2. The illiterate of the 21st
century will not be those
who can’t read and write,
but those who can’t
learn, unlearn, and
relearn.
~Alvin Toffler, “Rethinking the Future”
14. *How might this work?
*How might this benefit
my students?
*How might this add to
my instruction?
15. Global Awareness, according to
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills,
includes:
Using 21st century skills to understand and
address global issues.
Learning from and working collaboratively with
individuals representing diverse cultures,
religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual
respect and open dialogue in personal, work
and community contexts.
Understanding other nations and cultures,
including the use of non-English languages.
16. Global awareness is
necessary because:
Students can no longer live isolated from
the world.
Students need to be global citizens.
Students must learn about diversity,
languages, cultures, traditions and points
of view from others.
17. How do I
set up a
digital, globally
connected
classroom?
20. Role of the collaborative
learner:
Greeter
Question asker
Photographer
Videographer
Scheduler
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
21. Role of the collaborative
learner:
Backchannel writers
Live Bloggers
Google Earth ?
Mapper
Info Station
Timer
Data writer
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
22. Roles
Greeter ~ Greets the partner school. Makes initial introduction.
Question asker ~ Asks specific questions for data collection.
Photographer ~ Responsible for documenting connection with still images.
Videographer ~ Responsible for documenting connection with video.
Scheduler ~Responsible for adding Date & Time of planned Skype connection
to embedded Google Calendar.
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
23. Roles
Backchannel writers ~ Documenting conversation, questions, answers
and classroom happenings during the connection on a backchannel chat.
Live Bloggers ~ Blogs Skype call live to classroom blog.
Google Earth ~ Finds location of Skype partner and measures distance in
miles & kilometers.
Mapper ~ Responsible for adding placemark of Skype partner’s location to
embedded Google Map on classroom blog.
Info Station ~Responsible to search for any data question on the spot.
Verifies any questionable information as well.
Timer ~ Responsible for noting time Skype call started and ended as well as
calculating elapsed time.
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
24. Roles
Data Entry ~ Responsible for adding data collected into embedded google
form on classroom blog. Ex. distance miles/km, temperature in F/C.
Word Problem Creator ~ Creates a Math word problem from data,
questions and answers collected during Skype call.
Backchannel Cleanup ~ Responsible to save backchannel chat as a
Word Document and cleaning up duplicate comments and mark questionable
statements to be verified.
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
