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Connected, Flat, Global
- 1. Connected Flat Global Julie Lindsay Director and Co-founder, Flat Classroom® Flat Classroom® Conference Chair Global Educator, Leader, Innovator @julielindsay learningconfluence.com Eltham College Melbourne, Australia June 2013
- 2. Workshop – 3 Parts • PART 1 – Introduction and front-loading the topic • PART 2 – Hands-on workshop (with 20 min break) • PART 3 – Discussion, feedback, reflection
- 3. All Resources http://learningconfluence.wikispaces.com/ http://goo.gl/o9CqM Kick start - Share some ideas via Padlet: 'My digital life is like....., because..... and I wish I could......to improve teaching and learning at EC'
- 4. what is connected and ‘flat’ learning?
- 5. Connected Learning……. Connected learning applies to skills, attitudes and behaviors for the 21st century. It is about how we receive, share and ultimately create and publish content. It is also about how we approach learning through the use of technology. Connected learning focuses on the building of networks and developing personal learning resources through the interaction with personal learning networks and professional learning communities. A face to face community, or regular classroom, is often the starting point, but then, supported by technology, the learner connects with other ideas, resources and communities online. The term 'connectivism' is often used and refers to the metaphor of a network with nodes and connections, and where learning involves creating these connections.
- 7. Flat learning……. Flat' learning refers to the working relationship between all learners - teachers, students and others - so there is no real hierarchy for learning. A 'Flat Classroom' connects and engages with multiple audiences, resources and tools to create authentic, collaborative learning outcomes. Information flows freely from one to the other as the quest for knowledge, constructed through interaction, continues. This is scaffolded by the efficient use of a variety of tools, especially Web 2.0 tools, for learning management, collaboration and co-creation. PLN - Personal Learning Network PLC - Professional Learning Community
- 9. …..use of technology to virtually eliminate the physical walls of the classroom
- 10. …bringing the world into the classroom and opening the classroom to the world….
- 11. ……discovery and engagement with others who are not in your physical space http://www.flickr.com/photos/superkimbo/3122642792/
- 12. Connected AND ‘flat’ learning is important because…
- 13. …it connects learners with the world and impacts the context in which we learn
- 14. …it is a pedagogy supported by technology http://www.flickr.com/photos/59217476@N00/5617505546/
- 15. …it can change the world as we know it - local and global …it goes beyond just connecting….
- 16. Connected and FLAT learning is the future? ……NOW
- 17. how do you….. go flat? http://www.flickr.com/photos/31167076@N07/5471047557/
- 18. The Recipe Three ingredients to flatten your classroom
- 20. “The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are” C.S.Lewis Connection Habits of lifelong learners
- 24. 'Good teacherpreneurs aren't renegades; they are connectors' http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035553780@N01/344832591 Connection Teacherpreneur
- 29. Connection Taxonomy © Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay, ‘Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds’. Pg 55
- 30. Connection is not enough……… ………it is only the first step of going flat
- 31. #2 Citizenship
- 33. Citizenship Digital Citizenship – an enlightened model ©Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay 2012
- 34. Citizenship Global awareness and impact http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035553780@N01/344832591
- 37. #3 Collaboration
- 38. If Collaboration is a needed & required 21st Century skill, educators need to not only teach it, but employ & model it as well
- 41. Technopersonal skills - Synchronous Collaboration
- 42. Technopersonal skills - Asynchronous Collaboration
- 43. Co-Creation Collaboration © Emily McCurran, Flat Classroom® Certified Teacher
- 44. http://www.flickr.com/photos/superkimbo/3940303947/ Learning to Collaborate and Co-Create Collaboration
- 45. Teacher – Student - Learners Collaboration
- 46. • Get connected using common Web 2.0 tools • Start small, be organised and have clear aims and structures • Choose short activities at first, plan for accessible, short-term interactions • Develop digital citizenship skills along the way • Monitor student participation, be involved and provide feedback • Embed the activity into the curriculum Getting started Collaboration
- 48. Three ingredients to flatten your classroom Connection Citizenship Collaboration
- 49. Holistic – Connected & Flat
- 51. Hands-on Workshop Exploring the Digitween Project Not just talking about digital citizenship and social action DOING IT
- 53. Enlightened Digital Citizenship © Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay 2012
- 54. Technical Awareness You can run into the 21st Century when you know how to use 21st century tools.
- 55. Individual Awareness “To blindly accept a website’s profile settings is to hand over your digital destiny.”
- 56. Social Awareness “The novelty and addictiveness of technology will harm our relationships and productivity unless we take control.”
- 57. Cultural Awareness Everyone is not just like me. Everyone is like me in some ways.
- 58. Global Awareness • Different countries have different laws – Copyright, legal – Taboo subjects • Nationality transcends culture – Every nation has multiple cultures – Never stereotype a nation
- 59. Digitween Project Matrix (4x5) = 20 groups groupsAreas of Awareness Core Competency 1. Technical Awareness & Access 2. Individual Awareness 3. Social Awareness 4. Cultural Awareness 5. Global Awareness A Safety, privacy, copyright & legal 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A B Etiquette & Respect 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B C Habits of learning 1C 2C 3C 4C 5C D Literacy & fluency 1D 2D 3D 4D 5D
- 60. Part 1: Community Building • Join Edmodo.com - Group code: 6mhant • Introduce yourself - this is what we call the 'Handshake' phase of the collaboration - you can add an image of link to a website that shares more about you • Respond to at least one other handshake from another person
- 61. Join your Team on Edmodo
- 62. Part 2: Collaborative Authoring • Join wiki • Find your team page • Research topic • Contribute to a collaborative report • Use discussion feature on wiki page...?
