From Me to We
...a shift toward global collaboration...
Terri JohnsonEarth and moon to Scale by Bluedharma on Flickr
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Goals of the Session
• What does it mean to collaborate?
• Why should we collaborate?
• How can we begin to connect globally?
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Who are we?
Put the sun in my hand by Hamed Masoumi on Flickr
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Question One8Saturday, October 8, 2011
Question Two
Think about why you came to this
session...
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A heated discussion byktylerconk on Flickr
Collaboration
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Wikipedia: Collaboration is “when two or more people...work together toward an intersection of common goals...by sharing knowledge, learning, and building consensus.”
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Why should we?
Battery loaded by icatus
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Our Students are...13Saturday, October 8, 2011
They are also...
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International School of Bangkok15Saturday, October 8, 2011
ALPHABET SOUP OF WASHINGTON D.C.
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Passionate!Great Presenter
Thoughtful...Great PresenterGreat Presenter
Ability to work with a
global audience
Can Read and
Write well16Saturday, October 8, 2011
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Employers and effective collaboration
• Reduce time for design processes
• Provide better service support
• Cultivate new ideas
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How?
• India - Varanasi - 031 - laundry on the ghats by mckaysavage
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Find your purpose.
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Projects
• classroom
• school
• district
• world
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Types of collaboration
• Instant ones
• Ones with several days to several weeks’ duration
• Extended-long term commitments
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integration vs accumulation
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Possibilities...
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ambiguity is a good thing...
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wind turbine by Lepti
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product vs process
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Patriot Place
Share and Analyze Data
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Begin thinking about a path now.
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Finding Classrooms
• Science Teachers of Missouri
• Global Education Collaborative
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Moved to Google Doc
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Global Education Collaborative
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Getting Started...41Saturday, October 8, 2011
What students need
• The Problem (task)
• Other students
• Meaningful assistance
• Time to interact
• Guidance for developing group processes
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Trust
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Make it visible
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International Energy Challenge
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Other Tips
• Student Leaders
• Teachers focus on groups vs their own students
• Allow time for social interactions initially
• Know the Tech Savyness of students
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A Good Tool
• promote communication
• share diagrams, photographs, paper, or similar objects
• allow natural interactions
• be easy to use and learn
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Connect
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Wikispaces52Saturday, October 8, 2011
VoiceThread53Saturday, October 8, 2011
Things to Consider...
• What is the purpose?
• Content and/or process focus
• Time frame
• How can you find other classrooms?
• What tools will you use?
• How will you monitor and assess?
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works cited
• Characteristics of Middle School Students at http://www.culpeperschools.org/ms/guidance/characteristics.pdf
• Classroom 2.0 at http://www.classroom20.com/
• Collaboration Tools at http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI3020.pdf
• Educational Origami at http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
• Enabling Student Collaboration for Learning: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwltc/howto/enablestudentcollab.htm
• My Web Wardrobe at http://jenniferbarnett.wikispaces.com/My+Web+Wardrobe
• Seven Steps to Flatten Your Classroom: http://www.slideshare.net/coolcatteacher/7steps-flatten-classroom
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media thanks
• A heated discussion by ktylerconk at http://www.flickr.com/photos/79865753@N00/3045268759/
• Battery Loaded by icatus at http://www.flickr.com/photos/38398640@N00/3218196924/
• Earth and Moon to Scale by Bluedharma at http://www.flickr.com/photos/82046952@N00/89187774/
• India - Varanasi - 031 - laundry on the ghats by mckaysavage at http://www.flickr.com/photos/56796376@N00/2146294851/
• 19 - Tile! and I was tagged by connerdowney at http://www.flickr.com/photos/78528840@N00/3209126306/
• Put the sun in my hand by Hamed Masoumi at http://www.flickr.com/photos/13582064@N00/1835907062/
• Wind Turbine by Lepti at http://www.flickr.com/photos/45914112@N00/129508423/
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