Download - Global Collaborative Projects
Jeff WhippleTechnology Learning MentorSchool District 18Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
CRSTEGlobal Symposium 2010
Managing Successful
Global Collaborative Projects
Connecting Classrooms
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Today’s Objectives:Today’s Objectives:
• Why Global Why Global Collaborative Collaborative Projects?Projects?
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Today’s Objectives:Today’s Objectives:
• How to begin?How to begin?
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Today’s Objectives:Today’s Objectives:
• What tools can I use?What tools can I use?
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Today’s Objectives:Today’s Objectives:
• Overcoming ObstaclesOvercoming Obstacles
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Today’s Objectives:Today’s Objectives:
• What can these What can these projects look like?projects look like?
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Today’s Objectives:Today’s Objectives:
• Where can we get Where can we get connected?connected?
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21st Century Learning 21st Century Learning
• Three Essential Questions for Educators
• What are we doing EVERYDAY in our classrooms to support students…
• to become information artisans?
• to become networked learners?
• to manage their digital brand?
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Why Global Why Global Collaborative Collaborative
Projects?Projects?
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21st Century Learning 21st Century Learning
• Three Essential Questions for Educators
• What are we doing EVERYDAY in our classrooms to support students…
• to become information artisans?
• to become networked learners?
• to manage their digital brand?
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My MomMy Mom
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SokhouenSokhouen(Cambodia)(Cambodia)
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Cause these guys will control conversations if Cause these guys will control conversations if our students don’t… our students don’t…
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Making The ShiftMaking The Shift
• 1 in every 3 kids in Kindergarten will live and work OUTSIDE of NORTH AMERICA as an adult.
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SokhouenSokhouen…to be human together
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The story comes later…The story comes later…
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How are on-line collaborative projects easier?How are on-line collaborative projects easier?
• access
• web as an operating system
• read / write web - web 2.0
• partnering opportunities
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Available Web 2.0 ToolsAvailable Web 2.0 Tools
• wikis• blogs
• google docs
• podcasts
• webcasts, skype, IM
• screenshare
• video
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ObstaclesObstacles
• technology access
• technology know-how
• time shifts
• uncommitted teachers
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The story…The story…
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