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2024-03-29T07:52:12Z
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Self-led Global Environmental Research Video Project
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/self-led-global-environmental-research-video-project
2020-04-16T16:39:59.000Z
2020-04-16T16:39:59.000Z
Isabelle Rios
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/IsabelleRios
<div><p>The World of 7 Billion video project challenges students to consider how human population growth impacts global issues This year, the global issues are: Ensuring Economic Opportunities, Improving Climate Resiliency and Sustaining Water Systems. In addition to making a human population growth connection students are asked to provide one sustainable solution. Students present their research findings in a succinct 60-second video. This self-led research project promotes critical thinking, research, and presenting information in a succinct and logical manner.</p>
<p>Student and teacher resources are available at: <a href="http://www.Worldof7Billion.org">www.Worldof7Billion.org</a>.</p></div>
Kids on Earth - large collection of free video interviews from around the world
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/kids-on-earth-large-collection-of-free-video-interviews-from
2020-03-29T14:20:04.000Z
2020-03-29T14:20:04.000Z
Howard Blumenthal
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/HowardBlumenthal
<div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.kidsoneawrth.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/4266915173?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a>Hi everyone. I have spoken at two of the Global Education Conferences and also to students and faculty around the world (most recently: Ashoka University new New Delhi, India). Years ago, I created and produced Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? for PBS. More recently, I started traveling from one country to another, interviewing children and teenagers about life in the 21st century.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The project is called Kids on Earth. If you visit <a href="http://www.kidsonearth.org">www.kidsonearth.org</a>, you'll find some sample videos and some background information. If you visit <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/kidsonearth">www.vimeo.com/kidsonearth</a>, you'll find more than 60 video interview segments with students in Brazil, Ghana, Slovenia, England, Chile, Kosovo, Paraguay, Kentucky, West Virginia, and many other places. Everything is completely free (and always will be free): this is my contribution to global understanding.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am a Senior Scholar at The University of Pennsylvania in the USA. I'm part of the Positive Psychology Center. I am keenly interested in human progress, especially ideas from children and teenagers who will live their lives in the 21st century. I mention this in connection three project suggestions, below:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Project 1:</strong> Simply watch the videos, then find the places on the map, research the references to dance, foods, and so on. Find a recipe for Brazil feijoada, and make it at home. In other words, make connections.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Project 2:</strong> Participate more directly. I regularly interview children and teenagers, everyone, via Zoom. And now that so many households are familiar with Zoom, we can include many more interviews. Please use the contact form on <a href="http://www.kidsonearth.org">www.kidsonearth.org</a> to let me know that you're interested, and we can make plans via email.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Project 3</strong> (related to my work at The University of Pennsylvania): The world is changing, and in 2020, it seems to be changing faster than ever. Write about, talk about, draw about your vision of our global life in the future in 2030, 2050, and 2100. For example, where will people live (the population projections are widely available on the web, and fascinating)? And, which global issues must become our focus? -- the next global pandemic? clean food and water? eradicating poverty? educating everyone so they can make smarter decisions? (some of this ties back into the UN SDGs).</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Happy to talk further. Feel free to contact me about your specific project ideas.</span></p>
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Documentary film about the "global teenager"
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/documentary-film-about-the-global-teenager
2022-01-11T17:15:08.000Z
2022-01-11T17:15:08.000Z
Brady Calestro
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/BradyCalestro622
<div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m a documentary filmmaker who is speaking directly to you cool teachers outside the United States.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are facilitating asynchronous video correspondence between teenagers in different parts of the world. Kind of like a conversation by way of YouTube.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br/></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are three areas of focus –</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">academics, culture, and humor.</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your role would be in helping to create these videos (whatever that means to you).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commitment: One short video per week from</span> <b>February 1 - March 31. </b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WHY?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s important for young people to build friendships in different parts of the world. Most students cannot travel widely. They do, however, have access to the world at their fingertips. But as a former high school teacher, I’m well aware of the pitfalls in relying on social media. This is an opportunity for them to create deep friendships by exploring their hopes, fears, and dreams, under the supervision of big-hearted educators. In the process, everyone involved will be a part of a movie that celebrates the best part about schools – our students.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be a part of “Our School”.</span></p>
