Dear GEC Community Members,
It’s back to school time in our corner of the world and we’ve curated resources and opportunities for you to connect to the world as a professional!
Global Collaboration Week and Beyond
Register today! Global Collaboration Week is scheduled to coincide with United Nations High Level Week in September. Our event is not directly affiliated, but is designed to support the overall intent of the United Nations convening. Global Collaboration Week offers educators and organizations an opportunity to connect to the world through globally connected teaching and learning activities designed and hosted by GEC members and partners.
United National High Level Week is when the Member States of the United Nations convene in New York City. It consists of a general debate, high-level meetings and five summits on climate action, universal health coverage, sustainable development goals, financing for development, and small islands developing states. Of particular interest to our community are these events:
- Youth Climate Summit - September 21
- Climate Action Summit 2019 - September 23
- Sustainable Development Goals Summit - September 24-25
- Take this survey on the SDG Summit website.
- Check out the SDG book club for children.
- Find educational materials here. (World’s Largest Lesson site is down as of this writing.)
Additional SDG Resources
- Our collection of SDG information is available here.
- Find out how you can participate in the Global Week to Act for SDGs.
- The Asia Society has categorized projects by SDGs.
- The Global Goals Book is a new curriculum edited by Koen Timmers and Jennifer Williams.
- Teach SDGs also has resources related to the Sustainable Development Goals and a new project, the Goals Project.
- United Nations Observances - Use these lists of international days, weeks, and years to plan global activities for your classroom, school, or organization
- The SDG Planning Calendar also aligns global events and convenings to the Global Goals.
Other Opportunities
Here are additional items of interest that we’ve noticed this month!
- A U.S Teacher Seeks Pictures of School Lunches. Contact teacher Casey McCullough for additional information on Twitter.
- Another U.S Teacher Wants to Know About Your Special Classes. Also see this graphic. Contact teacher Hillary Beemer for more details on Twitter.
- The Climate Action Project
- Flipgrid Global Book Club
- Indigenous Speakers Share Their Languages on Google Earth
- Minecraft Earth Goes a Step Beyond Pokémon Go to Cover the World in Blocks
- Standing Up to Hatred and Intolerance from Facing History and Ourselves
Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and the hashtag #globaled19 for the latest GEC news!
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