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Language Fluency
21st Century Education Shift
Literacyhas always been defined by 
Technology 
Nichole Pinkard
“ 
We have to continually be jumping 
off 
Cliffs Wings 
and developing our 
on the way down. 
Kurt Vonnegut 
” 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccheviron/3603396672
Cultural Changes
Swiping 
Generation
Digital Footprint
Participatory
MovingBeyond 
PrintedText
We live in a 
Stephen Duncombe 
“ 
world where 
people can 
Books 
talk back to their 
“
Social Process Reading & WRiting Communicating is a
But...
“ 
It is not Just a Matter of 
transferring 
writing 
digital spaces” 
Ann Davis 
http://anne.teachesme.com/2007/01/17/rationale-for-educational-blogging/ 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/axeldeviaje/312166488/ 
communication 
classroom 
into
Modern 
Skills 
communicate 
collaborate 
critical thinking 
connect create
M o d e r n 
Literacies 
basic informationcollcaibtoizreanteship 
media 
connect 
global network
Being Skilled 
Being Literate 
Being Fluent
Amplified
Modern Learning 
Visible Thinking Routine 
Share Think 
Pair
Mindset Global 
Pedagogy Global 
Amplify Connect & 
1 
2 
3
1 
Global 
Mindset
Literacy Global 
is not achieved with 
sporadic projects
Global Mindset 
Projects 
Global
Global 
Projects 
Skype in the 
Classroom 
Mystery Skype 
Read 
Around the 
World
Regularly Bring 
in Outside 
Experts 
Global 
Mindset 
Use Google 
Maps & Earth 
Consistently 
Collaborative 
Reading & 
Writing Opportunities 
Participate & Initiate 
Crowdsourced 
Projects/Surveys/Docs
Twitter in the Classroom
What is the 
Global 
Educator 
Profile
Global 
Connectedness
Explorer 
Attitude
Imagination 
Global
FAIL 
irst 
ttempt 
n 
earning
It is about 
Trying Again
Steps 
in 
becoming a 
Global 
Educator
A journey of a 
thousand 
Milesbegins 
with a single Step 
Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher
The firstStepis you have 
to say Can! 
Will Smith 
you
2 
Pedagogy Global 
strategies, approaches 
& techniques to facilitate learning
Global Pedagogy 
is NOT about a skill set, 
but about a 
Mindset
Don’t just talk 
the world, about 
consult, speak, 
w i t h collaborate and learn the world! 
Inspired by Vicky Davis, Julie Lindsay and my Global Network.
create 
communicate 
connect 
collaborate
share
Scenario 
Imagination 
Tweak 
Share
3 
Amplify 
Connect &
and sharing online specifically, 
of being an educator. 
theWork 
is not in addition to the work 
IS 
Sharing 
It . 
Ewan Mcintosh
It is not 
about 
WHAT 
but 
you connect 
you know, 
HOW 
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano @langwitches
Students 
Teachers 
globally connected 
globally connected 
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano @langwitches 
If you want 
you need
Connect 
Challenge Visible Thinking Routine by Project Zero 
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Build your own 
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Personalize Blogs 
Twitterinterest Wikis 
Video-Conferences
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BLOGS
interest
Wikis 
http://languageteacherscollaborate.pbworks.com/ 
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ImpactWhat is the 
World 
for the Language classroom?
communication interpersonal oral fluency How to move towards 
connections 
through global 
and 
Jason Cummings
How to use the 
possibilities 
connections of 
global 
to move beyond the classroom 
amplified
How to take advantage of a 
Disposal your 
Learning 
at Network 
Global
http://goo.gl/frul8m
reasoning What would be your 
NOT 
toconnect 
your 
Students?
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Ideas 
& 
Examples 
fromthe 
Classroom
Movie Making China-Australia
7 Billion Others
7 Billion Others
7 Billion Others
Hyperlapse
Co-Teaching Across Oceans
Language Learners
Transliteracy- QR Codes 
and Art
72 
Pa re n t 
Communication
Augmented 
Reality
Global Perspective Christopher Columbus
On-Site/ Eye Witnesses Bus2Antarctica
Authentic
Celebrate
Celebrate
World Language Vocabulary
Visualize Poetry http://visualizepoetryaroundtheworld.wikispaces.com/
Visualize Poetry http://visualizepoetryaroundtheworld.wikispaces.com/
Scenario 
Imagination 
Tweak 
Share
I used to think… 
global learning 
was… 
…now I think…
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Global Pedagogy in the World Language Classroom