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"Students today are bored. To inspire them, we must think beyond textbooks and wastebasket work "
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Portal for job vacancies globally in IB schools
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Across My Desk (weekly)
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Across My Desk (weekly)
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An evening to honor Ed Gragert « iEARN-USA
Ed Gragert has been a consistent shining beacon in the world of educational global collaboration and one of the very first people I connected with years ago via iEARN.
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Technology in Elementary School
Interesting concepts about 21st C learning at the elementary school level by @langwitches
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Across My Desk (weekly)
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NMC Horizon Report > 2012 Higher Ed Edition
The New Media Consortium recently released the top 6 emerging technologies in Higher Ed, including trends and issues - a MUST read!
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
> Mobile Apps 10
> Tablet Computing 14
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
> Game-Based Learning 18
> Learning Analytics 22
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
> Gesture-Based Computing 26
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The kindle version of our book, now available.
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ASB Tech Integration Book 2012
Such an exciting time when the American School of Bombay can publish this eBook for us all to enjoy and learn from their tech integration experiences.
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ISTE Ambassador Program - Asia - ISTE Community
Come and join the ISTE Ambassador Program - Asia Ning group as part of the ISTE community.
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The point of this is......?
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Web research on the iPad using Evernote and Skitch (how-to) | ZDNet
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Revolution in the Classroom - Four Corners
Four Corners looks at the impediments to better teaching. Imagine running a business where you can't choose your own staff. Where you don't have control of your own budget to invest in innovative programs to improve the product you create. That's the situation many state school principles must deal with.
"If you want the school to have the best staff, you have to choose them and they have to be able to match the needs of the school." - School Principal
This week Four Corners visits three very different schools and talks to the people who are trying to change the system from within. As they tell the us, it's hard work but it is possible to dramatically turn a school around and change children's lives.tags: education australia acrossmydesk
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Excellent blogging wiki to get started in the classroom with blogs. Featured on Wikispaces best wikis in education
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Flat Classroom K-2 project ‘Building Bridges to Tomorrow’
Announcing, the Flat Classroom K-2 'Building Bridges to Tomorrow' Project! Co-founders of Flat Classroom, Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis, are excited to be able to offer this global collaborative project to classrooms around the world. This project will run as a pilot for the coming semester, February-May 2012 and be open to Prep/Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2 classrooms (4-7 year old students).
Can very young students effectively connect, communicate, and collaborate in a global project? What does this look like? What products can students in mixed classroom teams co-create? What activities and structure can we design and implement to scaffold this collaboration? There are many wonderful opportunities out there already for students to connect using technology tools. However the aim in this project is also to encourage students in different places to collaborate, not just communicate, and to enhance understanding of cultures and life styles beyond the immediate environment.
We invite teachers who believe global collaboration has a place in their classroom. We invite those who want to improve digital citizenship and cultural understanding, leading to global competency amongst students and teachers. We invite teachers who have some digital fluency and access to digital tools who want to use them in meaningful ways to connect with others and learn together.
The ‘Building Bridges to Tomorrow’ call for applications is open now! Classrooms will be selected for the pilot and announced before the end of February. Following a teacher kick-off meeting, classrooms will work collaboratively through March and April with final products and celebrations taking place late April and into May.
We are looking for teachers who are creative and able to work collaboratively to help us build a meaningful experience for the classrooms and the wider school communities. Apply now!
‘Building Bridges to Tomorrow’ is part of the series of Flat Classroom Projects created by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis. Find out more from the Flat Classroom website, and from our recently released book, “Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time”.
Application Form for Building Bridges to Tomorrow: http://tinyurl.com/flatclassK-2
Flat Classroom Projects: http://flatclassroomproject.net
Flat Classrooms Teacher Network: http://flatclassrooms.ning.com
Contact us: fcp@flatclassroom.org
Directors, Vick Davis and Julie Lindsay
For more about the pedagogy and benefits of adding global collaboration to your curriculum, buy Julie and Vicki's book Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds from Pearson Publishing. www.flatclassroombook.com
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Eracism Project 2012 Forming Now!
Announcing, the Eracism Project 2012 - a global student debate that joins diverse cultures and includes authentic debate for global competence and international mindedness.
Fact based debate is a very essential skill with students who often equate the term "debate" with argument. The Eracism project: A Flat Classroom ProjectTM was envisioned by the winning student team from the 2009 Flat Classroom Conference held in Doha, Qatar and their concept was to hold debates using Web 2.0 tools to improve cultural understanding.
