The Global Asynchronous Conversation: A response to Covid-19

Parents, caregivers, educators, and friends with children at home right now.

Over the last few months have been watching as we have pulled together as a global learning community and shared resources ideas, platforms, and information in order to help each other provide the best care for students that we possibly can during this challenging time. I have been proud that we truly do actively live the values we want to see in our learners.

This morning I ran across a conversation about getting kids together to chat online, and the digital learning coach in me thought, I think we need a safe, equitable forum for kids and families to do just that. This morning I created 1) a document to frame safer online conversations and 2) a FlipGrid for kids and families to engage in an asynchronous global conversation.

This provides a framework around online conversations that extend beyond our direct learning communities and invites participants and families to engage around the world. Within that global network, there is some inherent risk, so a document has been created to help mitigate and understand the risk.

If you would like to have your family or child participate in this global conversation please read the document included here, email me the portion at the bottom and I will send you the password to participate. You will need to download FlipGrid (a very easy online tool for video) to your device or simply use your laptop.

Out of challenges come opportunities. Let’s start a dialogue around the world for our students and children.