The Global Classroom

November 2013

ppt. by Robin D. Seamon

When I Become a Teacher

VIDEO: (PASSCODE)http://futurefriendlyschools.org/values/global-citizenship/

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For starters…Connect with global partners, teachers, & students:

• Students email• Students exchange letters• Students Skype• Videoconferencing

Connect your classroom with a Peace Corps Volunteer serving abroad. Peace Corps Volunteers in the field exchange emails, letters, videos, photographs, and telephone calls with classrooms in every state and the District of Columbia. The Correspondence Match program matches up Peace Corps Volunteers in the field with American classroom teachers. The result? A vibrant two-year exchange of ideas, stories, pictures, and artifacts that helps American students in the classroom learn about the people, geography, and cultures of the world from the direct experience of Volunteers living in other countries

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/classroom/correspondence/

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/symbolic/About.html

• US & Canadian students send a symbolic monarch to Mexico as the real monarchs are migrating to their southern nesting grounds.

• Children from Mexican villages will ‘take care of’ the symbolic butterflies until Spring.

• When the real monarchs return to the US & Canada, Mexican send symbolic butterflies back

• In the interim, students can learn about the amazing monarch butterfly & it’s 4 generation journey as well as cultural exchange with students from Mexico through the Journey North website.

Video conferencing with TIGed

(Taking It Global)

http://encounters.tigweb.org/events/

Some are free, some have a fee $100

The next step…Join a project with global partners, teachers, & students:

• Students Investigate- Find resources• Students Collaborate- Share findings

http://futurefriendlyschools.org/values/global-citizenship/ (5 min) PASSCODE

Stove Project

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• Find an email partner class• Join a project to find other ePals

classrooms seeking project partners

• Find resources & lessons to add Common Core to your curriculum

• Explore Learning Centers that allow student communication

http://www.epals.com/commoncore/

COMMON CORE

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http://www.epals.com/JOIN

ePals CentralPROJECT

http://www.epals.com/find-project.php#age_range=0&collaboration=0&commoncore=&country=&duration=0&language=0&p=1&project_type=0&region=&search_text=

Getting Started-An Overview: The First Project

-from ePals

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http://www.epals.com/project-detail.php?id=dd46ace1-131f-44cf-b6c7-f103a3cc3eee

http://www.epals.com/project-detail.php?id=dd46ace1-131f-44cf-b6c7-f103a3cc3eee

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http://www.epals.com/project-detail.php?id=dd46ace1-131f-44cf-b6c7-f103a3cc3eee

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http://www.epals.com/project-detail.php?id=dd46ace1-131f-44cf-b6c7-f103a3cc3eee

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http://www.epals.com/learningcenter.php

LEARNING CENTERS

LEARNING CENTERS

More -from ePals

GLOBAL CITIZENS

http://en.community.epals.com/epals_cares/default.aspx

http://en.community.epals.com/smithsonian_on_epals/default.aspx#.Ul11uPfy_To

Extension…Create & recruit members to a project with STEM skills and learning.

• Students collaborate using Web 2.0 tools & 21st Century skills to identify and explore a real-world problem.

http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/

Some good ideas…

Existing projects on TIGed

Taking It Global

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PROMOTING

http://www.tigweb.org/tiged/

http://dfa.tigweb.org/schools/index.html Use CHROME

DeforestAction: take ecourses to learn how to participate.

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Promo video at BOTTOM (PASSCODE)http://dfa.tigweb.org/schools/?section=ewWatch it!

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Students participate in monitoring the forests of Borneo.

Each student is assigned a parcel of land, and through the use of satellite imagery, identify and mark changes in land patterns over a period of time, reporting disturbances, collaborating with neighbors who hold the land around their hexagon to explore whether or not the disturbance is related to illegal activity. These changes are shared with relevant local authorities, who will then investigate any deforestation in that area. Students share on the Earthwatchers WIKI.

http://dfa.tigweb.org/schools/?section=ew

http://www.tigweb.org/tiged/projects/ridetolearn/ (use CHROME)

The World By Cycle expedition is a bicycle circumnagivation of the world that explores the origin stories of everyday things, bringing Adventure Learning to classroom education!