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<p><b>NEXT STEP:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Go to:</span> <a href="https://www.bradycalestro.com/our-school-documentary-project"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.bradycalestro.com/our-school-documentary-project</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Watch the videos with your students. What we are looking for is a creative response from one or more of your students, on video, preferably “in character”. But it could also be something like a student explaining what the video meant to them, or to volley a question back. Keep in mind we’re looking to keep a two month conversation going – one video exchange per week. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feel free to email or call with any other questions, or simply to confirm your interest. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brady Calestro, M.Ed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">brady.calestro@gmail.com</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.bradycalestro.com">www.bradycalestro.com</a></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York City, January 2022</span></i></p></div>
Canadian Gen-Z Filmmaker Brings Her Documentary and Workshop on Student Civic Engagement to Schools
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/canadian-gen-z-filmmaker-brings-her-documentary-and-workshop-on-1
2020-01-21T18:09:21.000Z
2020-01-21T18:09:21.000Z
M&K Slavner
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/MKSlavner
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Greetings!</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">We'd like to take a moment to introduce ourselves to this amazing global community!</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">My daughter, Kasha is a 21 year old filmmaker & recognized global youth leader. </font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>She founded <a href="https://www.theglobalsunriseproject.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Global Sunrise Project</a> which is a youth led media hub for social good.</span></font> <span>The purpose of the organization's mission is to create positive media which inspires & empowers purposeful youth civic engagement as global citizens.</span></div>
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<p dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>At 16, Kasha convinced me to let her take a year off school so she could travel the world for six months to film a documentary,</span> <a href="https://thesunrisestoryteller.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>The Sunrise Storyteller,</span></a> <span>about what it means to be a global citizen. The film,</span> <span>which she crowd-source funded, features inspirational & triumphant human stories of hope & resilience to shed light on how to make the world a better place. Through the power of her film, workshops and discussions, she is empowering students/youth to find their purpose & passion and inspire them to take action on the Sustainable Development Goals set out by the United Nations.</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>As the recipient of the Ontario Lieutenant Governor’s Community Service Award, with over 4000 hours of service, Kasha is a reliable source for helping other youth navigate their service learning.</span> <span>As a social entrepreneur she also has the unique insight on how to harness entrepreneurial skills to power social good. </span><span>In addition, she is the recipient of the</span> <a href="https://diana-award.org.uk/award/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>2019 Diana Award</span></a><span>, from the Diana Foundation (Princess of Wales) for her commitment to humanitarian & social action.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>Now, 21 years old Kasha Sequoia Slavner is a 9x UN Youth Delegate, Kim Phuc Youth Peace Award recipient & multi-award-winning documentary filmmaker who comes to the profession as a seasoned photographer, entrepreneur, and social justice advocate for over a decade.</span> <span>The Sunrise Storyteller</span> <span>is her first feature-length documentary, which she directed, filmed, scripted and edited. Since it’s World Premiere at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 2017, it has screened at 60+ festivals and won 28 awards, including the Ron Kovic Peace Prize and the Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Award. Kasha also was recently selected to present in the United Nations <a href="http://webtv.un.org/watch/international-day-of-peace-student-observance/6088198071001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Day of Peace Students' Observance</a> in New York this past September.</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Global Sunrise Project is now offering screenings of the documentary, workshops & her talk to middle, high school & university students.</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>We’d like to interest your school in an assembly or class screening of her 64 minute film</span> <span>followed by a 10-15 minute discussion/ Q&A with Kasha, herself. In addition, Kasha has developed a 60 and 90 minute workshop</span> <span>A GenZ’s Guide to Creating Social Change,</span> <span>which can be booked in addition or separately from the screening.</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>To watch the trailer:</span> <a href="https://vimeo.com/207300702" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>https://vimeo.com/207300702</span></a><span>. </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>For more information on how book our project, please email us at the address below.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>Kind regards,</span></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>Marla & Kasha</span></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>647-210-2220</span></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span>theglobalsunriseproject@gmail.com</span></font></p>
