Bringing the globe into Your Classroom Anne Mirtschin Hawkesdale P12 College [email_address] http://murcha.wordpress.com

Hawkesdale P12 College – a small rural prep-year 12 school

Connect, communicate, collaborate, create

Look at the beautiful sunset over my backyard. We had a severe drought this year. Our cows lost a lot of weight while the drought was on. My dad was awfully busy trying to keep water and hay up to them. Since the downpour of rain, they are in much better condition. We have a mountain in our backyard called Mt Buggery. It is really a volcanic tumulus and has 2 trees - a dead pine tree and a young pine tree on top. Flick, year 8 blog post

Look at the beautiful sunset over my backyard. We had a severe drought this year. Our cows lost a lot of weight while the drought was on. My dad was awfully busy trying to keep water and hay up to them. Since the downpour of rain, they are in much better condition.

We have a mountain in our backyard called Mt Buggery. It is really a volcanic tumulus and has 2 trees - a dead pine tree and a young pine tree on top.

Flick, year 8 blog post

Comments!!! Your “backyard” is beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with the world. Lori, California Thank you so much for sharing your backyard. When we all share like this, it makes our world just a little smaller and better. She Wolf

Your “backyard” is beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with the world.

Lori, California

Thank you so much for sharing your backyard. When we all share like this, it makes our world just a little smaller and better.

She Wolf

West Java Earthquake September 8th 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.

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 12 hours after the occurrrence using skype

Australian food – the meat pie with sauce

Students from Malaysia show national costumes

Students from Malaysia ‘wow’ us with street dancing rendition

Year 12 Mandarin LOTE student (distance education) talks to Malaysian student in Chinese using skype

Some benefits Students as experts Peer to peer mentoring Authentic audience Self directed learning Project Based Learning Performing beyond personal comfort zones Many, many teachable moments Engagement Catering for all learning styles Multi literacies Using the digital technologies that students are born into

Students as experts

Peer to peer mentoring

Authentic audience

Self directed learning

Project Based Learning

Performing beyond personal comfort zones

Many, many teachable moments

Engagement

Catering for all learning styles

Multi literacies

Using the digital technologies that students are born into

Social software in the classroom... What does it feel like, sound like, look like? Excitement Fun Noise/silence/laughter Beyond class walls Team teaching Group work – virtual teams Personal Learning networks - across the globe

What does it feel like, sound like, look like?

Excitement

Fun

Noise/silence/laughter

Beyond class walls

Team teaching

Group work – virtual teams

Personal Learning networks - across the globe

Impact for teaching/learning New digital literacies - communication - attention - media Organizational remix technically, reuse ethically, identity creation and management, evaluation of sources , spam/phish detection

New digital literacies

- communication

- attention

- media

Organizational

remix technically, reuse ethically, identity creation and management, evaluation of sources , spam/phish detection

asynchronous connections Blogging. Wikis Nings Google applications Online Mailing lists

Blogging.

Wikis

Nings

Google applications

Online Mailing lists

http://flurogreen.globalstudent.org.au http:skippy.globalstudent.org.au

Blogs globalstudent / globalteacher W ordpress blogger blogmeister edublogs

globalstudent / globalteacher

W ordpress

blogger

blogmeister

edublogs

Steph’s independent post prompt I’ll ask the world a question (that’s you) and you answer it whats your favorite movie and why?

So wrote a grade 5 girl, independently, as her own post prompt She got 15 replies from countries including the UK, Israel, NZ and USA

So wrote a grade 5 girl, independently, as her own post prompt

She got 15 replies from countries including the UK, Israel, NZ and USA

There are plenty of illegal immigrants in australia and each day many are sent home. illegal immigrants tend to have a non valid visa. some people who come here dont have a visa at all. Illegal immigrants come from all over the world. what happens to all of the illegal immigrants once they have been found out is they get relocated back to the country they came from.

There are plenty of illegal immigrants in australia and each day many are sent home. illegal immigrants tend to have a non valid visa. some people who come here dont have a visa at all. Illegal immigrants come from all over the world. what happens to all of the illegal immigrants once they have been found out is they get relocated back to the country they came from.