Welcome to Ride To Learn, an online space where you can follow the cycling expedition - World x Cycle - with students around the world, meet the explorers, and use our activities base to support your learning about the people and places we visit along the way.

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Example Activities

Screencast WEBTOUR (PASSCODE)http://treadlightly.tigweb.org/foreducators/

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http://www.tigweb.org/tiged/projects/ayiti/game.html

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Future Friendly Schools engage with local, regional, and global organizations to access expertise and contribute to positive change.Future Friendly Schools integrate global issues and diverse perspectives into curriculum and pedagogy to reflect our interconnected worldFuture Friendly Schools provide professional learning opportunities related to global citizenship.Future Friendly Schools have a culture that promotes and celebrates global citizenshipFuture Friendly Schools connect and collaborate locally and globally to build intercultural understanding and teamwork

http://futurefriendlyschools.org/values/global-citizenship/

ChallengeThrough the certification process itself, educators at your school will challenge themselves to develop and showcase teaching practices that align to the values of global citizenship, student voice, and environmental stewardship, and incorporate the approaches of immersive ICT use and project-based learning. Your school will receive a personalized online portfolio page, showcasing highlights of your practices for others to learn from, share, and comment on. You will also receive a confidential summary of responses from educators and students to their respective surveys, providing insights into areas of excellence and improvement.

COST for school

Future Friendly Schools engage with local, regional, and global organizations to access expertise and contribute to positive change. Schools sign up to participate as a Future Friendly school... 1 year to accomplish a global-connection initiative

RESOURCES for Teachers

http://principledlearning.org/1/category/Great%20Global%20Videos%20and%20Resources/1.html

RESOURCES

Teacher resource blog: http://kimcofino.com/blog/2009/10/04/how-to-connect-your-students-globally/

http://principledlearning.org/events--recordings.html

http://principledlearning.org/events--recordings.html

Citations1. seamonscience: http://seamonscience.pbworks.com/w/page/28166703/Teacher%20LINKS2. Peace Corps: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/classroom/correspondence/3. Journey North: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/symbolic/About.html4. TIGed: Global Encounters: http://encounters.tigweb.org/events/5. ePals: http://www.epals.com/6. ePals Project: http://www.epals.com/project-detail.php?id=dd46ace1-131f-44cf-b6c7-f103a3cc3eee7. ePlas Learning Center: http://www.epals.com/learningcenter.php8. ePals- Global Citizens: http://en.community.epals.com/epals_cares/default.aspx9. ePals- Smithsonian: http://en.community.epals.com/smithsonian_on_epals/default.aspx#.

Ul11uPfy_To10. Flat Classrooms: http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/11. TIGed: http://www.tigweb.org/tiged/12. TIGed- Earthwatchers: http://dfa.tigweb.org/schools/?section=ew13. TIGed- Ride to Learn: http://www.tigweb.org/tiged/projects/ridetolearn/teach.html14. TIGed-Tread Lightly: http://treadlightly.tigweb.org/foreducators/15. Future Friendly Schools: http://futurefriendlyschools.org/values/global-citizenship/VIDEOS:1. When I Become a Teacher http://futurefriendlyschools.org/values/global-citizenship/2. The Stove Project http://futurefriendlyschools.org/values/global-citizenship/3. TIGed- DeforestACTION 1 http://dfa.tigweb.org/schools/index.html 4. TIGed- DeforestACTION 2 http://dfa.tigweb.org/schools/?section=ew5. TIGed- Ride to Learn http://www.tigweb.org/tiged/projects/ridetolearn/ 6. TIGed- Tread Lightly http://treadlightly.tigweb.org/foreducators/7. TIGed- Ayti Simultaion Gamehttp://www.tigweb.org/tiged/projects/ayiti/game.html