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=Archive of January's #GlobalClassroom Chat 1/3= =Saturday January 18th, 10:00-11:00 UTC= =Using "Design Thinking" for Global Action=

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 * 09:54:30 || TheHeadsOffice || Nearly time to join me for #globalclassroom! Don't forget the hashtag! ||
 * 09:55:59 || bhallowes || RT @TheHeadsOffice: Nearly time to join me for #globalclassroom! Don't forget the hashtag! ||
 * 10:01:18 || PhoenixSchool || RT @WarwickLanguage: innovating in education? catch a #globalclassroom chat today on #design thinking #pbl #edchat http://t.co/ZlteHbwyWP ||
 * 10:01:33 || TheHeadsOffice || Welcome to #globalclassroom! We are looking at Design thinging. Tell us who you are & don't forget the hash tag! ||
 * 10:03:30 || TheHeadsOffice || #globalclassroom Design thinking involves identyfying a problem and following it thro the various stages to solution of global issues. ||
 * 10:03:41 || PhoenixSchool || @TheHeadsOffice Betsye from Salem near Boston, USA is here. Hi Julia and Brenda. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:04:19 || bhallowes || @PhoenixSchool @TheHeadsOffice Hi Betsye. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:06:15 || TheHeadsOffice || @bhallowes @PhoenixSchool Good morning you guys in Salem! #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:07:35 || TheHeadsOffice || @bhallowes @PhoenixSchool Do you use 'design Thinking' #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:08:37 || bhallowes || @TheHeadsOffice In a small way. I teach gr 1 to 3 computers. Issues like littering and pollution. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:09:29 || bhallowes || This year I am teaching Soc Science in Gr 4 so there will be more opportunities around the topic of water. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:10:43 || TheHeadsOffice || @bhallowes I was at #litshedcof yesterday & heard about brill project from @ICT_MrP about whales & mistreatment #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:11:20 || PhoenixSchool || #globalclassroom A bit like Brenda maybe. Not in a formal way. I'm not exactly sure . ||
 * 10:12:18 || bhallowes || @TheHeadsOffice @ICT_MrP That's wonderful. A bit like the Travelling Rhinos project which we also participated in. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:13:51 || PhoenixSchool || #globalclassroom Doing a global read aloud around Home of the Brave--the lost boys of Sudan. Leading touch discussion of war, cultures ||
 * 10:15:31 || PhoenixSchool || #globalclassroom Definitely the Traveling Rhino project which we also participated in this year. Hard not to know real impact. Awareness? ||
 * 10:16:06 || TheHeadsOffice || Good mroning world! do come & join our chat about using global links to look at social issues! #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:17:22 || bhallowes || RT @bhallowes: @PhoenixSchool @TheHeadsOffice http://t.co/WMd481G65t #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:23:24 || PhoenixSchool || #globalclassroom is design thinking to find solutions a gradual thing? Felt deeply for rhinos, wrote letters, raised money. Make difference? ||
 * 10:24:10 || TheHeadsOffice || Calling @ICT_MrP Can you give a link to your whale work for #globalclassroom chat this morning? ||
 * 10:26:04 || PhoenixSchool || #globalclassroom what I struggle with is we try to understand the challenges of other, make a difference in a small way, but do we? ||
 * 10:28:00 || bhallowes || #globalclassroom Any effort is better than ignorance about issues. We never know the impact of our raising awareness. ||
 * 10:28:38 || PhoenixSchool || RT @bhallowes: #globalclassroom Any effort is better than ignorance about issues. We never know the impact of our raising awareness. ||
 * 10:29:02 || TheHeadsOffice || RT @bhallowes: #globalclassroom Any effort is better than ignorance about issues. We never know the impact of our raising awareness. ||
 * 10:29:31 || bhallowes || Q 2. Have you had success with any project-based learning experiences? #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:29:36 || TheHeadsOffice || Calling my PLN! You do some fab work on raising awareness of social issues. Do share on #globalclassroom! ||
 * 10:30:21 || PhoenixSchool || @bhallowes You're right, of course. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:30:41 || TheHeadsOffice || Links from @ICT_MrP http://t.co/qKGyZIUzGT and http://t.co/SKLQtsC2cT Fabulous project #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:31:30 || potterpitter || RT @TheHeadsOffice: Links from @ICT_MrP http://t.co/qKGyZIUzGT and http://t.co/SKLQtsC2cT Fabulous project #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:35:20 || bhallowes || RT @TheHeadsOffice: Links from @ICT_MrP http://t.co/qKGyZIUzGT and http://t.co/SKLQtsC2cT Fabulous project #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:36:49 || mgraffin || RT @WarwickLanguage: innovating in education? catch a #globalclassroom chat today on #design thinking #pbl #edchat http://t.co/ZlteHbwyWP ||
