROOMS AROUND THEWORLD IN MEANINGFUL
DISCUSSIONS ANDCOLLABORATIONS AND TO SHOW THAT CO-CREATION OF IDEAS
AND PRODUCTS ISPOSSIBLE AT THIS LEVEL OF EDUCATIONOUR
CHALLENGE:
45. CREATING THE HANDSHAKE Handshake phase In your groups of
5-6 reach out and shake handsover the next week. Share this
handshake experience with the rest of usvia the wiki and Ning Tools
for the handshake? You decide! Skype? Google Earth? Another Web 2.0
multimedia tool? Share ideas and surprise us
46. Essen0al ques0ons which will be answered as part of the
project Can very young students eecTvely connect, communicate, and
collaborate in a global project? What does this look like? What
products can students in mixed classroom teams co-create? What
acTviTes and structure can we design and implement to scaold this
collaboraTon?
47. 1. There are 7 possible topics: 1. How We Play, 2.
CelebraTng Together, 3. Going to School, 4. Part of a Family, 5.
Making a Meal, 6. Sharing Stories, 7. The View from the Window
(landscape, geography) Everyone does this
48. 2. Collect mul0media and share with team members Mul0media
choices: video, audio, slideshow, cartoons, etc. Share mul0media
online via team wiki pages Discuss dierences and similari0es
between mul0media
49. 3. Complete a nal project demonstra0ng your informa0on to
the rest of the group. Each classroom will be responsible to
assemble a number of team projects Upload nished projects to the
wiki View all the group projects and compare and contrast the
results.
50. PROPOSED OUTCOMESCo-created product from mixed
classroomsE-Book creation - to be shared via avariety of
devicesMultimedia product eg Voicethread,Glogster (Gr 3-5 project
use these)Parent/school presentation - schoolassembly? Parent
conference session?Open classroom?
51. Workow K-2 Building Bridges Mul0media Collec0on Wiki
Sharing raw mulTmedia Organising into communicaTon format Team
Forma0on MulTmedia and Individual handshakes Organize Topics Select
Tools, Plan collaboraTon Classroom Handshake Teacher Ning Join the
K-2 12-2 Wiki Class Handshakes
52. 3. Stories from the Flat Classroom
53. Our Flat ClassroomProjectsOur school, Forest Ridge Academy,
is locatedin Schererville, Indiana, USA.Several of our classes
participated in globalprojects this year. They were
exciting,educational, and most of all fun!A Week in the LifeTeacher
Deb Heinz
54. A Week in the Life Skype5th graders atStone
OakElementaryskyping withstudents atBlakelyElementarySpeaker: Cindy
Glenn
55. A Week in the Life Project 2013-1
56. A Week in the Life 2013-1 Animal Facts Group
57. AWL Mystery Handshakes
58. AWL Mystery Handshakes
59. AWL Mystery Handshakes
60. AWL Student Summits
61. Speaker: Toni Barton
62. K-2 Teacher Web 2.0 Smackdown You believe global
collaboraTon has a place in your classroom You want to improve
digital ciTzenship and cultural understanding You want to foster
global competency amongst students and teachers You have some
digital uency and access to digital tools You want to use tools and
skills in meaningful ways to connect with others and learn
together
63. Building
Bridgeshttp://eagleeyecamera.wikispaces.com/Teachers and Students
connected globallywhile following journey of two eaglets.Aaron
Maurer - aarmau@gmail.com
64. Building BridgesThis collaborative iBook was created by
Grade1 and Kindergarten students from Bandung,Indonesia, Borneo,
Indonesia and BCCanada.Created by @jasongraham99, @mauimickeyand
@B_sheridanSpeaker: Jason Graham
65. Building Bridges
66. Building Bridges
67. Anne Mirtschin Hawkesdale P12 College Australia
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68. Building Bridges Fran Siracusa
69. K-2 Handshakes From Japan From Texas
70. Handshake from Chennai, India
71. Building BridgesWoodmen-RobertsElementaryused iMovieto tell
othersabout ourWeather
72. Digitween SkypeCatalyst Charter Middle SchoolSkyped with
Hewitt Trusseville Middle SchoolDigitween 12-2Speaker: Sandy
Wisneski
73. Eracism - Bracket A"The use of Facebook by students around
the world to communicate with one anotherdoes more harm than
good."Students participating in Bracket A are 11 and 12 years
old.Click on the images to hear the debates.
74. Eracism
75. Theresa Allen Flat Classroom Certified Teacher and Project
Manager