Schools selected for the Eracism Project 2012 will be asked to enter a 4 person debate team, with the remaining students in the class being researchers around the topic,
The initial debates will be held asynchronously but in what organizers are calling a "simulated synchronous" environment with the final winning teams debating live in a virtual world. This project was carried out in 2009 and is being run again starting in March 2012. A limited number of applications will be taken.
We welcome applications NOW from teachers and their classrooms around the world. We also need judges and volunteers to help with debate coaching. To apply for this project as a class or judge or volunteer or request to be involved in the teacher information meeting, please complete this form.
Classrooms in Upper Primary, Middle and High School are encouraged to apply (students of age 11 and above). Organisers will create two strands in this project based on demand.
Application deadline is February 29, with announcement of project classrooms by Friday March 2, 2012.
The first teacher online meeting will take place near March 5, 2012. Actual date and time to be advised.
Tentative Timeline
This project has a planned start date of March 5, 2012 with debates beginning March 25 and concluding with the final debate held in a virtual world (and to be streamed live) in May 2012. Schools applying must specify their school holiday dates so that they can be best placed in the project on the debate grid.
Phase 1 - Research & Coaching
This will happen at the school level as classrooms research the topic and practice debate at their local level.
Phase 2 - Asynchronous Debate Round
Students will use VoiceThread to debate with each round taking approximately one week.
Phase 3 - Synchronous Debate
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top two teams will debate live in a virtual world with the debate
streamed live on the web for students and educators around the world to
watch.
Phase 4 - Reflection
Students and teachers will reflect on ways to improve the methods for global debates.
ProcessDue to the asynchronous components used, Eracism will use a hybrid debating style that is based on Conflict or Initiative Debating.
The teams prepare their cases; they present their arguments and evidence; and, they rebut the other team's arguments and evidence. The debate cycle will generally align with the Middle School Public Debate Program found at http://www.middleschooldebate.com
Each debate will be adjudicated by 3 judges and the winning team advances to the next round.
Most of the debates will be carried out on VoiceThread with the final debate being streamed live in a virtual world.
Thank you to the sponsors of this project: Voicethread, Wikispaces, Blackboard Collaborate. (Virtual world platform to be announced soon.)
Co-founders of Flat ClassroomTM Projects, Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis, have been planning for two years to once again run this ground breaking and inspirational global collaborative project. The project opens eyes and hearts as students debate on an issue that will bring together diverse ideas, develop transferable skills and create lasting friendships.
More information about Eracism: http://www.eracismproject.org
Application Form for Eracism 2012: http://tinyurl.com/eracism2012
Flat Classroom Projects: http://flatclassroomprojec.net
Contact us: fcp@flatclassroom.org
Directors, Vick Davis and Julie Lindsay
For more about the pedagogy and benefits of adding global collaboration to your curriculum, buy Julie and Vicki's book Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds from Pearson Publishing. www.flatclassroombook.com
The Book Finally Arrived in Beijing!
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Across My Desk (weekly)
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I like the way Nick Martin from tech Change http://techchange.org/ has set this course out and broadened the scope to include educators and other professionals.
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Educational Technology Bill of Rights for Students| The Committed Sardine
Excited by this fresh approach to an acceptable use policy, or acceptable guidelines. Yes! If we want to put the learning in the hands of the students we need to also give them the responsibility to be reliable and responsible digital citizens, and I mean really give it to them, not tokenism.
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Education Week: U.S. Schools Forge Foreign Connections Via Web
Flat Classroom and Suzie Nestico, Project Manager for FCP11-3, mentioned in this article about students in the US connecting with others around the world
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Received this book in the mail today from Elizabeth Hubbell, one of the co-authors. Excited to see Flat Classroom included in the 'Cooperative Learning' chapter. ASCD and McREL publication.
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University of Kentucky | Department of Educational Leadership Studies
New Ph.D i Educational Sciences with a focus on School technology Leadership.
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The Mobile Native: BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Toolbox
BTOD Responsible Use Policy
BYOD FAQ
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Technology in the classroom -- Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 -- English Window to China New
Storied about successful technology integration and global collaboration, also featuring Toni Olivieri-Barton, one of our amazing Flat Classroom Teachers and her journey into Flat Classroom projects and global collaboration. A journey that in fact took her from the USA to teach in China!
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75 Interesting Ways to use an iPad in the Classroom
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