2. Julie Lindsay
Director Learning Confluence – Flat Connections
MA Music, MA Educational Technology Leadership
EdD Student, University of Southern Queensland
@julielindsay
learningconfluence.com
flatconnections.com
about.me/julielindsay
11. Cultural
Awareness
þ
Everyone
is
not
just
like
me.
þ
Everyone
is
like
me
in
some
ways.
12. HOW
TO
GO
GLOBAL
‘Going global’ is a mindset rather than a plane ticket
13. There
needs
to
be
changes
in
the
learning
paradigm
to
break
out
of
20th
century
linear
modes
that
are
not
conducive
to
solving
the
problems
of
the
world
Yes!
And……….
14. The 3 min Conversation
What are the changes we need to
see in teaching and learning to
support global understanding?
THREE Words?
23. Communica/on
Two types to sustain a global project
Tradi/onal
Classroom
Flat
Classroom
Separated
by
Loca;on
Unified
by
the
Internet
Separated
by
Time
Unified
by
asynchronous
communica;on
tools
SYNCHRONOUS and ASYNCHRONOUS
24.
25. The 3 min Conversation
What digital citizenship issues
impact connection and
collaboration with the world?
29. Defining the Global Collaborative Classroom
A classroom that is:
• connected
• engages with multiple
audiences
• engages with diverse
resources, and tools
• creates authentic,
collaborative learning
outcomes
35. Leadership
for
what?
• Shared
vision
• What
should
that
be?
– Connected
learning
– Clear
ar;cula;on
of
a
school-‐wide
pedagogy
• Issues
of
organisa;onal
culture
• Didac;c
vs
construc;vist
• Local
vs
global
–
is
this
either
or?
37. A
New
Paradigm
for
Educa;onal
Leadership
• Online
learning
communi;es
are
leveling
the
playing
field
to
advantage
learners
• Leadership
must
address:
– School
revitaliza;on
in
a
digital
world
– Teachers
as
providers
of
new
forms
of
leadership
in
schools
and
communi;es
– Support
of
the
‘teacherpreneur’
or
‘outlier’
38. What
is
a
Teacherpreneur?
“A
teacher
who
sees
an
opportunity
to
make
a
profitable
learning
experience
for
students
through
the
forging
of
partnerships
with
other
classrooms
with
common
curricular
goals
and
expecta;ons”
FlaQening
Classrooms,
Engaging
Minds:
Move
to
Global
Collabora;on
One
Step
at
a
Time
39. What
do
Teacherpreneurs
do?
Teacherpreneurs
take
all
the
best
prac;ces
in
educa;on
and
latest
advances
in
technology
and
use
them
to
blaze
new
trails
in
teaching
and
learning
that
focus
on
connec;on
and
collabora;on.
See
Teacherpreneurs
-‐
hQp://;nyurl.com/teacherpreneurs
40. Teacherpreneur
Leadership
A
teacher
gets
an
idea
for
learning
Fosters
excitement
amongst
other
teachers
A
group
of
teachers
come
together
to
do
something
significant
41. Community
builder
Connector
Pedagogy
expert
Innovator
Change
maker
Teacherpreneur
Integrates
new
technologies
42. How
do
school
leaders
foster
the
Teacherpreneur
Leader?
• Encourage
customiza;on
of
learning
• Support
innova;on
and
encourage
pedagogical
excellence
• Encourage
an
agile
curriculum
• New
global
rela;onships
and
solu;on
designs
43. The 3 min Conversation
How can we design learning
experiences that embrace global
education and understanding as well
as enforce rigor and relevance?
Are these the same?
44. Some
‘What
if’s’.......?
• every
school
in
the
western
world
personally
partnered
with
a
school
in
the
third
world?
• for
one
year
all
fund
raising
went
to
that
school?
• teachers
from
both
schools
learned
how
to
effec;vely
design
and
implement
and
facilitate
collabora;ve
learning
experiences
to
support
higher
order
thinking?
• students
and
teachers
connected
through
online
technologies
on
a
weekly,
if
not
daily
basis?
• together
they
not
only
achieved
beQer
cultural
understanding
and
empathy
and
global
awareness
-‐
but
actually
created
something
together
that
impacted
the
world
in
a
posi;ve
way?
• a
classroom
in
Australia
collabora;ng
with
a
school
in
Zambia
solved
the
Australian
cane
toad
problem?
I
believe
this
is
possible
-‐
we
just
need
to
make
this
happen!
45. The 2 min Conversation
1. Add your own ‘What if……?’
statement
2. Share with students.
3. What are the challenges for
implementation?
4. Make it happen this year!
47. What’s
the
Other
Story?
Theme
for
the
Flat
Connec;ons
Conference
Sydney,
June
2014
Students,
teachers,
leaders
at
the
same
live
event!
hSp://flatconnec/ons.com