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Join our global and collaborative project that focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/join-our-global-and-collaborative-project-that-focuses-on-the
2018-06-18T06:36:08.000Z
2018-06-18T06:36:08.000Z
Barbara Anna Zielonka
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/BarbaraAnnaZielonka
<div><p><a href="https://bethechangetakethechallenge1819.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://bethechangetakethechallenge1819.wordpress.com/</a></p>
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Organize, innovate and manage your global projects with free ICT tools
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/organize-innovate-and-manage-your-global-projects-with-free-ict
2017-11-04T15:38:06.000Z
2017-11-04T15:38:06.000Z
Barbara Anna Zielonka
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/BarbaraAnnaZielonka
<div><p><span><strong>Your Name and Title</strong>:Barbara Anna Zielonka</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>School or Organization Name</strong>: Nannestad High School</span><br/> <br/> <span>Co-Presenter Name(s):-</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong> Norway</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>Language in Which You Will Present</strong>: English</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong> Teachers interested in collaborative and connected learning</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong> This session will explore the most effective and user-friendly ICT tools that teachers and students could use in order to organize, innovate and manage their projects.</span><br/> <br/> <strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong></p>
<p>A global collaboration project doesn't just happen overnight. Like any successful project, it requires excellent planning, innovative ideas, clear goal and must-have tools for digital collaboration and communication. In this session, we will explore the benefits of learning in a global classroom and becoming a global educator. We will also look at some of the digital tools that I have found beneficial to connecting with schools around the world. </p>
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<div><p>1.4W's ( <span>Who, Where, What, When)</span></p>
<p>2.Creating a global classroom ( what are the benefits of learning in a global classroom?)</p>
<p>3.Becoming a global educator ( why teaching global competencies is a must?)</p>
<p>4.Collaborative tools (FlipGrid/ Adobe Sparks/ Menti)</p>
<p>5.Communication tools (Loomio/Padlet/)</p>
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<p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153812063?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Global Education Conference 2017.ppt</a></p></div>
Mural Venture Project
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/mural-venture-project
2018-02-09T14:10:08.000Z
2018-02-09T14:10:08.000Z
Kevin Oliver
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/KevinOliver
<div><p>A U.S. teacher in Raleigh named Cori Greer-Banks is looking for non-U.S. teachers to join her on a "mural venture" global project, using FlipGrids to examine murals in their respective cities or towns. Details can be viewed here: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ya24szl4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://tinyurl.com/ya24szl4</a> FlipGrid topics here: <a href="https://flipgrid.com/Muralventure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://flipgrid.com/Muralventure</a></p>
<p>Contact her if interested at: cori@exploris.org</p>
<p>Thanks, Kevin</p></div>
Kings of Collaboration
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/kings-of-collaboration
2017-11-05T21:35:07.000Z
2017-11-05T21:35:07.000Z
janet zanetis
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/janetzanetis
<div><p><br/> <span>Your Name and Title: Jan Zanetis, Managing Director</span><br/> <br/> <span>School or Organization Name: Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration</span><br/> <br/> <span>Co-Presenter Name(s): Sean Forde, Ralph Krauss, Peter Paccone</span><br/> <br/> <span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: U.S. and Italy</span><br/> <br/> <span>Language in Which You Will Present: English</span><br/> <br/> <span>Target Audience(s): Educators</span><br/> <br/> <span>Short Session Description (one line): Meet 3 educators devoted to connecting their students to people and places from around the world with the goal of building global awareness and competence for students.</span><br/> <span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): This is a panel discussion that will be led by Jan Zanetis. The panel will consist of 3 educators representing different age groups and locations, Each cover a different grade level and focus of interest but all use powerful web-based tools that allow their students to interact with others in real time. Come see how they accomplish miracles! </span></p>
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<li>Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.</li>
<li>Students use collaborative technologies to work with others across the world, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.</li>
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<li>Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.</li>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top"><p>Attendees will learn how each of the panelists finds interesting partners, experts and classrooms to connect their students to for a face to face conversation. We will review the various social media tools they use to find partners as well as to celebrate their projects. We will learn about various communication technologies that these educators use to connect to others. Attendees will gain the knowledge and tools they need to begin their own global collaborative projects around areas of current events, world issues and cultural exchange.</p>
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From Carmen Sandiego to Kids on Earth
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/kids-on-earth
2017-10-27T15:42:10.000Z
2017-10-27T15:42:10.000Z
Howard Blumenthal
