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=Parent Communication - Create the Future Team=

Team members add names here: Sarah Zoe Lynda Damianne Rob http://communicationthatcounts.wikispaces.com/

Reflection and discussion
Use the discussion tab to post reflections and comments on plenary sessions and other events during the workshop. We encourage you also to comment on each others reflections, including those in other teams, and foster meaningful conversations to support the curriculum development project challenge.

Project Challenge
Based on the topics discussed during the workshop, your **TEAM CHALLENGE** is to develop, pitch, refine and present an idea for a classroom collaboration. Use this template to collect and synthesize ideas. You may also choose to use the [|Understanding by Design] Unit Template

**Project Title:** Creating Communication that Counts **Participants level/age:** parents, students, teachers **Curriculum focus: N/A** **Timeline:** **Learning outcomes:**
 * parents know what is happening in the classroom and participate in it
 * parents are able to use the classroom tools to interact with the classroom

**- Essential objectives for global collaboration**
 * 'Seven Steps to Flatten Your Classroom'**

<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//Use this list as a template for brainstorming and creating your project//

<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**CONNECT** <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//In what way will classrooms connect globally? (Tools and expectations)// Expectations Tools
 * Parents and extended family can participate from anywhere.
 * Google Apps
 * Blogs
 * Wikis
 * depends on the school

<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**COMMUNICATE** <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What are the modes of communication? Synchronous? Asynchronous? (Tools and expectations) Asynchronous - designed so that parents can see what is happening in the classroom in their own time.

<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**CITIZENSHIP** <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What do you and your students need to know to be reliable and responsible online learners? What do you need to prepare to complete a classroom collaboration? Need a responsible use policy for students, teacher and parents. Templates and examples provided for parents and students to know how to structure their contributions.

<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**CONTRIBUTE & COLLABORATE** <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">How will the classrooms work together? What are the parameters of the project? (Tools and expectations). How will contribution be encouraged and monitored (Tools and expectations) <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Classroom and parents working together. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Examples provided to set parameters. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">School/class newsletters. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">School agrees on format to make ease of access and use simple to understand. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Parents invited to school with their own laptops to participate in workshops about the communication forum. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Giving step by step instructions on how to use the site <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Involve the students at the higher level when teaching parents how to use the forums. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Have it part of the school policy that parents are required to participate with the program. Scaffold the gradual release of responsibilty. Regular feedback starting with more classroom discussion and moving towards a more online discussion. Periodical parent surveys to check in with understanding and need of content.

<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**CHOICES** <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What choices will learners have to accommodate different learning styles and abilities? Option to write Oral participation Video links Images upload

<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**CREATE** <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What are the expected outcomes from the joint knowledge creation and sharing activities?
 * video
 * photos
 * we want our parents to become more educated
 * parents need to be able to aducate us
 * improve and support student learning

<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**CELEBRATION** <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">How will the project and collaboration be celebrated and shared at its conclusion? This is an ongoing product that will raise awareness on what is happening in the classroom aswell as allow parents to become actively involved in their students education. The celebration comes in the functional use of the website. This is a celebration of our school community.

Final Team Product
<span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Share your final team product via this wiki by uploading or embedding files created to support the curriculum idea. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">http://communicationthatcounts.wikispaces.com/ <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">