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Around the world NOW!!
Anne Mirtschin, Hawkesdale P12 College,Victoria, Australia
4 continents in one classroom4 continents in one classroom--Manila, Boston, Hawkesdale, Sth AmericaManila, Boston, Hawkesdale, Sth America
It was a wonderful experience for my students for their voices to be heard in Australia, Boston and Argentina. The boys told my other classes in first year so now they are plotting to have a rebellion if they too will not be given a chance to experience the virtual classroom. I have no choice but to ask all 8 sections to prepare a powerpoint presentation and when the opportunity arise any day they should be ready.We have lots of pictures to show to you. We want also to see pictures of your students and whatever activities in school or outside they are involved in. The boys would love to know more what life is in Australia as seen through the eyes of their fellow students. Rox from Manila
http://www.jacksonschool.org/webcasts/Manila_Melbourne_9_09_08/
About meAbout me
Some particulars Teach grades ICT 2 to 12 Personal blog, classes blog and backyard blog Set up Individual student blogs Joined many social networks Exploring a flat or virtual classroom through variety
of global projects Experimenting with global videoconferencing Laying the eplanks for a web2.0 school as part of TPL
with Jess McCulloch MS Innovative Teacher of the Year, Victoria 2008
Conceptual AgeConceptual AgeCommunicateConnectCreativity
This session will cover:-This session will cover:-
Pedagogy Online applications for connecting Practical uses, outlining personal
experiences Factors for success Future Potential
I would like for my students
• become confident, independent and self motivated•Take appropriate risks but learn from their experiences•be safe from predators and other dangers•Be able to become life long learners•Enjoy learning about other cultures•Reflect an appreciation of different ways •Take responsibility for their learning•Encourage and support others•Experience a range of learning activities
POLTSPOLTS
Use strategies that are flexible and responsive to the learning and thinking styles, values, needs and interests of individual learners
Capitalise on students’ experience of a technology rich world
Develop attitudes, knowledge, skills and process which enable learners to contribute to to and react to change within the community.
.....Blogging..........Blogging.....
Sections to a blogSections to a blog
Posts Pages Categories Tags Widgets – clustr maps, delicious links Blogroll comments
http://backyard.globalstudent.org.auhttp://backyard.globalstudent.org.au
The power of comments!!!The power of comments!!!Heatherb http://heatherb.globalstudent.org.au/ | [email protected] | 203.214.92.148 What wonderful photographs Ann. I loved visiting your backyard and noticed just how
green everything is now and how full all the dams are. Having seen it all looking parched just a few months ago I fully appreciated the transformation that had taken place
[email protected] | 207.200.116.71 This is so interesting. I especially like how you and your neighbors help each other. What a
better world this would be if everyone did this. And I love the picture of your Maggie and Fergus!
Anita Marie My Backyard is Seattle Washington- and it’s in everything I write.
Nothing has inspired me more. I can see you all feel the same way too.Pretty great, isn’t it?Anita Marie
Lori I seem to end up visiting many volcanoes– Mt. St. Helens, Kilauea, Lassen, Yellowstone–
now I have one more to add to the list– Mt. Rouse!
From Mt Rouse Volcano Discovery Centre, 2007/08/29 at 5:46 AM
• [email protected] | 136.173.162.129
• our local railway is separated from my house by a road and a field/orchard. After 17 years of living so close my nights are no longer punctuated by the sound of passing trains but on still day I can hear the sound of the road crossing barrier warnings. Far from hating the sound of trains, I think the sound of their passage is comforting
• I am an Australian living in Qatar in the Middle East and was scrolling down the posts and found a picture of a plate of HOME BAKED Anzac biscuits. “What a horrible tease!!!” I began thinking until I scrolled a little further and the recipe was there as well!!! I can TASTE them just by looking at the picture…. and now I can go home and make a batch.
Steph’s independent post prompt
I’ll ask the world a question (that’s you) and you answer itwhats your favorite movie and why?
So wrote a grade 5 girl, independently, as her own post prompt
15 replies from countries including the UK, Israel, NZ and USA
Some of the commentsSome of the comments
G’day Steph. I am in Tasmania and have a class blog as well http://wyatt67.edublogs.orgNow to answer your question - my favourite movie would have to be “The Sound of Music” because I like Julie Andrews as an actress and I also love the songs in the movie. The storyline is also great.
Riptide Furse // Jul 31st 2008 at 6:42 am
I have many favorite movies. One of them is The Pistol: Birth of a Legend. Although the title makes it sound like a violent movie it isn’t about guns. It’s about achieving your dreams. It is the true life story of “Pistol” Pete Maravich. He is one of the best basketball players ever. The movie follows him on his journey to becoming a pro basketball player and how he overcame so many obstacles by practicing and keeping focused on what he wanted.
