We must redefine how we teach online. Don't just have a low-engagement online classroom that just duplicates how you teach face to face. Redefine it and level it up. If you have to learn online, do it in a world class way!
3. ✖Close the door.
✖Move your cell phone and put it up.
✖Stay until the end. (I have some things
for you!)
4. TellUsintheChat!
What are some unique ways you’ve found to
connect when teaching at a distance that were not
possible or as easy in the face to face classroom?
5. Photo by Tim Klapdoor
https://www.flickr.com/photos/timklapdor/8449250160/in/photostream/
9. I’mgoingtoshare
• 5 problems with connecting and learning online
• How to connect and build projects that transform
student learning and thinking.
• My top 4 reasons to collaborate and connect globally
while in distance learning
• 8 simple steps to creating awesome collaborative
projects in your classroom.
• A secret for each step and tips for redefining
learning.
10. 33Projects and Global Connections
18yearsconnecting globally in world class ways
2,000+students
Lots of students and teachers
13. Hi
I am Vicki Davis
I am here because I love to teach and help use
technology in helpful life-changing ways.
You can find me at:
@coolcatteacher
10 Minute Teacher Podcast
17. 1.lackofclarity
Be clear with what you’re doing when you connect with
a guest speaker or connect online.
“Activity creep” can waste time and disengage learners.
18. 2.PoorPlanning
Starting the project or collaboration before
planning it together or building a strong
connection between the teachers or speakers.
19. 3.Unclearunderstanding
Be clear with students about projects and work. If
they are part of planning, clearly explain the plan
and ask their input and be sensitive to it.
21. 5.BurnoutYou have to have limits to accessibility.
Gary T. Henry from Vanderbilt University found
that a teacher leaving during the year results in a
loss of between 32-72 instructional days.
Pace. Have a place and time. Set expectations.
https://cdn.theconversation.com/static_files/files/269/withinyear_efp_final.pdf?1536242239
26. Teams
“Working with
people across
the world has
challenged me.”
“The majority of my
partners wanted to
contribute
something
meaningful to
the project.”
Horizon Project
Students
http://
horizonproject.wikispaces.co
m
Casey tells her
story
P 29
30. ✓ Fosters community (Elbow 373)
✓ Helps see problems from multiple viewpoints (Howard 10)
✓ Co-authoring impacts the writing of individual authors (Aghbar)
✓ Improves Learning Experiences (wolf 2010)
✓ “Ideal model for constructing, reorganizing and acquiring new
information” (Janssen et all 2010)
✓ Global collaboration is essential in today’s workplace (Friedman)
✓ Shorten time required to solve pressing world problems (Tapscott)
PLUSalltheBenefitsofCollaborativeWriting
31. “…you can’t just drop new innovations into a
classroom and hope that the instructor will
invent effective ways to use them. To fully
utilize a new teaching technology, you often
need to invent new teaching practices as well.”
John Seely Brown, Visiting Scholar,
University of Southern California
53. WhatdoyouWISHYoucoulddofora
connection?
Share in the chat your class, age, location and how you WISH
you could connect with other classrooms? Join us in the
“after party” chat to talk about your dreams and create plans.
55. Step2:Communicate
The secret to communicating effectively online is
you need simple ways to connect synchronously
and asynchronously with teachers and students.
Now is the perfect opportunity to teach BOTH.
56. Synchronous
✓Definition: at the same time ✓Examples:
✓Instant Messaging ✓Voice over IP (Skype)
✓Video Conferencing
✓Face to Face Interactions
✓Webcasts ✓Webinars
58. Videoconferencing&Zoom/GoogleMeet/MicrosoftTeams
Substitutingvs.Redefinition
✓REDEFINITION
✓Students Collaborate
✓Breakout rooms!
✓Students collaborate in a
live document
✓Students present & lead
✓Backchannel chat used
with a purpose
✓Emoticons & feedback
✓Polls
✓Interactive formative
feedback (Nearpod)
✓Guests from around the
world interact with students
✓High engagement
✖SUBSTITUTION
✖Teacher Lectures
✖Class watches videos
✖Teacher talks
✖No backchannel chat
✖No emoticons
✖No sharing
✖No student video
✖No feedback to teacher or
just “verbal self reporting”
✖Just like a F2F classroom
but online
✖Local Guests visit class
(can be engaging!)
✖Low engagement
64. Step3:CultivateCitizenship
SECRET: Select a framework for a common language. Use
lots of current examples to discuss. Discuss issues as they
arise in the project and relate it to common language.
72. Step3:CultivateCitizenship
SECRET: Select a framework for a common language. Use
lots of current examples to discuss. Discuss issues as they
arise in the project and relate it to common language.
78. Challengestoconnectingonline
Lurkers &
Nonresponders
Some students think
they can just lurk and
because it "counts" on
social media, that it
counts in the classroom.
Language Disconnects
Many have the language
of the project as a
second language. Just
disclose the use of
translators, never
“pretend" to be native if
you're not.)
Cultural taboos and
disconnects
Be on the watch for
disconnects.
Poor technopersonal
skills
Some mistake
technology mistakes for
intentional offenses.
Always give the others
the benefit of the doubt.
Cultural Differences
Plagiarism and copyright
can look different.
Others think it is a social
network
Time Zones
The greater the time
divide, the better you
must be at asynchronous
communications.
95. HowstudentsCanCreate
★Publishers of Content
Personal publishing (ebooks, Youtube,
etc.) and Social publishing (school
Facebook etc.)
★To have a Personal Brand
★To do Projects that Make a Difference
★Use THEIR imagination!
102. 17IdeastoCelebrate
Private
1. Private Teacher
Surveys
2.Private Student
Surveys
3. Personal
Portfolios.
Public
4.Paper plate
awards
5.Classroom hall
of fame
6.Student choice
awards
7.T shirts/
tokens/ memory
minders
8.Certificates
9.Let them plan
the next step
10.Leave messages
to the next class
Global
11.Project Awards
12.Online school
"Museum" of
excellence
13.School press
release
14.Social media
Sharing
15.Presentation
recordings that
are shared
16.Reflection
spaces
17.Judging and
Feedback
107. Step7:CelebrationsSECRET: Celebrations can happen almost any time and
anywhere but they should always be for a REASON and
planned by the STUDENTS (or by FACULTY FUN Committee.)