6. Objectives
• Begin a plan for (further) connecting your classroom
the world
– Identify a learning objective for students that could be
more powerfully addressed through using technology to
make global connection
– Envision an aligned learning activity for making the
connections
• Build (or grow) your personal learning network to help
you learn what you need to know to implement and
improve your activity idea
– Identify initial tools and strategies for making connections
– Brainstorm strategies for making time
– Commit to first steps to begin getting to put your idea into
action
7. Four Types of Global Connections
• Celebrations
• Encounters
• Ongoing exchanges
• Authentic
collaborations
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12. Brainstorm with Partner or Group
• Learning objectives a global activity or
project could help address
• Share your ideas in Today’s Meet
(http://todaysmeet.com/mccsc_connected)
13. Brainstorm with Partner or Group
• Ideas for activity or project designs that
address your learning objective
• What you’d need to learn to pull it off
• Share your ideas in Today’s Meet
(http://todaysmeet.com/mccsc_connected)
• Tweet your best ideas at the end of the
session
#mccsc
14. Brainstorm with Partner or Group
• What you’d need to learn to pull off your
idea
• Share your ideas in Today’s Meet
(http://todaysmeet.com/mccsc_connected)
• Tweet your best ideas and learning goals
using #mccsc
17. Connected educators …
• Build relationships within their school, across
their districts and states, and across the
globe
• Are open to new ideas and differing views
• Take an inquiry approach to teaching and
leading
• Share what they do and learn in multiple
ways
• Seek out opportunities for substantive
collaboration
18. Connected educators began small
• Pick a manageable
thing to do regularly in
small increments
• Use the buddy
system
• Find a role model
using the profiles
• Balance focus and
diversity
19. Making it Count
• Argue for time and
recognition for your
work as a connected
educator
• Draw on examples
from the Connected
Educator Month
district toolkit
21. Your simple learning plan
• What will you do regularly over the next month to
learn what you need to know to advance your
idea?
• When will you do it? How you you fit it into your
day and week?
• How can you use this activity to build the habits of
a connected educator?
• Brainstorm with partner or group
• Write
• Tweet and/or share via Today’s Meet
(http://todaysmeet.com/mccsc_connected &
#mccsc)
22. Stay in Touch
Darren Cambridge
@dcambrid
dcambridge@air.org | dcambrid@gmail.com
#ce13 @edcpcp
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