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/HowardBlumenthal
<div><p>Howard Blumenthal, Visiting Scholar, Annenberg / UPenn<br/> <br/> School or Organization Name: The Annenberg School for Communication at The University of Pennsylvania<br/> <br/> Co-Presenter Name(s): None<br/> <br/> Area of the World from Which You Will Present: United States (Philadelphia)<br/> <br/> Language in Which You Will Present: English<br/> <br/> Target Audience(s): K-12 educators, and people who believe that this generation of children and teens will be both connected and global.<br/> <br/> Short Session Description (one line): Let’s pay attention to the needs of children and teenagers in the new global, connected world.<br/> <br/> Full Session Description (as long as you would like): Although the media marketplace has never offered more products and services to younger children, public television service ends at age nine. The internet presents an opportunity to super-serve children and teenagers (roughly 9-16), and the need for social-emotional learning, and STEAM/STEM learning has never been more profound. I am the creator and producer of the popular 1990s PBS series, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, and my interest in helping young people become global citizens continues to grow. That’s why I have begun to interview kids in different parts of the world, to build an international community based in cross-cultural learning, and if things go well, large-scale altruism as the kids with advantages help those without. It’s the start of what is, so far, a small effort now connecting three continents. I will describe what we have accomplished so far, what we plan to do and how we plan to do it, and l hope you will share your ideas and experiences.<br/> <br/> Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="http://www.kidsonearth.org">www.kidsonearth.org</a></p></div>
Job Posting: Director of Educator Development, World Leadership School
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/job-posting-director-of-educator-development-world-leadership
2017-03-09T21:38:27.000Z
2017-03-09T21:38:27.000Z
Jennifer D. Klein
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/JenniferDKlein
<div><p>It is with both sadness and excitement that I am moving on from my position at <a href="http://worldleadershipschool.com" target="_blank">World Leadership School</a>, as of July 2017, to become Head of School at Gimnasio Los Caobos in Colombia. We are seeking an incredible global educator, with a strong background in student-centered learning strategies (specifically project-based learning), to take the reins full time! Please see the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5p4thQhAruNTndrTHpkNjJ1WjQ/view" target="_blank">full job posting</a> if you are interested in applying.</p>
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<p>I will remain tied into the #GlobalEd community and the conference network, of course, but am hoping this network might produce a few exceptional candidates to take my place in the organization.</p></div>
Global Resources
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/global-resources
2017-09-13T09:58:26.000Z
2017-09-13T09:58:26.000Z
Christine Farrell
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/ChristineFarrell138
<div><p>We have created a range of content rich, world themed resources that look to bring a joined up approach to education and bring the United Nations sustainable development goals to life and help inspire young people everywhere to get involved and be the change.</p>
<p>We are actively seeking partners to work with us so that our resources can be developed and translated ready for use across the global market. </p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153808271?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1WorldNews Issue 4.pdf</a></p></div>
Foundations of Global Learning: Creating Global Citizens in the First-Year Experience
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/foundations-of-global-learning-creating-global-citizens-in-the
2017-08-16T14:09:23.000Z
2017-08-16T14:09:23.000Z
Shelbee R. NguyenVoges
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/ShelbeeRNguyenVoges
<div><p><b>Your Name and Title: </b>Dr. Shelbee NguyenVoges, Associate Professor of Education</p>
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<p><b>School or Organization Name: </b>Kennesaw State University</p>
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<p><b>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</b> Georgia, USA</p>
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<p><b>Language in Which You Will Present:</b> English</p>
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<p><b>Target Audience(s):</b> Higher education instructors, Professional development specialists, administrators, students in transition, academic developers</p>
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<p><b>Short Session Description (one line):</b> The focus of this session is concerned with how undergraduate students utilize knowledge about their community and the world around them as a foundation for learning both in the first-year experience, but also in classes beyond the first year and beyond college in general. Specifically, this session underscores how learning about the local and global interdependence of complex contemporary issues creates mindful and engaged global citizens.</p>
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<p><b>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): </b>Undergraduate first-year learners who enter the higher education learning environment encounter a fairly stark transition as they navigate the shifting threshold from pedagogy to andragogy. These students navigate both academic and social adjustment in a context that may be a sharp contrast to their k-12 experiences and may often need intentional instructional interventions to alleviate overwhelming stress, address logistical concerns, and create new networks of cultural and social capital. According to survey data from the American College Freshmen, only about a third of students report having a rudimentary understanding of the underlying issues impacting the world like climate change, social justice issues of race/class/gender, immigration, and the exponential evolution of information, knowledge, and technology.</p>
