The Global Classroom Project 2011-12 (#GlobalEd11)

Deb Frazier (@frazierde ) Global Classroom Founder Ohio, USA Michael Graffin ( @mgraffin ) Global Classroom Coordinator Perth, Western Australia [email_address] Blog: theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com Wiki: globalclassroom2011-12.wikispaces.com The Global Classroom Project: 2011-12 A Global Learning Community is Born Global Education Conference November 15, 2011

Aims of the Session
To explore the history, philosophy, and community goals for Global Classroom: 2011-12
To explain how teachers can connect, share, and collaborate globally via the #globalclassroom community.
To explore the #globalclassroom stories and projects, shared by teachers and students around the world.

Our History
"While sharing new learning about India, Puja, whose family is from India, commented “My dad says that’s not really true.”
From there we knew we needed more than books . We needed to talk with people i n other cultures to discover the ways in which they meet their needs.“
A Global Learning Community Is Born (23/9/2011)
Through the power of a single blog post, Primary Perspective, and a single Tweet, GlobalClassroom came to be.
VoiceThread extended our classroom walls, opened our ears, and shared our voices to the world.

We're building a Global Learning Community Did you know? The Global Classroom Manifesto was written by 40 teachers from 15 countries?

Connecting Teachers "We're building the online spaces where teachers can connect & engage in global conversations with teachers around the world" “ This is SOOooooo cool to be sitting here talking with people around the world I would NEVER have connected with – thank you all for existing and being here!” – Launch Webinar Comment "My students are thrilled to connect to children from all over the world. This provides an authentic learning platform." Cristina Milos, Romania

Connecting Students We're building the projects & online spaces where "kids can talk to kids"

We’re Flattening Our Classroom Walls

How Can I Get Involved? "Global Classroom is about encouraging global connections and conversations between teachers and students around the world"
You could:
Join an existing project
Organise Flat Stanley Exchange
Establish global connections via blogging, penpal, or skype exchanges
Share and build your global project ideas
Sign Up Here: Teacher Registration Forms

Our Current & Ongoing Projects The global conversations and the learning have begun... We are running projects for K-12. You can join at any time - most run through to June 2012; but please register with Global Classroom first! Do you have a project idea to share? We'd love to hear about it! (Particularly for Grades 7-12)

"Kids Speak" (K-3 Project)
Goals of the Project:
To increase awareness of others in our world
To gain an awareness of the similarities among cultures
To provide students an opportunity to develop global awareness in the ways cultures meet their needs.
To give students a global audience and learning community.
Students around the globe will work collaboratively in ONE VoiceThread to share and learn about the ways others live. Deb Frazier (@frazierde ) Ohio, USA DM @frazierde / email to join Participants from Italy, Romania, Guatemala, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and more...

Seasons Around the World ( K-3 Project) Students will work collaboratively in one Voicethread to share and compare observations about seasons around the world.
Goals of the Project
Students will observe and share changes in one tree throughout the seasons.
Students will explore what causes the seasons and begin to develop an understanding of seasonal change around the world.
Students will collect and share data; including sunrise, sunset, amount of daylight and temperatures.

Debra Rosenquist
New York, USA
@DebraRosenquist
amostlyrosyoutlook.blogspot.com

Pen Pals - Edmodo Style 3 Separate Groups - Ages 5-14
Use Edmodo.com to communicate with children around the globe and discuss different aspects of their lives.
Safe, online communication tool
Topics are provided to guide the chat
Learn to appreciate and respect the opinions and cultures of others
"Nice job writing! We in America don't exactly spell things the way you do. Like, we write favorite instead of favourite. Thank you for sharing! "
"We live in Australia. Where we come from it doesn't snow. It does about 6 hours away!"
"We wear uniforms. We have 20 kids in our class. How many are in your class? Do you have hot lunch? We do 2 times a week."
(Sample discussions from our groups)
Tina Schmidt Pennsylvania, USA @MrsSchmidtB4 See the wiki for more information

