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    1. Sharon Peters , wearejustlearning.ca, The Study , Montreal A presentation to CAIS Best Practices May 1st, 2009 wearejustlearning.pbworks.com
    2. Personal Learning Environments/Networks Who is responsible for your learning? Diagram: Dr. Alec Couros
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      • At 59 million, teachers are the largest professionally-trained group in the world
      100 million children do not go to school, 66% - girls 850 million illiterate adults HIV-AIDS infections, domestic violence, the sex trade, military gangs are dominated by the undereducated … and the key to social and economic development
    5. TWB-Canada is a non-profit NGO devoted to closing the education divide through teacher professional development and community education.
    6. Cape Town Naivasha, Laikipia Districts TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08
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    8. TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08
      • South Africa - 3 weeks
      • Team of 5 Canadian teachers
      • Needs assessment with Khanya and Edunov a
      • Two sets of w orkshops for developing ICT skills in teachers in two townships
      • Follow-up visits
    9. TWB Canada July-Aug ‘09
      • South Africa - 4 weeks
      • Team of 6 multinational teachers + SA teachers
      • Partnering with Edunova, Khanya and others
      • Two sets of workshops for developing ICT skills in teachers in two locations: Eastern Cape & Cape Town
      • 1 week of bootcamp workshops for admin leaders
      • Follow-up visits
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      • Kenya: 4 weeks
      • Needs assessment with District Educator Officers (2 districts), Kenya Institute of Education and Canada High Commission (CIDA), partnering NGOs
      • Two sets of workshops (Secondary, Elem) for teachers of English, math, and science
      • Follow-up visits to schools in the area
      • Visits to school facilities with special needs
      • Report of recommendations made to KIE
      • Identification of Kenyan teachers to lead workshops next year
      TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08
      • Kenya: 4 weeks
      • Two sets of workshops (Secondary, Elem) for teachers of English, math, and science in two districts with Kenyan teachers
      • 3 weeks of ICT training in West Kenya and Naivasha
      • Follow-up visits to schools in the area
      • Visits to school facilities with special needs
      • Report of recommendations made to KIE
      TWB Canada July-Aug ‘09
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    18. Profiles Fezeka High School Thananga Ng’anga Teacher at Miti Mingi High School John Michuri Principal of Tigithi Sec. Paul Mwaniki, CTC
    19. Partnering NGOs www.edunova.org www.olpejetaconservancy.org www.educationwithoutborders.ca
    20. Ways to Participate
      • Join Teachers Without Borders Canada!
      • Facilitate a class-to-class project
      • Sponsor a teacher to go abroad
      • Participate in an online mentoring relationship
      • Spread the word!
    21. Global Projects begin.....
    22. ... with Globally-Minded Educators
    23. We need globally-minded educators Skills and competency building Models and inspirations WHY GO GLOBAL?
      • Getting Connected
      • Skills Built
      • Relevance
      • Engagement
      • Cool tools and online spaces
      • Award-winning examples from ordinary teachers
      • Project Opportunities and Portals
    24. Skills Built
      • Multiple Literacies: digital, cultural, media
      • Cross-cultural communication
      • Critical thinking
      • Synthesis and summary
      • Info literacy, research, validation, authentication of facts
          • Negotiation and collaboration
    25. (Tapscott) Whereas previous generations value loyalty, seniority, security and authority, t he NetGen’s norms reflect a desire for creativity, social connectivity, fun, freedom, speed, and diversity in their workplaces.
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    27. Deep Learning Supported
      • Computer software is central in the learning sciences because the visual and processing power of today’s personal computers supports deep learning :
      • Computers support reflection in a combination of visual and verbal modes
      • Internet-based networks of learners can share and combine their developing understandings and benefit from the power of collaborative learning
      • from Cambridge Handbook of Learning Sciences, p. 5
    28. Cool Tools & Online Social Spaces Social Spaces
      • Wikis
      • Skype - Webcasting - Podcasting
      • Blogs
      • Google Docs
      • Content-Learning Management Systems
      • Personal Learning Environments
      • Full descriptions
    29. These tools offer affordances for students to making meaning
    30. From Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning
    31. Shared online learning spaces provide opportunities for students to " be human together " (Siemens)
    32. Caveats: Limitations to Global Projects Limitations to Global Projects
      • 2 Kinds of Relationships between partnering schools - how to bridge this gap?
      • The Haves - making it meaningful; anticipating cultural differences
      • The Have Nots - differences in edu standards, cost of bandwidth & hardware
    33. Reality-Based Learning Learning situations that empower students to take action for the promotion of societal change
    34. Where is the learning?
    35. Essential Question: How can Canadian students use technology to promote education in developing nations?
    36. Students from Montréal, Canada
    37. Loise Girls School: where the XOs will be sent Nanyuki, Kenya
    38. Darfur Video Project Take2 Productions
    39. http://take2videos.ning.com /
    40. http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary/ The Flip
    41. twbcanada.ning.com/
    42. Online Spaces to find us www.youtube.com/TWBCanada twbcanada.ning.com/ www.teacherswithoutborders.org / www.twbcanada.org /
    43. TWB Canada’s Youtube channel
    44. Books of Influence
      • The World is Flat - 3rd ed. (Thomas Friedman)
      • Wikinomics - (Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams)
      • Handbook for Emerging Technologies for Learning (Siemens & Tittenberger)
      • Knowing Knowledge (George Siemens)
      • Three Cups of Tea - ( By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin)
      • Cambridge Handbook of Learning Sciences , (R.Keith Sawyer, ed.)
    45. Research
      • Self-Regulated Learning / Metacognition (Ley & Young, 2001, Hadwin & Winne, 1996, Boekaerts, 2000)
      • Collaborative knowledge construction environments (Jonassen 1995, Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1994) - computers no longer support ONLY individualized instruction
      • Improvement in motivation, learning and problem-solving behaviour (Hoyles, Healy and Pozzi, 1994)
    46. Sharon Peters, TWB Quebec Provincial Contact: [email_address]

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