Welcome 2 Ms. Baugher's Class!
Issues & Trends in Technology
BYOD
Trend: BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device. Meaning the students bring a device from home.
Social Media
Trend: Social media as a learning tool. Social media gets students interested in learning.
Teachers
Issue: Some teachers are not up to date with the new technolgies and can't use them effectively.
Technical Difficulties
Issue: When uing technology there can be technical problems that erase everything.
What's a Global Educator?
A Global Educator...
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marks connections for themselves and others and is able to leverage these connections when needed
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has an understanding of "connectivism" and networked learning
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connects the past, present, and future
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uses social media to connect and collaborate
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builds a visible personal learning network
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finds and joins purposeful professional learning communities
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establishes a strong global personal brand
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contributes online globally daily as part of established workflow
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is willing to share, mentor, lead, and be led as part of the learning landscape
Digital Tools that Support Global Learning:
Category Communication
Community &
Social Media
Workflow &
Scheduling
Collaboration
& Co-Creation
Celebration
Uses
Instant messaging,
online meetings,
chat
Sharing blog
posts, discussions,
and multimedia
Meeting organization,
scheduling,
sharing
Collaborative
learning spaces
Sharing
outcomes
Tools
Skype
Today's Meet
Remind
Google Hunt
Fuze
Blackboard
Collaborate
Adobe Connect
Ning
Elmodo
Bloggers.com,
Edublogs,
WordPress
Google +
Scoop.it
Evernote
Google Apps/Docs
Timebridge
Time and Date
Buffer
Wikispaces
Padlet
VoiceThread
Google Apps
OneNote
Mindmeister
WeVideo
Wikispaces
Symbaloo
Blogger.com
Storify
VoiceThread
Presentation
What is Global Connected Learning?
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Learning That Goes beyond the Classroom
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Breaking Down Barriers to Learning
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Sharing Ideas and Perspectives
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Learning about Real Word Issues
Words To Know!
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Teacherpreneur: a leader who "takes all the best practices in education and latest advances in technology and uses them to blaze new trails in teaching and learning that focus connection and collaboration".
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Parallel Leadership: a process whereby teacher leaders and their principal engage in collective action to build school capacity.
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Global Competence: is the cross-cultural skills and understanding outside one's environment and to act on issues of local and global significance.
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Glocalization: is used to describe products and services that are both developed and sold to global customers but designed so that they suit the needs of local markets.
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Student Collaboration: a powerful learning mode is student-to-student where the learning is "flattened" such that students take on leadership roles and manage interactions and collaborations across learning environments.
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Webinar: a seminar that is conducted over the internet
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Google Hangout: a communication platform developed by Google that includes messaging, video chat, SMS, and VOIP features
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Podcasts: a digital audio file made available on the internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player
Get Involved!
Here are some helpful links to get involved in the Digital World!