Lisa Thumann // Jul 31st 2008 at 6:48 am
I like a lot of movies. But I love The “Shawshank Redemption”. Tim Robbin’s character, Andy, proves to me again and again that if it’s important to you - it’s worth fighting for.
I also happen to love Morgan Freeman’s voice, so the fact that he is the narrator is an added bonus.
See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/ for more information about the movie.
Meeting Ines from PortugalMeeting Ines from Portugal
Thanks, Murcha!
I have been honored to translate you.Your post will be great as an exemple of the wide variety of possible activities that blogging with students enable, with the respective benefits both academic and pedagogic.Hopefully students parents will be relieved and enthousiastic about the new horizon their children are about to unveil.Trough translation we keep in the spirit of web2.0, where collaboration and sharing remain prior values, thus enabling beginners to take “on line-life lessons” from veterans and accelerate their own development.
Ines
Google applications Google applications • google docs – processor, sheet, presentation•Calendar•Reader•Notes•Igoogle•Google maps and earth•Google groups•alert
Working with sheetsWorking with sheets
google formschat functionbasic spreadsheet formulasprojects
The google formThe google form
•Collaboratively setup•Students filled in after being given
the shared url•Dumped into sheet automatically
A section of the google sheet showing the results of our survey between Denver, USA, Hawkesdale , Aus and Nablus, Palestine
Student Outcomes
How I did it…How I did it… save url for google forms into a shared folder, students
copy and paste onto internet explorer tab, fill in form, submit Results immediately filled into google sheet
I export results into MS Excel>students manipulate data for summarizing and reporting (ave and sum functions) Graph results
Can either screen capture graphs in MS Paint, convert to jpg and insert as image in blogs or prepare MS Powerpoint>uploaded into www.slideshare.net for embedding in blog.
Students prepare report on findingsSample student work Year 9/10 Leecie or flurogreen Year 8 Tavish
Growing an onlineGrowing an onlinePERSONAL LEARNING PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKNETWORK
A flat classroom.....A flat classroom.....
Skype (www.skype.com)Skype (www.skype.com)
VOiP Live chat Audio conferencing Videoconferencing Bookmark and save chats Can record conferencing- eg powergrammo
Some constraintsSome constraints
Sound quality can varyMay drop in and out Lose video ability once more that
two people use skypeBroadband is essential for
videoconferencingHowever, skype is constantly
seeking feedback
Video conferencingVideo conferencing
Korea Connecticut - linkCanada- jeff
-anneGlobal Staff conferences and planning meetings
Teaching about Australia Teaching about Australia to Nashwaaksis Middle School, to Nashwaaksis Middle School, CanadaCanada
FacebookFacebook
At Nashwaksis school, students have access to facebook
Bulletin board advertised the webcast Students added questions they would like
answered, so I knew how my content should be tailored.
After my presentation, they used the bulletin board for evaluation and feedback purposes.
Questions prior to videoconferenceQuestions prior to videoconference
If you were in the outback is it true that there are houses out there that are under the ground???? If so how were they made?
I was wondering whats so specail about Australia ?Whats so specail down there ?
If you were walking down the street, what would people there be wearring ?( shorts, jeans, hoodies, t-shirts ? )
What is your favorite thing about Australia ? Are the foods in Australia the same as in Canada or
do they eat weird things like ants ???
Student feedbackStudent feedback That was soo cool! it was real awesome of the cool things i (and everyone)
learned, I think i'm gonna do some research on more later... i really liked the fact that we were actually talking to her. not just in email. i
thought all the pictures she showed were pretty sweet. also, i thought it was cool how we are used to different surroundings and habbits.. yes, we dont say put your bookbag in the boot... i still find it awsome, though. i love australia so much! (not to mention thier accents!)
i loved her accent. when she said RIGHT-O ! hahaha ! It was incredible,
Its just so different from what is normal here. I probably would of never found any of that out if it wasn't for that presentation!
that was an EXCELENT, presentation. I LOVED IT.it was very interesting, and i think that getting to learn chineseis a very diffrent thing then what we learn here. THANK-YOU SO MUCH. :D
i dont really understand why they learn chinese... i dont really think that makes much sense
we wanted to know what bubble taps were.
hardware/softwarehardware/softwareHeadphones with attached microphone
BroadbandSkypeSlideshare set up on a wiki
Processes
•Met on projectsbyjen.ning.com•Shared blogging•Took turns to write a post prompt each week• live blogging•Finale was a ‘show ‘n tell’ with students – huge success•Used webcam for school tour
Collaboration nationCollaboration nation
Sharing Cultures Experiences Schools Knowledge Youth Extra curricula
Live BloggingLive Blogging
The Connecticut Chant
Hannah...hannah....hannah....!!!
A live pet bird opened
the show.......
