A presentation I did for a professional development day at a primary school in Melbourne, Australia.

1. The Global Classroom
Katie Wardrobe, Midnight Music
Richmond Primary School 28 January 2010

2. Session overview

3. Session overview
✤ Part 1: Intro to The Global Classroom & All About Blogs

4. Session overview
✤ Part 1: Intro to The Global Classroom & All About Blogs
✤ Morning tea (10.30 - 10.50am)

5. Session overview
✤ Part 1: Intro to The Global Classroom & All About Blogs
✤ Morning tea (10.30 - 10.50am)
✤ Part 2: Creating your own podcasts

6. Session overview
✤ Part 1: Intro to The Global Classroom & All About Blogs
✤ Morning tea (10.30 - 10.50am)
✤ Part 2: Creating your own podcasts
✤ Lunch (12.30-1.15pm)

7. Session overview
✤ Part 1: Intro to The Global Classroom & All About Blogs
✤ Morning tea (10.30 - 10.50am)
✤ Part 2: Creating your own podcasts
✤ Lunch (12.30-1.15pm)
✤ Part 3: Wikis, Skype, Twitter and other tools

8. What is the global classroom?

9. Global classroom
=
Classroom without walls

10. 2 main themes/ideas

15. Collaboration & sharing
are not new ideas

17. What is new?

18. What is new?
Collaboration
& sharing
tools

19. Collaboration/sharing tools
= Web 2.0 applications

20. Examples: Web 2.0 tools

21. Examples: Web 2.0 tools
✤ Blogs & Podcasts

22. Examples: Web 2.0 tools
✤ Blogs & Podcasts
✤ Wikis

23. Examples: Web 2.0 tools
✤ Blogs & Podcasts
✤ Wikis
✤ Productivity apps (Google Docs, file sharing sites)

24. Examples: Web 2.0 tools
✤ Blogs & Podcasts
✤ Wikis
✤ Productivity apps (Google Docs, file sharing sites)
✤ Video conferencing (Skype)

25. Examples: Web 2.0 tools
✤ Blogs & Podcasts
✤ Wikis
✤ Productivity apps (Google Docs, file sharing sites)
✤ Video conferencing (Skype)
✤ Networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, Nings)

26. Examples: Web 2.0 tools
✤ Blogs & Podcasts
✤ Wikis
✤ Productivity apps (Google Docs, file sharing sites)
✤ Video conferencing (Skype)
✤ Networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, Nings)
✤ Photo sharing (Flickr)

27. Examples: Web 2.0 tools
✤ Blogs & Podcasts
✤ Wikis
✤ Productivity apps (Google Docs, file sharing sites)
✤ Video conferencing (Skype)
✤ Networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, Nings)
✤ Photo sharing (Flickr)
✤ Video sharing (YouTube, Vimeo)

28. Examples: Web 2.0 tools
✤ Blogs & Podcasts
✤ Wikis
✤ Productivity apps (Google Docs, file sharing sites)
✤ Video conferencing (Skype)
✤ Networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, Nings)
✤ Photo sharing (Flickr)
✤ Video sharing (YouTube, Vimeo)
✤ and many more

30. “Tools themselves are
collaborating”
(Rodd Lucier - @thecleversheep)
ie. upload pictures to Flickr &
edit using Picnik within Flickr

31. Why use these
tools at school?

32. Students can...
✤ Communicate with authors of books
they’re reading
✤ Interview someone working in
Antarctica
✤ Speak with an astronaut who’s in space
✤ Practice language skills with native
speakers
✤ Involve parents with schoolwork - daily

33. Teach students cyber safety and common sense

34. Today’s session
✤ Gain an understanding of
a small number of these
Web 2.0 tools
✤ Start using them!
✤ Discuss curriculum
integration

35. Image credits
All images are Creative Commons licensed from Flickr
✤ Cayusa ✤ Anders Adermark
✤ A.Gonlalez ✤ Ralph Bijker
✤ Rick E Dick ✤ drp
✤ Pierre Bedat ✤ Jonathan Pobre
✤ “share” & “collaborate” from ✤ Simaman
Spell with Flickr
✤ Leo Reynolds

36. Contact
✤ Email: katie@midnightmusic.com.au
✤ Website: www.midnightmusic.com.au (monthly newsletter)
✤ Blog: www.musictechtips.wordpress.com
✤ Twitter: @katiesw1