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<p>The learner exists within an always-evolving global and social environment. The task of developing new and innovative strategies to build global citizens within student-centered approaches becomes quite difficult when each student makes sense of their owl local/global connection within individual frames. The focus of inquiry examines how first-year students learners, who are just now entering into higher education, make meaning about the global and local interdependence of contemporary issues in an effort to promote deep and transformative leaning.</p>
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Global Competence Certificate Course Registration Deadline January 10
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/global-competence-certificate-course-registration-deadline
2016-12-21T21:56:49.000Z
2016-12-21T21:56:49.000Z
Jennifer Lofing Boyle
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/JenniferLofingBoyle
<div><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The <a href="http://globalcompetencecertificate.org/">Global Competence Certificate</a> was launched in 2014 with the goal of increasing the number of educators professionally trained to teach for global competence. <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">GCC courses prepare educators to better understand global issues, teach for global competence, and facilitate students' development as globally informed, engaged citizens.</span></span> As the program grew, there was a demand from teachers to enroll in single courses. In 2016, we introduced that option.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The next session of GCC courses will run January 23 - March 19, 2017. <strong><a href="http://globalcompetencecertificate.org/course-registration/" target="_blank">Register by January 10</a></strong> for the following courses:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Dialoguing in Global Education</strong></span> (<span class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">January 23 - March 19</span></span>)</span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Many K-12 educators are struggling to talk with students about creating more inclusive communities and classrooms. If you’re looking for a supportive cohort to build your skills fostering effective dialogue around cross-cultural communication and inclusion, enroll in Dialoguing in Global Education.</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Digital Pedagogy</strong></span> (<span class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">January 23 - March 19</span></span>)</span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Are you looking for inspiration on using technology to help students learn in new ways? Digital Pedagogy is designed to expand teachers' repertoire while considering how changes in pedagogy shape knowledge around global education.</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Introduction to Global Competence</strong></span> (<span class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">January 23 - March 19</span></span>)</span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The world is becoming more interconnected and interdependent all the time. Why is this happening and how can you help your students shape their role in the world? In Introduction to Global Competence, teachers examine the complex globalizing factors transforming the world while building a framework for a pedagogical outlook based on global competence.</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Poverty</strong></span> (<span class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">January 23 - March 19</span></span>)</span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Would you like to build a more nuanced understanding of economic inequality and poverty, while deepening your knowledge of the causes and consequences of global poverty? In the Poverty course, participants explore these questions and review ways to help students approach this daunting topic with empathy and humility.</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Sustainability & Environment</strong></span> (<span class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">January 23 - March 19</span></span>)</span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Environmental stewardship has never been more critical, and engaging students in discussion on creating a sustainable path forward for our planet is essential. If you’re looking for inspiration on teaching sustainability, consider enrolling in Sustainability & Environment.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;" class="font-size-3">Visit the <a href="http://globalcompetencecertificate.org/course-registration/" target="_blank">GCC Course Registration page</a> for more information and to register.</span></p></div>
What Does Global Competency Look Like for Our Youngest Global Citizens--Toddlers and Preschoolers?
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/what-does-global-competency-look-like-for-our-youngest-global
2016-11-10T00:01:25.000Z
2016-11-10T00:01:25.000Z
Susannah Wheelwright
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/SusannahWheelwright
<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong><br/> Susannah Wheelwright</p>
<p>(former World Geography teacher, now stay-at-home mom)</p>
<p><br/> <strong>School or Organization Name:</strong><br/> <br/> <strong>Co-Presenter Name(s):</strong><br/> <br/> <strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong></p>
<p>Boston, MA<br/> <br/> <strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong><br/> English</p>
<p><br/> <strong>Target Audience(s):</strong><br/> Parents, Teachers</p>
<p><br/> <strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong></p>
<p>How do we provide our youngest learners with the tools they need to be competent global citizens? <br/> <br/> <strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong></p>
