Jigsaw Part 1: Exploring Transformative Learning
In groups, come to an agreement about the following items:
- Describe the key aspects of this learning strategy.
- What are the pros and cons?
Please document your thinking so you can share in new groups for part 2. You may use the first table, in either of the formats below:
Table 1: Globally Collaborative Projects
- Collaborative Learning for the Digital Age
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Global Collaboration
- About the Flat Connections Model
- How to Connect Your Students Globally
- Connecting Classrooms Across Continents (resources from Kim’s presentation)
Project Examples:
- Kindergarten: Ben Sheridan
- MS: Brent Fullerton: Collaboration for Conservation
- QuakeStories + backstory (Kim Cofino & Mary Fish)
- 1001 Flat World Tales (Clay Burrell, Kim Cofino, & many others)
- Flat Classroom Projects (Digital Bridges) (Julie Lindsay, Vicki Davis, & many others)
- Kiva Loans (Rebekah Madrid)
- Moving on Up! (Kim Cofino, Diane Mongno, & many others)
- Influence (Kim Cofino, Teresa Belilse, grade 4 team at ISB)
- @manyvoices (George Mayo)
- COETAIL Course 5 Final Project (Jamie Richard)
- Global Read Aloud
- International Dot Day
- IB Lang & Lit Collaborative Diigo Group (Madeleine Cox, YIS & others)
- Edumatch (a great way to find partners)
- The Global Read Aloud (an ongoing project you can join today!)
- The Global Classroom (modeled after the Flat Classroom Projects)
Further Learning Opportunities from Eduro:
Table 2: Flipped Classroom
- Infographic: The Flipped Classroom Defined
- The Flipped Classroom: A Full Picture
- Flipping the Classroom (The Economist)
- Should You Flip Your Classroom (Edutopia)
- Jeff Utecht’s Flipped Classroom Resources
Project Examples:
- HS: Wayne Hodgkins: The Unit I Never Taught (& blog post)
- Grade 8 Science (Lori Uemera)
- Flipped Classroom Adventure Begins
- COETAIL Course 5 Project: Flipped Classroom in History (video presentation)
- Grade 1 Flipped Math (Jana Tanagawa COETAIL final project)
- Grade 4 Literacy Project (Jeff Lewis COETAIL final project)
Table 3: Game Based Learning
- How Games Can Help Learning
- How to Plan Instruction Using the Video Game Model
- Minecraft.edu
- Games in Education (Adrian Camm)
Project Examples:
- 7th Graders (And One Teacher) Learning With Minecraft (Rebekah Madrid, COETAIL)
- Minecraft Mania (Alex Guenther, COETAIL)
- Grade 5 Math (Philip Arneil, COETAIL)
- Rebekah Madrid Learning 2.013 Talk – I Am Not a Gamer
Table 4: Remix
- The “Imbecile” and “Moron” Responds: On the Freedoms of Remix Creators
- Dr. Mashup; or, Why Educators Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Remix
- Remix Defined
- Everything is a Remix: Learning 2.0 Edition (Rebekah Madrid’s resources)
- Everything is a Remix
Project Examples:
- They Made it Their Own: Classroom Remix Examples from Chicago Middle School Students
- Classroom Remix Examples from Rebekah Madrid’s Learning 2.0 resources
- #beyondlaptops Remix Playlist from Patrick Green
- The Shining (Happy Version), Mrs. Doubtfire (Horror Version), Breaking Bad as a Romantic Comedy, Game of Thrones as a Seinfeld Episode
- 7 of the Best Game of Thrones Theme Song Remixes
Table 5: Digital Citizenship
- Our Space: Being a Responsible Digital Citizen (Overview)
- Turning Digital Natives into Digital Citizens
- Kim’s resources from Digital Citizenship: The Forgotten Fundamental presentation
- The Three Strikes Rule (blog post from Kim)
Amazing Resources:
- Common Sense Media: Cyberbullying Toolkit
- Kim’s resources to help parents understand digital citizenship & examples of parent training sessions
- Eduro Learning Resources for Parents (including our book & online courses)
- It’s Complicated by Danah Boyd (and this article about the book), a great resource for teachers and parents
- Our Space: Being a Responsible Digital Citizen (Casebook)
- Generation Safe
- Copyright & Fair Use Lesson Plans
- Code of Best Practice in Fair Use
- Digital Dragons (YIS Digital Citizenship Curriculum)
- DigitalCitizenship.net – Mark Ribble’s website
Further PD Opportunities from Eduro Learning:
Online Courses:
- Staying Safe in a Digital World
- Integrating Digital Citizenship into Your Classroom
- Empowering Students to Be Responsible in a Digital World
- Respectfully Disagreeing as a Resilient Digital Citizen
- Digital Citizenship in the Classroom (Bundle of 3 Courses)
- Digital Citizenship for Educators (Premium Course – 6 weeks)
- The Connected Teacher Microcredential (1 year mentorship program)
Books & PDFs:
Table 6: Play
- New Media Literacies: Play Framework
- Play is Hard Work
