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Communicate, Collaborate and Innovate;
Authentically Integrating Tech in the Early Years
Rebecca TuplingCanadian International School of Hong [email protected]: @RebeccaTupling
mailto:[email protected]
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Communicate, Collaborate and
Innovate; Authentically Integrating
Tech in the Early Years
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HELLO!I am Rebecca Tupling.I am currently teaching Grade 4.I taught Early Years for 11 years.
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Presentation
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Specialises in ways to communicate, collaborate and innovate in the Early Years.
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“The important thing about
young children is that they are powerful. They are lovable,
playful, changing, and vulnerable. But the most
important thing about young children, I believe, is their
power.
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Communicate
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/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/verb
1.share or exchange information, news, or ideas.
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Communication with Parents
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August - December
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tigpmt0h2HA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZq2wUGWttU
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Results
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How Did We Do it?
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Seesaw Pen Pals
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Fort Worth Country Day SchoolFort Worth, Texas, USA
Canadian International School of Hong KongHong Kong
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When would you use it?
Why would you use it?
How would you use it?
Communication Ideas1. Student Reflection2. Student Blogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQ8gXvQBH4
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Collaborate
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/kəˈlabəreɪt/verb1. work jointly on an activity or project.
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Community Collaboration
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“Any educator will tell you that a parent is a child’s first and best teacher.” pg. 19
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz4iiqvrAFI
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Global Connections
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“A working definition of online global collaboration: Online global collaboration broadly refers to geographically dispersed educators, learners, classrooms, schools and other learning environments that use online technologies to learn with others beyond their immediate environment in order to support curricular objectives, intercultural understandings, critical thinking, personal and social capabilities and ICT capabilities.”
Julie Lindsay
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“What if….Every teacher tweeted one thing that they did in their classroom to a school hashtag, and they took five minutes out of their day to read each other’s tweet?What impact would that have on learning and school culture? George Couros
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The Power of Twitter within your own Community
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The Power of Twitter
within the Global
Community Cathie Matthews - UNIS, Vietnam
@catherine_learnVeronica De Vries - NIST, Thailand
@Verushkadevries
Pana Asavatana - TAS, Taiwan
@PanaAsavatana
Brooks Luscher - AISM, Mozambique@ELCwithBrooks
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Reflection Time
When would you use it?
Why would you use it?
How would you use it?
Collaboration Ideas1. Parent
Involvement2. Within School3. With Other
Schools4. Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQ8gXvQBH4
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Innovate
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/ˈɪnəveɪt/verb1. make changes in something established,
especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
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Coding in the Early Years
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Reflections “It’s a cube so it’s called Cubetto.”
Ryan
“I see the arrow so it goes this way.”
Caden “Each thing we did had instructions.” Marcus
“If it turns left and left and left it turns around.”
Gianna
“Grow makes it get bigger.” Anabelle
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The students used Google Earth to
investigate the area they would go for an upcoming field trip.
This field trip was connected to How
We Organise Ourselves.
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The students used Stop Motion to show different
stories. This learning
engagement was connected to the
unit How We Express
Ourselves.
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The students used Pic Collage to
explore and label different materials, environments and
homes. This learning
engagement was connected to the
unit Where We Are in Place and Time.
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The students explored Loose
Parts Play through old
computer and keyboard parts.
They created doctors offices, restaurants, and
hairdresser shops.
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Reflection Time
When would you use it?
Why would you use it?
How would you use it?
Innovation Ideas1. Coding2. Google Earth3. Stop Motion 4. Pic Collage 5. Loose Parts with
Old Computer Parts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQ8gXvQBH4
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Going Further
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More Early Years Teachers on Twitter;
@Es_Ip
@Awykoo
@Gillplittle
@LeoWCDNIS
@FBradleybarnard
Slides presented by www.carnivalslides.com
21C Teachmeetshttps://www.21c-learning.com/events/format/teachmeet/ Next one - May 7th
Electronics resource - https://www.buzzer.hk/
Seesaw - PD in your PJs
http://www.carnivalslides.comhttps://www.21c-learning.com/events/format/teachmeet/https://www.21c-learning.com/events/format/teachmeet/https://www.buzzer.hk/
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THANKS!Any questions?
You can find me at: @Rebecca Tupling
www.worldlywonders.org
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mailto:[email protected]://www.worldlywonders.org
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