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
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Today's Meet
Remind
Google Hunt
Fuze
Blackboard
Collaborate
Adobe Connect
Ning
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Elmodo
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Bloggers.com,
Edublogs,
WordPress
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Google +
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Scoop.it
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Evernote
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Google Apps/Docs
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Timebridge
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Time and Date
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Buffer
Wikispaces
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Padlet
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VoiceThread
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Google Apps
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OneNote
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Mindmeister
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WeVideo
Wikispaces
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Symbaloo
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Blogger.com
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Storify
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VoiceThread
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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!