Going Global

Want to connect your classroom with the world and promote global citizenship? Using Skype, you can connect students across town, around the world, bring in industry experts, or take virtual field trips. Learn how you can connect with other educators, get lesson plans, start a project and more from Skype in the Classroom.

For any of this to work you will need to create a Microsoft Education account. Head to https://education.microsoft.com/ 

Head here and take some courses, explore some projects, and get started

Once you have an account, then the world is at your fingertips when it comes to using Skype

 

How to Get Started?

  1. Join the Community – Head to https://education.microsoft.com/ 
  2. Visit the SITC Get Started Page – https://aka.ms/sitcgetstarted

Resources from Session

  1. Mystery Skype
    1. To find #MysterySkype partners, there are two options.
      1. Twitter users can post a request for a Skype partner with the #mysteryskype
      2. The second option to find Mystery Skype partners is to explore the map at https://education.microsoft.com/skype-in-the-classroom/mystery-skype.  In order to request a Skype partner, teachers would need to create accounts at Skype in the Classroom.  Of course teachers can always play Mystery Skype with classrooms they already know.  Instead of playing Mystery Location, they could play Mystery Animal, Mystery Number (which is terrific for younger students), Mystery Career, or Mystery Author.  We have even seen classrooms play one another in the same building.  It’s great fun, opens doors to further global collaborations, and builds critical thinking skills.
  2. Skype-a-Thon 2018 – This event takes place on November 13-14th, 2018 and is your chance to connect with as many locations as possible.
  3. Skype in the Classroom: https//aka.ms/sitc
  4. Get Started with Skype in the Classroom: https://aka.ms/newtositc
  5. Skype Experts: Speak with Experts
  6. Virtual Field Trips: https://aka.ms/vft
  7. Skype Lessons: https://aka.ms/skypelessons
  8. Guest Speakers: https://aka.ms/sitcguest
  9. Skype Kahoot
  10. Create Poetry or any type of online collaboration
  11. Daily Video Messages
  12. Classroom Collaboration
  13. Enable Participation Outside of Classroom

Bonus Ideas

  • Share Lunch Images
  • Perform a Skit
  • Invite An Author
  • Culture Exchange
  • Christmas Card Exchange
  • Ongoing PenPal Experience
  • Parent Teacher Conferences

Skype in Classroom Resources

Additional Resources

For so much more in terms of examples, videos, pictures, links, rubrics, and everything else you can imagine head over to this OneNote

Going Global

Examples of Global Work from my 2010-2012 Classrooms

Examples of Global Work from my 2012-2013 Classroom

Global Project To Consider Joining

Further Resources to Consider

Global Debate Project we have been running for four years: Is Revolution Justified?

035: Living on the Edge of Chaos with Todd Flory http://wp.me/p4covo-1Md

Skype in the Classroom: Enhancing Learning For All http://wp.me/p4covo-1KL

One example of using Skype to enhance student voice and learning http://wp.me/p4covo-1xC

Literacy Across the World http://wp.me/p4covo-1ow

What makes a person more than a number? Skype With Holocaust Survivor Using SP3 http://wp.me/p4covo-1op

Book Review: Madonnas of Leningrad and Skype with author http://wp.me/p4covo-5t

Taking Global Collaboration and Skype Beyond Mystery Skypes http://wp.me/p4covo-1ny

Flattening Classroom Walls: Connecting with Cadiz, Spain using Skype http://wp.me/p4covo-1bW

What is True Survival? http://wp.me/p4covo-1zb

049: Living On The Edge of Chaos – How To Leverage Technology For Authentic Learning Part 1 http://wp.me/p4covo-1VK

Flat Addy: https://coffeeforthebrain.com/flat-stanley/

Projects From the Past

Eagle Eye To The World – You can see I have a special tab for this project on this site. This is one of my favorites as it is my first big global project that I helped to create and operate. It is like my own little baby. We follow the journey of two bald eagles, Liberty and Justice, as they live life along the Mississippi River, lay eggs, and work to keep them alive. We have a lot going on and you can stay updated with the Eagle Blog.

Here is the wiki from the eagle project we did last year and all the resources and learning is documented in great detail.

February 2014 – March 2014

Physics of the Future – a new project with the awesome help of Vicki Davis as our two classrooms will be working with the book Physics of the Future and trying to make sense of what life is going to become. I have never been so excited for a project before and I cannot wait to see where this takes us all.

November 2013 – Present

Success, Education, and Life: Comparing life in Bettendorf, IA to Uganda, Africa – This page is still in development so please be patient as I work do document our communication and the things we are learning. This is heading towards one of the most rewarding, eye opening, and powerful communications I have encountered.

2011 – 2012 and 2012 – 2013 Eracism Global Debate Project – I am working a page to organize all these posts, but this will give you a sense of what the students did and what they learned debating globally.

Past Projects from 2010-2011