Slideshow of presentation at the Literacy and Learning in the 21st Century conference in Fredericton New Brunswick in August 16-17th 2007.

1. Let’s Go Global!
Online Collaborative Learning Projects
Sharon Peters
LEARN
sharonpeters@gmail.com
http://globalprojects2007.wikispaces.com/
mtl-peters.net/blog

2. Global Projects begin.....

3. ...with Globally-Minded
Educators

4. Goals of Today’s Presentation
Getting Connected
Skills Built
Relevance
Engagement
Cool Tools
Award-winning examples from ordinary
teachers
Project Opportunities and Portals

5. What did this globally-minded student have
to say?
From a Neveh Channah student after receiving peer review from a student from LCC:
quot;Thank you for taking the time to read my paper. I was
touched by your warm words and the gentle criticism.Yes,
some of the spelling should be edited and I didn't want to
burden the reader with too many details and information....
I would love to host you here in Jerusalem and to join you
personally on a walking tour through the streets of
Nachlaot.quot;

6. 5 C’s of the 1:1
Collate
Create
Construct
Communicate
Collaborate

7. The Web has become
our operating system

8. Karl Fisch
at
NECC 2007
Did You Know 2.0?
Shift Happens
TeacherTube Link

9. The Web is Us/Using Us

10. Getting (and Keeping)
Globally Connected
iGoogle - RSS feeds
Skype
Webcasting
Podcasts
Blogging
Twitter

11. Your Network is Your Filter. (Tapscott)
We learn from the company we keep. (Smith)

12. Grace
... on the topic of
backchanneling
iLike....
Matthew

13. Meg
Fictionpress - Simply Meg
ICT in Education - Music on the Internet
A Real Teen Talks about Blogging and
Social Spaces
Facebook

14. Nat
Runescape
YouTube for music videos

15. Têtes à Claques

16. 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

17. Whereas previous generations value loyalty, seniority,
security and authority, the NetGen’s norms reflect a desire
for creativity, social connectivity, fun, freedom, speed, and
diversity in their workplaces.
(Tapscott)

18. ATG - Conceptual
Age
Creators &
Affluence, technology, globalization Empathizers
Information
Age
knowledge workers
Industrial
Age
factory workers
Agricultural
Age
Farmers
18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century
From the Agricultural to the Conceptual Age
From: A Whole New Mind

19. Cool Tools & Online
Social Spaces
Wikis
Skype - Webcasting - Podcasting
Blogs
Google Docs
Content-Learning Management Systems
Personal Learning Environments
Full descriptions

20. Award-winning Global Projects
• GVCVirtual Classroom Web Design(2007 Silver Award
Team 06 Wikispace -
Global Contest)
• From Jerusalem to Montréal - (2007 Silver Award
ISTE SigTEL )
• Flat Classroom Project - (2007 Gold Award ISTE SigTEL)
• Technospud Projects (2006 Global Schoolnet Award)

21. These partnerships provide opportunities for
students to quot;be human togetherquot; (Siemens)

22. Karen Guth - teacher at Neveh Channah School in Etzion
Bloc, Israel:
quot;I would say that this became a project that engaged the
minds, skills, and hearts of our students. It turned the English
Bagrut project into an international research, writing,
thinking, and teaching opportunity.quot;

23. quot;From all of the work that we have done with other
students, I have learned how to look over other people's
work and let them edit my own.
From working with other students, I also learned how to be
patient and not always want things to happen at the exact
moment I would like them to, but rather wait and spend
more time on something to make it even better.quot;
- Matthew, grade 7

24. Technospud Projects:
Charlotte’s Web Project
• Charlotte’s Web Project
•

25. More Internet Projects
• Fruit Loops Project -
most popular
• Salute to Seuss -
now taking
applications

26. Other Portals
• LEARN (Québec) site for Classroom Exchanges
• Israeli Pedagogical Network for Collaborative
Learning
• Global Virtual Classroom
• Global SchoolNet
• iEARN
• Taking IT Global
• Teachers Without Borders (need for provincial coordinator)

27. Books of Influence
The World is Flat - 3rd ed. (Thomas Friedman)
Wikinomics - (Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams)
A Whole New Mind (Daniel Pink)
Knowing Knowledge (George Siemens)
Coming of Age: An Intro to the New WWW (Terry
Freedman, ed.)

28. Goals of Today’s Presentation
Getting Connected
Skills Built
Relevance
Engagement
Cool Tools
Award-winning examples from ordinary
teachers
Project Opportunities and Portals

29. Global Projects begin.....
...with Globally-Minded
Educators
Sharon Peters
LEARN
sharonpeters@gmail.com
mtl-peters.net/blog