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5 Key Strategies for Cultivating Global Collaboration Through Project-Based Learning

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Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4BCD

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Presenters

Alfredo Silva

Teacher

Garden Grove Unified
@2teach4justice
@teach4justice

In the classroom for over 20 years. I currently teach AP United States History at Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove where I serve as Department Chair. Additionally, I am the Region 11 Director for the California Council on Social Studies and on the Board of CUE Los Angeles. Certifications include Soundtrap Producer, Adobe Education Innovator, Google Level 2, and Pear Deck Certified Coach. 2022 presentations include OCCUE TechFest and EduProtocols Worldwide. 2023 presentations include IACUE (co-presenter), CUELA+OCCUE on Adobe Express Digital Portfolios, and Podcasting in the Classroom. I am the host of the Teach4Justice Podcast.

Yaritza Villalba

Speaker | Education Coach | Consultant

MCKENZIES ADVENTURES | SAMSUNG EDUCATION
@YaritzaV_
@yaritza.v__

Yaritza Villalba leads professional learning opportunities, centered on culturally responsive sustaining education (CRSE) and equity to an international network of educators. With fourteen years of experience in urban education, Yaritza supplies many effective strategies and resources for educating and supporting BIPOC (Black, Indigenous. and people of color) students and families. Over her career, Yaritza became an Assistant Principal and an author of culturally relevant children's books creating opportunities and experiences for students of color to gain fair access to resources that spark critical thinking and meaningful conversations in and out of the classroom.

Session description

Discover effective strategies for creating opportunities for global collaboration using project-based learning and gain a deeper understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), creating multiple entry points when planning for diverse learners, and cultivating a space of trust and empowerment for all learners.

Purpose & objective

Session Participants will effectively design instructional resources to stimulate global collaboration and student critical thinking skills. Participants will learn how to incorporate ISTE standards and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their project-based learning activities using the backwards design method. Finally, session participants will learn how to use educational technology tools like Microsoft Flip to create inclusive classroom environments through Microsoft's Immersive Reader.

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Outline

5 min- Introduction to project-based learning

5 min- Backwards Design

15 min- PBL (Project Based Learning) Planning (creating an activity as a group)

15 min- Global Collaboration & Differentiation using Microsoft Flip

15 min- Standard Alignment + Real World Connections (ISTE Standard) & SDGs (benefits)

5 min Reflection & Q&A

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Supporting research

Project Based Learning: Enhancing Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning by Jorge Valenzuela foreword by Yaritza Villalba

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Session specifications

Topic:

Project-, problem- & challenge-based learning

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Intermediate

Audience:

Curriculum/district specialists, Teachers, Teacher education/higher ed faculty

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Participants will receive a special offer during our session for Soundtrap for Education: https://www.soundtrap.com/edu/

Subject area:

Social studies

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Facilitator

Create learning opportunities that challenge students to use a design process and computational thinking to innovate and solve problems.

For Students:
Digital Citizen

Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.

Global Collaborator

Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.

Disclosure:

The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

Related exhibitors:

Samsung Electronics,

Soundtrap for Education,

Microsoft Corporation

5 Key Strategies for Cultivating Global Collaboration Through Project-Based Learning

, Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4BCD

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