Building Learning
Communities
Projects for the Global
Classroom Connection
Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies Evangelist”
Digital Journey howie@frontier.net
Twitter: hdiblasi www.drhowie.com
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www.drhowie.com
Twitter: hdiblasi e-mail: howie@frontier.net
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Dr. Howie DiBlasi
• Extensive experience
• Education field, (20 years)
• Business leader, (10 years)
• C.I.O. (14 years)
• “Vocational Teacher of the Year” for the
State of Arizona
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• “Top Secondary Leaders in America”
• "Pinnacle Award" for outstanding
Professional Development Programs
• I.S.T.E. as the “Best of the Best” for outstanding Professional Development
Programs
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www.drhowie.com
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http://www.edutopia.org/magazine
• Edutopia is Support for Educational Reform
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https://join.me/
Search for joinme
Or get app on phone
Or https://join.me
On your phone
Type in code
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BONUS………………
• join.me – Free Screen Sharing and
Online Meetings
• Free, simple, fast online meetings. Share your screen instantly with anyone.
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• https://join.me/
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• Tools
• Projects
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Communication and Collaboration
• NETS: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively
, including at a distance
, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
• Common Core: W.5.6.
• With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
• Numerous examples exist in the Common Core to encourage collaboration and many are easily facilitated though blogs and social media.
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11 Things students learn when they are working collaboratively?
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Leadership
2.
Communication
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Learn about cultures
4.
Time management
5.
Working together
6.
Use web tools
7.
Views of culture, economics, ecology, geography, literature, art, and/or social awareness
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Solve a problem with another student who has a completely different background and experiences
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Utilize their critical thinking skills
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Provides competitive edge in regards to understanding global issues
11.
Become global citizens
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For more information check these resources:
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• Start Your Own Collaborative Global Project
Ongoing Global Projects You Can Join
Projects with a Science and/or Math
Focus
About Globalization
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• Technology and Instruction
Virtual Classrooms
• Conference Call Guide.com
is an excellent resource for the virtual classroom.
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• http://todaysmeet.com/
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• Let’s check this out…..
http://todaysmeet.com/nl3
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Type in your FIRST NameCLICK JOIN
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Questions To Ask…
Your turn >>>>
How do learning technologies improve student outcomes?
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Global Collaborative Projects
• http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Global_Collaborative_Projects.htm
• About Global Projects
• Teacher's Guide to International
Collaboration on the Internet
• Connecting Cultures: A Teacher's Guide to a
Global Classroom download as a pdf file
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Questions To Ask…
Your turn >>>>
How do learning technologies improve student outcomes?
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Give Kids A Global Voice:
Globalize the Curriculum http://www.epals.com/
Using Web 2.0 Tools
Social Networking for Global
Collaborative
Learning
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ePals Education Network | ePals.com
www.epals.com/Join
Collaborate with other Classrooms &
Educators Worldwide.
Free to Join!
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• Connecting classrooms in 200 countries
• 20 million students
& teachers www.epals.com/Join
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E-Pals
Select a Country
Project Search
Select a classroom from the list of profiles
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• Friendly letters with email
• Compared cultures
• Connect: Skype/Video Conf
• Completed “documentary”
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Project Search
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Find a project - Looking for a project you can join? Use the powerful search tools on the left to find other ePals classrooms seeking project partners, then submit a join request
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Select a classroom from the list of profiles
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www.epals.com
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En Español http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=TheWayWeAre_overview
• What makes me who I am ?
• Collaborative learning experience
• Learn about the daily lives
• Cultures
• Climates and geography
• Live in other regions of the world.
• http://www.epals.com/projects/thewaywea re/
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Standards
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• National Geography Standards
Places and Regions
Standard 6 : How culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions.
Human Systems
Standard 10 : The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Standard 12 : The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
National Education Technology Standards (NETS)
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• How is my life similar to and different from my ePal's life?
• How does the natural environment where my ePal lives affect his or her life?
• What effect does the culture in my ePal's region have on his or her life?
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The Way We Are
• What makes me who I am ?
• Collaborative learning experience
• Learn about the daily lives
• Cultures
• Climates and geography
• Live in other regions of the world.
• What is "The Way We Are"?
• http://www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/
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Culminating Activity
• Students will create final digital presentations about themselves and their ePals reflecting an increased understanding of the differences and commonalities between their cultures, their environments and their lives.
