Expert Advisors CollaborationFlat Classroom Project 11-3Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, United States

International School of Düsseldorf E.V.Düsseldorf, Germany

Red River College Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

October 19, 2011

Business and Technology Teacher EducationSchool of Innovation & LearningRed River College

About us: Post Bachelor and Five-year Degree Programs

EDUC2002 – ICT Methods II This is our first experience in a global collaborative project

Students from the three schools will introduce themselves using the mic or back channel if mic not available

Teacher EducationEmerging TechnologiesIowa State University

Do you have previous experience working on a project akin to this one?• If so, on what projects?• Are there any tips that you can provide?

• Where do you plan on looking for employment?• In Iowa, out of state, overseas?

What are you studying? Why? What kinds of software are you familiar

with? What are your views on immersive

worlds, do you think they have a place in the classroom?

What global collaborative tools do you use?

For those in graduate work, what are researching?

Do you consider yourself a digital immigrant or a digital native.?

International School of Düsseldorf Is English a compulsory course for you

at any/every grade? What technologies do you use? When did you begin using technology? What is the resolution on your cell

phone? What kind of phones do you use?

How prevalent is wi-fi in Germany?

Expert Advisor Duties When EA leaves feedback for students, begin a new strand only when it’s a new topic and begin the thread title

with EA, to designate its importance and requirement for student responses. Start thread with topic number and letter,

EAS should clearly identify the students in their group, check the ning, be aware of the student’s location, age, study level

Some students are 14, some are 19, makes a difference in how to respond Very close and supportive advice will be needed on Copyright and Plagiarism, they are different, students (and

teachers)confuse the two Teachers will need support as well, maybe via the e-mail? Important to advise students to arrange a good plan, which will have a timeline. Students need to analyse how many classes are remaining in the project, and what time they have. EAs can

help them time-manage. How much time have I left? When do I begin the video? Teachers do this, but usually miss deadlines, so EAs will

need to keep the ball rolling Basic advice on wiki page layout. Appoint an editor, decide on language style, EAs can monitor and guide this. Each expert is asked to take at least two times to read and leave feedback on the main wiki page of the group

on the discussion tab of the page. Students contributions need to be read and responded to. Vicki had a great style, e.g. “ I love what you have

written...FULL of new interesting points....can you perhaps check the source of XXX as it appears to be from some protected source...(gentle hint after great praise...)

Your job is to provide feedback and point out resources to the team. You are an "advisor." Please join our diigo group and your bookmarks will be sent to the groups. If you're not sure of what a term is, they align to the Flatteners assigned to each team and from Thomas Friedman's book, The World is Flat. (From the EA page on the main wiki)

What to watch for... provide feedback: Any typical writing errors: grammar, tone, etc. Accuracy of Information Appeal of the wiki: use of whitespace, text and graphics. What makes a reader stay on a webpage longer? Textual formatting - helping students understand not to use “Headings” settings to format text as it will

alter the formatting of the page and feed into the Page outline. Assuring sources are cited. Be positive and supportive. Constructive, but not critical. The goal is to increase student participation and

engagement by building students up (but not falsely). Offer praise, too for students doing the right thing so other students will look to that as a model of what TO

do.

Meeting Summary Questions, comments, suggestions … Thank you!