- Taking Play Seriously (New York Times)
- The Power of Play in Learning
Project Examples:
- What happens when we play (Rebekah Madrid)
- SSIS Caine’s/Cardboard Arcade (MS focused version)
- Grade 5 Free Day (Philip Arneil COETAIL project)
Table 7: Data Visualization and Infographics
- The Power of the Visual
- Seven Tools for Creating Data Visualizations
- Nine Dynamic Resumes That Stand Out From the Crowd
- A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
- Awesome resources from Kelly Grogan’s session at Learning 2.013
- Visual Note Taking resources from Nicki Hambelton at Learning 2.013
- Kathy Shrock’s resources on assessing infographics
Infographic examples:
Create your own infographics:
Project Ideas:
- ES: Josee Marshall: Creating Infographics
- Course 5 Final Project: IB Geography Collecting and Displaying Data (video presentation)
Table 8: Networked Classroom
- Resources from Connecting Classrooms Across Continents (Kim’s presentation)
- First Steps Towards Becoming a 21st Century Educator
- 6 Reasons Students Should Have Their Own Blog
- Connection – The best professional development for educators (Craig Skinner)
- How educators and schools can make the most of Google Hangouts (Edutopia)
Project Examples:
- The Google+ Experiment (Merilyn Winslade)
- Famous People of the Civil War+ rubric + reflective blog post (see many more fantastic projects on YIS Humanities teacher Rebekah Madrid’s class blog)
- IB Lang & Lit Diigo Group (Madeleine Cox)
- Skype a Creator (Madeleine Cox)
- Collaborative Flipboards for Geography (Mr. Barnes)
- Inside a Meeting in Second Life (PBS Digital Nation)
Table 9: Open Badges
- Badges in Learning: Threading the Needle Between Skepticism and Evangilism
- HASTAC: Competitions
- Mozilla Open Badges (look for the list of schools using open badges here too!)
- Will your assessment scheme include digital badges?
- Everything you ever wanted to know about open badges in the classroom
Project Examples
Table 10: Transmedia/Digital Storytelling
- How Transmedia is Changing TV
- Teaching Students to be Multimedia Storytellers
- The Pottermore Effect on Ebooks and Transmedia
- Resources from Jess McCulloch
- 5 Tips for Transmedia Storytelling
- Transmedia Storytelling (Henry Jenkins)
- Augmented Reality at The Avenues School in NYC
- Kim’s Digital Storytelling Diigo Links
- Jason Ohler’s Digital Storytelling resources (so much to explore here)
- How to Use Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
- The World of Digital Storytelling (Jason Ohler)
Project Examples:
- HS: Jenny James: Still an Alien
- Kathy Sandler & Nancy Gorneau (COETAIL final project video)
- Grade 7 Math (part 3, part 2, part 1) by Jamie Payne (also 10 min video reflection)
- Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Tsunami – “in Plain English” Videos by NIST students (Will Kirkwood & Ivan Beekmans)
- Podcasting Power: Students Teaching Students (Kim Cofino, Chrissy Hellyer, Ali McAloon, Robin Bulzsa)
- Digital Storytelling on Classroom Blog in Grade 1 (Alice Chaa)
- Influence (Grade 4 at ISB, Kim Cofino, Teresa Belisle)
- The Brilliant Minds Behind Chipotle’s Haunting Scarecrow Ad
- Choose a Different Ending (NIST PYP Exhibition, Will Kirkwood)
- Interactive Zombie Adventure – Deliver Me to Hell
Table 11: Maker Culture
- Classroom Tinkerers & Inventors
- ReMaking Education: Designing Classroom Makerspaces for Transformative Learning (Edutopia)
- Creating Makerspaces in Schools (Edutopia)
- Makerspace.com
- Makerspace in Education
Saigon South Int’l School: Caine’s Arcade/Cardboard Challenge 2013 from Jeff Nesmith on Vimeo.
Table 12: MOOCs
- Is College Moving Online? (The New Yorker)
- Learners Are People, Not Isolated Test-Taking Brains: Why MOOCs Both Work and Fail
- Ivy League Education Free on the Web (video)
- University of the People
Jigsaw Part 2: Finding Connections
In your new groups, please report back on the article you read and discuss:
- What do these transformative learning examples have in common?
- How do you feel about these ideas on this padlet (using the Visible Thinking Routine: Compass Points)
- Document your thinking in the second table, on
- this shared Google Doc
- your previously downloded Word Document
11:15 – 11:45: Whole group discussion
Document throughlines in the third table, on:
- this padlet
- this shared Google Doc
- your previously downloded Word Document
11:45 – 12:00: Project Task Part 1:
Select a topic/unit that you would like to enhance for this school year and your goals for that unit. Document your thinking on:
- Project Template (Google Doc)
- Project Template (Word Doc for download)