Emerging Trends-Rachel Fisher

Global Learning Environments In World Language Classrooms : 

Global Learning Environments In World Language Classrooms Rachel Fisher

The Proposal: 

The Proposal gdrc.org lorissa3714.blogspot.com flickr.com + =

The “Big Picture”: Education Today : 

The “Big Picture”: Education Today net.educause.edu

The Smaller Picture: Language Learning Today: 

The Smaller Picture: Language Learning Today missiontolearn.com Communicating = Fun = Learning

The New Picture: 

The New Picture forenglishteachers.com Communicating globally from within the classroom = more fun = more meaning = more learning

What We Know: 

What We Know Practice + Study = Optimal Learning Technology + Social Media Tools Student Voice Student voice  Purpose + Ownership  Empowerment  Continued learning wildidahorisingtide.org

How do we make global connections? : 

How do we make global connections? Language Teachers ESL Teachers TESOL INT'L

Website Database: 

Website Database Career Center Teachers Wanted Schools Wanted English/Spanish speaking In South America Teachers Available Schools Available Rachel Fisher, English/Spanish Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Win-Win For All: 

Win-Win For All ESL teachers abroad Schools abroad World language teachers in U.S. Schools in U.S. Companies/Schools like TESOL International Students!!

Potential For Glitches: 

Potential For Glitches Media Literacy Issues “ T he fact that we assimilate immediate time-and-space communications requires new skills for processing and sorting that information ” (Jacobs 2010). Time We need to “ start small ” (Jacobs 2010). Small steps + Collaboration = far -reaching

Potential for Expansion: 

Potential for Expansion More language exposure After school programs K-12 Higher Education opportunities More students exposed Open to all content areas Mobile Learning=More learning Phones linking once disconnected towns and countries

Power in Numbers: 

Power in Numbers zdnet.com i3solutions.com

PowerPoint Presentation: 

References American TESOL Institute. http://americantesol.com/tesol-international.html Bass, R. (2012). Disrupting ourselves: The problem of learning in higher education. Educase Review, retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM1221.pdf Christensen, C. & Eyring, H. (2011). The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of higher education from the inside out . San-Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Chronicle Research Services (2009). The college of 2020: Students. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc. 58 pages. http://www.washington.edu/faculty/facsen/issues/college_2020.pdf Dave ’ s ESL Caf e . http://www.eslcafe.com/ Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers: The story of Success . New York: Bay Back Books / Little, Brown and Company. Jacobs, H. (2010). Curriculum 21: Essential education for a changing world . Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Live Mocha. www.livemocha.com

PowerPoint Presentation: 

References Cont ’ d November, Alan (Speaker). (2011, March 5). [YouTube video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebJHzpEy4bE . Rajasingham, L. (2011). Will mobile learning bring a paradigm shift in higher education? Education Research International , Volume 2011, 10 pages doi: 10.1155/2011/528495 Sugata Mitra (Speaker). (July 2010). The child driven education . [YouTube video]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html . TESOL International Association. http://www.tesol.org/