Events

Are you familiar with the International Society for Technology in Education and its standards for students, educators, and administrators? ISTE is a global ed tech organization that hosts many events, including an in-person annual conference in June. Our Actionable Innovations Conversations guests on May 26th will be Dr. Kaylah Holland and Greta Sandler, two ISTE Community Leaders who are organizing the Global Learning Playground: Passport to Social Good at this year’s ISTELive conference. We also will be joined by Alefiya Master, the founder and CEO of MAD-Learn who will be partnering with Actionable Innovations Global on the Global Collaborator Meet Up at ISTE. Come find out what opportunities will be available to virtual and in-person attendees this June at the conference in Philadelphia!

Greta Sandler is a Learning Innovation Leader at Belgrano Day School in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is passionate about creating safe learning environments and empowering learners by giving them a

The NEA Foundation invites educators global education organizations to join us for our first NEAF Global Learning Edcamp! This virtual professional learning event will occur on Saturday, April 29th, from 1:00 pm EDT - 4:30 pm EDT. Attendees will include our current Global Learning Fellowship class, alumni, and other educators interested in globally connected teaching and learning.

This edcamp will take place in a participant-driven unconference format. In our opening session, attendees will generate a schedule with topics related to global learning. Then, attendees will choose to attend sessions that interest them from this schedule, and volunteers from the group will facilitate conversations, resource sharing, and note-taking related to these themes. The platform we are using for the edcamp is Hopin. Register here to attend this free event.

Organizations, partner with us!

The NEAF Global Learning Edcamp will be a terrific opportunity for your organization to learn alongside our fello

The NEA Foundation invites educators global education organizations to join us for our first NEAF Global Learning Edcamp! This virtual professional learning event will occur on Saturday, April 29th, from 1:00 pm EDT - 4:30 pm EDT. Attendees will include our current Global Learning Fellowship class, alumni, and other educators interested in globally connected teaching and learning.

This edcamp will take place in a participant-driven unconference format. In our opening session, attendees will generate a schedule with topics related to global learning. Then, attendees will choose to attend sessions that interest them from this schedule, and volunteers from the group will facilitate conversations, resource sharing, and note-taking related to these themes. The platform we are using for the edcamp is Hopin. Register here to attend this free event.

Organizations, partner with us!

The NEAF Global Learning Edcamp will be a terrific opportunity for your organization to learn alongside our fello

Register here.Actionable Innovations Global is a professional learning community where participants explore innovation in education. Every Friday, we meet to discuss trends in education and invite inspiring guests to join us and share their work. Parents, educators, students, and others interested in improving teaching and learning are always welcome.

Join us on Friday, March 31st, for an Actionable Innovations Conversation with Dr. Kaylah Holland. Dr. Holland is passionate about empowering educators through professional development, one-on-one coaching, and innovative lesson design. She holds a Doctorate of Education in Instructional Design and Technology with extensive research in active learning environments. She has spent years empowering educators and championing student-centered classrooms. She is a Google Certified Innovator, Trainer, & Coach, a college professor, an ISTE Community Leader, and was presented the “20 to Watch” award by ISTE in 2022. Kaylah is the Director of Instr

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Actionable Innovations Global is a professional learning community where participants explore innovation in education. Every Friday, we meet to discuss trends in education and invite inspiring guests to join us and share their work. Parents, educators, students, and others interested in improving teaching and learning are always welcome.

Join us on Friday, March 17th, for an Actionable Innovations Conversation with Bob Greenberg of the Brainwaves Video Anthology. Bob Greenberg has spent 30 years as a public school teacher, 15 years in Stamford, CT, and 15 years in Bridgeport, CT. In between, he spent 15 years as a full-time professional magician working trade shows and hospitality events for corporate clients, including IBM, 3M, and CIGNA. 

The Bridgeport Public Education Fund recognized him as an Outstanding Teacher in 2007. The Connecticut Association of School Librarians honored him with the 2012 Pellerin Classroom Teacher Award for “collaborating to advance student l

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Actionable Innovations Global is a professional learning community where participants explore innovation in education. Every Friday, we meet to discuss trends in education and invite inspiring guests to join us and share their work. Parents, educators, students, and others interested in improving teaching and learning are always welcome.

