A 21st century classroom

A 21 st Century Classroom ACEC 2010 Anne Mirtschin Hawkesdale P12 College [email_address] Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

A true global classroom – a student from Hawkesdale, Australia, two from China, two from Bangkok and one from USA are taught by an optician about the eye, using discoverE virtual classroom software. Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Ally’s blog
Year 11 accounting students talk to a first year university student in Canada using discoverE software.
The link will take you to her blog post on this and associated comments
Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Four C’s in the 21 st century classroom
As never before, we have the ability to :-
connect
communicate
collaborate
create
on a local, national and global scale

Teaching and learning in the successful 21 st century school?
proficient and efficient in a variety of synchronous and asynchronous communication tools
All students need to be involved in collaborative and interactive global projects from an early age
Cyber safety
Learn appropriate digital citizenship qualities
Assessment must include aspects of working in teams – local, virtual and global
Multimedia – digital storytelling, podcasting, using images, music (transcends language barriers)

Key knowledge
Netiquette
Cybersafety
Digital citizenship
Plaguarism
Digital footprints
Cross referencing and validation of websites

College requirements Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Areas in your school where ‘default settings’ need to be changed and agreed?
Learning spaces, virtual groups, mobile technology,
AUPs and permission to both publish and work online in virtual spaces.
Flexible timetables, learning spaces
Learning is, can be and should be 24/7/365
integrate subject areas
team and small group work will become norm
Cross age groups
personalized learning
International team teaching
Mobile learning

The emerging technologies
Interactive, social nature of internet tools has ability to change education substantially
Allows education and the power of learning to be in the hands of students.
Students now have power to learn what they want, when they want and where they want. 24/7/365
Mobile learning
Ability to personalize learning.

Learning spaces
Physical classroom spaces – small retreat areas for podcasting, videoconferencing and sharing conversations via videoconferencing with those from other countries/languages
Online spaces
Virtual classrooms eg elluminate, discoverE, flash meeting etc
Live blogging
Teacher will be in the middle of the classroom, at a screen with the students
Online teaching/facilitating students in another country
Virtual worlds- second life, Quest Atlantis, Reaction Grid

Breakout learning spaces Small areas for a group of students to podcast, videoconference or converse with global students Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Filming studio Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

How to make asynchronous connections
Blogs
Wikis
Nings
Google applications
Emails

Synchronous connections
Liveblogging http://www,coveritlive.com
Videoconferencing www.skype.com
DiscoverE virtual classroom software.
virtual classroom http://www.elluminate.com and DiscoverE
Back channels eg http://www.chatzy.com and http://www.tinychat.com
http://www.twitter.com
Google applications
Bridgit conferencing software which comes with Interactive White Boards
www.flickr.com an online image sharing site
Virtual worlds – reactiongrid in Open Sim
superclubsPLUS – “facebook” for the young, safe environment
Voicethreads - podcasting collaboratively with pizzazz

What is a blog?
A journal
Outlet for opinions and ideas
Showcase for learning and achievements
Reflective entries
Platform that allows embedding or linking to multi-media
Digital portfolio

Benefits of Blogging
Available 24/7/365
Customization
Comparison with other countries
Source of pride
Variety of media
Education becomes interactive
Using technology for the digital age

Netiquette
No IM or txt language anywhere (looking for professionalism plus possible need for translators/interpretation)
Always reply and thank a commentor or goto their blog and add a comment
No bullying/always positive comments
Always write for any audience – ages, cultures, beliefs etc
Keep cybersafe at all times

http://flurogreen.globalstudent.org.au http:skippy.globalstudent.org.au Student Blogs Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

School blog http://hawkesdale.globalstudent.org.au Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Year 8 Blog post Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Comments Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Wikis – across the world Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

“ Keys to Bullyin”g on Teachertube Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Global travellers Year 9/10 students answer questions from USA students, so they could develop Australian travel posters Wikis – shared web pages for collaborative/ interactive work Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Hello i am Kelly, from Australia!!!..i will answer these questions for you!!! Question 1: How many meals a day are eaten in Australia? (Example: United States usually has 3 meals a day, although current days, people tend to eat any number of meals.) kelly says: we have 3 meals a day (breakfast, lunch and tea) but we do have snacks in between these meals (morning tea and afternoon tea). In further detail, what are the types of meals you have? Such as, is breakfast a hot or cold meal? Or is it either? From what I've learned about Germany, usually their lunch is the hot meal of the day, and they usually have the one hot meal, where breakfast and dinner tend to be a cold meal. In the United States, Dinner tends to be the hot meal. Question 2: Are video games very popular, or, if not, what activities do most people do in their free time? kelly says: video games are fairly popular here, yes. Other than sitting infront of the television/computer all day, a lot of people play sports,go shopping or just hang around with friends. (well thats what i do anyway!!) (I cannot think of a further expansion for this question) Question 3: How are the people in Australia? Are most friendly? Wide variety? Location dependent? kelly says: well most of us are friendly, we are all pretty loud and outgoing people. But just like everywhere else we have some shy people. And just out of interest.. what do you mean by location dependent??