The Global Lunch Table
Global Lunchboxes
Presentations of school lunch around the world.
What do we eat? Why do we eat as we do? Healthy food or not?
Just add photos and descriptions to your class blog or wiki and comment on others.
http://vonsildskole11.blogspot.com/
http://room14-hes.blogspot.com/
(For All Grades) Stefan Nielsen Denmark @snskole

A Glimpse Around the World A global classroom photo project for 8 to 11 year olds

Using photography as a medium to reflect upon and understand culture, community, and environments at home and around the world.
Monthly theme suggested by students.
Photos taken by students.
Monthly slide shows.
Creation of a book as a final project.
DM @sarah_wg or join the discussion over on the Grades 4-6 Google group. aglimpsearoundtheworld.wikispaces.com/

"Happy Days for You and Me" Celebrations Around The World
Rawya Shatila
Beiruit, Lebanon
A global exploration of global culture and religion through sharing our "special days" around the world.
The "Happy Days for You and Me" is a place for students and teachers to share kids' drawings, photos, videos, or slideshows
To join, please contact Rawya Shatila ( [email_address] ), or join the wiki: http://celebratingtogether.wikispaces.com /
This is a Grades 1-6 project.

Global Hero Voicethread Project
November 2011 - June 2012
Grades 2-12 (ages 7-18)
Voicethread link
Students research the definition of a hero, how one becomes a hero, and think about what type of person comes to mind.
They will describe the qualities and deeds the hero possesses.
After writing a narration, they will upload a photo for the Voicethread and narrate.
At the end, students will listen to a compilation of heroes around the world.
Directions found here
Contact Theresa Allen @tdallen5

Flat Friends Project For Children of All Ages!
Goals of the Project:
* to share information about one’s own community and culture with students from other cultures and communities
* to learn about places around the world by monitoring the adventures of flat friends’ visits to participating classrooms
* to develop an understanding of maps and to identify other places on a map
How it Works:
* Each classroom is responsible for sending at least one flat friend to another participating school.
* Participants have the option of sending one or more flat dolls or a 3D stuffed representative of their school.
INFORMATION:
http://bit.ly/rrVijS

We have Flat Friends visiting the U.S.A., Europe, China and Africa so far... Canadian students preparing for Flat Friends adventures

Mrs. Schmidt's class - The USA - Mrs. Milos's class - Romania - Joint wiki: Flat Stanley Travels http://flatstanleytravels.wikispaces.com/

We share videos VoiceThread comments and audio recordings!

Authentic Global Voices Grades 7-12 Project
"I like your poem because it shows how someone (you) changes in life. It also shows how you changed your attitude from good to bad. This stands out because a lot of people go through changes from bad to good or from greedy to generous."
- New York City student in response to a composition from a student in Virginia
Goals of this project:
to provide adolescents with a global writing community
to give students an authentic audience for their writing
to offer opportunities for students to practice giving meaningful feedback to other authors
to learn about cultures and communities different from one’s own
Kyle Dunbar @edtechdunny Alexandria, Virginia Authentic Global Voices Wiki: Changes Poem http://authentic-voices.wikispaces.com

Authentic Global Voices (7-12 Project)
Topics and Themes:

My life -- Change
Family -- Friends -- Choices
Fairness -- Courage -- Survival
Ways to become a part of Authentic Global Voices:
Listen and read
Comment
Contribute
Collaborate
By db Photography | Demi-Brooke By John LeGear Join the conversation!

The Global Hello Project (All Grade Levels)
Goals of the project:
Students use web 2.0 multimedia tools to connect on a wikispace, saying "hello" in their unique and creative way.
Students connect in a simple way with many places around the world.
Participating schools have added the following:
Classroom blogs or websites
Glogs
Videos
Prezi presentations
Voicethreads
Photos
Slideshows
Join us!
Join the wiki: http://aglobalhello.wikispaces.com/home
Contact:
Jen Smith ( @hthehippo ) & David Harris ( @grnngold )

Quick Links
http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com
http://globalclassroom2011-12.wikispaces.com

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