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• The Way We Are
• Weather
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• Digital Storytelling
• Holidays and Festivals
Around the World
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• Global Warming
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• Habitats
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• Natural Disasters
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• Water
• Maps
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Collaboration across the Digital Divide :
New York Students and their ePals in Botswana
Hello From Sao Paolo, Brazil
Students from the Guangxi School, China
Louisiana and United Kingdom
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Helpful links:
• Taking it Global for educators
• Taking it Global
• Global Education Ning group
• Teachers without Borders
• iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)
• ePals
• Instructional Technology Community Site
• Speed of Creativity
• Wikis
• Blogs
• Bridgit
• Distance Learning
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(Written-Oral-
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Finding the Right Tool
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• Lesson ideas to foster creativity and higher order thinking skills
• Teachers and students can create interactive posters for research, websites, presentations, reflection,
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Gloster.edu Sample 4 th Grade
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Use VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/
This is Brazil: http://voicethread.com
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• Language Channel http://voicethread.com/#q.b37780.i218912
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http://voicethread.com/#q.b45226.i236813
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• Allows teachers to create or download presentations and share with the entire class
• Via ANY device , be it desktop, laptop, tablet…even a smartphone.
• Teacher or student to annotate directly onto any slide while the rest of the class follows along on each of their own personal devices 48-80

https://liveslide.org/
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BoomWriter Offers Collaborative
Publishing for Kids
• http://boomwriter.com/
• Provide a safe online place in which students could collaboratively construct a story.
• Provides a story starter for a story and students continue the story by writing additional chapters.
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• international project engaging people in writing, sharing,
• the core values that guide their daily lives
• short statements of belief
• http://thisibelieve.org/
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Thirty Things I Believe… by 6 year old - Tarak McLain
I believe life is good.
I believe God is in everything.
I believe we're all equal.
I believe we can help people.
I believe everyone is weird in their own way.
I believe hate is a cause for love.
I believe we should be generous.
I believe I should not whine.
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This I Believe…NPR
• Essays New and OldThirty Things I Believe
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• Tarak McLain's group celebrated their 100th day of class
• Some kids brought 100 nuts or cotton balls
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• Tarak brought a list of 100 things he believes.
• Now a first-grader, Tarak shares his top beliefs about God, life, nature and war.
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This I Believe Essay-Writing Guidelines
• Writing and submitting your own statement of personal belief.
• :
• Tell a story : Be specific.
• Take your belief out of the events of your life.
• Consider moments when belief was formed or tested or changed.
• Your own experience, work, and family, and tell of the things you know that no one else does.
• Your story needs to should be real .
• Make sure your story ties to the essence of your daily life philosophy and the shaping of your beliefs.
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This I Believe Essay-Writing Guidelines
• Be brief : Between 350 and 500 words. About three minutes when read aloud at your natural pace.
• Name your belief : If you can’t name it in a sentence or two, your essay might not be about belief. Also, rather than writing a list, consider focusing on one core belief, because three minutes is a very short time.
• Be positive : Please avoid preaching or editorializing. Tell us what you do believe, not what you don’t believe. Avoid speaking in the editorial “we.” Make your essay about you; speak in the first person.
• Be personal : Write in words and phrases that are comfortable for you to speak. We recommend you read your essay aloud to yourself several times, and each time edit it and simplify it until you find the words, tone, and story that truly echo your belief and the way you speak.
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Shoeless and Bark
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Opened for registration: :)
If you wish to register for this project, please click HERE.
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• http://projectsbyjen.com/Projects/snb2012/2012snbhome.html
• Join with classrooms around the USA and
CANADA
• Celebrate the 210th anniversary of the
Lewis and Clark expedition!
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Who is your hero?
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My Hero Project http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=marco_torres http://www.myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/index.asp
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• Objectives:
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Describe the characteristics of a hero.
2.
Recognize the hero in a story.
3.
Name heroes in their lives and express why those people are heroes to them.
4.
Use a computer to access the Internet, find and read stories on the MY HERO
Website.
5.
Distinguish between a hero and a celebrity .
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The Digital Hero Book project http://www.digitalherobook.org/
• inter-classroom exchange of personal and positive stories by youth from around the world
• focus on their strengths and “hero” qualities
• digital storytelling with online group collaboration
• develops literacy, digital media skills and cross-cultural awareness .
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• Students will identify a positive physical feature of themselves.
• Students will work in pairs to take part in an online writer's workshop.
• Students will create a descriptive poem about their favorite feature.
• Students will create a digital photo of the physical feature.
• Students will create a Photo Story Frame about their favorite feature.
• Students will record the audio
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Photo Story about their favorite feature.

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Journey North
• Web Site:
• http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
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• engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change
• . K-12 students share their own field observations
• classmates across North America
• track migration patterns of monarch butterflies , robins , hummingbirds , whooping cranes , gray whales , bald eagles — and other birds and mammals
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Building Learning
Communities
Projects for the Global
Classroom Connection
Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies Evangelist”
Digital Journey howie@frontier.net
Twitter: hdiblasi www.drhowie.com
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