I attended one of the webinars from the Global Education Conference. In this particular webinar they talked about how important it is to include global collaboration within our classrooms. I liked that they included ISTE Standards for their presentation because we are also talking about those in class.
The professors that led the presentation showed many different examples for how students can communicate globally and how teachers can implement these activities in the classroom. There were activities similar to a "Flat Stanley." There were other activities where students could write a story in their first language and publish them in English as well.
They even gave a few opportunities for some of the viewers to respond to questions in the chat part of Blackboard.
One viewer got to get on and tell us about doing a global read aloud in her 3rd grade classroom. She would Skype other classrooms and they would read books together. They were easily able to find a connection with the curriculum/book even though the two classrooms were in different countries. It was really neat to hear about, and I would definitely like to try it in my classroom someday!
The professors that led the presentation showed many different examples for how students can communicate globally and how teachers can implement these activities in the classroom. There were activities similar to a "Flat Stanley." There were other activities where students could write a story in their first language and publish them in English as well.
They even gave a few opportunities for some of the viewers to respond to questions in the chat part of Blackboard.
One viewer got to get on and tell us about doing a global read aloud in her 3rd grade classroom. She would Skype other classrooms and they would read books together. They were easily able to find a connection with the curriculum/book even though the two classrooms were in different countries. It was really neat to hear about, and I would definitely like to try it in my classroom someday!