The World is Flat and Your Classroom

Can Be, Too

Learning and teaching with global

peers in the Flat Classroom

Project

Agenda

• Introductions• 21st-Century Global Leadership• Flat Classroom Projects• Roundtables

– Round One– Round Two

• Reflection and Sharing

21st-Century Global Leadership

“Global Competence is the knowledge, skills, and

dispositions to understand and act creatively and

innovatively on issues of global significance.”

Council of Chief State School Officers’ EdSteps Project

Global Leadership Performance Outcomes

• Investigate the World: Discover and Explore Global Knowledge

• Recognize Perspectives: Apply Cross-Cultural Understanding

• Communicate Ideas: Connect and Collaborate across Boundaries

• Take Action: Participate and Contribute Globally

21st-Century Literacies: A Policy Research Brief, National Council of Teachers of English, 2007 http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/PolicyResearch/21stCenturyResearchBrief.pdf

National Council of Teachers of English21st Century Literacies

tinyurl.com/21cglobal

"One World - One Web" by PSD, Creative Commons License on Flickr.comhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/2731067095/in/set-72157604703336122/

"The Network" by Hugh Macleod, Creative Commons License on gapingvoid.comhttp://gapingvoid.com/2007/04/09/the-network/

“Teaching students about the world is not a subject in itself, separate from other content areas, but should be an integral part of all subjects taught. We need to open global gateways and inspire students to explore beyond their national borders.”

~Vivien Stewart“Becoming Citizens of the World”Educational Leadership, April 2007

Project Overview / RoundtablesRound One• The World is Flat and A

Whole New Mind (Honor)

Round Two• Grown Up Digital and The

Horizon Report (Honor)

Project Overview / RoundtablesRound One• The World is Flat and A

Whole New Mind (Honor)• The 7 C’s of the Flat

Classroom (Talia)

Round Two• Grown Up Digital and The

Horizon Report (Honor)• The 7 C’s of the Flat

Classroom (Talia)

Project Overview / RoundtablesRound One• The World is Flat and A

Whole New Mind (Honor)• The 7 C’s of the Flat

Classroom (Talia)• Educational Networking on

the Ning (Mia)

Round Two• Grown Up Digital and The

Horizon Report (Honor)• The 7 C’s of the Flat

Classroom (Talia)• Collaborative Writing on the

Wiki (Connor)

Project Overview / RoundtablesRound One• The World is Flat and A

Whole New Mind (Honor)• The 7 C’s of the Flat

Classroom (Talia)• Educational Networking on

the Ning (Mia)• Social Bookmarking using

Diigo (Connor)

Round Two• Grown Up Digital and The

Horizon Report (Honor)• The 7 C’s of the Flat

Classroom (Talia)• Collaborative Writing on the

Wiki (Connor)• Digital Information Literacy

and Online Research Skills (Helena)

Project Overview / RoundtablesRound One• The World is Flat and A

Whole New Mind (Honor)• The 7 C’s of the Flat

Classroom (Talia)• Educational Networking on

the Ning (Mia)• Social Bookmarking using

Diigo (Connor)• Creating Multi-Media Mash-

Up Videos (Helena)

Round Two• Grown Up Digital and The

Horizon Report (Honor)• The 7 C’s of the Flat Classroom

(Talia)• Collaborative Writing on the

Wiki (Connor)• Digital Information Literacy

and Online Research Skills (Helena)

• Synchronous Student Summits in Elluminate (Mia)

Roundtable Discussion Questions

• What did you hear?• What stood out to you?• What surprised you?• What did you notice?• What are you

wondering?• What intrigues you?

• What are you thinking now?

• What else would you like to know?

• How might you apply this idea in your own classroom or school?

Reflection and Sharing

3 New things you learned

2 Ideas you found interesting

1 Action you plan to take