DYANE SMOKOROWSKI INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COACH ANDOVER, KANSAS Global Collaborative Projects

Let's Define Telecollaboration Partnering with students and/or experts in the field to learn content Always has a real world connection Provide extensions of learning outside the walls of your classroom Includes technology tools that enable communication in a web space environment

Partnering with students and/or experts in the field to learn content

Always has a real world connection

Provide extensions of learning outside the walls of your classroom

Includes technology tools that enable communication in a web space environment

Different Types of Projects Inter-cultural Exchange (sharing cultural information about who you are with someone else) Web Publishing (Podcasts, story writing, video, drawings) Information Exchange (Sharing your expertise in a subject with another classroom)

Inter-cultural Exchange (sharing cultural information about who you are with someone else)

Web Publishing (Podcasts, story writing, video, drawings)

Information Exchange (Sharing your expertise in a subject with another classroom)

Data Collection and Analysis Projects Multiple classrooms collect and share data over a specific topic Can include surveys, wikis, blogs Easy to moderate implementation Higher level thinking happens more in the classroom after receiving data

Multiple classrooms collect and share data over a specific topic

Can include surveys, wikis, blogs

Easy to moderate implementation

Higher level thinking happens more in the classroom after receiving data

Data Collection and Analysis Projects Number of teeth 1 st graders lose Favorite Dr. Seuss Books on Read Across America Day Prices of grocery items in different areas of the world What students are eating for dinner Hours of sunlight on winter solstice Economic value of a Big Mac

Number of teeth 1 st graders lose

Favorite Dr. Seuss Books on Read Across America Day

Prices of grocery items in different areas of the world

What students are eating for dinner

Hours of sunlight on winter solstice

Economic value of a Big Mac

Here Birdy Birdy Project Data Collection Project with 5 classrooms across North America The purpose of this project was for student to study trends over time with real world connections Weekly data collection Classroom discussions over the data were held CIESE Data Collection Projects Several science yearly science projects that deal with real time data collection with students. K-12 projects are available. Data Collection and Analysis Projects

Here Birdy Birdy Project

Data Collection Project with 5 classrooms across North America

The purpose of this project was for student to study trends over time with real world connections

Weekly data collection

Classroom discussions over the data were held

CIESE Data Collection Projects

Several science yearly science projects that deal with real time data collection with students. K-12 projects are available.

Intercultural Exchange Sharing cultural information about who you are with someone else Can involve cultural exchange boxes Digital photography is key Audio Web 2.0 tools such as VoiceThread, Skype are encouraged Wikis, Blogs, and ePals can also be used

Sharing cultural information about who you are with someone else

Can involve cultural exchange boxes

Digital photography is key

Audio Web 2.0 tools such as VoiceThread, Skype are encouraged

Wikis, Blogs, and ePals can also be used

Travel Buddy Projects – Intercultural Focused Projects Community Helpers Around the World - A Travel Buddy Project This district wide 1st grade project linked our students with children on six continents to discover more about cultures and community helpers in different countries.

Community Helpers Around the World - A Travel Buddy Project This district wide 1st grade project linked our students with children on six continents to discover more about cultures and community helpers in different countries.

Community Helpers Around the World

Community Helpers Around the World

There’s No Place Like Home There's No Place Like Home - A Travel Buddy Project This year long project connected all 4th grade Renwick students with 32 other American classrooms to discover what makes each American region unique.

There's No Place Like Home - A Travel Buddy Project This year long project connected all 4th grade Renwick students with 32 other American classrooms to discover what makes each American region unique.

There’s No Place Like Home Project

Other Intercultural Exchange Ideas Friends and Flags - Friends and Flags is headquartered in Israel and promotes multicultural awareness by connecting classrooms around the world in international learning teams. Hundreds of classrooms from participate in this technology enhanced exchange which includes the creation of tangible and authentic cultural packages exchanged with team mates Also could be a project where you team with another class and exchange discussions through Video Conferencing

Friends and Flags - Friends and Flags is headquartered in Israel and promotes multicultural awareness by connecting classrooms around the world in international learning teams. Hundreds of classrooms from participate in this technology enhanced exchange which includes the creation of tangible and authentic cultural packages exchanged with team mates

Also could be a project where you team with another class and exchange discussions through Video Conferencing

Interpersonal Exchange Projects are generally meant for peer discussions such as ePals Projects can also include experts for research and mentoring

Projects are generally meant for peer discussions such as ePals

Projects can also include experts for research and mentoring

Interpersonal Project Examples Being Green Kansas 7th Grade students have been collaborating with students in Wedderburn, Australia over ecological issues. What can we all do to think more green and make a difference in our communities? William Allen White Lit Circles 2008 One 6 th grade class and on 5 th grade collaborated on literature circles project to determine the William Allen White Winner for 2008.

