TWB Canada is a non-profit organization that aims to close the education divide through teacher professional development and community education. It organizes workshops to develop ICT skills for teachers in townships in South Africa and Kenya. The workshops are run by teams of Canadian and local teachers over 3-4 week periods. TWB Canada also partners with local NGOs and conducts needs assessments and follow up visits to participating schools. The goal is to empower teachers and students through technology and collaboration on global projects.

1. Professional Development Without Borders: TWB Canada Sharon Peters wearejustlearning.pbwiki.com A presentation for Dr. Toledo’s class April 16 2009

2. Personal Learning Environments/Networks Who is responsible for your learning? Diagram: Dr. Alec Couros

5. 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

6. TWB-Canada is a non-profit NGO devoted to closing the education divide through teacher professional development and community education.

7. Cape Town Naivasha, Laikipia Districts TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08

8. teacherswithoutborders.org International site

9. 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

10. TWB Canada July-Aug ‘09 South Africa - 4 weeks Team of 6-8 multinational teachers + SA teachers Partnering with Edunova, Khanya and others Two sets of workshops for developing ICT skills in teachers in two townships 1 week of bootcamp workshops for admin leaders Follow-up visits

14. 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

15. Kenya: 4 weeks Two sets of workshops (Secondary, Elem) for teachers of English, math, and science in two districts with Kenyan teachers 1-2 weeks of ICT training in West Kenya 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

21. Profiles Fezeka High School Thananga Ng’anga Teacher at Miti Mingi High School John Michuri Principal of Tigithi Sec. Paul Mwaniki, CTC

22. Partnering NGOs www.edunova.org www.olpejetaconservancy.org www.educationwithoutborders.ca

23. 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!

24. Global Projects begin.....

25. ... with Globally-Minded Educators

26. We need globally-minded educators Skills and competency building Models and inspirations WHY GO GLOBAL?

27. Getting Connected Skills Built Relevance Engagement Cool tools and online spaces Award-winning examples from ordinary teachers Project Opportunities and Portals

28. 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

29. (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.

31. 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

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

33. These tools offer affordances for students to making meaning

34. Shared online learning spaces provide opportunities for students to " be human together " (Siemens)

35. Caveats: 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

36. Reality-Based Learning Learning situations that empower students to take action for the promotion of societal change

37. Essential Question: How can Canadian students use technology to promote education in developing nations?

38. Students from Montréal, Canada

39. Loise Girls School: where the XOs will be sent Nanyuki, Kenya

40. Darfur Video Project Youth With Video Proposal

41. http://take2videos.ning.com /

42. http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary/ The Flip

43. Karen Guth - teacher at Neveh Channah School in Etzion Bloc, Israel :"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 ."

44. "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.”

45. Other Portals Global Virtual Classroom Global SchoolNet iEARN Taking IT Global Teachers Without Borders

46. twbcanada.ning.com/

47. Online Spaces to find us www.youtube.com/TWBCanada twbcanada.ning.com/ www.teacherswithoutborders.org / www.twbcanada.org /

48. TWB Canada’s Youtube channel

49. Books of Influence The World is Flat - 3rd ed. (Thomas Friedman) Wikinomics - (Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams) Grown Up Digital – (Don Tapscott) Knowing Knowledge (George Siemens) Three Cups of Tea - ( By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin) Cambridge Handbook of Learning Sciences , (R.Keith Sawyer,ed) Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning (George Siemens and Peter Tittenberg)

50. 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)

51. Sharon Peters, TWB Quebec Provincial Contact: [email_address]