Melissa // Oct 18th 2008 at 2:30 pm That is what happens here in the United States as well. Visas are really a big part of it because visas take a long time to get, and then people just come illegally. Where are the illegal immigrants that come to Australia from? Juliet Pham // Oct 18th 2008 at 5:21 pm How do you feel about the fact that the illegal immigrants are relocated? Do you believe that it’s fair? I don’t think that it is. I really think that it would depend on the reason. Are the immigrants doing any harm really? That’s pretty interesting that Australia does have illegal immigrants because I never thought a place like Australia would because of the fact that it doesn’t have any countries near it or any land bridges. Travis Bugge // Oct 18th 2008 at 5:21 pm how do they get there? are they snuck on a plane or something? fur us, its pretty much peole crossing the border, or swimming over here. which part of austrailia do they go to?

Melissa // Oct 18th 2008 at 2:30 pm

That is what happens here in the United States as well. Visas are really a big part of it because visas take a long time to get, and then people just come illegally. Where are the illegal immigrants that come to Australia from?

Juliet Pham // Oct 18th 2008 at 5:21 pm

How do you feel about the fact that the illegal immigrants are relocated? Do you believe that it’s fair? I don’t think that it is. I really think that it would depend on the reason. Are the immigrants doing any harm really? That’s pretty interesting that Australia does have illegal immigrants because I never thought a place like Australia would because of the fact that it doesn’t have any countries near it or any land bridges.

Travis Bugge // Oct 18th 2008 at 5:21 pm

how do they get there? are they snuck on a plane or something? fur us, its pretty much peole crossing the border, or swimming over here. which part of austrailia do they go to?

Uses for Voicethread www.voicethread.com Storytelling Reflections Reporting on extracurricula activities Global projects See example Another example Voice Video Text Images

www.voicethread.com

Storytelling

Reflections

Reporting on extracurricula activities

Global projects

See example Another example

Wikis Wikispaces Wetpaint Pbworld

Wikispaces

Wetpaint

Pbworld

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??

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??

Students as experts:- Year 9/10 students answer questions from USA so students could develop Australian travel posters

Flatclassroom wiki - http://flatclassroomswikispaces.com

http://netgened.wikispaces.com

onafrica

A comment - onafrica Trevor Shaw said at 8:51 am on Apr 28, 2009 I think it's really interesting that a school from the US and a school from Australia (both of which were colonized by the British and heavily settled by the Dutch) are working on this together. I wonder what perspectives about colonization the two groups of students will discover that they might share in common and what perspectives might distinguish them. In what ways might former colonies in Africa differ from places like the US and Australia?

Trevor Shaw said

at 8:51 am on Apr 28, 2009

I think it's really interesting that a school from the US and a school

from Australia (both of which were colonized by the British and heavily

settled by the Dutch) are working on this together. I wonder what perspectives

about colonization the two groups of students will discover that they might share in

common and what perspectives might distinguish them. In what ways might former colonies in Africa differ from places like the US and Australia?

nings Nings social networking, blogging, forums, discussions, Multimedia:- images, videos, music Virtual teamwork Global projects

Nings

social networking,

blogging,

forums,

discussions,

Multimedia:- images, videos, music

Virtual teamwork

Global projects

Let’s walk a ning http://netgened.grownupdigital.com/

http://netgened.grownupdigital.com/

Digital movie stills on Semantic Aware Appications

Awards Ceremony

This is a flatclassroom!

The Flatclassroomproject wiki (http://flatclassroom09-2.flatclassroomproject.org/and ning (http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/) Netgened wiki ( http://netgened.wikispaces.com/ ) Digiteen wiki ( http://digiteen09-2.flatclassroomproject.org/ )

wiki (http://flatclassroom09-2.flatclassroomproject.org/and ning (http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/)

Netgened wiki ( http://netgened.wikispaces.com/ )

Digiteen wiki ( http://digiteen09-2.flatclassroomproject.org/ )

Google Applications Google groups and other applications sheet, forms, document, presentation etc Google calender igoogle

Google groups and other applications

sheet,

forms,

document,

presentation etc

Google calender

igoogle

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

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

Live blogging http://www.coveritlive.com Moderated chat that allows polls, image and music uploads etc School connections conference reporting and other live sessions live events for staff Surveys

Moderated chat that allows polls, image and music uploads etc

School connections

conference reporting and other live sessions

live events for staff

Surveys

Videoconferencing Skype MS Communicator Elluminate MSN Flash meeting etc

Skype

MS Communicator

Elluminate

MSN

Flash meeting etc

Uses of videoconferencing Access Expert speakers Global communications Global ‘show ‘n tell’ Improve cultural awareness Encouraging collaboration Developing real time communication skills Conducting interviews Enhance distance learning etc