Being Green Kansas 7th Grade students have been collaborating with students in Wedderburn, Australia over ecological issues. What can we all do to think more green and make a difference in our communities?

William Allen White Lit Circles 2008 One 6 th grade class and on 5 th grade collaborated on literature circles project to determine the William Allen White Winner for 2008.

Interpersonal Projects Movie in the Making - In this project students will report on a book by describing how they would turn that book into a motion picture. Prince Caspian Project - The main purpose of this project is provide a way for teachers to collaborate with other teachers all over the world about the book (and soon to be released film) Prince Caspian .

Movie in the Making - In this project students will report on a book by describing how they would turn that book into a motion picture.

Prince Caspian Project - The main purpose of this project is provide a way for teachers to collaborate with other teachers all over the world about the book (and soon to be released film) Prince Caspian .

Student Publishing Projects Students use their creativity to publish their own work Poetry Art Video Writing

Students use their creativity to publish their own work

Poetry

Art

Video

Writing

Four Lines of Sight Project

Four Lines of Sight

Student Publishing Projects Continued Cyberdictionary – The teacher reads a tale to the students. Students brainstorm words & compose a class "Cyber dictionary" using each letter of the alphabet & relating it to a story object. Important: Story must be 'retelling'; not retyped from a book. Pictures relate to the story, not the word in isolation. Monster Exchange Project -Classrooms from a variety of schools worldwide are paired together; the students in each classroom are split into groups, each of which designs an original picture of a monster. The students must then write a description of the monster. SchoolTube Video Competitions From energy to art, each semester new opportunities for students to publish their videos. The Adventures of Paperclip – Coming Soon

Cyberdictionary – The teacher reads a tale to the students. Students brainstorm words & compose a class "Cyber dictionary" using each letter of the alphabet & relating it to a story object. Important: Story must be 'retelling'; not retyped from a book. Pictures relate to the story, not the word in isolation.

Monster Exchange Project -Classrooms from a variety of schools worldwide are paired together; the students in each classroom are split into groups, each of which designs an original picture of a monster. The students must then write a description of the monster.

SchoolTube Video Competitions From energy to art, each semester new opportunities for students to publish their videos.

The Adventures of Paperclip – Coming Soon

Okay – Ready to Jump In? Here is What You Need To Get Started With Telecollaboration in Your Classroom

Step 1 Come up with a great idea you know would benefit from global learning Do your students study different cultures or geographic locations? Would they benefit from collecting data and sharing it with another class? Are there any issues such as the environment or animal protection your students would be passionate about? Do you have any museums, zoos, or other resources nearby that could partner with you? Would they be interested in discussing a book or selecting the Caldecott winner with other classes.

Do your students study different cultures or geographic locations?

Would they benefit from collecting data and sharing it with another class?

Are there any issues such as the environment or animal protection your students would be passionate about?

Do you have any museums, zoos, or other resources nearby that could partner with you?

Would they be interested in discussing a book or selecting the Caldecott winner with other classes.

Step 2 Create a Plan to Make it Happen Create a project calendar - set up deadlines, beginnings and endings, and milestones Look at state standards to make sure your project is supported Create Measurable Goals - what will the students produce Keep it manageable - What can you really handle? How much time can you dedicate to the project? Determine how you will communicate with your partner schools

Create a project calendar - set up deadlines, beginnings and endings, and milestones

Look at state standards to make sure your project is supported

Create Measurable Goals - what will the students produce

Keep it manageable - What can you really handle? How much time can you dedicate to the project?

Determine how you will communicate with your partner schools

Step 3 – Find Partners Call on your PLN The Global Schoolhouse is the easiest way to connect www.globalschoolnet.org Here you can browse for current projects or submit your own Discussion forums for teachers looking for partners www.atozteacherstuff.com http://k6eduacators.about.com/mpboards.htm http://teachers.net/projects www.epals.com International Travel Buddy List Serve [email_address]

Call on your PLN

The Global Schoolhouse is the easiest way to connect

www.globalschoolnet.org

Here you can browse for current projects or submit your own

Discussion forums for teachers looking for partners

www.atozteacherstuff.com

http://k6eduacators.about.com/mpboards.htm

http://teachers.net/projects

www.epals.com

International Travel Buddy List Serve

[email_address]

Step 4 – Call on Your Resources and Get The Tech Help You Need You might need help setting up a wiki for communication You might need help with equipment (Interactive White Board, Digital Cameras, Software) You might need a survey created for collecting data

You might need help setting up a wiki for communication

You might need help with equipment (Interactive White Board, Digital Cameras, Software)

You might need a survey created for collecting data

Jump in and Watch the Magic Unfold Your students will walk away with a personal connection to the learning For inter-cultural exchanges, they will have tangible items from those regions

Your students will walk away with a personal connection to the learning

For inter-cultural exchanges, they will have tangible items from those regions