 * 10:37:11 || mgraffin || RT @PhoenixSchool: #globalclassroom is design thinking to find solutions a gradual thing? Felt deeply for rhinos, wrote letters, raised mon… ||
 * 10:37:21 || mgraffin || RT @PhoenixSchool: #globalclassroom what I struggle with is we try to understand the challenges of other, make a difference in a small way,… ||
 * 10:37:25 || mgraffin || RT @bhallowes: #globalclassroom Any effort is better than ignorance about issues. We never know the impact of our raising awareness. ||
 * 10:37:58 || mgraffin || Joining in #globalclassroom chat on design thinking for global action. Sorry I'm late ||
 * 10:38:21 || bhallowes || @bhallowes We did a project in Gr 3 where we looked at the mess Earth is in and researched for a new planet to move to. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:38:34 || mgraffin || RT @TheHeadsOffice: Links from @ICT_MrP http://t.co/qKGyZIUzGT and http://t.co/SKLQtsC2cT Fabulous project #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:39:05 || Cherise_Duxbury || RT @TheHeadsOffice: Good mroning world! do come & join our chat about using global links to look at social issues! #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:39:16 || bhallowes || @bhallowes The result was there is no alternative so what can we do to preserve the planet we have. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:39:35 || PhoenixSchool || #globalclassroom A2 Made rhinos into PBL, combined with sloths study from GRA13, cows in Africa --what is the place of animals in the world? ||
 * 10:39:48 || mgraffin || I'm personally curious about the design thinking approach ... A challenging topic but potentially useful for #globalclassroom projects ||
 * 10:40:12 || mgraffin || RT @Deb_Frazier: Honored to be working with @mgraffin on an article for Australian Teachers Magazine (http://t.co/4cNW1385Fp) on the #globa… ||
 * 10:40:35 || bhallowes || RT @mgraffin: I'm personally curious about the design thinking approach ... A challenging topic but potentially useful for #globalclassroom… ||
 * 10:40:38 || TheHeadsOffice || @bhallowes Interesting. Using blogging etc helps to links across the world so extends ch understanding of real issues #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:40:58 || mgraffin || RT @PhoenixSchool: #globalclassroom A2 Made rhinos into PBL, combined with sloths study from GRA13, cows in Africa --what is the place of a… ||
 * 10:41:41 || bhallowes || @TheHeadsOffice Absolutely. I would love to have technology at the children's finger tips. 45 min a week in lab not enough #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:41:43 || PhoenixSchool || #globalclassroom Hi Michael. Yes it is a challenging idea. I'm having a hard time getting my head around it so early in the am. Important. ||
 * 10:42:11 || mgraffin || .@bhallowes would ur class or school like to host the world water day 2014 linoit project this yr? #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:42:24 || mgraffin || RT @beachcat11: Design Thinking for Global Action (#globalclassroom chats Jan 17/18) http://t.co/zQoQmLRUli via @GCPorganisers Hey @jennzia… ||
 * 10:42:59 || mgraffin || RT @msoskil: #globalclassroom Awesome global collaboration opportunity going to be announced in the next few days. Really excited! Follow #… ||
 * 10:43:16 || mgraffin || RT @TheHeadsOffice: @bhallowes Interesting. Using blogging etc helps to links across the world so extends ch understanding of real issues #… ||
 * 10:43:44 || TheHeadsOffice || RT @mgraffin: .@bhallowes would ur class or school like to host the world water day 2014 linoit project this yr? #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:44:05 || mgraffin || @PhoenixSchool it gives us a curriculum construct or scaffold to build learning around, concept not widely known in oz #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:45:38 || GCPorganisers || RT @TuvaLabs: Power of #opendata? Teachers are enabled to bring issues relevant to their communities & neighborhoods into the classroom. #g… ||
 * 10:45:50 || GCPorganisers || RT @msoskil: #globalclassroom Awesome global collaboration opportunity going to be announced in the next few days. Really excited! Follow #… ||
 * 10:45:55 || GCPorganisers || RT @AndrewKupisch: The power of a #Globalclassroom and the people in it! https://t.co/fr1ik660Ha #edchat ||
 * 10:46:03 || GCPorganisers || RT @mgraffin: This wknd! #Design Thinking for Global Action (#globalclassroom chats t http://t.co/9CtcqlJZek #edchat #ukedchat #vicpln #wap… ||
 * 10:46:13 || GCPorganisers || RT @Deb_Frazier: Honored to be working with @mgraffin on an article for Australian Teachers Magazine (http://t.co/4cNW1385Fp) on the #globa… ||
 * 10:46:19 || GCPorganisers || RT @WarwickLanguage: innovating in education? catch a #globalclassroom chat today on #design thinking #pbl #edchat http://t.co/ZlteHbwyWP ||
 * 10:46:36 || GCPorganisers || RT @PhoenixSchool: #globalclassroom is design thinking to find solutions a gradual thing? Felt deeply for rhinos, wrote letters, raised mon… ||
