Going Global: Preparing Students to be Citizens of the World

GOING GLOBAL Preparing Students To Be Citizens of the World Lucy Gray Connecticut Educators Computer Association Conference October 18, 2010 Monday, October 18, 2010 1

Where the h*** is Matt? Monday, October 18, 2010 2

"...the future belongs to the nation that best educates its citizens…" -President Barack Obama Monday, October 18, 2010 3

A world class education system means globally connected schools Monday, October 18, 2010 4

TODAY’S CONTEXT Monday, October 18, 2010 5

21st Century Students (and Teachers) Connected in innovative and new ways New Connections New Communities New Content Connected Individuals Virtual Communities Collaborative Communities Monday, October 18, 2010 6

Millennials Want to Learn… ✴With technology ✴With one another ✴Online ✴In their time ✴In their place ✴Doing things that matter Monday, October 18, 2010 7

The New Media Consortium Horizon Report K-12 Emerging technologies Adoption horizons 1 year or less 2 to 3 years 4 to 5 years Report Monday, October 18, 2010 8

The New Media Consortium Horizon Report 2009 K-12 1 year or less Collaborative environments Online communications tools 2 to 3 years Mobiles Cloud computing 4 to 5 years Smart objects The personal web Monday, October 18, 2010 9

The New Media Consortium Horizon Report 2010 K-12 1 year or less Cloud computing Collaborative environments 2 to 3 years Game-based learning Mobiles 4 to 5 years Augmented reality Flexible displays Monday, October 18, 2010 10

The Global Achievement Gap 21st Century Skills Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Collaboration Across Networks and Leading by Inﬂuence Agility and Adaptability Monday, October 18, 2010 11

The Global Achievement Gap 21st Century Skills Initiative and Entrepreneurialism Eﬀective Oral and Written Communication Accessing and Analyzing Information Curiosity and Imagination Monday, October 18, 2010 12

Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://www.p21.org/ Monday, October 18, 2010 13

Other Resources Esther Wojcicki and Michael Levine Teaching for a Shared Future: American Educators Need to Think Globally Monday, October 18, 2010 14

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCHOOL? Monday, October 18, 2010 15

HOW DO YOU PREPARE STUDENTS? Monday, October 18, 2010 16

Edutopia February/March 2008 http://www.edutopia.org/sage-advice-world-citizens Monday, October 18, 2010 17

First you help them deﬁne the term “citizen of the world”. Then you help them learn what being a good citizen means -- to themselves, to loved ones and family, to the school community, to the surrounding community. One’s actions can be directly linked to one’s values (beliefs, feelings, and actions that are important to us), so starting with a basic understanding of one’s values is essential to any meaningful discussions on citizenship. The global context is meaningless unless students are good citizens of their own nation. Monday, October 18, 2010 18

Right before our eyes, all that the education sector has controlled, dismissed, manipulated, validated, embellished, ﬁctionalized, and ranked within an aura of tradition and ritual may be accessed by point-and- click. We need to stop chasing exponentially expanding content. Inquiry, problem recognition and solution, creativity, knowing one’s strengths and weaknesses, communication, and relationships are what students must be prepared for. Monday, October 18, 2010 19

Becoming a world citizen requires knowledge and experience of other cultures; U.S. schools do not provide knowledge or experience. Rather, they provide a cursory glimpse of others in order to exemplify how not to be American. “Diversity Day” does not create world citizens, it patronizes cultural diﬀerence and touts xenophobia, and always winds up pandering American culture as Eurocentrically deﬁned. Only travel and immersion in other cultures creates world citizens. Monday, October 18, 2010 20

Prepare students to be citizens of the world by being one yourself. Teach from a global perspective. Monday, October 18, 2010 21

Asia Society Globally Literate Educators Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning Teachers are: ✴ Skilled and knowledgeable ✴ Critical thinkers and problem solvers ✴ Culturally aware ✴ Aware of world events and global dynamics ✴ 21st Century Literate ✴ Collaborative ✴ Use media and technology eﬀectively in their work ✴ Responsible and ethical citizens Monday, October 18, 2010 22

Arlington Heights School District 25 http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/about_us/vision.php Monday, October 18, 2010 23

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YOUR EFFORTS? Monday, October 18, 2010 25

Take This Survey http://tinyurl.com/21stcenturyskillssurvey Monday, October 18, 2010 26

View Results Here http://tinyurl.com/21stcenturyskillssurveyresults Monday, October 18, 2010 27

MY STORY Monday, October 18, 2010 28

Apple Distinguished Educators Global Awareness 2006 The World is Flat A Whole New Mind Berlin & Prague Rethink. Global Awareness. Monday, October 18, 2010 29

Classroom 2.0 Link Monday, October 18, 2010 30

Global Ed Collaborative Link Monday, October 18, 2010 31

242,738 Monday, October 18, 2010 32

4265 members from 109 countries Monday, October 18, 2010 33

GEC Features Searchable member list Latest activity Forums and blogs Links to resources Events Project database Videos and photos Monday, October 18, 2010 34

Apple Distinguished Educators ADE Institute Asia 2008 Visited six Singaporean schools Worked with educators from Singapore, Hong Kong and assorted international schools Worked in teams to create collaborative projects Monday, October 18, 2010 35

The Education Project Bahrain Monday, October 18, 2010 36

EXAMPLES Monday, October 18, 2010 37

Basic Project Monday, October 18, 2010 38

Next Steps Monday, October 18, 2010 39

Deep Cuts Sample Video Monday, October 18, 2010 40

Global Education Conference http://globaleducationconference.com Monday, October 18, 2010 41

TOOLS OF THE TRADE Monday, October 18, 2010 42

Apple Inc. Tools of the Trade Photobooth (photos, video, green-screening) iChat AV (videoconferencing, desktop sharing recording) Garageband (recording, podcasting) iWeb (publishing of blogs, photos, podcasts) iPod, iPod Touch, iPad - microphone attachments & apps Apple Learning Interchange (social networking) Monday, October 18, 2010 43

Suggested Toolkit Still or video camera - Flip cameras Check out Woot.com Web Cam - Logitech Chat client - Skype (free), Oovo, Sightspeed Digital recording device or web site - Gcast Collaborative workspace - Think.com (Thinkquest), blogs, wikis Networks - Twitter, iEARN, ePals, Global Ed ning Monday, October 18, 2010 44

Recommendations Learn to network; network to learn Keep it authentic Start small and design very structured projects Join an existing group project Develop a customized vision of 21st century learning for your classroom, school and district Monday, October 18, 2010 45

Where the h*** is Matt 2? Monday, October 18, 2010 46

Contact Info for Lucy elemenous@gmail.com elemenous on Twitter, Slideshare, Flickr etc. Blog http://lucygray.org The Global Education Collaborative http://globaleducation.ning.com Monday, October 18, 2010 47

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