Voicethread
www.voicethread.com
Online podcasting that can be collaborative
Storytelling
Global projects
Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference Voice Video Text Images

Boston Connections See my blog post Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Moving on ...... at school Students in grade 5 or 6 from UK, Thailand and Australia, share a voicethread and talk about what they are looking forward to in “moving on”, what they are nervous about and what they share in common. Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Rich Wilson - Congratulations Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Skype (www.skype.com)
VOiP
Live chat
Audio
conferencing
Videoconferencing
Bookmark and save chats
Can record conferencing-
eg powergrammo

Dddddddddddddddddddd
Skype and slideshare to teach students from Canada about
Australia and Culture
School
Community
farm
Student from Canada asks question How it all looked back in Canada Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Some useful sites
Tips on videoconferencing
Around the world in 80 schools
Wiki for skype in schools
Theedublogger

School’s in at 9pm! Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Awards Ceremony Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

The virtual classroom Using elluminate virtual classroom software Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

DiscoverE
DiscoverE virtual classroom software.
Uses low bandwidth and has basic tools for classroom use – chat, audio, video, whiteboard, webtours

Wall wisher – see link Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Andrew McDonald Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Debating online Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

School in West Java
Endang is a teacher in West Java. She owns a laptop and has mobile internet access. That laptop accompanies her to her two local schools where she volunteers to teach English and connects to teachers/students in other countries via skype and videoconferencing. Her staff and students have conversations with mine, using skype, to improve their English.
(There are no other computers in the schools)

Endang, an amazing teacher in West Java, Indonesia Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

West Java Earthquake September 8 th 2009
7.3 richter scale
64 deaths, 37 people missing, and 27,630 people displaced in nine districts in West Java and one in Central Java.
Approximately 54,231 houses were damaged in 12 districts in West Java and one district in Central Java.

Speaking directly with earthquake victims in West Java, 12 hours after the earthquake, using skype Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Will Richardson quote on Learning is Now!
What a great model for the immediacy of learning that can happen these days, and the relevance. When you think about all of the things that your students could learn and practice here, interviewing skills, geography and geology, information research, retrieval, editing, organization and sharing, all in the larger context of perhaps assisting those in need who were thousands of kilometers away. I want to make the point, however, that it's all grounded in your own understanding of these technologies and the ways in which they can help us connect. If you didn't have that knowledge and experience, this probably would not have happened, and that really is the goal of what we're all trying to do here, get more comfortable in using these technologies to learn in our own practice. Thanks so much for sharing this great snippet of learning from your classroom.

Cash Journals A virtual student in year 11 accounting Anne Mirtschin, ACEC2010 conference

Blended Learning
Teaching Digital Accounting
http://murch.globalteacher.org.au

Teaching and learning in the successful 21 st century school?
proficient and efficient in a variety of synchronous and asynchronous communication tools
All students need to be involved in collaborative and interactive global projects from an early age
Cyber safety
Learn appropriate digital citizenship qualities
Assessment must include aspects of working in teams – local, virtual and global
Multimedia – digital storytelling, podcasting, using images, music (transcends language barriers)

New literacies for 21 st century classrooms
Digital
Imagery including creative commons
Animations
Media (multi)
Voice and oral communication
Videoconferencing
Attention

Digital literacies
Blogging/use of comments
hyperlinked language,
wikis
Nings
Chat, hyperlinked text,
Use of translator tools
writing in 140 characters or less (twitter),
digital conversations

Communication literacies
videoconferencing techniques (microphone, positioning of objects, face
Articulation: clear, slow speech to allow for different accents, levels of English understanding
Podcasting
Use of webcameras, microphones etc

Organizational literacy
diigo,
Delicious
bookmarks
wikis
blogrolls
Google/other online calendar

Other literacies
Spam/phish detection
Authenticity
Identify creation and management
Reuse ethically

Where to learn more
Tech Talk Tuesdays (3:45-4:45pm): goto http://education.vic.edu.au and search for online events, find calendar, select Tech Talk Tuesdays for the session title and elluminate link
eT@lking Wed 8-9pm: part of the Australia series in http://learncentral.org or read my blog at http://murcha.wordpress.com

Contact Me
[email_address]
Skype: anne.mirtschin
Twitter/plurk id: murcha
Teacher blog: http://murcha.wordpress.com
Class blogs: http://murch.globalteacher.org.au
http://backyard.globalstudent.org.au
Delicious and diigo: murcho/murcha

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