 * 10:46:38 || GCPorganisers || RT @PhoenixSchool: #globalclassroom what I struggle with is we try to understand the challenges of other, make a difference in a small way,… ||
 * 10:46:46 || GCPorganisers || RT @TheHeadsOffice: Links from @ICT_MrP http://t.co/qKGyZIUzGT and http://t.co/SKLQtsC2cT Fabulous project #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:46:51 || GCPorganisers || RT @bhallowes: #globalclassroom Any effort is better than ignorance about issues. We never know the impact of our raising awareness. ||
 * 10:47:06 || GCPorganisers || RT @TheHeadsOffice: @bhallowes Interesting. Using blogging etc helps to links across the world so extends ch understanding of real issues #… ||
 * 10:48:12 || jjash || #globalclassroom we've now had 3 Skype around the world in 24hours. Lunches, values & neighbours have been our topics. A wake over @school ||
 * 10:49:07 || TheHeadsOffice || RT @TuvaLabs: Power of #opendata? Teachers are enabled to bring issues relevant to their communities & neighborhoods into the classroom. #g… ||
 * 10:49:18 || PhoenixSchool || #globalclassroom @mgraffin Think design thinking began in US, but slow going here. Every good idea takes time. ||
 * 10:49:36 || TheHeadsOffice || @jjash @school Did they go well Jen? #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:50:08 || bhallowes || Q3 How do you inspire/ motivate / encourage ss creativity in your class? #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:52:02 || PhoenixSchool || @jjash #globalclassroom Love this idea. Direct connections are such important part of global learning when possible--real faces to ideas. ||
 * 10:53:46 || mgraffin || @PhoenixSchool it has a lot of potential ... Some good can come out of the us education system lol :) #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:53:58 || jjash || @TheHeadsOffice yes &each time they get better. We Skype 20schools in 24 hrs stay@school for 24 hrs awake. Stdnts rostered. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:54:02 || mgraffin || RT @jjash: #globalclassroom we've now had 3 Skype around the world in 24hours. Lunches, values & neighbours have been our topics. A wake ov… ||
 * 10:54:14 || mgraffin || RT @bhallowes: Q3 How do you inspire/ motivate / encourage ss creativity in your class? #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:54:18 || mgraffin || RT @PhoenixSchool: @jjash #globalclassroom Love this idea. Direct connections are such important part of global learning when possible--rea… ||
 * 10:55:08 || mgraffin || @jjash @TheHeadsOffice did teachers have to stay awake all night? Or did you take shifts? #globalclassroom (I value sleep lol) ||
 * 10:55:52 || mgraffin || RT @jjash: @TheHeadsOffice yes &each time they get better. We Skype 20schools in 24 hrs stay@school for 24 hrs awake. Stdnts rostered. #glo… ||
 * 10:58:30 || PhoenixSchool || @bhallowes #globalclassroom Choices, open-ended problems,questions rather talk, Caine's Arcade, Genius Hour kind of things. Reflection ||
 * 10:58:56 || jjash || @mgraffin @TheHeadsOffice I stay awake for the 24 hrs others usually nap. #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:59:01 || bhallowes || @PhoenixSchool Caine's Arcade? #globalclassroom ||
 * 10:59:53 || TheHeadsOffice || @jjash @mgraffin Wow! IMPRESSED! I would like to join next time please! #globalclassroom ||
 * 11:00:53 || TheHeadsOffice || Well we've come to the end of the hour. Apologiesa for not advertising enough. Been at a conference & travelling. #globalclassroom ||
 * 11:01:19 || bhallowes || #globalclassroom It looks like our time is up. Thank you to all who participated. Chats always motivate me to try more ideas. :-) ||
 * 11:01:24 || TheHeadsOffice || Gr8 chatting to you guys! Hopefully there will be more in the other chats & next time. Have a gr8 w/e! #globalclassroom ||
 * 11:01:31 || PhoenixSchool || @bhallowes #globalclassroom don't have link on my phone. Will send to you. Creative challenge using cardboard- idea from boy named Caine. ||
 * 11:02:11 || TheHeadsOffice || @PhoenixSchool @bhallowes That sounds a great project. Do use the hash so we can all see it! #globalclassroom ||
 * 11:02:27 || PhoenixSchool || @TheHeadsOffice No apologies necessary. #globalclassroom have a good day everyone. ||
 * 11:03:19 || kylauribe || RT @msoskil: #globalclassroom Awesome global collaboration opportunity going to be announced in the next few days. Really excited! Follow #k12valentines ||
 * 11:04:56 || mgraffin || @jjash @TheHeadsOffice that is the definition of commitment lol. Fantastic idea, and always happy 2 help promote :) #globalclassroom ||
 * 11:05:47 || mgraffin || Thanks @TheHeadsOffice and @bhallowes for moderating #globalclassroom chat 1 :) MUCH appreciated! ||
 * 11:12:36 || jjash || @mgraffin @TheHeadsOffice secret is to not sit down, coffee and chocolate. Plus gr8 Skype events and conversations. #globalclassroom #saw24 ||
 * 11:18:20 || jjash || @mgraffin @TheHeadsOffice I get picked up though don't drive home. As soon as I sit sleep hits. #globalclassroom #saw24 ||