7. 15 Years Ago…
• The iPhone and mobile technology hadn’t been invented yet
• YouTube didn’t exist
• Social Media didn’t exist. Facebook andTwitter weren’t created yet
• No Uber, Airbnb, Paypal
• Videoconferencing was very expensive and limited (No Skype, GHO)
15 years ago, thinking globally was a luxury.
Now, the world is interconnected like never before.
10. How can children learn global
citizenship when they often are not
allowed to be citizens of their own
classrooms?
What are the qualities of a
good citizen?
14. Does the learning in classrooms matter to
students?
• Long-term learning cannot take
place without emotional connection
with content
• Extrinsic v. Intrinsic Motivation
• Empathy correlates with both
happiness and success in life
15. Does the learning in classrooms matter to
students?
• Long-term learning cannot take
place without emotional connection
with content
• Extrinsic v. Intrinsic Motivation
• Empathy correlates with both
happiness and success in life
16. Why Global Learning?
• Cultural Understanding
• Emotional Experiences
• Communication,
Collaboration, Critical
Thinking, Creativity
• Student Empowerment
17. It’s hard to change the world when you
don’t know much about it.
18. South Elementary Global Connections
• Song/Cultural Exchanges
• Virtual Valentines
• Exchange Skype/YT Video
Messages
• Data Collection in
Collaborative Spreadsheets
• Quadblogging
• Slow Twitter Chat
• Collaborative PBL Projects
• Mystery Skype
• Skype Teacher Exchange
(guest teacher from another
location)
• Digital Post Cards
21. Fundraising, by itself, does not build
empathy. Students need relationships
with others who are different than they
are.
Service projects should always be a two-
way street.
23. Children who feel the joy of doing good for others continue
to look for new ways to make a
positive impact on the world.
They grow to be the problem solving leaders of the next
generation.
28. Virtual Field Trips
• Skype in the Classroom: education.skype.com
• Discovery Education: discoveryeducation.com/featured-programs
• Exploring by the Seat ofYour Pants: exploringbytheseat.com
• JASON Learning: jason.org
• LivingMaths: livingmaths.com
31. Mystery Skype
• Similar to "20 Questions"
• Each class takes turns
asking Yes/No questions to
figure out location of the
other class.
• Variations: animals,
numbers, elements,
occupations, etc. instead
of locations.
• Builds critical thinking
skills and content
knowledge.
• Creates opportunities to
connect with other
locations to have Q&A
sessions about culture.
Resource to get started:
MysterySkypeOneNote.com
34. The 5 Clue
Challenge
• Use SkypeVideo Message or
YouTube to leave 5 clues for
partner class to guess
location, animal, etc.
• After each clue, students will
pause video, do research, and
take a guess.
5cluechallenge.weebly.com
40. Twitter
Not Just for DonaldTrump Anymore!
• As of a year ago, over 4.2 million tweets per day were related to
education, most by educators
• Hashtags allow you to curate and organize what you see
• There is an educational hashtag for almost every content area,
grade level, and educational interest area
41. Great Twitter Chats for Beginners
Preservice Teacher
Chat
pretchat.weebly.com
nd th
New Teachers to Twitter
Chat
en2t.weebly.com
54. Every problem in the world has a solution
trapped inside our students’ passions.
Helping them see the connection
is our job as teachers.
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57. Connect with Me
Twitter: @msoskil
Facebook: facebook.com/patoy2017
Website: michaelsoskil.com
Email: mrsoskil@gmail.com
Link to this presentation:
Hinweis der Redaktion
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The purpose of school is not to prepare kids for tests, colleges, or careers. The purpose of school is to give students the tools they need to be happy in their lives.
How are the children? All the children are well.
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Whether we define success as financial or personal happiness, research has shown that empathy correlates best with success in later life.
We must focus on this in schools.
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Emotion - Limbic System
Motivation - Karl Drucker (Candle Experiment)
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Emotion - Limbic System
Motivation - Karl Drucker (Candle Experiment)
This became my personal mission - to help build an education system that encouraged our next generation of problem solvers.
Serenity Prayer - Instead of accepting the things I cannot change, I tend to change the things I cannot accept.
Sharing with others is great, but we also want to influence the influencers. We need systemic change. We must realize that...