Post on 16-Aug-2015
Look! No walls!Anne Mirtschin@murchahttp://www.murcha.wordpress.com
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A new way of learning
Impact?
Learning is NOW!
24/7New skills -digital, social, global, networking etc
BYOD
Flipped Classrooms
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Connect…. Communicate
• Emoticons• Backchannel• Recording• Capacity to send files• Interactive whiteboard• Polling feature• Videoconferencing feature
Virtual Classroom Software
Virtual classrooms can be recorded for those who are ill, revision etc
Bringing in Experts
Members of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Safer Internet Use Day
The stats……..
• 1 classroom (virtual in Blackboard Collaborate)• up to 17,000 students• 170 physical classes• A class of deaf students from Furlong Park School• 1 teacher (or presenter)
Hands on Literacy through Pottery
With Ms Delightful!
Learning from the staff at NGV
Anzac Day
Mark Wilson - artist
The artist’s sketch using electroboard/document camera/polycom with Year 5/6
Student engagement
Student Outcomes
Sharing Anzac Stories
Backchannels
Backchannels – Todays Meet
“Meet the scientists”Melbourne Museum/Scienceworks
• Are whales your favourite? Jemma year (King David School)• Did whales once have legs? Emily year 6 (The King David School)• wow by jeremy • Have you ever scanned and 3D printed a fossil? Blake year 6 (and 3D
printing champion)(by The King David School)• did you help get that whale back into the water a few weeks ago16
minutes ago by jeremy • How do you name the animals or find out the names of the animals if
you've never seen the animal or fossil before? Jemma year 6
The Bats – (from the Backchannel in a Virtual Classroom)
• Cara hawk: his wing looks like it's going to brake• 4B DGPS: what age do the bats learn to fly?• Billy-Jo Hawk: Did it try to escape from you?• Grade 2/3 Woodford: How many teeth do bats have?• Trevo hawk: what happen to it eye• Cara hawk: how easy is it to brake a bats wing• smithy: arent they posisoness• Grade 2/3 Woodford: What do bats feel like?• jasmine .j: do they hurt• scottinea: are the bats dead or did u catch them alive?• Grade 2/3 Woodford: What do bats eat?• 4B DGPS: are they really blind?• Billy-Jo Hawk: Is there black bats, like full black?• Moderator (Miss Iro, Mrs Gow and year 6/7): do bats carry any diseases• Grade 2/3 Woodford: What sort of fauna and flora live in the sinkholes?
Global experts/virtual tours
The Maritime Museum - USA
What Students Liked!• Much better learning from someone like Wisteria than through a textbook• How she showed the actual objects• All of it was really good – Wysteria was a really good presenter, asked
questions and got everyone involved.• Different time zone and it was interesting to know that she was in my
yesterday and there was a night time concert outside while she spoke to us.• Lady pirate Chin commanded 500 pirate ships, made me interested in old
history• Liked how she was actually at the museum, and showed us the actual
objects from the ship• To see the things they used – photos and objects
Connecting Classrooms
• Virtual classroom – Blackboard Collaborate, Adobe Connect and MS Lync• Skype• Polycom videoconferencing equipment• Twitter• Backchannels – todays meet, backchannel chat• Google Hangouts• Zoom• Fuze
Virtual Easter Hat Parade
World Readaloud Day
Thai Linkup
Breakfast with TaiwanKaohsiung city.
Shannon Huang:School located in Liuguai. Liuguai in Chinese
character has the meaning of "six turtles"
“We started off with mystery Skype, once we had figured where they were, we started showing each other what we eat for breakfast”.
Skype with small rural school in Kenya
Learning Swahili!
Virtual Tour of School Crops etc
You can’t ask questions of a
textbook!
I enjoy doing linkups like this one as it is a easy way to learn about other cultures. They say there is no better way to learn than to learn from your peers. Using a virtual classroom and talking to students in other countries is more interesting and more valuable than any textbook!
Georgia Year 10
Connecting students
https://education.skype.com
A Global Classroom
Linking up with Indonesia
In one of our ICT classes, we did a Mystery Skype.This means we didn't know who we were skyping, so we
asked yes or no questions to find our where we are from.
We found out that the school had an orangutan sanctuary on the grounds.
The students take care of the orangutans
Mystery Skype
• Our questions of Dave:-are you on earth
• Are you in the northern hemisphere? Yes
• are you in france
• Are you on a island near Australia
5 . are you in a communist country? no6. Are you in a heavy populated area?7Are you in a country where British had established colony?8 are you in europe10are you in africa
9 are in in asiaDo you play any sports?yesdo you like to play basketball? yes
Are you in Europe? NoDo you live in South America? NoDo you live on a coast line? NoDo you live in the capital city of your state? NoDo you have 52 stars on your flag? NoSee full document
Do you teach or have any knowledge of the native wars between the americans, seminoles, iroquois, cherokee etc, in the times of george washington?
