The Connected Middle School Student:

Collaborations through International Projects

GLOBAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2012

COUNTRY DAY WORLD SCHOOL LARGO, FLORIDA, USA
TED GILLETTE FRAN SIRACUSA JENNIFER WILLIAMS

 Florida

Independent School

Montessori

age 2-grade 3

World School

grades 4-8

Academic Excellence Cutting Edge Technology State of the Art Facilities

Middle Schools Students Today, Global Leaders Tomorrow

Uniqueness of

adolescence

Foundation for global

citizenship

Formation of guiding

values

Neuroscience link

Program Implementation
How can I develop a customized

vision of 21st century learning for

my classroom today?
How can I globally connect my

students tomorrow?
How can I pioneer a school-wide

initiative that embraces global

collaborations this

year?

Why Should Classrooms Connect Globally?

Collaborate
Experiential learning Break down classroom

Create

walls
Develop authentic

relationships

Country Day World School International Programs

World Languages
International Travel & Service International Students & Global Summit

Global Projects

Whats your Guess?

If the world were a village of 100 people, how many do you feel would speak English as a first language?
9 25 33 75

World Language Program

Spanish Chinese English American Sign Language

Greek & Latin Roots

http://infosthetics.com

International Travel
Costa Rica

International Travel
Beijing, China

International Middle School Model UN Conference

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

1,500 PARTICIPANTS STUDENTS GRADES 5-8 HTTP://WWW.UNAUSA.ORG/GLOBALCLASSROOMS-MODEL-UN/MODEL-UNCONFERENCES/INTERNATIONAL-MIDDLESCHOOL-MODEL-UN-CONFERENCE

International Students and Global Summit

How can I globally connect my students TOMORROW?

By Becoming a Globally Minded Teacher

TODAY!

Prepare students to be citizens of the world by being one yourself!

Lucy Gray

1. TEACH FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 1. KEEP YOUR PASSPORT UP-TO-DATE 2. LEARN A WORLD LANGUAGE 3. EXPAND YOUR GEOGRAPHY KNOWLEDGE

Classroom Ideas for TOMORROW!

1. Keep the world at your fingertips! 2. Enrich your playlists and music collection.

3. Spice-up menus!
4. Find culturally diverse. 5. Welcome cultural discussions. 1. Use teleconferencing to meet new friends. 2. Expose children to a World Language!

-Growing Up Global

Global Projects: Time to CONNECT!

START SMALL
KEEP IT MEANINGFUL

JOIN AN EXISTING GROUP PROJECT

Global Projects
Flat Classroom Project

Rock Our World

Caines Arcade

Eracism
Moon Project International Day of Peace iEarn Conference

Rock Our World Global Celebration

http://www.rockourworld.org/

Caines Arcade Global Day of Play

Eracism Global Debate

World Moon Project

International Day of Peace

Presenters: iEarn 2012 Conference

Celebrating Diversity: International Day of Peace

Quad Blogging

http://ourglobalprojects.blogspot.com

Fill Your Tech Toolkit

1. WEBCAM: Videoconferencing, Skype, Facetime 2. COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE: think.com, google sites, wikispaces, blogger 3. NETWORKS: iEARN, TakingITGlobal, GlobalEd Ning, ISTE 4. Web 2.0 TOOLS: VoiceThread, Voki, GoogleDocs, GoogleMaps, GoogleEarth

Apple Applications

Learn to network; network to learn.

A world class education system should call for globally connected schools.
-Lucy

Gray

Start a School-Wide Global Initiative THIS YEAR!

integrate international studies into

overall curriculum
find a partner school hold a Go Global

Professional Development In-Service at your school

Connect with Us!

www.countrydaylargo.com www.ourglobalprojects.blogspot.com

Dr. Ted Gillette:

Skype: Twitter: CDSMustangs Email: tgillette@countrydaylargo.com

Fran Siracusa:

Skype: franlaprofesora Twitter: la_Profe_S Delicious: fransiracusa Email: fsiracusa@countrydaylargo.com Pinterest: fransiracusa

Jennifer Williams:

Skype: jwilliamscountryday Twitter: jwilliamscds Delicious: jwilliamscountryday Email: jwilliams@countrydaylargo.com Pinterest: whygrow

Ones to Watch
Julie Lindsayhttp://123elearning.blogspot.co m Vicki Davis http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com Steve Hargadon http://www.stevehargadon.com Sir Ken Robinsonhttps://twitter.com/SirKenRo binson Lucy Gray https://twitter.com/elemenous Alec Couros https://twitter.com/courosa

Websites to Watch
http:/www.globaleducationconference.com http://www.iearn.org http://www.tigweb.org http://flatclassroomproject.net https://www.iste.org http://www.epals.com http://www.imagination.is http://www.worldmoonproject.org http://www.rockourworld.org http://mathforum.org/class2class/

Sharing Projects with the World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fqwv 8zez9k http://prezi.com/uqccl9cviqsr/me-on-themap-project/ http://www.epubbud.com/book.php?g=H 6RDZYKT http://youtube/5yvTyJLgdzc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aFYR cClNVU&feature=youtu.be http://voicethread.com/#q.b3069231.i166 02681