Access Expert speakers

Global communications

Global ‘show ‘n tell’

Improve cultural awareness

Encouraging collaboration

Developing real time communication skills

Conducting interviews

Enhance distance learning etc

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

Skype and slideshare to teach students from Canada about

Australia and Culture

School

Community

farm

Student feedback That was soo cool! it was real awesome of the cool things i (and everyone) learned, I think i'm gonna do some research on more later... i really liked the fact that we were actually talking to her. not just in email. i thought all the pictures she showed were pretty sweet. also, i thought it was cool how we are used to different surroundings and habbits.. yes, we dont say put your bookbag in the boot... i still find it awsome, though. i love australia so much! (not to mention thier accents!) i loved her accent. when she said RIGHT-O ! hahaha ! It was incredible, Its just so different from what is normal here. I probably would of never found any of that out if it wasn't for that presentation! that was an EXCELENT, presentation. I LOVED IT. it was very interesting, and i think that getting to learn chinese is a very diffrent thing then what we learn here. THANK-YOU SO MUCH. :D i dont really understand why they learn chinese... i dont really think that makes much sense we wanted to know what bubble taps were.

That was soo cool! it was real awesome of the cool things i (and everyone) learned, I think i'm gonna do some research on more later...

i really liked the fact that we were actually talking to her. not just in email. i thought all the pictures she showed were pretty sweet. also, i thought it was cool how we are used to different surroundings and habbits.. yes, we dont say put your bookbag in the boot... i still find it awsome, though. i love australia so much! (not to mention thier accents!)

i loved her accent. when she said RIGHT-O ! hahaha !

It was incredible, Its just so different from what is normal here. I probably would of never found any of that out if it wasn't for that presentation!

that was an EXCELENT, presentation. I LOVED IT. it was very interesting, and i think that getting to learn chinese is a very diffrent thing then what we learn here. THANK-YOU SO MUCH. :D

i dont really understand why they learn chinese... i dont really think that makes much sense

we wanted to know what bubble taps were.

Sharing objects that are symbolic of our countries

A linkup with a school in Russia

Grades 3 to 7 listen to students from Singapore talke about racial harmony

Keynote speaker – uni lecturer from Doha, Qatar, speaks to students at Qatar Academy and Hawkesdale P12 College about citizenship journalism.

Listening to the citizenship journalism address

Skyping Endang from Indonesia in the batik markets

Interviewing Professionals - an English project

Online debating

Debating online

The virtual classroom Learning about musical instruments from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra www.pingmusic.com.au

Using elluminate- virtual classroom software Using elluminate Virtual classroom

Advantages of Virtual Classrooms students are in their own ’space’, feel important and have a chance to be ‘heard’ as cannot be achieved in the normal classroom. students are able to interact in real time with the lesson and they are no longer passive listeners. They use chat, emoticons, etc and offer feedback to the musicians as they are playing. We have had to set up a code of conduct for the chat , after a number of issues. students can ask questions at any stage and these questions will be answered. they immediately tell you if they do not Students have the chance and feel comfortable with expressing their opinions and needs. can invite global participants in, or other interested parties, so that they too can witness the class in action eg sponsors, benefactors, software developers, policy makers etc. See my post on elluminate

students are in their own ’space’, feel important and have a chance to be ‘heard’ as cannot be achieved in the normal classroom.

students are able to interact in real time with the lesson and they are no longer passive listeners. They use chat, emoticons, etc and offer feedback to the musicians as they are playing. We have had to set up a code of conduct for the chat , after a number of issues.

students can ask questions at any stage and these questions will be answered.

they immediately tell you if they do not Students have the chance and feel comfortable with expressing their opinions and needs.

can invite global participants in, or other interested parties, so that they too can witness the class in action eg sponsors, benefactors, software developers, policy makers etc.

See my post on elluminate

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

DiscoverE virtual classroom software.