- 63. Part 2: Collaborative Authoring Problem solving: • How will your team connect and communicate? • How will you make sure only 1 person is editing the wiki at once? • Where and how will draft resources and developmental discussions be shared? • Who will take leadership for editing language (US English or British English?)
- 64. Part 3: Presentation/Action Project • Go to the Google Presentation • Decide as a team what information you wish to share from your research • Create one or two new slides • Allocate a team member(s) to add content to these slides • Don't forget! You can still be finishing off the wiki while others are starting the final presentation
- 66. Discussion, Feedback, Reflection • What support do teachers need? • Communication challenges • Collaboration tools • Classroom strategies for communication, collaboration & co-creation • Digital citizenship content • Action project
- 67. “…are connected to digital citizenship resources and create engaging learning environments to help their students form educated opinions and behaviors for online safety. ” Julie Lindsay
- 68. What is the Flat Classroom®? Global Projects K-12 Pedagogy Live Events, Conference Teacher Certification
- 69. Is there a Flat Classroom® in YOUR Future? Connect, Collaborate, Change flatclassroomproject.net #flatclass
- 70. Don’t be the one looking on! Meta-Photo
- 71. When you go flat, you never go back
- 72. Julie Lindsay Director and Co-founder, Flat Classroom® Flat Classroom® Conference Chair Global Educator, Leader, Innovator, Author @julielindsay learningconfluence.com
Editor's Notes
- My proposition today is that learning is flat, has to be flat. I am talking about a shift in pedagogy, a shift in mindset, and an essential purpose for the integration of technology across the curriculum
- What is flat learning and why is it important
- Teacher to student, student to student, student to teacher. Expert advisors, sounding boards, opportunities to learn from and with anyone
- Use of mobile technologies, blended learning
- More than ½ a billion mobile phones in Africa now
- It is not in the future….it is NOW!
- What leadership skills are needed? What decisions need to be made? Strategic planning?
- Connect yourself, connect your school, connect your students!
- Daily workflow using technology should include interactions with others. Daily workflow should include ways to share synchronously and asynchronously. This includes the use of search engines and tools to support real time and asynchronous interactions. Skype, educational network memberships, us of Web 2 tools such as a blog and a wiki which is open to others to interact with.
- Pull technologies bring the information and updates to you.
- Connected to a PLN or PLC is a 21C skill for all learners. This is not about social media as such, but about using networking tools in responsible and thoughtful ways to support learning objectives. This is about using the technology to make sustained and meaningful connections. This is about professional use of social media for teachers and students.
- Become a teacherpreneur! Find opportunities through your PLN and bring them to your students and your school. A teacherpreneur is a teacher who sees an opportunity to make a profitable learning experience for students through the forging of partnerships with other classrooms with common curricular goals and expectations.
- Video streaming to the world – Flat Classroom Conference 2013
- Information - where does it comes from? How is it vetted?Location - we need local and global connections to produce well-educated studentsGeneration - how can learners connect across generations?Communication - it is important to include both technological and non-technological pathways of communication
- Include different connection experiences across the curriculum
- Although technology is used in communication, digital citizenship is still squarely about relating to people.
- Promote discussions about individual digital identity – including for older students and adults Personal Branding
- Starts with access – crucial to a good educationfive areas of awareness: technology, individual, social, cultural, and global – for framing analysis of online situationsFour key “rays” of understanding: Safety, Privacy, Copyright, and Legal; Etiquette and Respect; Habits of Learning; and Literacy and Fluency. Technical awareness is the core awareness that enables a person to be a digital citizen. It lets you put on your “shoes” and run into the 21st century. As a digital citizen, you decide how you will set up your pro- files, interact with others, and behave online. A good digital citizen is aware of social situations bothonline and face-to-face. Social awareness allows the digital citizen to interpret situations and retain interpersonal skills with friends and colleagues whether they are face-to-face or online. A person who is culturally aware is alert for differences in cultures and knows how to build trust relationships so the communication of those differences can flow. Understanding geography, politics, and local bandwidth concerns makes one a complete and effective digital citizen. Nationality transcends culture because most nations are made up of many different cultures.
- Develop a powerful digital citizenship curriculum – across the curriculum – be open to current events and opportunities to discuss global impact. Keep the topics alive through active research and interactions with others. Bring the world into the conversation
- Are your teachers and students globally competent? Create opportunities to learn with and form others around the world to foster deeper understanding will.
- A future Employment skill
- Educational networks are for community building and collaboration.Wikis are for disruption and collaboration
- If Collaboration is a needed & required 21st Century skill, educators need to not only teach it, but employ & model it as well
- How many of you as educators, as leaders, as classroom teachers, as administrators have co-created something with someone else at a distance? Consider the skills involved, consider the tools needed, consider the Internet access, timeframe etc
- How do you learn to collaborate?Know about of Web 2 toolsKnow how to sustain a learning community – online and offlineDevelop technopersonal skills
- Connected LearningCitizenship, with a splash of Global CompetencyCollaboration – but the sort that includes Co-Creation
- Flipped classroom a form of blended learningWhere are the collaborative models?
- Technical Awareness
- Individual Awareness
- Social Awareness
- Cultural Awareness
- Global Awareness