North vs. South: The Survey

1. North vs. South: The Survey Please take our survey by following @dayna_browning and following the link in the latest Tweet Or Enter the following link into your browser: http://goo.gl/forms/R9qyd9C8v5 Or Scan this QR Code:

2. Soda or Pop? VirtuallyConnectingClassroomsto Explore Cultural Identities, Stereotypes, & Perceptions Laurie Hogan-McLean, MattawanMiddleSchool Susan Schierbeek, MattawanMiddleSchool Dayna Browning, Auburn Junior HighSchool Kim Johnson, Auburn Junior HighSchool

3. Welcome The South (Auburn, Alabama) • Dayna Browning: dmbrowning@auburnschools.org • Kim Johnson: kcjohnson@auburnschools.org The North (Mattawan, Michigan) • Laurie Hogan-McLean: lhogan@mattawanschools.org • Susan Schierbeek: sschierbeek@mattawanschools.org • Anne Weston: aweston1@mattawanschools.org

4. Our Essential Questions • What are stereotypes? • How are stereotypes formed and broken? • What are the cultural differences within America? • How do factors like culture and geography shape us and influence our lives?

5. What We Do • What we do together: • Blog • Take surveys • Analyze film • Read • Write • Reflect • Publish writing • Respond to poetry • Write poetry • Video conference • Tip: Pick and choose from these components to • make your own unit or add these elements to a • unit you already love and use!

6. What We Found • Students led and participated in rich conversations. • Students came to new understandings about themselves, their cultures and how perspectives shape their lives.

7. We Found out a Lot! • Students came to class excited and begging to Skype or blog every day during the unit. • Students wrote and responded to others’ writing in thoughtful and meaningful ways. • Students wanted to learn & practice digital citizenship.

9. Common Core • This unit hits a bajillion standards. Check out our website to see what piece of the unit aligns to which standards.

10. A Quick Tour Through Our Unit • Step 1: THE HOOK! Stereotypes Survey and “Day & Night” Pixar film. • Step 2: AHA MOMENTS. Examine survey results. • Step 3: TOUGH QUESTIONS. Video conference & blog. • Step 4: READ TO LEARN MORE. Shared readings. • Step 5: DEEP TALK. Blogging and video conference 2. • Step 6: LET’S WRITE. Common and shared writings. • Step 7: REFLECT. Reflective essay. • Step 8: EXTEND. Documentary film production and peer review.

11. Surveys Made Easy • We recommend using Google Forms – you can easily share, edit, and create pretty pie charts to review survey results! • Your results

12. Survey Results – The Expected Alabama Michigan

13. Survey Results – The Unexpected Alabama Michigan

14. Survey Results – Cultural Views Alabama Michigan

15. Film Analysis • Pixar’s short “Day & Night” • Use Notice and Note strategies to deeply analyze what’s happening in the film • See “A Tall Order for Pixar Shorts” NCTE 2013 Boston presentation for further instructions

16. Video Conferencing • What we used: Google Hangouts • Other options: Skype, Facetime, Tango • What we talked about the first time: • Unpack the survey results • Let them be curious – they want to ask questions about weather, styles, food, music, etc.

17. Let’s get Digital • Blogging (we use Weebly): • Set clear rules for students • Have students post using first names and school initials • Set clear topics for deeper discussion but also allow for students to ask those “style, favorites, what do you do” questions that might not have been answered in the initial video conference (you might be surprised by the new understandings they come to in these informal discussions)

21. And their posts make you laugh…

22. Learning About Stereotypes Through Text • Fiction:The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Downsiders Neil Schusterman, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes • Multi-genre short texts: articles, podcasts, videos, poems, personal essays, songs, etc. • How to do it together? • More blogging! • Another video conference

23. Making Information Accessible • Helping all students be successful information navigators

30. Connecting through Conversation

32. The 2nd Video Conference • It’s time to get deep…

34. Writing Elements • “This I Believe” Essays • “Two-tone” Poems • “Where I’m From” Poems • Reflection Essay

35. Two-Tone Poetry Discussion

36. “This I Believe” Discussion

37. We’re Expanding! • C-SPAN Documentaries • Our other big expansion ideas: multi-media presentations, co-authored stories or essays, debates, service projects, book clubs

38. What connected classrooms do for students • Gives them an authentic audience • Sets a real purpose for learning • Creates a safe space to explore stereotypes and “non-PC” things

40. How can this work for you? • List 5 important novels or units you teach. • List 5 social issues you think are most relevant for your students. • What are two essential questions integrated into your teaching that you want to address better?

41. Examples • Novels or Units: Romeo & Juliet, Canterbury Tales, Poetry Unit, Animal Farm, Of Mice and Men, Personal Essays, Persuasive Writing • Social Issues: Prejudice, Politics, Immigration, War, Social Media, Identity • Essential Questions: How can social media shape identity? How can poetry help us express ourselves? How much of an influence does fate play in our lives?

42. Focus • Circle the top 2-3 units or issues you want to consider using for creating a collaborative classroom.

43. Share: What are texts, questions, ideas you have for implementing a connected classroom?

44. Connect with us • Check out our website and our new teacher connect page at www.northandsouth8.weebly.com • Email us! • Dayna Browning: dmbrowning@auburnschools.org • Kim Johnson: kcjohnson@auburnschools.org • Laurie Hogan-McLean: lhogan@mattawanschools.org • Susan Schierbeek: sschierbeek@mattawanschools.org

47. Question and Answer