Create the FutureBeijing (BISS) International SchoolJanuary 2010Kim Cofino and Julie Lindsayhttp://createthefuture.biss.wikispaces.net/

Welcome and Introductions

50+ Participants

8 Schools: BISS, IST, YCIS-B, Shekou Int’l, SSIS, WAB, TEDA, SSIS Saigon

PD Coordinator at BISS: Allison White (food)

IT Manager at BISS: Louis Lim (network)

Presenters: Kim Cofino, Julie Lindsay

Backchannel

“a live chat that accompanies a live presentation or workshop”

Google JockeyA person who watches the backchannel and

posts information and hyperlinks in response to questions that are posted.

Backchannel Moderator

A person who monitors the backchannel chat and informs the speaker of predominant questions

and issues arising from the conversation.

Backchannel Netiquette

1. Answer with @

2. Be yourself but not a fake

3. Be a link dropper

4. Be up front about self promotion

teachkids: Anyone know a great blog that helps teachers.

julielindsay: I have a blog that I write for teachers, you can find it at http://123elearning.blogspot.com– I also love Jo McLeay’s at….

Our Backchannel

Today

http://tinychat.com/createthefuture

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Project Challenge: Opening Up Education

The World Is OpenWE-ALL-LEARN

Quote from Curtis Bonk:

“It is in this age [of web tools] that millions, if not billions of people can read, define, and share a new idea or opinion. Such collaborations will undoubtedly result in a wave of innovations and inventions not before possible. Creativity for the masses, by the masses”

The World is Open, Pg 36

Collaboration

The World is Flat (Friedman) collaboration leads to economic competitiveness

Globalization 3.0 allows individuals to participate, pool knowledge skills and ides and create new product

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Tapscott)

The power of emerging collaborative technologies such as the wiki

“Our learning futures rest not only on the

realization that collaboration is not

simply an empowering engine for economic

expansion made possible by Globalization 3.0, but

also the gains in education that underpin

the economic ones” The World

is Open, pg 273

The Challenge …………..

To create a ‘new’ lesson or assignment or project that

opens new opportunities and ‘flattens’ the

classroom walls through local or global

collaboration, and is scaffolded by emerging

technologies.

The Process

Discuss, reflect in teams

Explore new tools and methods

Imagine the future

Create new learning experiences

Pitch team ideas for feedback

Refine ideas

Team presentation, use of multimedia

“Learn by doing……let’s CREATE the future not just talk about it!”

Workshop Housekeeping

Schedule on the wiki createthefuture.biss.wikispaces.net

TEAMS x 10

Breakout Sessions: A, B, C and D

2 x Groups:Collaborators: Odd number teams (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)

Communicators: Even number teams (2, 4, 6, 8, 10)

How we live - Play

According to Dan Pink I “A Whole New Mind”,

“…..play is becoming an important part of work, business and personal well-being, it’s importance manifesting itself in three ways: games, humor and joyfulness”

pg 188

DigiDollars!

Each participant receives FIVE digidollars

Julie and Kim have more to give out!

You can keep these yourself or give them away to those who do or say something you admire

Put your name and school on the digidollar and place in the bin of the ‘prize’ you wish to win

Prizes drawn at closing session