Grade 6 Gone Global

Flat Connections

Students in Mrs. Valzania's grade 6 homeroom are participating in Flat Connections.  Flat Connections is a collaborative project for students.  Mrs. Valzania's students have joined the "A Week in the Life Project".  This project is available for students grade 3 - 6 around the world.  The objective of the project is for students to "connect, communicate, explore global topics and issues and share ideas and solutions through co-created digital artifacts." (flatconnections.com).

This week, Spofford students joined their Edmodo study groups and create digital handshakes using Flipgrid to introduce themselves and to meet their global classmates.  Students also learned about being good digital citizens, digital footprints and their digital legacy.

Participating schools, including Spofford Pond, are:  Yeh Wah School, China; Singapore American School, Singapore and Parkland District School, Pennsylvania, USA.  That's a total of over

150 students!  I am fortunate to be a co-teacher with Mrs. Valzania on this project as well.

Here are a few pictures of our sixth graders working on their Digital Handshakes:

Using Flipgrid to create a digital handshake with students around the world

Technology Essential Questions:

How does this digital tool help improve collaboration and/or communication?

What is your digital legacy?

What does it mean to be a global citizen?

2016 Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) Curriculum Framework
6-8.CAS.a.4; 6-8.DTC.a.2; 6-8.DTC.b.2; 6-8.DTC.b.3