<p>How do we provide our youngest learners with the tools they need to be competent global citizens? What does global competency look like at this level? What knowledge and skills will give them a solid foundation with which to be active and aware participants in their own global learning? <strong> </strong></p>
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<p>As a world geography teacher to 11 and 12-year-olds and now a stay-at-home mom, how can I provide my 2 1/2-year-old daughter with the experiences, knowledge, and skills she needs to be a global citizen? This session will consist of personal stories of global learning experiences as well as conversation and discussion about global competency for this age group. </p>
<p><br/> <strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong></p></div>
The 5 SIMPLE step- process for mastering global project- based learning experiences
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/the-5-simple-step-process-for-mastering-project-based-learning
2016-10-15T14:51:48.000Z
2016-10-15T14:51:48.000Z
Kyle Wagner
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/KyleWagner
<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> Kyle Wagner. Futures Academy Coordinator at The International School of Beijing<br/> <br/> <strong>School or Organization Name:</strong> International School of Beijing<br/> <br/> <strong>Co-Presenter Name(s):</strong> n/a<br/> <br/> <strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong> San Diego, California<br/> <br/> <strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong> English<br/> <br/> <strong>Target Audience(s):</strong> Curriculum coordinators, teacher leaders, edtech coordinators <br/> <br/> <strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong> This session will teach novice to advanced educators the simple, 5-step project- design process for creating rigorous, engaging and real- world PBL experiences for students. <br/> <br/> <strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong> Project- based learning, when done correctly has a profound impact on the learning of our students. It connects them to their passions, the real world, global community and work that matters while also allowing for the rigorous acquisition of content standards. The problem is that too often project based experiences fall short of their desired impact. It's not the fault of the practice itself, but a lack of understanding in project design. Join expert practitioner Kyle Wagner, a former Project Based Leader at High Tech High and coordinator of Futures Academy, as he simplifies the project design process into 5 steps. These are the same 5 steps he has used to get students to create small businesses, connect with local schools, publish their own books, and engineer design solutions for environmental problems. You will learn:</p>
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<p>* How to come up with the topic for your project- based experience</p>
<p>* How to involve global collaborators</p>
<p>* How to envision the final product</p>
<p>* How to craft your driving question</p>
<p>* How to incorporate rigorous standards</p>
<p>* How to engage students in their own learning <br/> <br/> Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/kwagssd3/master-global-project-based-learning-in-5-simple-steps" target="_blank">Slide-deck: Master global project- based learning in 5 simple steps</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QJTp-xxrxU" target="_blank">Project- Based Learning in Futures Academy</a> </p>
<p>(shows the program I coordinated and the result of good project- based learning practice)</p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153804256?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DSC_2358 copy.jpg</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153804852?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inside Flap.jpg</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153805059?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page 1 present.jpg</a></p></div>
Creating Global Competency by Infusing Media Asset Projects into Your Classroom
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/creating-global-competency-by-infusing-media-asset-projects-int-4
2016-10-28T16:57:47.000Z
2016-10-28T16:57:47.000Z
Darla Kay Hill
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/DarlaKayHill822
<div><p>Your Name and Title: Darla Kay Hill, M.A., M.S.<br/><br/>School or Organization Name: Immersive Wave LLC<br/><br/>Co-Presenter Name(s):<br/><br/>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Michigan, USA<br/><br/>Language in Which You Will Present: English<br/><br/>Target Audience(s): K-20 educator and / or administrators <br/><br/>Short Session Description (one line): </p>
<div class="page" title="Page 22"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>Creating Global Competency by Infusing Media Asset Projects into Your Classroom </p>
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<p><br/>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Infusing the creation of global digital projects into your curriculum encourages students learn about the topic in r</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">eference to the rest of the globe.</span></p>
<div class="page" title="Page 22"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>Abstract: Opportunities for collaborating and connecting globally are possible with successful uses of technology. The creation of digital projects can lead to opportunities for global collaboration between students and also between teachers as ideas are exchanged and projects are researched. Issues that effect students in one part of the world<br/> can also effect students in other parts of the world. By creating digital projects – often solutionary in nature - and extending the research for the topics of such projects to the global arena, students have the opportunity to learn about different cultures. Such projects can become part of a student’s e-portfolio.</p>
<p>Session Objectives: (1) Identify technology tools to use to encourage global competency amongst students. (2) Identify examples of possible digital projects that can be infused into either existing or new curriculum. (3) Understand the benefits of connecting their students with students from other parts of the globe. </p>
