1. Connect ing t o t he
World
Building a Collaborat ive Classroom
Cheryl Lykowski
Discovery Educat or Net work Guru
Michigan’s DEN Leadership Council – Chair
Discovery STAR Educat or
April 2012

2. The illit erat e of t he 21st
cent ury will not be t hose
who can’t read and
writ e, but t hose who
can’t learn, unlearn, and
relearn.
~ Alvin Tof f ler, “ Ret hinking t he Fut ure”

3. Are t oday’s st udent s
t ech savvy
or digit ally lit erat e?

4. Why f ocus on a digit al
and collaborat ive
classroom?

5. Technology has shif t ed
f rom a personal
experience t o a
communit y experience.

6. Build a collaborat ive
communit y in t he
classroom.

7. A 21st cent ury
classroom:
How does it look?

8. Investigative Contributive
Collaborative
Cooperative
? Connected
Community Creative

9. Learning is act ive.
Learning is social.

10. Learning needs rich
cont ext s.
Learning needs t o be
aut hent ic.

11. Learners are diverse.

12. Today’s learners are:
Creat ive
Leaders
Communicat ors
Creat ors
Risk t akers
Connect ed

13. Essent ial
Quest ions

14. *How might this work?
*How might t his
benef it my st udent s?
*How might t his add
t o my inst ruct ion?

15. Global Awareness, according t o
The Part nership f or 21st Cent ury Skills,
includes:
Using 21st cent ury skills t o underst and and
address global issues.
Learning f rom and working collaborat ively wit h
individuals represent ing diverse cult ures,
religions and lif est yles in a spirit of mut ual
respect and open dialogue in personal, work and
communit y cont ext s.
Underst anding ot her nat ions and cult ures,
including t he use of non- English languages.

16. Global awareness is
necessary because:
St udent s can no longer live isolat ed f rom
t he world.
St udent s need t o be global cit iz ens.
St udent s must learn about diversit y,
languages, cult ures, t radit ions and point s
of view f rom ot hers.

18. Connect ions
Make connect ions wit h ot her
educat ors, near and f ar

19. Connect ions

20. Connect ions

21. Collaborat ive Digit al
Tools:
Mult i- user
Synchronous/ Asynchronous
Collaborat ive
Communicat ive

22. Prepare your st udent s
Ambassadors Engagement
Movement
Conf idence
Silliness
Taking Turns
Loud & Clear
Unexpected
Slang
Questions

23. Collaborat ive Tools:

24. Role of t he
collaborat ive learner:
Greet er
Quest ion asker
Phot ographer
Videographer
Scheduler
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano

25. Role of t he collaborat ive
learner:
Backchannel writ ers I nf o St at ion
Live Bloggers Timer
Google Eart h
Data writer
Mapper
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano

26. Roles
Live Google
Blogging Eart h &
Google
Maps
Back
Channel
I nt erviewers

27. Roles
I nf ormat ion
St at ion Scheduler
Quest ion
Asker
Greet er

28. Roles
• Greet er ~ Greet s t he part ner school. Makes init ial int roduct ion.
• Quest ion asker ~ Asks specif ic quest ions f or dat a collect ion.
• Phot ographer ~ Responsible f or document ing connect ion wit h st ill images.
• Videographer ~ Responsible f or document ing connect ion wit h video.
• Scheduler ~ Responsible f or adding Dat e & Time of planned Skype
connect ion t o embedded Google Calendar.
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano

29. Roles
• Backchannel writ ers ~ Documenting conversation, questions,
answers and classroom happenings during the connection on a backchannel
chat.
• Live Bloggers ~ Blogs Skype call live to classroom blog.
• Google Eart h ~ Finds location of Skype partner and measures
distance in miles & kilometers.
• Mapper ~ Responsible for adding placemark of Skype partner’s location
to embedded Google Map on classroom blog.
• I nf o St at ion ~Responsible to search for any data question on the
spot. Verifies any questionable information as well.
• Timer ~ Responsible for noting time Skype call started and ended as
well as calculating elapsed time.
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano

30. Roles
• Dat a Ent ry ~ Responsible for adding data collected into embedded
Google form on classroom blog. Ex. distance miles/km, temperature in F/C.
• Word Problem Creat or ~ Creates a math word problem from
data, questions and answers collected during Skype call.
• Backchannel Cleanup ~ Responsible to save backchannel chat as a
word document and cleaning up duplicate comments and mark questionable
statements to be verified.
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano

31. Collaborat ive Proj ect s
t o Get You St art ed

32. On t he Same Day in
March

33. Around t he World wit h
80 Schools

34. Teddy Bears Around
t he World

35. Skype in t he Classroom

36. Proj ect s By J en

37. World Mat h and
Spelling Day

38. Collaborat ive Writ ing
1001 Flat Tales Myst eries of
Harris Burdick

39. Flat Classroom Proj ect

40. Collaborat ive Proj ect s
wit h Mult imedia
Lif e ‘Round Here Rock Our World

41. Rock Our World
http://www.youtube.com/user/rockourworld1?ob=0&

42. Bringing Expert s int o
t he Classroom

43. Bringing Expert s int o
t he Classroom
Johnathan
Johnathan
Rand
Rand
Sarah L. Thomson http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.co
m/

44. Bringing Expert s int o
t he Classroom
Egg Farmer
Iditarod
Veterinarian

45. Sharing t he Curriculum

46. Resources
Flat t ening Classrooms, Engaging Minds

47. Resources
Sylvia Tolisano
http://www.langwitches.or

48. Resources
Kevin Honeycutt
Kevinhoneycutt.org
Wesley Fryer
Speed of Creativity

49. Quest ions?
?

50. Contact me:
• Cheryl Lykowski
• Web2.0explorer@gmail.com
• http://techconferences.wikispaces.com