Connected Educations --> Connected Classrooms

Connected Educators Connected Classroom

Darren Cambridge, @dcambrid, American Institutes for Research

Bloomington, IN November 5, 2013

Backchannels for Today

http://todaysmeet.com/mccsc_connected #mccsc

Objectives

• Begin a plan for (further) connecting your classroom the world – Identify a learning objective for students that could be more

powerfully addressed through using technology to make global connection

– Envision an aligned learning activity for making the connections

• Build (or grow) your personal learning network to help you learn what you need to know to implement and improve your activity idea – Identify initial tools and strategies for making connections – Brainstorm strategies for making time – Commit to first steps to begin getting to put your idea into action

Four Types of Global Connections

• Celebrations

• Encounters

• Ongoing exchanges

• Authentic collaborations

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Celebrations

http://bit.ly/globalcelebs

Encounters

Guest Experts Mystery Skype

Ongoing Connections

#globalclassroom #kinderchat#edchat

Authentic Collaborations

Brainstorm with Partner or Group

• Learning objectives a global activity or project could help address

• Share your ideas in Today’s Meet(http://todaysmeet.com/mccsc_connected)

Brainstorm with Partner or Group

• Ideas for activity or project designs that address your learning objective

• What you’d need to learn to pull it off

• Share your ideas in Today’s Meet (http://todaysmeet.com/mccsc_connected)

• Tweet your best ideas at the end of the session#mccsc

Brainstorm with Partner or Group

• What you’d need to learn to pull off your idea

• Share your ideas in Today’s Meet (http://todaysmeet.com/mccsc_connected)

• Tweet your best ideas and learning goals using #mccsc

Getting Started

• Starter kit • Edutopia and EdSurge

Guides • Profiles• Badges• Community directory• Archives• Book clubs • Calendar• Follow #ce13

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Learn from the Pros

Connected educators …

• Build relationships within their school, across their districts and states, and across the globe

• Are open to new ideas and differing views • Take an inquiry approach to teaching and

leading • Share what they do and learn in multiple ways• Seek out opportunities for substantive

collaboration • Are invested not just in their kids but in the

larger profession’s impact on society

Connected educators began small

• Pick a manageable thing to do regularly in small increments

• Use the buddy system

• Find a role model using the profiles

• Balance focus and diversity

Making it Count

• Argue for time and recognition for your work as a connected educator

• Draw on examples from the Connected Educator Month district toolkit

Commit to something

Your simple learning plan

• What will you do regularly over the next month to learn what you need to know to advance your idea?

• When will you do it? How you you fit it into your day and week?

• How can you use this activity to build the habits of a connected educator?

• Brainstorm with partner or group • Write • Tweet and/or share via Today’s Meet

(http://todaysmeet.com/mccsc_connected & #mccsc)

Stay in Touch

Darren Cambridge @dcambrid

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#ce13 @edcpcp

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