International Peace Day with a Special School
A global temperature – 30 degrees!
Blogging - student blogs
http://mor0088.global2.vic.edu.au/
Sway
Asynchronous Connections
Video messages
Our clues……..
9-10 clues from a school in Portugal
1. North of equator2. 18 districts3. In Europe4. Borders Atlantic Ocna5. Famous sport = football6. Flag has red7. Famous food = sardines8. Famous music = funk, folk or was it
fado???9. Famous river through it10.Western part of Europe
Collaborating
• Handshakes• Network and socialize on a ning site• Collaborate and create wiki pages• Request an outsourced clip• Complete a movie• Create an eBook• Student Summits
http://www.flatconnections.com/flat-projects.html
Appropriate cultural images - avatars
Topics studied
Global2 Blogshttp://global2.vic.edu.au
Favourite stories
Student Election ForumHosted by Gungahlin College, Canberra
How it looked - #gcf2013!
Twitterfall -
• What will you do to help with the costs for rural students of moving away from home to attend higher education in the city.
Request for a pic of a typical Australian lunch boxFrom Germany
Connecting the German and Australian Canteen Managers using interpreter and the German Year English class
German School sets up display for Australian Canteen Food day.
INFORMATION ABOUT GERMAN FOOD DAY
• The German food day will be on next Wednesday. There will be three dishes on this day they are;
• Pork Schnitzel and gravy rolls $4.50
• German pasta Bake $4.50
• Beef goulash with spritzla & German noodles $4.50
Our German menu
German Mardi Gras Day – judged globally!
Tools used for Madi Gras judging
• Google hangouts• Google sheets with criteria for judging• Judges from Africa, Indonesia, Taiwan,
Nepal and Australia
Learning to Scratch with
grade 6 student from USA
Sprites for World Friends project on World Museum site
From Beatriz (grade 4)
Learning about scratch with Lanna was great I reckon it was magical the way she showed us the snow outside it was the first time I ever saw snow. I asked a lot of questions I was very interested in what we were learning for example……
how long have you been using scratch? she had been using it for 3 years which means she has a lot of experience with scratch.
Australia’s engagement with Asia
Mystery SkypeIn one of our ICT lessons, Mrs. Murch set up a mystery Skype. We had no idea who we were linking up with, so we asked questions about where we thought she was from.
We found out that her name was Mariko Eguchi. She lives in the Shimane Prefecture, Japan. We found out that the school she was at only served one dish at their canteen- Curried Rice
Mariko gave us a virtual tour of the classroom that she was in. It was very different to the classroom that we were in, they had single file desks, and not much technology, only the things that she had brought in from home.
Pre Test Knowledge
Curiousity –
• the masked students. Why?
• Why use a blanket?
What do they know now?
International Friendship Day
Global Online Discussions with school in Ipoh, Malaysia
International Friendship Day
Some of the things we talked about
How many subjects do you have in Malaysia?We have 10 subjects here in Malaysia We have English, Bahasa Melayu(our national language),Chinese, Additional Math, Modern Math, Science(Biology, Chemistry, Physics), History(very boring T^T) and Moral Education
We shared a minute of silence with Malaysia for MH17 and created a wall of sympathy
(created using www.padlet.com)
What I liked…………
I liked that they were from a different country. It was very interesting to learn a little about them and their culture.
What next????
We would love to continue doing this sort of thing, we love linking up with people from all over the globe.
We are always interested in where people are from and their way of life. We love comparing what we do with other countries.
Global apps
Challenges• time zones• school year differences/extra curricular activities• different languages/cultures - different meaning of words in cultures!• overcoming cultural/language differences• accents• bandwidth• confidence of students• Confidence and access to technology
Essentials
• Membership of social networking sites• Communication• An online site (for connection) – blogs, wiki, webpage• A strong profile• Sharing via blogs, other online sites
Requirements for success
• Passion• Ownership of ideas and projects• Connections - networking• Communication• Willingness to take risks• Determination• Necessity of pre-testing • A sense of humour!• Work through all issues and do not judge!
Impact – some thoughts!
• Increased engagement• Reduced racism• Empathy• No ‘walls’ (barriers) to learning• Understanding of cultures• Greater awareness of own culture• Netiquette, digital citizenship• 21st Century Digital and Communication Skills• Increased confidence• Awareness beyond the textbook• Variety of communication skills etc
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