Google Teacher Academy - Vicki Davis - Keynote Part 2

7 Steps to a FLAT Classroom

This is not CRUSHING a classroom

It is about EXPANDING a Classroom

7 Steps

CONNECTION

COMMUNICATION

CITIZENSHIP

CONTRIBUTION & COLLABORATION

CHOICES

CREATION

CELEBRATION

Connection Step #1

Yourself

Your Administration

Your Students

Step 1A: Connect yourself

Professional Development

Get an RSS Reader - www.netvibes.com

Share bookmarks - http://groups.diigo.com/groups/educators

Listen in – http://www.edtechtalk.com

Online Conferences

K12 online – http://k12onlineconference.org

Networking Organizations

Google Teacher Academy

The Connection Function

Rules

Examples – http://ad4dcss.wikispaces.com

Discipline

Monitoring

Academics

Purpose & Plan

Sites

Don’t forget!

Honest assessment of preparedness for this!

Policies, Filtration, Admin

2 choices:

Remove the obstacle.

Be the obstacle.

Step 1C Connect your students Five Phases of Flattening your classroom

Backchannel Jumps In Here!

Step #2

Communication Continuum

What does a flat classroom communication look like?

TWO types of communication methods: SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS

Synchronous

Definition: at the same time

Examples:

Instant Messaging

Voice over IP (Skype)

Video Conferencing

Face to Face Interactions

Webcasts

Webinars

Asynchronous

Definition: NOT at the same time

Examples:

Blogs

Wikis

Podcasts

Virtual classroom recordings

Recorded Video

Traditional Classroom Austria Qatar USA Separated by Time

Flat Classroom Student in Austria writes a blog post USA student responds Group Blogging Platform Unified by asynchronous communications

Traditional Classroom Austria Qatar USA Separated by Space

Flat Classroom Wiki Cooperating Teachers unified space via Internet

vs. Traditional Classroom Flat Classroom Separated by LOCATION Unified by the INTERNET Separated by TIME Unified by ASYNCHRONOUS communications tools

Principle The effective FLAT classroom structure has BOTH ASYNCHRONOUS and SYNCHRONOUS communications methods.

Step 1C Connect your students Five Phases of Flattening your classroom

Unified by asynchronous communications (wiki)

Students wonder WHERE DO I GO?

Structure

Create a “launch page” or PLN for each project

Establish Communication Habits

Students need a “home base”

Step #3

'Digital Citizenship in Schools' by Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey:

C itizenship Why did you delete stuff off the wiki? BTW I didn’t delete anything Sorry for accusing you, the history makes it look like you OMG I JUST SAW THE HISTORY ON THE WIKI..Really sorry for any problems Presenter Julie Lindsay Qatar Academy

Digiteen Julie Lindsay, Presenter http://digiteen.wikispaces.com

Digiteen Activities

Privacy

Photography

Problems (how to handle them)

Have a common knowledgebase

Join educators in staying abreast – http://ad4dcss.wikispaces.com

Affection

Gender

Language Awareness

“ analyze” vs. “analyse”

Cultural Sensitivity

Responses to others

Copyright & Fair Use

Create a “contract” page Spell it out!

Everyone needs to be “on the same page”

Talk about issues before they happen

Understand that issues WILL happen but can be minimized

My school uses:

Linda Criddle – Look Both Ways

Contribute & Collaborate Step #4

Collaboration with individual contribution

C ontribute Wiki history

Accountability: Every student has their own ID!

C ollaborate Ning discussion

Taken with permission from Student Reflections Westwood Schools Horizon Project 5/26/07

Teacherpreneurs are researchers!

Message to students…… Contribute to your team by recording short video clips for your partners to use in their videos. Do not be a non-contributor and lurk somewhere in the darkness. Come out and be part of the construction. C ontribute

Choice Step #5

Acquire knowledge

Produce artifacts

Discern

Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller

The Fallacy of excellence

Excellent students learn the way we tell them to MYTH:

Excellent students learn the way we tell them to.

“ According to Dyslexia Research Institute, 60% of those diagnosed with ADD are, to some degree, dyslexic. Yet, because only five percent ever receive the proper diagnosis and assistance, many children grow up illiterate, thinking they aren't intelligent.”

“ Demystifying Dyslexia - The Challenge and the Gift “By Sonia Weir

Who are we missing?

“ Entrepreneurs five times more likely to suffer from dyslexia than the average UK citizen.”

http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_8_45816_44300.html Nov 2004

Creative students learn differently

ALL students learn differently

We need …

Excellent schools accommodate learning differences.

Excellent schools differentiate instruction

An auditory learner stuck in a text-only classroom is like Helen Keller stuck in a classroom where the teacher only lectures .

Digital Storytelling

Script Writer

Call Sheets

Production Schedule

Asst Director

Acting

Presenting

Lighting

Flow & movement

Camera

Editing

Lighting

Storyboarding

Audio Editing

Music Selection

Sound Capture

Scene Scout

Scene set up

Storyboarding

Acting

Directing

Movie Ideas

Vision Casting

Reflecting

Status Reporting

Journal process

Ideas

Wikis

Wiki Composition

Writing

Research

Programming

Organizing

Widget finding

Mentoring

Acting

Presenting

(Get on film)

Camera

Photography

Graphic Design

“ looks”

Record audio files

Audacity editor

VoiceThread

Animoto

Outdoor dig storytlng or photography

Maps

Environmental research

Discussion mgt

Cell phone enabled

Blogging or pics, twitter

Live streaming

Reflecting

Opinion

Reporting on group issues

Social Network (Ning)

Blogging

Forums

Administration

Organizing Site

Linking sharer

Acting

Presenting

(Get on film)

Photography

Camera Op

VoiceThread

Animoto

Record audio files

Audacity editor

VoiceThread

Animoto

Photography

Outdoor video

Gcast remotely

“ Roving” reporter

Google Earth

Forums

Cell phone enabled

Blogging or pics

Discussion facilitators

Reflections

Reading & opinion

Debates

Integrating their Interests

The Gordian Knot

New Ways to Solve Problems

Many Voices for Darfur Project http://stopgenocide.wikispaces.com/

Students responded in their way

Unblocked facebook and myspace and signed petitions and shared w/ friends

Blogged

Created Photos

Videos to CNN and Fox

Called the White House

What if the world could see what is happening in Darfur?

Doodle For Google

Give Students Choices!

Wiki Assignments with choices

Question of the week with choice of text response (blog post),

audio response (podcast) or

video response (digital storytelling)

Technology is our vehicle! But not the ONLY vehicle!

Good Teaching is Not Platform dependent

Online & Offline

Oral & Written

Video & Audio

One on One & Groups

Inside classroom & OUTSIDE!

What students want!

Leadership

Self-Organization

Empowerment

Meaning

Discernment The Internet is our library of Alexandria and our trash heap.

Create Step #6

21 st Century Learning Objectives Blooms Revised Taxonomy

Creating Content

Student Artifacts

Convergence as We Speak http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Chapter+1A+-+The+Digital+Revolution http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Chapter+1A+-+Convergence+As+We+Speak

Invent This! http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2007/09/see-my-student-inventions.html

Celebrate Step #7 Presenter Julie Lindsay Qatar Academy

Student Summit and Awards Ceremony http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/Student+Summit Presenter Julie Lindsay Qatar Academy

Westwood Schools Summit http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Summits Presenter Vicki Davis Westwood Schools

LACHSA Summit http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Summits Presenter Vicki Davis Westwood Schools

Vienna International School Summit http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Summits Presenter Vicki Davis Westwood Schools

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