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Project Summary: Curricular focus is community with an emphasis on culture and geography Incorporates higher level thinking and integrates technology Targets students in kindergarten to grade 3 Five week project that begins on October 8, 2012
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"What is your dream for the future? The Microsoft YouthSpark Hub gives you access to a multitude of tools and resources to empower youth to change their world. How can you be the spark of change?"
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Learn about and connect with new people around the world.
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This was recommended to me....looking forward to trialing it.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
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Global Classroom are setting up another year of collaboration and connecting across the world
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Free video sharing resources
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Applications open until October 15 for student film festival. Create a video about 'My Hero'
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This is something special
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
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NMC Horizon Report > 2012 K-12 Edition | The New Media Consortium
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Khan Academy: The future of education?
60 MInute report on Khan Academy - worth watching to envision the possibilities and implications for school as we know it across the world now.
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Learn to Change, Change to Learn
I really like this video as a kick-start to discussing change in education as it features a number of internationally focused and international educators.
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Online presentation tool for creating visually appealing slides.
Sunday, September 09, 2012
How can YOU flatten your classroom....let me count the ways
Are you thinking of flattening your classroom this year? Are you aiming to join a Flat Classroom®
Project, or considering volunteering as an expert adviser or judge? Let me count the ways YOU can become involved in the award winning global collaborative projects with Flat Classroom®.- We have projects for K-2, Gr 3-5, Middle school, and High school, some of which e.g. Digiteen and Eracism, are available for MS and HS.
- The Flat Classroom® Project kicks off this week. There is still time to join if you are quick! It continues to be the optimal project for connected and collaborative research and multimedia creation
- We have over 600 students already signed up for the A Week in the Life... Gr 3-5 project, but there is room for more! Best be quick, the kick-off is also this week.
- Are you interested in developing digital citizenship skills with your students? Not just talking about digital citizenship, but actually immersing students into an online learning community that includes a research component and an action project. The Digiteen Project continues to grow and offer something for every class. We now have two levels: Under 13 years old, and 13 and older. We are scaffolding the project to cater for needs of both age levels. Join Digiteen now, kick-off is in just over one week!
- Our newest project, K-2 Building Bridges to Tomorrow, is such a joy. Teachers and
students from diverse global locations collaborate and share both synchronously and asynchronously using Web 2.0 tools. The challenge is to show that co-creation at this level of education is possible and that this project can in fact be a bridge to better cultural understanding and digital literacy for all participants. This K-2 project is gathering momentum again now and kicks off in 2 weeks time. Join us! - Wait, there's more! Announcing, the Eracism Project 2012-2, (another Flat Classroom® Project)
- a global student debate that joins diverse cultures and includes
authentic debate for global competence and international mindedness.
Fact based debate is a very essential skill with students who often equate the term "debate" with argument. The Eracism project: A Flat Classroom® Project was envisioned by the winning student team from the 2009 Flat Classroom Conference held in Doha, Qatar and their concept was to hold debates using Web 2.0 tools to improve cultural understanding.
Schools selected for the Eracism Project 2012-2 will be asked to enter a 4 person debate team, with the remaining students in the class being researchers around the topic,"Global management of natural resources will cause conflict between cultures"
We welcome applications NOW from teachers and their classrooms around the world. We also need judges and volunteers to help with debate coaching. To apply for this project as a class or judge or volunteer or request to be involved in the teacher information meeting, please complete this form. Application deadline is September 24, debating starts in October. Read the full Press release.
- Flat Classroom Conference Europe: Germany and Flat Classroom Conference Asia: Japan. Flatten your learning even further by joining us either in Germany December 2012, or in Japan March 2013 for a Flat Classroom Conference. These live events immerse participants in a challenge based event that combines students and educators in activities that enhance understanding of what it means to go global, as well as supporting cultural understanding.
- Learn with and from the best global collaborators across the globe by joining our Flat Classrooms community Ning. It is there you can find other like-minded educators and set up your own collaborations.
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
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Created through collaboration by members of Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the talented folks at FableVision, Above & Beyond is a story about what is possible when communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity take center stage in schools and transform learning opportunities for all kids.Visit www.p21.org, www.p21.org/4Cs and www.fablevisionstudios.com for more info.
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Flat Classroom interview with Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis about their Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds book (flatclassroombook.com) and development of projects and live events in the past 6 years
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Very funny......
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Online Education Technology for Teachers and Students A FREE collaborative education platform for students and teachers
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Written by Flat Classroom Certfiied teachers in the 12-1 cohort as a 'quad-blogging' challenge "Much like a mature garden, becoming a teacherpreneur takes time, a focus on the big picture and attention to the small details"
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5 Awesome Examples of how Students Can Use iBooks Author for Learning
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ECIS ICT Committee eNews - Come together.
Keep up with Europe/UK IT education news through this blog produced by John Mikton.
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EdTechSandyK: Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds With @CoolCatTeacher & @JulieLindsay
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British Council Schools Online | Developing International School Partnerships
Sunday, September 02, 2012
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
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International Dot Day - Sept 15
FableVision Learning Sounds like a fun activity(ies) for classrooms.
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Are You Ready for a Connected Learning Year? (Part 1) - Global Learning - Education Week
"My best advice is to tap into an existing project. There are lots of them! But before you begin your search, take a few minutes to define what kind of project you're looking for. What areyour project goals? How will you incorporate your content area standards in addition to giving your students opportunities for developing global competencies? What time frame do you have in mind? Are you looking for a long-term project or a short-term one? What scope do you have in mind? Are you looking to connect with a single teacher/classroom/school or multiple partners? What kind of partner(s) are you looking for? Grade level? Subject area? Location?"
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Google apps to support Blooms revised taxonomy assembled by @kathyschrock
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Distance Collaborations - Classroom 2.0
Join this group...over 600 people have already...and connect with others who are interested in joining classrooms together for learning.
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WeVideo - Collaborative Online Video Editor in the Cloud
Very excited about the potential of this tool! Co-creation of videos anywhere in the world. Can't wait to try it out!
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"In terms of young children developing as writers this is the most interesting development in the last 20 years." Pie Corbett
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K12 Online Conference 2012 Call for Proposals: Learn, Share, Remix | K12 Online Conference
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