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Enhancing Global Connections through iPod Touches in Education

The project by Susan Wells and Lynne Goodhand addresses equity and diversity at Culbreth Middle School, focusing on innovative teaching and learning through iPod Touches. Emphasizing the need for education as a key to overcoming poverty and uniting diverse backgrounds, this initiative fosters collaboration among teachers and empowers students as leaders. With continuous professional development, individualized learning, and the integration of digital tools, the project aims to create equitable access to education and promote critical thinking, achieving alignment with national standards across various disciplines.

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Enhancing Global Connections through iPod Touches in Education

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  1. Education at Hand,teaching and learning with iPod touches to enhance global connectionsSusan Wells and Lynne GoodhandOctober 2010World View 2010 Global Education Symposium

  2. Getting to here...

  3. ...from here.

  4. Beginning with planning

  5. We started this project to address the issues of equity and diversity at Culbreth...it has become as US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, describes...

  6. “In an interconnected, competitive global economy, the only way to secure our common future is through education. It is the one true path out of poverty—the great equalizer that overcomes differences in background, culture and privilege. In the 21st century, a quality education system is the centerpiece of a country's economic development, and it can be the one thing that unites us as a world.”

  7. and then more planning

  8. ...Teachers exploring, learning together...

  9. Professional development continuous and collaborative

  10. Year one, AVID students reaching out

  11. With some direction for teaching and learning

  12. Students quickly became the leaders

  13. Year two, expansion to teams and more outreach

  14. Peer teams, student/teacher teams

  15. Year two and half...more planning and controlled chaos

  16. Keeping students secure--Internet Filteringfor iPod Touch

  17. Today, iPods for everyone

  18. \Enrichment

  19. Differentiation

  20. Individualized, immediate, formative assesment

  21. Connections

  22. Equitable access for all

  23. Rwandan Ambassador, James Kimonyo,visits to learn about iPod touches

  24. Brazilian educators see iPod touch program in action

  25. Across all disciplines - in Chorus using app, iNote Trainer

  26. “It’s changing everything.” “Information no longer belongs to just a handful of kids, or just to me.” - Culbreth teacher

  27. Digital partners

  28. apps • We found in a sea of confusion, there is hope - educationally engaging apps • We tied them to: • North Carolina and national standards • critical thinking levels, Blooms • blended, free and paid • decisions made by grade level/content areas • teacher teams decide, students recommend

  29. contact us • goodhandlynne@gmail.com • wellssusans@gmail.com • lgoodhand@chccs.k12.nc.us • swells@chccs.k12.nc.us • skype- goodlynne • skype- wellssusans

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