going global: preparing students to be citizens of the world

GOING GLOBALPreparing Students

To Be Citizens of the World Lucy Gray

Connecticut Educators Computer Association ConferenceOctober 18, 2010

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Where the h*** is Matt?

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"...the future belongs to the nation that best

educates its citizens…"

-President Barack Obama

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A world class education system means globally connected schools

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TODAY’S CONTEXT

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21st Century Students (and Teachers)

New Connections

Connected Individuals

New Communities

Virtual Communities

New Content

Collaborative Communities

Connected in innovative and new ways

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Millennials Want to Learn…

✴With technology

✴With one another

✴Online

✴In their time

✴In their place

✴Doing things that matter

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The New Media Consortium

Horizon Report K-12

Emerging technologies

Adoption horizons

1 year or less

2 to 3 years

4 to 5 years

Report

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The New Media Consortium

Horizon Report 2009 K-121 year or less

Collaborative environments

Online communications tools

2 to 3 yearsMobiles

Cloud computing

4 to 5 yearsSmart objects

The personal web

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The New Media Consortium

Horizon Report 2010 K-121 year or less

Cloud computing

Collaborative environments

2 to 3 yearsGame-based learning

Mobiles

4 to 5 yearsAugmented reality

Flexible displays

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The Global Achievement Gap

21st Century Skills

Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving

Collaboration Across Networks and Leading by Influence

Agility and Adaptability

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The Global Achievement Gap

21st Century SkillsInitiative and Entrepreneurialism

Effective Oral and Written Communication

Accessing and Analyzing Information

Curiosity and Imagination

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Partnership for 21st Century Skillshttp://www.p21.org/

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Other Resources

Esther Wojcicki and Michael Levine Teaching for a Shared Future: American Educators Need to

Think Globally

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WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR

YOUR SCHOOL?

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HOW DO YOU PREPARE STUDENTS?

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Edutopia February/March 2008

http://www.edutopia.org/sage-advice-world-citizens

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First you help them define the term “citizen of the world”. Then you help them learn what being a good citizen means -- to themselves, to loved ones and family, to the school community, to the surrounding community. One’s actions can be directly linked to one’s values (beliefs, feelings, and actions that are important to us), so starting with a basic understanding of one’s values is essential to any meaningful discussions on citizenship. The global context is meaningless unless students are good citizens of their own nation.

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Right before our eyes, all that the education sector has controlled, dismissed, manipulated, validated, embellished, fictionalized, and ranked within an aura of tradition and ritual may be accessed by point-and-click. We need to stop chasing exponentially expanding content. Inquiry, problem recognition and solution, creativity, knowing one’s strengths and weaknesses, communication, and relationships are what students must be prepared for.

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Becoming a world citizen requires knowledge and experience of other cultures; U.S. schools do not provide knowledge or experience. Rather, they provide a cursory glimpse of others in order to exemplify how not to be American. “Diversity Day” does not create world citizens, it patronizes cultural difference and touts xenophobia, and always winds up pandering American culture as Eurocentrically defined. Only travel and immersion in other cultures creates world citizens.

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Prepare students to be citizens of the world by being one yourself. Teach from a global perspective.

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Asia Society

Globally Literate EducatorsAsia Society Partnership for Global Learning

Teachers are:✴ Skilled and knowledgeable✴ Critical thinkers and problem solvers✴ Culturally aware✴ Aware of world events and global dynamics✴ 21st Century Literate✴ Collaborative✴ Use media and technology effectively in their work✴ Responsible and ethical citizens

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Arlington Heights School District 25http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/about_us/vision.php

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YOUR EFFORTS?

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Take This Surveyhttp://tinyurl.com/21stcenturyskillssurvey

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View Results Herehttp://tinyurl.com/21stcenturyskillssurveyresults

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MY STORY

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Apple Distinguished Educators

Global Awareness 2006

The World is Flat

A Whole New Mind

Berlin & Prague

Rethink. Global Awareness.

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Classroom 2.0

Link30Monday, October 18, 2010

Global Ed CollaborativeLink

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242,738

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4265 members from 109 countries

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GEC Features

Searchable member list

Latest activity

Forums and blogs

Links to resources

Events

Project database

Videos and photos

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Apple Distinguished Educators

ADE Institute Asia 2008Visited six Singaporean schools

Worked with educators from Singapore, Hong Kong and assorted international schools

Worked in teams to create collaborative projects

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The Education ProjectBahrain

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EXAMPLES

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Basic Project

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Next Steps

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Deep Cuts

Sample Video40Monday, October 18, 2010

Global Education Conferencehttp://globaleducationconference.com

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TOOLS OF THE TRADE

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Apple Inc.

Tools of the Trade

Photobooth (photos, video, green-screening)

iChat AV (videoconferencing, desktop sharing recording)

Garageband (recording, podcasting)

iWeb (publishing of blogs, photos, podcasts)

iPod, iPod Touch, iPad - microphone attachments & apps

Apple Learning Interchange (social networking)

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Suggested Toolkit

Still or video camera - Flip cameras

Check out Woot.com

Web Cam - Logitech

Chat client - Skype (free), Oovo, Sightspeed

Digital recording device or web site - Gcast

Collaborative workspace - Think.com (Thinkquest), blogs, wikis

Networks - Twitter, iEARN, ePals, Global Ed ning44Monday, October 18, 2010

Recommendations

Learn to network; network to learn

Keep it authentic

Start small and design very structured projects

Join an existing group project

Develop a customized vision of 21st century learning for your classroom, school and district

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Where the h*** is Matt 2?

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Contact Info for Lucy

elemenous@gmail.com

elemenous on Twitter, Slideshare, Flickr etc.

Blog

http://lucygray.org

The Global Education Collaborative

http://globaleducation.ning.com

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