d219 conference - going global
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Presentation given at District 219's Technology Conference on April 9, 2011TRANSCRIPT
GOING GLOBALPreparing Students
To Be Citizens of the World Lucy Gray
D219 Tech ConferenceApril 9, 2011
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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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WHY NOW?@oline73: Can you distill why globally connected classrooms are vital in 2010?
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We have urgent problems that need to be addressed and, in order to prepare our students to work on these problems, we must connect them globally. We must teach them how networked learning leads to networked problem solving.
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TODAY’S CONTEXT
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The influence of new media
The push for 21st century Skills
The urgency presented by complex global problems
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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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High Noon
Issues involving the global commons
Issues requiring a global commitment
Issues needing a global regulatory approach
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Additional Resources
Esther Wojcicki and Michael Levine Teaching for a Shared Future: American Educators Need to
Think Globally
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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
LinkSaturday, April 9, 2011
Global Ed CollaborativeLink
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288,073 unique visitors
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4,917 members from 118 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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Global Education Conferencehttp://globaleducationconference.com
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Connect All SchoolsiEARN
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EXAMPLES
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Basic Project
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Next Steps
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Deep Cuts
Sample VideoSaturday, April 9, 2011
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
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Apple Inc.
Tools of the Trade
Photobooth (photos, video, greenscreening)
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 ningSaturday, April 9, 2011
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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Connect with [email protected]
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On Twitter, Slideshare, YouTube, Flickr etc.
Blog
http://www.lucygray.org
The Global Education Collaborative
http://globaleducation.ning.com
Social bookmarking resources
http://groups.diigo.com/group/globaleducation
http://www.delicious.com/tag/globaleducation
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