Sunday, July 30, 2017

Global Education Highlights (weekly)

  • Where the jobs will be in 2030: new report

    tags: education future employment research

  • The new sigital storytelling

    My new book is out | Bryan Alexander

    tags: digitalstorytelling education media

  • Connected Educator - Created with VisMe

    Interesting infographic approach to share a new way of understanding open, connected teaching and learning. Great infographic #CSURU by @KayOddone. Connected Educator - https://t.co/df4Jai2smg

    tags: CSURU education connected INF532 openlearning

  • A Principal's Reflections: Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

    Eric Sheninger writes, "School leaders will often write off the notion of redesigning learning spaces due to financial constraints. However, research indicates that schools don’t need to spend vast amounts of money to make instructional improvements. In fact, changes can be made that have little to no cost yet make a significant difference. Examples include altering the classroom layout, designing classroom displays differently, and choosing new wall colors (Barrett et al., 2015). These research-based factors are minimal financial commitments that can help boost student outcomes."

    tags: education learningspaces research INF537 pedagogy

  • Open Learning, Open Networks

    From Stephen Downes - Open online learning entered the mainstream with the growth and popularity of MOOCs, but while interest in open online courses has never been greater MOOCs represent only the first step in a broader open learning infrastructure. Adapted from a talk given March 9, 2017, at the State University of New York in Syracuse, this essay describes several key innovations shaping the future of open learning: distributed social networks, cloud infrastructures and virtualization, immersive reality, and personal learning environments. It outlines the challenges this evolving model will pose to learning providers and educational institutions and recommend policies and processes to meet them.

    tags: INF537 connectivism openlearning education

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Case Study 1.3: Michael Graffin - Leading the Global Classroom Project

The Global Educator - Case Study 1.3

Michael Graffin - Leading the Global Classroom Project, An Australian Teacher's Story


Michael is an educator in Perth, Western Australia. As everyone knows, this is the most isolated city in the world, and yet Michael has forged many global connections and collaborations. He has in the past few years started to visit both professionally and personally different parts of the world to connect his understandings with those of others and support networked learning. His blog and Twitter feed are testiment to the work he is doing and sharing across educational technology and online collaboration.
Connect with Michael
Twitter: @mgraffin


The following is a video of Michael recorded by Bob Greenberg in 2015 for the Brainwaves Video Anthology.




Michael's case study focuses on The Global Classroom - a collaborative group of educators and online projects that joined classrooms from 2011-2015.

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 In Michael's words from the case study:
As a global educator, I am working to promote peace, respect, and mutual under- standing among the children of the world, and in so doing, challenging the ignorance which has fostered so much past discord and hatred. The impact of my work may not be evident for many years to come, but I believe that working together, we are helping to make our world a better place.
This is my journey. It’s my story, but I know I’m not alone. Together, we can help to change the world, one child, one classroom at a time.  

In recent communication with Michael, here are some updates.......
By way of an update, I no longer lead the project. I stepped away in 2015 due to work commitments following the 2015 ISTE conference in Philadelphia. When we began The Global Classroom Project and the Twitter chats, we filled a need in the online community for a space for teachers to connect, share and collaborate. Other projects and communities have continued to carry the movement and the idea forward. The #globalclassroom hashtag lives on, and the monthly #globaledchat now carries on the conversations we started back in 2011. Shout out to Heidi Hutchison who started to resurrect the project in 2016, and who may do so again in 2017. Watch this space! The Global Classroom Project was a career defining and life changing experience for so many people involved; however, like so many of our project leaders, I am exploring new opportunities in the STEM and Robotics field.

This is the third post in what will be a 36-week series featuring the 36 case studies from my book, 'The Global Educator: Leveraging Technology for Collaborative Learning and Teaching'. This book was published by the International Society for technology in Education in July 2016. It contains contributions from over 100 educators and case studies featuring over 50 educators. Follow this blog series via category 'theglobaleducator', and subscribe to the podcasts via PodBean.

 Read more about The Global Educator and find out where to purchase the hard copy and eBook/ePub versions.

