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International Education Network of Central Ohio
Educational Service Center of Central OhioApril 25, 2012
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Welcome and Updates• Columbus • Dublin• Gahanna• Licking Valley• New Albany• Olentangy• Upper Arlington• Worthington
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Possible Project Categories
•Person-to-person connections
•Global curriculum make-overs
•Collaborative projects
•Global issues awareness
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First Person Connections with Another Culture
Face-to-Face Through Technology Through Travel
Speaker from a local cultural group.
Panel of exchange students or new immigrants address a topic.
Join an online project.
Shadow a business trip via blog or email.
Use Skype or collaboration software to connect with an expert, author or another class
Visit a cultural center
Dinner in homes of nationals or immigrants
Student trip abroad
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Making Connections
•Students and families in your school
•Community organizations and businesses
•Topic-oriented groups
•Groups like Global Nomads
* Tip – choose a topic of conversation through which culture differences and similarities can be discovered, rather than making those the topic.
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Global Curriculum “Make-overs”
Taking a unit or topic and making it more global
•Look at the topic from different perspectives•Tie in global issues•Include news from another country•Look at global data•Read texts written in or about other countries
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Curriculum Make-overs
If you are contemplating a project involving curriculum you’ve got to check out this site!
http://www.primarysource.org/
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Collaborative Projects
Join existing projects
•iEARN•Flat Classroom Project
Choose a topic and find a partner class/school
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Collaborative Projects
If you are contemplating a collaborative project using technology you’ve got to read this book!
http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/
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Global Issues Awareness
Could be organized around:
• United Nations Millennium
Development Goals• Current events in newspapers around the world• Model United Nations
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Resources
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Decide Who’s Doing the Work?
Students as individuals
Classroom groups
The school as a whole
A group that extends beyond the school
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Project Template
What will success look like?
How will you measure it?
Presentations by students at a global issues community evening
Students will video tape presentations which will be evaluated using a rubric created by staff and students.
Problem to be solved:
Students aren’t aware of global issues
Goal: All 11th graders will be able to speak in depth about one of the UN millennium goals
Strategies:
Students will interview a local expert.
Students will share info about each goal on a wiki
Grade levels or groups of students involved:
All 11th graders
Staff to be involved: Advisory teachers, social studies teachers, media specialists, and language teachers.
Community partners:Not sure yet
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The Nitty Gritty
Summer 2012
Summer 2012
Fall 2012Fall
2012
Winter 2013
Winter 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Team workTeam work
Create a baseline survey
Create a baseline survey
Administer survey to students
Administer survey to students
Student ActivitiesStudent Activities
Choose an area of interest
Choose an area of interest
PartnersPartners
Help to identify
local experts
Help to identify
local experts
UnsolvedUnsolved
Access to a wikispace
Access to a wikispace
Time LineTime Line
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Your Elevator Speech
Describe your project to the president of the Board of Education in two minutes or less.
Include:•What students will do•Benefits to students
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Project Tuning Step 1 (8 minutes)
Presenting team explains their project and highlights particular areas where they may want input
Step 2 (2 minutes)
Listeners ask clarifying questions (no judgments or suggestions disguised as questions)
Step 3 (5 minutes)
Listeners point out key ideas that they heard in the form of balanced warm and cool feedback
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Thank you!