Slides from "Connected Classrooms and the New World of Learning" at Scranton School District on Oct 31, 2018

1. CONNECTED CLASSROOMS
AND THE NEW WORLD OF
LEARNING
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS ENTERING A GLOBAL WORLD
MICHAEL SOSKIL – @MSOSKIL
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
OCTOBER 31, 2018

5. KASSERIAN
INGERA?

12. Photo Credit: Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Chapter 1

14. WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT IS MOST
IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESS?

15. PROJECT
LINC

16. That’s great for your students.
But, how do I do that?
And, how does it fit into my
curriculum?

17. GROWTH MINDSET

19. It’s hard to change the world when you
don’t know much about it.

20. SOUTH ELEMENTARY GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
• Empatico
• Song/Cultural Exchanges
• Virtual Valentines
• Exchange Skype/YT Video
Messages
• Data Collection in
Collaborative Spreadsheets
• Quadblogging
• Slow Twitter Chat
• Collaborative PBL Projects
• Mystery Skype
• Skype Teacher Exchange
(guest teacher from another
location)
• Digital Post Cards

21. bit.ly/EMPATICO

22. Grounded in research
Empatico activities incorporate insights from child
development research to promote deeper learning and
foster positive interactions among children from
different parts of the world. Each activity is designed
by educators to fit seamlessly into your existing
curriculum.
Visit empatico.org/activities to read activity
overviews and download lesson plans.
Empatico is an initiative of The KIND Foundation.
bit.ly/EMPATICO

23. SAMR Updated for the Fourth Industrial
Revolution
Photo Credit: Teaching in the Fourth Industrial
Revolution, Chapter 1

24. TeachSDGs.org

25. MYSTERY SKYPE
• Similar to "20 Questions"
• Each class takes turns asking
Yes/No questions to figure out
location of the other class.
• Variations: animals, numbers,
elements, occupations, etc.
instead of locations.
• Builds critical thinking skills
and content knowledge.
• Creates opportunities to
connect with other locations to
have Q&A sessions about
culture. Resource to get started:
MysterySkypeOneNote.com

26. LET’S PLAY
MYSTERY
SKYPE

27. VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
• Skype in the Classroom: education.skype.com
• Discovery Education: discoveryeducation.com/featured-
programs
• Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants:
exploringbytheseat.com
• JASON Learning: jason.org
• LivingMaths: livingmaths.com

28. SKYPE IN THE CLASSROOM:
EDUCATION.MICROSOFT.COM

29. TWITTER
There is an educational hashtag for almost every content
area, grade level, and educational interest area
Hashtags allow you to curate and organize what you see
As of a year ago, over 4.2 million tweets per day were
related to education, most by educators

30. A FEW EDUCATIONAL HASHTAGS
#SciChat #MysterySkype
#MathChat #GlobalEd
#SSChat #ArtsEd
#EngChat #EdTech
#GTChat #EdChat
#SpEdChat #21stEdChat
#TeachersMatter #EdCamp
#TeachersLeading #Education
#KinderChat #STEM
#1stChat #CompSci
#2ndChat #MusicEd
#3rdChat #ElemChat
#4thChat #MakerEd
#5thChat #DigCit
#PAEdchat #KTIchat
#STEM
#TeachSDGs

31. WHO TO
FOLLOW
ON
TWITTER
@msoskil @mrdearybury @mrs_smoke @jmattmiller
@jelmerevers @zelfstudie @theLopezEffect @Sci_rem
@SJNeill13 @TeachSDGs @ontheballedu @ElisaGuerraCruz
@patoy2015 @gruffcorn13 @CoLibraTory @GlennR1809
@PernilleRipp @PaulSolarz @Michelle4EDU @EricCrouch

32. TWEETDECK.COM

34. OVERCOMING TIME ZONE ISSUES

35. THE 5 CLUE
CHALLENGE
• Use Skype Video
Message or YouTube
to leave 5 clues for
partner class to guess
location, animal, etc.
• After each clue,
students will pause
video, do research,
and take a guess.
• 5cluechallenge.weebly
.com

37. THE MAGIC WORDS
“WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.”

38. Every problem in the world has a
solution trapped inside our students’
passions.
Helping them see the connection
is our job as teachers.

39. Connect with Me
Twitter: @msoskil
Website: michaelsoskil.com
Email: mrsoskil@gmail.com
Link to this presentation: Order your copy of
Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
at Teaching4IR.com