Julie Lindsay is the author of The Global Educator, and of this blog. 
Connect with Julie
 - Twitter @julielindsay
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Sunday, July 23, 2017

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Friday, July 21, 2017

Case Study 1.2: Kim Cofino - A Globally Connected Educator

The Global Educator - Case Study 1.2

Kim Cofino - A Globally Connected Educator




If any one educator could be designated to encapsulate the words ‘global’ as well 
as ‘international’ it is Kim Cofino. In conjunction with her meticulous and methodical approach to embedding new technologies into effectively-designed curriculum Kim has a unique perspective on what it takes to move an international school forward, and shares her story of having led new connected and global teaching and learning approaches at international schools. 

In this case study Kim shares her many experiences as an international educator in roles where student and teacher use of digital technology is a focus. 

 Connect with Kim Cofino
Twitter: @mscofino
Website/Blog: http://kimcofino.com/

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Kim and Julie running a 'Create the Future' Workshop at Yokohama International School
 
More recently - Kim inspiring an audience to think outside the box

This is the second post in what will be a 36-week series featuring the 36 case studies from my book, 'The Global Educator: Leveraging Technology for Collaborative Learning and Teaching'. This book was published by the International Society for technology in Education in July 2016. It contains contributions from over 100 educators and case studies featuring over 50 educators. Follow this blog series via category 'theglobaleducator', and subscribe to the podcasts via PodBean.

 Read more about The Global Educator and find out where to purchase the hard copy and eBook/ePub versions.

The short Animoto below shares some of the highlights of the ISTE 2016 conference when I was able to share the book across different events, including the ISTE opening ceremony. 


Julie Lindsay is the author of The Global Educator, and of this blog. 
Connect with Julie
 - Twitter @julielindsay
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Sunday, July 16, 2017

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Friday, July 14, 2017

Case Study 1.1: Anne Mirtschin - The World is my Classroom

 The Global Educator - Case Study 1.1

Anne Mirtschin - The World is my Classroom




Anne Mirtschin is an award-winning teacher from Victoria, Australia whose most recent awards are the Victorian Commercial Teachers Association President’s Award 2015 and the prestigious International Society for Technology in Education “Making IT Happen” Award. She teaches ICT from Grade 3 through to Year 12 at Hawkesdale P12 College, a small rural Prep to Year 12 school and is passionate about rural and global education and immersing technology in the classroom. Anne is the Australasian coordinator for the Global Education Conference, an active member of Flat Connections projects and live events, and a lead teacher for Global Classroom Projects. She has presented locally, nationally, and internationally on global education and technology in the classroom. 

Connect with Anne Mirtschin  
Twitter: @murcha
Blog: www.murcha.wordpress.com

In her case study Anne shares how she overcomes challenges to global collaboration; how to prepare and scaffold for online collaboration; how connecting with the world has changed the ecology of her school; and shares words of advice for others.

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Updates from Anne .... since the book was written.....

  • Anne's school has continued to review how it uses and interacts with technology tools and she reports YouTube is no longer blocked as most teachers now use this as a learning resource on a daily or weekly basis
  • Facebook continues to be blocked at the school - at the Principal's request, not because of bandwidth issues
  • Anne has a new goal to find students/schools from other countries to work with her students to develop video games to highlight global problems
In Anne's words,  
"Student's believe that they can solve the problems of the world. If we help them to develop a global network and teach them how to collaborate then they may well do so!"

Anne accepting the "Making IT Happen" award at ISTE 2017

 Anne with other Australian educators at ISTE in San Antonio 2017 (Karen Binns, Martin Levins, Tina Photakis)
This is the first post in what will be a 36-week series featuring the 36 case studies from my book, 'The Global Educator: Leveraging Technology for Collaborative Learning and Teaching'. This book was published by the International Society for technology in Education in July 2016. The book contains contributions from over 100 educators and case studies featuring over 50 educators.

 Read more about The Global Educator and find out where to purchase the hard copy and eBook/ePub versions.
The short Animoto below shares some of the highlights of the ISTE 2016 conference when I was able to share the book across different events, including the ISTE opening ceremony. 


Julie Lindsay is the author of The Global Educator, and of this blog. 
Connect with Julie
 - Twitter @julielindsay
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Sunday, July 09, 2017

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Sunday, July 02, 2017

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