Neit2009+Open+Space+3+D

Open Space3 - D-Rock Room [Type notes and links for session here.] leader Bill Campbell Dwight Englewood

not focusing on tools but on collaboration among students

resources K-12 Horizon Report [|The World is Flat] by Thomas Freidman - Inspiration for the [|Flat Classroom Project]

interest in school to school collaboration. There are related notes at the School To School collaboration session page.

[|collaborative project idea] from BIll wikipedia - think about citations and fixing articles in wikipedia discussion and history tabs - look at debate on content of article - who made edit, etc and how did content change idea that this is a resource created by collaboration

Voicethread students in NY - videos in Google earth - then share with school in Sudan - problems with translating kmz to movie file -

Moodle plugin

Voicethread blog - [] - information on Moodle plug in

To add the Voice thread

create Web page resource in Moodle add this: vt : numbers from the url after any letters

recommend that you buy the educational version of VT. 1$/student/year

projects good for all grade levels easily able to incorporate into what teachers already do motivator to practice reading and speaking skills - very willing to revise - gets at lots of skills

what collaborative skills would you like students to have? use authentic examples - comments on blogs - go beyond that is great - when collaborating with students in other countries - need to be sensitive to cultural differences - consider perspective - point of view - sensitivity Example - a collaboration between Cathedral School in NYC, Stoneleigh -Burnham School in Greenfield, MA,The Children's Store front School in NYC - 7th /8th graders - incorporate digital citizenship while researching The Harlem Renaissance. email, wiki, Skype, and Voice thread as product

Looking to the future - need ability to empathize - critical skill - to do global business Collaboration with other students - powerful for kids Most important piece is the relationship with the teacher - trust key - can develop virtually - needs to be reliable ont he other end How do you build those relationships? Lucy Grey - [|Global Collaboration Network] - out of Chicago - Tech coordinator for Charter School in Chicago (Alex R knows her). ePals.

Needs plan well in advance - before the school year starts - can be simple - blog good

more resources in School to School collaboration http://neit.wikispaces.com/Neit2009+Open+Space+2N

[|Paul Allison] - Ed Tech Talk - awesome stuff on online collaboration - google docs, etc. [|Teaching Teaching Teachers] - YouthVoice.net - radically good - frame for global citizenship

Presentation by Alex on [|Skype: Easy Collaborations with Audio and Video Conferencing]

how do you make this time for collaboration? mandate? tie in with school mission takes lots of time for change - conversation can start the fires

ISTE Standards - West Virginia site - what technology tools can make this site

collaborate in your own building

Different approach to collaboration - research base for how colllaboration solidifies learning working within classroom - requires teaching it - provides kids with skills - important resources for teaching skills Gradual Release of Responsibility - Fisher and Frey - good way of thinking about instruction that includes collaboration

Flat Classroom Project - http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/ Minimal time opportunity for MS and US students to do authentic commenting is available through the [|Flat Classroom Project Sounding Board].

Empathy commenting including who is your audience how to provide feedback (321 model) conflict resolution assigning tasks team building
 * Skills for Collaboration**

Edmodo - back channel for class - kids know what they don't know - what you didn't know did not keep you from going on Muliitasking - Brain Rules - book for faculty reading at Dwight - research on multitaking - brainrules.net