Flurogreen’s postFlurogreen’s post Today, Friday 13th June, we participated in a show and tell video
conference on skype with Collaboration Nation. It was great to see the people from Collab to come in after school. The time for us was 10:00am but for them it was like 8:00pm on THURSDAY night not FRIDAY! We learnt so much from them such as: They have a place where you can buy donuts called Duncin’s donuts, they are really into baseball like we’re into AFL, some of the students there support the Sixers basketball team and they dance and cheerlead.
It was so good to be able to talk to kids from another country. All they seemed to do was laugh. That made us laugh too. They were easy to talk to and easy to understand. It was good to be able to see what kids our age are like, their interests and the way they look and speak. It was so good.
One let down for me was that the smart board had lines in it which annoyed me a bit. Another thing is that the time went too quick. Unfortunately we had recess and it was getting too late for them. I could have spent a lot longer talking to them.
It was so much better than the blogging thing we did with them becasue we got to see the actual people. The blogging was awsome but this was so much better.
Some networking sitesSome networking sites
classroom20.com globaleducation.ning.com Ningineducation Technospuds and projects by Jen Various Teacher mailing lists edNa – the Australian site many, many more - use a search engine
VoicethreadVoicethread(www.voicethread.com)
•User friendly•Digital storytelling•Collaborative work•Moving on
Global projectsGlobal projects www.youthradio.wordpress.com www.es1001tales.wikispaces.com www.ms1001tales.wikispaces.com From me to you Flat horizons projectWhere to find some Classroom2.0Global school houseProjects by jenLucy Gray’s global project ningFlatclassrooms ning
Videoconferencing with ManilaVideoconferencing with Manila "I remind my students that they are
ambassadors representing their class, school, state, country, continent and hemisphere ....This is especially helpful when doing a recording since it's sort of like 'live t.v.' It was fun to see the smiles from the kids in Hawkesdale when they realized that the students in Claret were in the audience! Students love working with students......no matter what continent they are on." Lorraine Leo, Boston
Manila linkManila link
It was a wonderful experience for my students for their voices to be heard in Australia, Boston and Argentina. The boys told my other classes in first year so now they are plotting to have a rebellion if they too will not be given a chance to experience the virtual classroom. I have no choice but to ask all 8 sections to prepare a powerpoint presentation and when the opportunity arise any day they should be ready.We have lots of pictures to show to you. We want also to see pictures of your students and whatever activities in school or outside they are involved in. The boys would love to know more what life is in Australia as seen through the eyes of their fellow students. Rox from Manilah
and some words from Manilaand some words from Manila
“Thank you also for the opportunity that you have given us to meet your students. Thank you Lorraine for being always around to help us. The AU students were such a big hit among my students. They were all so excited. They were actually caught by surprise since I did not have the chance to meet them prior to our webcast. They all wanted to speak on the microphone. Well, what motivates more a 13 year old boy than to see a pretty girl on video”
View recording
Other software for collaboratingOther software for collaborating
Ustream Flash meeting Wikis Elluminate Ms communicator Dimdim e Discover, adobe connect
Some considerationsSome considerations
CybersafetyDigital citizenshipWork ethicsTime commitmentsTime zones Infrastructure in other schools
Maintaining the contactMaintaining the contact
Be prepared for some hard work Communication is the key. Start via
emails, blogs, wikis, twitter etc Share blog post prompts, comment on
each others blogs Confidence is the key – staff need to trust
and accept each other
Tips for videoconferencingTips for videoconferencing Equipment required: microphone, web camera
which can be rotated, camera stand (if possible) datashow, white wall/screen or IWB
Choose appropriate software to you needs. Check out the capabilities, cost, safety aspects, recording capabilities.
Network cables often preferable to wireless networks
Get to know your colleague before commencing videoconferencing– use emails, blogs, wikis, live blogs etc Try video emails. Talk to each other over skype.
Allow plenty of time to set up the workspace.
Tips cont…Tips cont… Try an easy conferencing tool initially eg skype Set up a technical team with students eg a student in
charge of camera, microphone, watching the chat etc Test it just between yourselves for one session Practice public speaking with students within the
school first. Set up a second teacher to practice with them. Library staff are good connections.
Clear and slow diction is required Discuss good digital citizenship – rights/
responsibilities/cultural differences Test your own equipment 15 mins before using with
the staff involved.
How to learn moreHow to learn more commoncraft videos www.classroom20.com or local nings edNa Teacher mailing lists youtube and teachertube Online pds Edtechtalk WOW (women of the web) Twitter Read blogs
My blogsMy blogs
http://murcha.wordpress.com http://murch.globalteacher.org.au (my class
blog, links to student and class blogs) http://backyard.globalstudent.org.au class
blog School blog at
http://hawkesdale.globalstudent.org.au
Contact MeContact Me
Twitter id = murcha
Skype = anne.mirtschin
