Outline for Online Course: Global School Twinning Program: The Journey to Peoplehood
Unit
Date
Time
1
December 6th.
2015
2
December 20th,
2015
3
January 3rd,
2016
**Three
hours
(flexible)
will be
online at
21.00
Three
hours
(flexible)
will be
online at
21.00
21.0022.30
Type of
Class
Individual
study
Description
For the Classroom
Tools
Getting Started:
The Who, How and Why: The Global
School Twinning Project, How the course
works, questions for reflection, tools for
learning
Poem “My Face”
Teaching values via
YouTube videos and
Google Forms
Internet
Google Drive
Individual
study
Values and Identity: The Global School
Twinning project’s standards, core values,
community values and Jewish values,
Challenges faced by Jewish educators
Task: Google survey
Using YouTube clips for
the classroom
Online
Getting to Know each Other and
Educational Standards : Interactive
activity on Jewish values and Jewish
Identity, standards, establishing
communication with different cultures,
assumptions and expectations
Task: Participation
Assumption activity
WebEX
Google Slides
Unit
Date
Time
4
January 10th ,
2016
Four hours
(flexible)
will be
online at
21.00
5
January 31st,
2016
Three
hours
(flexible)
will be
online at
21.00
6
February 14th ,
2016
7
February 28th,
2016
Four hours
(flexible)
will be
online at
21.00
21.0022.30
8
March 13th ,
2016
Three
hours
(flexible)
will be
online at
21.00
Type of
Class
Individual
study
Description
For the Classroom
Tools
Developing a Successful Joint
Curriculum: defining communication
pathways, email culture, subjects and
goals that work well in school twinning
Task: Set up a Skype and Zoom account
and conference with someone you know.
Crossing the 7 C’s and Video
Conferencing: face to face meetings,
planning: “the Who, How and the
challenging When” to holding conference
calls and VCs, the content for the” script”.
Task: Write two emails to one of your
colleagues using the 7 C’s
Building a Common Ground: developing
a common culture for the Global School
Twinning program
Task: Iceberg and YouTube comparisons
ID Cards
Skype and Zoom
What do we want to
know about other
classrooms using
Google Survey
Google Survey
Iceberg Exercise to
instill curiosity
YouTube music
Online
Celebrating Together: Jewish Holidays
and Tikun Olam Celebrations
WebX
Individual
study
Hevrta:
Using “Hevruta” to connect to your
colleagues and students focuses on
common values of the program.
Task: Identifying texts, poems and stories
that would be appropriate for your
classroom
Working with students
on Tikun Olam project
for Jewish Holidays
Hevruta activity with
your students
Individual
study
Internet
Unit
Date
Time
9
March 27th,
2016
10
April 10th, 2016
Three
hours
(flexible)
will be
online at
21.00
21.0022.30
Type of
Class
Online
Description
For the Classroom
Tools
Rejoicing in our Diversity:
Jewish Diversity and influence on the
School Twinning Project
Task: Comparing Diversity and Cultural
influences
Family picture and
recipe
YouTube
We, the Jewish People: review of the
course and taking the next step,
reviewing the Bank of Ideas, evaluating
your personal experience
Task: Evaluation
Closing exercise and
overview of What the
World Needs Now
**Total number of hours for the course = 30 hours, including individual study and three online meetings
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