The World is Flat and Your Classroom

Can Be, Too

Learning and teaching with global

peers in the Flat Classroom

Project

Agenda

• Introductions• 21st-Century Global Leadership• Flat Classroom Projects• Roundtables

– Round One– Round Two– Round Three

• Reflection on Learning/Next Steps

A little about us and our school• Helena – the ISA community• Talia – student/teacher relationships• Mia – personalized studies• Connor – global perspectives• Honor – interdisciplinary, project-based learning

The International School of the Americas

The International School of the Americas

“Global Competence is the knowledge, skills, and

dispositions to understand and act creatively and

innovatively on issues of global significance.”

Council of Chief State School Officers’ EdSteps Project

Global Leadership Performance Outcomes

• Investigate the World: Discover and Explore Global Knowledge

• Recognize Perspectives: Apply Cross-Cultural Understanding

• Communicate Ideas: Connect and Collaborate across Boundaries

• Take Action: Participate and Contribute Globally

"One World - One Web" by PSD, Creative Commons License on Flickr.comhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/2731067095/in/set-72157604703336122/

"The Network" by Hugh Macleod, Creative Commons License on gapingvoid.comhttp://gapingvoid.com/2007/04/09/the-network/

“Teaching students about the world is not a subject in itself, separate from other content areas, but should be an integral part of all subjects taught. We need to open global gateways and inspire students to explore beyond their national borders.”

Vivien Stewart“Becoming Citizens of the World”Educational Leadership, April 2007

Introductory RoundtablesRound One• The World is Flat and A

Whole New Mind (Honor)• Educational Networking

(Mia)• Social Bookmarking

(Connor)• Multi-Media Mash-Ups

(Helena)• The 3 C’s: Connect,

Communicate, Collaborate (Talia)

Round Two• The Horizon Report and

Grown Up Digital (Honor)• Emerging Technology

Trends (Talia)• Information Literacy and

Research Skills (Helena)• Collaborative Writing on

Wikis (Connor)• Student Summits (Mia)

Round Three – Deep Dive

• The 3 C’s and collaborative writing on the wiki (Talia)

• Internet research and social bookmarking (Connor)

• The 3 C’s and educational networking (Mia)• Video projects and student summits (Helena)• Flat Classroom Projects and other ways to

connect your classroom to the world (Honor)

Reflection on Learning/Next Steps

3 New things you learned

2 Ideas you found interesting

1 Action you plan to take