Workshops at Carnegie Mellon University, CREATE Lab

1. INNOVATION FOR SOCIALLY
CONSCIOUS STUDENTS
BALANCING TECHNOLOGICAL RELEVANCE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF
HUMANITY
MICHAEL SOSKIL – @MSOSKIL
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
JULY 26, 2018

5. WHY DO YOUR STUDENTS LEARN?
• Long-term learning cannot take
place without emotional connection
with content
• Extrinsic v. Intrinsic Motivation
• Empathy correlates with both
happiness and success in life

6. KASSERIAN
INGERA?

8. HOW CAN CHILDREN LEARN GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
WHEN THEY OFTEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE
CITIZENS OF THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS?
What are the qualities of a
good citizen?

14. WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT IS MOST
IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESS?

15. PROJECT
LINC

18. Photo Credit: Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Chapter 1

21. Koen Timmers - @zelfstudie

22. DESIGN CHALLENGE
• Build a structure that keeps a textbook 2 inches off the table
for 60 seconds.
• You may only use toothpicks and gumdrops.
• Each toothpick used costs $2
• Each gumdrop used costs $3
• Your structure cannot cost more than $80.

24. GROWTH MINDSET

25. It’s hard to change the world when you
don’t know much about it.

26. SOUTH ELEMENTARY GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
• Song/Cultural Exchanges
• Virtual Valentines
• Exchange Skype/YT Video
Messages
• Data Collection in
Collaborative Spreadsheets
• Quadblogging
• Slow Twitter Chat
• Collaborative PBL Projects
• Mystery Skype
• Skype Teacher Exchange
(guest teacher from another
location)
• Digital Post Cards

27. THE MAGIC WORDS
“WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.”

29. FUNDRAISING, BY ITSELF, DOES NOT BUILD EMPATHY.
STUDENTS NEED RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS WHO
ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE.
SERVICE PROJECTS SHOULD ALWAYS BE A TWO-WAY
STREET.

30. SAMR Updated for the Fourth Industrial
Revolution
Photo Credit: Teaching in the Fourth Industrial
Revolution, Chapter 1

32. TeachSDGs.org

34. That’s great for your students.
But, how do I do that?

35. MYSTERY SKYPE
• Similar to "20 Questions"
• Each class takes turns asking
Yes/No questions to figure out
location of the other class.
• Variations: animals, numbers,
elements, occupations, etc.
instead of locations.
• Builds critical thinking skills
and content knowledge.
• Creates opportunities to
connect with other locations to
have Q&A sessions about
culture. Resource to get started:
MysterySkypeOneNote.com

36. LET’S PLAY
MYSTERY
SKYPE

37. VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
• Skype in the Classroom: education.skype.com
• Discovery Education: discoveryeducation.com/featured-
programs
• Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants:
exploringbytheseat.com
• JASON Learning: jason.org
• LivingMaths: livingmaths.com

38. SANCCOB

39. SKYPE IN THE CLASSROOM:
EDUCATION.MICROSOFT.COM

41. OVERCOMING TIME ZONE ISSUES

42. THE 5 CLUE
CHALLENGE
• Use Skype Video Message
or YouTube to leave 5
clues for partner class to
guess location, animal, etc.
• After each clue, students
will pause video, do
research, and take a guess.
• 5cluechallenge.weebly.com

46. EMPATICO.ORG

48. HOW DO I MAKE CONNECTIONS?

49. TWITTER
NOT JUST FOR DONALD TRUMP ANYMORE!
• As of a year ago, over 4.2 million tweets per day were
related to education, most by educators
• Hashtags allow you to curate and organize what you see
• There is an educational hashtag for almost every
content area, grade level, and educational interest area

50. GREAT TWITTER CHATS FOR BEGINNERS
Preservice Teacher
Chat
pretchat.weebly.com
nd th
New Teachers to Twitter
Chat
en2t.weebly.com

51. TWEETDECK.COM

52. A FEW EDUCATIONAL HASHTAGS
#SciChat #MysterySkype
#MathChat #GlobalEd
#SSChat #ArtsEd
#EngChat #EdTech
#GTChat #EdChat
#SpEdChat #21stEdChat
#TeachersMatter #EdCamp
#TeachersLeading #Education
#KinderChat #STEM
#1stChat #CompSci
#2ndChat #MusicEd
#3rdChat #ElemChat
#4thChat #MakerEd
#5thChat #DigCit
#PAEdchat #KTIchat
#STEM
#TeachSDGs

54. MEANWHILE, IN THE FACULTY ROOM…

58. LET’S EXPLORE!
•Skype in the Classroom: education.Microsoft.com
•Twitter: Twitter.com
•Tweetdeck: tweetdeck.com
•Empatico.org
•5 Clue Challenge: 5ClueChallenge.com
•TeachSDGs.org

60. FIND YOUR
MARIGOLD
JENNIFER GONZALEZ
WWW.CULTOFPEDAGOGY.COM/MARIGOL
DS

61. HIP ACADEMY - MUKUYUNI BRIDGE PROJECT

64. Every problem in the world has a
solution trapped inside our students’
passions.
Helping them see the connection
is our job as teachers.

65. Connect with Me
Twitter: @msoskil
Website: michaelsoskil.com
Email: mrsoskil@gmail.com
Link to this presentation: Order your copy of
Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
at Teaching4IR.com