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

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

Antarctica linkup

Virtual worlds Quest Atlantis – for primary students Second life – tertiary/secondary OpenSim- secondary

Quest Atlantis – for primary students

Second life – tertiary/secondary

OpenSim- secondary

Social networking For students SuperclubsPLUS Gold Star café Nings

For students

SuperclubsPLUS

Gold Star café

Nings

Using Twitter teachable moments research and quick answers to questions on all manner of topics Learning of world events as they occur in real time sharing work, blog posts establishing student networks etc

teachable moments

research and quick answers to questions on all manner of topics

Learning of world events as they occur in real time

sharing work, blog posts

establishing student networks etc

jplaman @murcha I think every student should begin building a PLN. Twitter happens to be the first thing I turn to in the morning to learn. emapey2 @murcha Greetings from Uruguay , in South America mbarrow @murcha Greetings from England. It is 40 minutes past midnight here and I should be asleep rather than twittering. Hope you’re having fun edueyeview @murcha Love Twitter! Hello from coastal Maine, US. Welcome to the conversation! lnitsche @murcha Hello from Chester Springs, Pennsylvania USA where is felt like spring today at about 65F damian613 @murcha Hello from Perkasie, PA, USA! It’s about 8:30pm here and 13 degrees C. classroomqueen @murcha Hello from a very, very cold Regina, SK, Canada. It’s warmed up to -21C or -35C with windchill. This am it was -47C with windchill. Inpi @murcha Hello from Portugal! It’s 22 past midnight here, I can’t introduce my students!!! nzchrissy @murcha Hello fabulous students in Victoria from Bangkok Thailand where it is very hot at the moment chetty @murcha Hi Vic. Nice to meet u. I’ve just realised we can use iGoogle + twitter app to tweet from NSW. What are you working on? jeffwhipple @murcha a chilly evening to you and your students from New Brunswick on the east coast of Canada…twitter is about connecting and learning MelissaShultz @murcha Greetings from America via twitter! I love AUS! Especially those Collingwood Pies!! KarenJan @murcha Greetings from Boston, MA, USA

jplaman @murcha I think every student should begin building a PLN. Twitter happens to be the first thing I turn to in the morning to learn.

emapey2 @murcha Greetings from Uruguay , in South America

mbarrow @murcha Greetings from England. It is 40 minutes past midnight here and I should be asleep rather than twittering. Hope you’re having fun

edueyeview @murcha Love Twitter! Hello from coastal Maine, US. Welcome to the conversation!

lnitsche @murcha Hello from Chester Springs, Pennsylvania USA where is felt like spring today at about 65F

damian613 @murcha Hello from Perkasie, PA, USA! It’s about 8:30pm here and 13 degrees C.

classroomqueen @murcha Hello from a very, very cold Regina, SK, Canada. It’s warmed up to -21C or -35C with windchill. This am it was -47C with windchill.

Inpi @murcha Hello from Portugal! It’s 22 past midnight here, I can’t introduce my students!!!

nzchrissy @murcha Hello fabulous students in Victoria from Bangkok Thailand where it is very hot at the moment

chetty @murcha Hi Vic. Nice to meet u. I’ve just realised we can use iGoogle + twitter app to tweet from NSW. What are you working on?

jeffwhipple @murcha a chilly evening to you and your students from New Brunswick on the east coast of Canada…twitter is about connecting and learning

MelissaShultz @murcha Greetings from America via twitter! I love AUS! Especially those Collingwood Pies!!

KarenJan @murcha Greetings from Boston, MA, USA

What if the students were studying climates, or Portugal or Thai cultures etc? Imagine the real time response that could be gleaned from Twitter colleagues and self directed learning that might occur. ajep @murcha learning games to change the world http://tinyurl.com/bh4nvm

What if the students were studying climates, or Portugal or Thai cultures etc? Imagine the real time response that could be gleaned from Twitter colleagues and self directed learning that might occur.

ajep @murcha learning games to change the world http://tinyurl.com/bh4nvm

Notable quotes Building the bridges of today that the society of tomorrow will walk across. (Vicki Davis, co-creator of flatclassroom projects) Isn’t it amazing what students will do when teachers get out of the way. (Estie Cueller, flat classroom teacher) The kids asked too many questions and didnt let Jean Pennycook (Antarctica) finish her talk! Would you please be able to bring a kangaroo into your classroom for our videoconference? (request from Russia) Can you please wear your national costumes for the skype videoconference? My students have never seen a computer, could you please help me teach them about computers

Building the bridges of today that the society of tomorrow will walk across. (Vicki Davis, co-creator of flatclassroom projects)

Isn’t it amazing what students will do when teachers get out of the way. (Estie Cueller, flat classroom teacher)

The kids asked too many questions and didnt let Jean Pennycook (Antarctica) finish her talk!

Would you please be able to bring a kangaroo into your classroom for our videoconference? (request from Russia)

Can you please wear your national costumes for the skype videoconference?

My students have never seen a computer, could you please help me teach them about computers

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