Join us on Friday, February 17th, for an Actionable Innovations Conversation with Aaron Schorn of Unrulr. Aaron will speak to the power of having learners capture their process, reflections, and product creation. How through evidence, programs can build transparency/trust and create greater impact. Aaron will showcase the social learning app Unrulr and speak about other tools and tactics that allow learners to document/share and tell the story of their process, skills growth, and outcomes. This is a conversation about empowering learners of all age groups to go from passive to active in their learning journey.

Aaron is a father, teacher

Register here: https://bit.ly/BeloitCollegeCELEB

Actionable Innovations Global is a professional learning community where participants explore innovation in education. Every Friday, we meet to discuss trends in education and invite inspiring guests to join us and share their work. Parents, educators, students, and others interested in improving teaching and learning are always welcome.

Meet Brian Morello, Director of Beloit College's Center for Entrepreneurship (CELEB), and learn about the Center's innovative programs. On January 27, 2023, Don Buckley and Lucy Gray will interview Brian about his work at Beloit College.

The CELEB center is a one-of-a-kind program unparalleled at any other undergraduate school. Housed off-campus in the heart of Beloit's revitalized downtown district, it is an 18,000+ square feet space dedicated to student ventures in music, art, digital media, prototyping, and traditional start-ups. Within CELEB, there is an entrepreneurship lab, public art gallery, recor

#GlobalEdChat

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

8 PM ET - text chat

8:30 PM ET - audio chat in Twitter Spaces

Register here: 

https://bit.ly/HonestyForOHEdu

Actionable Innovations Global is a professional learning community where participants explore innovation in education. Every Friday, we meet to discuss trends in education and invite inspiring guests to join us and share their work. Parents, educators, students, and others interested in improving teaching and learning are always welcome. 

On January 13, 2023, Lisa Vahey will be our guest. Lisa is a mom, educator, and engaged citizen, and she was distressed when she found out that anti-CRT (critical race theory) bills were being considered in Ohio. She joined with a group of Ohio colleagues, and the Honesty for Ohio Education coalition was formed. This group of concerned citizens and organizations is fighting hate & harm from the State House, State Board of Education, and in local communities as the list of threats grows ("Don't Say Gay", book bans, dismantling SEL supports, and so much more). She has learned so much and has much more to l

Educators & Instructional Leaders Outside the US:

Please join one of our upcoming information sessions to learn more about the Global Classroom Project (GCP).  This program, developed by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County, VA (USA), is open to all educators working with students ages 5-18.  The Global Classroom Project  provides opportunities for students to collaborate with peers form around the world on authentic tasks and challenges. Students develop the knowledge, skills and behaviors to engage in collective action on the local, national and global level.  

Participation in the GCP prepares students to be innovative global citizens as they work to create impactful solutions forr the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

All interested participants are asked to register here in advance of the session. A link to the session will be sent to your email prior to the session.  If you are unable to attend at this time a link to the session recording will be sent to the e

Educators & Instructional Leaders Outside the US:

Please join one of our upcoming information sessions to learn more about the Global Classroom Project (GCP).  This program, developed by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County, VA (USA), is open to all educators working with students ages 5-18.  The Global Classroom Project  provides opportunities for students to collaborate with peers form around the world on authentic tasks and challenges. Students develop the knowledge, skills and behaviors to engage in collective action on the local, national and global level.  

Participation in the GCP prepares students to be innovative global citizens as they work to create impactful solutions forr the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

All interested participants are asked to register here in advance of the session. A link to the session will be sent to your email prior to the session.  If you are unable to attend at this time a link to the session recording will be sent to the e

Join Meg Languages, Digital Promise, and Actionable Innovations Global for a special Twitter chat on Wednesday, November 16th at 8 PM EST! This month's #GlobalEdChat theme is Professional Development for Global Education. During the first portion of the chat, we'll post prompts for #GlobalEdChat participants on best practices in PD, and then we'll move into an audio chat in Twitter Spaces where members of this community will share a preview of their Global Learning for an Open World (GLOW) conference sessions. 

