Welcome to everyone joining us! If you haven't seen Julie's keynote trilogy view here later:
http://k12onlineconference....
And we're live!!!
What an amazing panel of educators from around the world!!
wfryer
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Yes what a great international group!
And Julie is in the same place where she recorded her keynote
pgeorge
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It's great to have a couple of students joining us in the panel!
I never knew there were so many "gogy" words until I heard Julie explain them!
wfryer
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Really great to have @zeitz continuing to bring @k12onlineand global collaboration into university settings
pgeorge
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that's a wonderful story about the power of peers! That was a great point in the keynote!
Love these stories!!!
wfryer
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"students feel more connected in class when they are engaged with peers globally" by @amyjambor
pgeorge
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Hi @srahamilton! Welcome! So glad you could join us!
wfryer
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Julie is doing a great job facilitating the virtual microphone sharing!
How wonderful to have a student sharing her perspectives in the panel!
pgeorge
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Time zones can be such a challenge for global projects but they have learned so many ways to make them work! Very inspired!
wfryer
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"How do we share importance of global collaboration w other educators & students?" by @julielindsay
pgeorge
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Excellent point about the soft skills gained during projects such as communication/collaboration. Far beyond (value added) to tools learned!
wfryer
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"In global collaboration students can learn so many skills that they don't or can't learn just from studying the textbook"
kfasimpaur
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Like so many innovations in education, we're asking "Do we need a rebranding? Better marketing? Something else?"
wfryer
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that was a super video of students sharing the skills they developed and benefits they experienced from the project
we are so busy... can be hard to make time for 'one more thing...' need to help teachers see the transformative power of global collaboration for student engagement
pgeorge
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I thought the student voices and stories in the keynote were so powerful! They were all onboard!
wfryer
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Are more female teachers involved in leading global collaboration projects in classrooms than male teachers? Leigh is definitely in the minority tonight...
pgeorge
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love that question Wes. You're right!
wfryer
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I really don't know the answer... I would guess there are certain personality factors that contribute to whether teachers are open to doing global collaboration projects. Probably those teachers need to embrace "teachable moments" and the classroom activities taking new directions that may not entirely be pre-planned in advance
Just love having participants from so many places and time zones tonight!
Is VoiceThread still used much by teachers and students doing global collaborations
karen
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I've sent that question over to the panel. ANy others?
pgeorge
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there were male teachers in the keynote
wfryer
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yes there were!
they don't necessarily need to address the male/female question.... maybe better to ask about personality factors
asynchronous collaboration tools seem to be key for different time zones
pgeorge
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I'm really impressed with how much information we can include in a message in this chat. More than 140 characters.
wfryer
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wow!
I didn't expect it to be so one sided!
yes this is my first time to try this chat tool... really good so far
pgeorge
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Lucy is such an amazing global collaborator/educator!
Hope we'll get to hear from her.
karen
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I so agree that it's not necessarily "younger" teachers who thrive with innovative methods like this
pgeorge
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That's fascinating that it's the established teachers who are picking it up and not just young teachers. Love it!
hahaha! students taking over the teacher's job! a teacher's dream
wfryer
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"Inviting Ss to participate in global projects isn't limited to young teachers! It's about focusing on engagement" by @zeitz
pgeorge
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When the students reflected on their collaboration with other students what did they identify as the risks they felt they were taking?
srahamilton
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Confidence in your profession opens up the willingness to take risks as you have the experience and perspective to be realistic and creative!  (Of course, I'm 13 years in myself!--so, I'm a bit biased!)
wfryer
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yes I agree!
pgeorge
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 thanks @srahamilton!
Love that she made the point that global learning and experiences can happen in any subject area!!
wfryer
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what is Sonja's twitter ID?
pgeorge
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it's beside her image
karen
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It's @vanschaijik
pgeorge
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hooray!!! Lucy is able to talk
yes Karen! sorry! I thought he was asking about @srahamilton
wfryer
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thanks karen!
pgeorge
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The Global Education Conference is always amazing and will be starting really soon! Nov. 13-16. http://www.globaleducationc...
How do you help teachers and students understand that it's much bigger than just learning about other cultures? How much do you teach up front before you begin the projects?
very exciting that the principal is on board with it!!! really important to have that support!
wfryer
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Interesting to hear Lucy talk about the applications she's seeing for the Global Edu Conf. Wonder if trendlines for that can be identified over time...
yes I could see Sonja's twitter ID but it was hard to spell
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wfryer
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Does the Australian ministry of education & educational culture promote and value global collaboration more than the US Dept of Education and US classrooms generally? Is it possible to generalize on this fairly?
At our school we've been developing a 5 year plan for digital citizenship, and we've surveyed other schools. Have found some that make global citizenship and collaboration a focus, and then situate digital citizenship there. I like that focus.
"We focus on communication skills generally in our global collaboration projects. Also teamwork & problem solving" @amyjambor
pgeorge
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no better way to learn geography than having real connections in different countries!
how do you deal with it when all students in the project aren't at the same place (not keeping up)?
have any of the students been able to meet f2f as a result of these projects?
only 2 hours apart!!! what a wonderful connection!!!
We can continue the discussion in Voxer and via the slow chat in · Join our Voxer channel at http://bit.ly/k12onlineconf... and chime in.
I hope you'll all come back and join us for week two! The next one will take place the week of November 14 with the theme of Learning Spaces. The keynote speaker will be David Jakes. A panel discussion will take place on November 17.
and you can watch recordings from previous years all the way back to 2006!!!!
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Thanks everyone!