To participate, here are the steps:

1. Create a Twitter account if you don't have one.
2. Use the search box on Twitter and search for #GlobalEdChat. 
3. At the appointed time, you will see prompts and you can tweet your responses with the hashtag #GlobalEdChat.
4. Participants then comment and retweet other people's responses that they find insightful.
5. After 30 minutes, we then move into Twitter Spaces for an audio chat led by Meg's Lottie Dowling.
6. She will ask a few questions of special

Join us at the WIDA Institute in Dubai! The WIDA Institute is a comprehensive four-day introduction to the WIDA standards and assessment system. The Institute uses a hands-on approach to implementing WIDA tools in the classroom to serve multilingual learners. Participants will learn practical strategies they can use right away to scaffold language and content learning in international schools.   

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: October 11-14, 2022 
Early Bird discount ends on September 1 
Register now! 

Join us at the WIDA Institute in Bangkok! The WIDA Institute is a comprehensive four-day introduction to the WIDA standards and assessment system. The Institute uses a hands-on approach to implementing WIDA tools in the classroom to serve multilingual learners. Participants will learn practical strategies they can use right away to scaffold language and content learning in international schools.   

Bangkok, Thailand: October 4-7, 2022 
Early Bird discount ends on September 1 
Register Now! 

What is real-world learning, and how do we create the conditions for it regardless of setting or sources? Dr. William Rankin will explore this topic with our guest, Christian Long, Chief Growth Officer at THINK Learning Studio. The Studio is a new initiative from THINK Global School, the world's first all-traveling high school. Come meet Christian and learn about his new adventures! 

What is global competence, and why does it matter even more than ever in education? On September 16th, we will welcome Heather Singmaster as our featured guest on this topic. Heather is the Director for GCEN and CTE at Digital Promise. She previously worked at the Center for Global Education at the Asia Society, where her work focused on international best practices and integrating global competence into Career Technical Education (CTE) programs as well as state and national policy. Heather leads the Global Cities Education Network (GCEN), a network of international cities focused on best practice sharing in education. She speaks and writes regularly on global education, including as the former host of Education Week’s Global Learning blog.

Our discussion will focus on the many resources Digital Promise provides and Heather's upcoming plans for #globaledchat on Twitter. COVID has made clear how interconnected we are with the world and changed how we work forever. Companies want emplo

Join iEARN-USA for this FREE training workshop where you'll learn about global competence and the U.N. Global Goals and how to begin a global virtual exchange project. We'll explore how to select an appropriate project, introductory activities to prepare your students to engage in quality dialogue and build friendships online, and using technology to support synchronous and asynchronous virtual exchanges activities.

Learn more and register here: https://us.iearn.org/programs/iearn-101

Actionable Innovations is a professional learning community where participants explore innovation in education. Every week we meet to discuss trends in education and invite inspiring guests to join us and share their work as part of our Actionable Innovations Conversations series.  Parents, educators, students, and others interested in improving teaching and learning are always welcome.

On September 9th, join us for a discussion on making classrooms inclusive, relevant, and engaging with the CEO of World Savvy, Dana Mortenson. During this interview, we will learn more about World Savvy's approach to reimagining education for a more globally connected world. Developing globally competent students and teachers is central to World Savvy's work. 

Register here.

Length: 90 minutes

Participants: Open to all educators and schools/districts.

What's it All About?

The words “digital” and “global” preface our 21st century understanding of citizenship, but what does it actually mean to be an effective and ethical digital citizen in a globalized world? How can we support students to responsibly contribute to digital, global communities? In this interactive workshop, educators will learn the “what” and “why” of digital citizenship, along with how it relates to global citizenship. Through self-reflection, pedagogical exploration, discussions, and activities, educators will build their own competence as they learn to model responsible digital citizenship and apply tips, strategies, and resources for developing students’ competence as digital citizens in an interconnected and interdependent world.

This workshop will include guest speaker Dr. LeeAnn Lindsay, digital citizenship expert and Edvolve Dig Cit Doctor.

Format: Interactive virtual workshop — offered on