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<p><br/>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.immersivewave.com">http://www.immersivewave.com</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darlakayhill">https://www.linkedin.com/in/darlakayhill</a></span></p></div>
Global Service Learning
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/global-service-learning
2016-08-30T22:55:13.000Z
2016-08-30T22:55:13.000Z
Tracy Brady
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/TracyBrady713
<div><p><span>Your Name and Title: Tracy Brady French/Spanish Teacher</span><br/> <br/> <span>School or Organization Name: Hastings High School</span><br/> <br/> <span>Co-Presenter Name(s):</span><br/> <br/> <span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: USA</span><br/> <br/> <span>Language in Which You Will Present: English</span><br/> <br/> <span>Target Audience(s): Teachers - All levels</span><br/> <br/> <span>Short Session Description (one line): Learn about opportunities to connect your students globally to be change makers.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): Global Service Learning Projects combine the transdisciplinary skills of STEM with the empathy-building nature of effecting change for the greater good. This session will offer numerous ways you can connect and connect your students, as well as strategies to launch a Global Service Learning Project.</span><br/> <br/> <span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="http://changingmyrealmofcontrol.blogspot.com">http://changingmyrealmofcontrol.blogspot.com</a></span></p></div>
The Power of Possibility: How Teaching the Future Promotes Student Agency in a Globally Connected World
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/the-power-of-possibility-how-teaching-the-future-promotes-student
2016-09-02T20:26:57.000Z
2016-09-02T20:26:57.000Z
Peter Bishop
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/PeterBishop
<div><p><b>Your Name and Title:</b> Dr. Peter Bishop, Executive Director<br/> <br/> <b>School or Organization Name:</b> Teach the Future, Inc.<br/> <br/> <b>Co-Presenter Name(s):</b> Katie King, Teach the Future; Erica Bol, Teach the Future EU; Samantha Cocco-Klein, UNCIEF Policy Planning Unit, Division of Data, Research and Policy<br/> <br/> <b>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</b> USA<br/> <br/> <b>Language in Which You Will Present:</b> English<br/> <br/> <b>Target Audience(s):</b> Teachers and Administrators<br/> <br/> <b>Short Session Description (one line):</b> We can and should teach the future to promote student agency in a globally connected world.<br/> <br/> <b>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</b> </p>
<p>One of the best predictors of academic success is how much hope students have for the future, yet they are rarely given the skills to realistically and creatively think about the future or to take action toward a better future amid the complex forces of change. Teach the Future, a nonprofit whose mission is to bring foresight into schools around the world, is working with teachers to change that and to bring futures thinking to every student.</p>
<p>This session will highlight the rationale for incorporating foresight into the existing curriculum, provide examples of how that has been done in an international setting, including UNICEF’s early planning and pilot efforts, and offer resources and tools to help educators begin to teach the future.</p>
<p><br/> <b>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</b> <a href="http://www.teachthefuture.org/">www.teachthefuture.org</a></p></div>
Smithsonian-Cricket Media Global Kids Invention Challenge
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/smithsonian-cricket-media-global-kids-invention-challenge
2016-02-02T19:22:31.000Z
2016-02-02T19:22:31.000Z
Susan McLester
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/SusanMcLester
<div><p>Hello everybody,</p>
<p>This year the Smithsonian-Cricket Media Kids Invention Challenge focuses on solutions to real-world health problems. It's such a great---and fun!---project-based learning activity. Please help spread the word.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153803655?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cricket Invent Challenge release 2016.docx</a></p></div>
Creating Powerful Curriculum Using Student Experiences Jan 28
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/creating-powerful-curriculum-using-student-experiences-jan-28
2016-01-23T04:35:49.000Z
2016-01-23T04:35:49.000Z
Carole MCulloch
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/CaroleMCulloch
<div><p><strong>January Webinars from Know My World!</strong></p>
<p>Creating Powerful Curriculum Using Student Experiences is a 2-part webinar series that coaches educators in creating classroom projects and activities based on student experiences.</p>
<p>Through Know My World program examples and engaging exercises, webinar participants will explore the impact of integrating social, emotional and cultural experiences into their course content. Educators will learn about technology resources and lesson plans that incorporate student experiences into global conversations.</p>
<p><strong>Webinar participants will have an opportunity to implement one of the lesson sequences from this series and share the results of their students’ work at the OZeLive Conference in February 2016.</strong></p>
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<p>January 21 and 28 at 9:00 pm UTC+11 (Check <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Know+My+World%3A+January+Webinar+%232&iso=20160128T21&p1=240&ah=1" target="_blank">world clock conversions</a> here)</p>
<p>The first webinar introducing the concept has been <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-01-21.0235.M.E58F6EDFFA5FA3EDE727DCFB80FBD8.vcr&sid=2008350" target="_blank">Recorded here</a> - please review here</p>
<p>and plan to join us on January 28 for instructions on how to use the Lesson Sequence. Join us here:</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/29tyznz" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/29tyznz</a></p></div>
ePals Launches New Version of Global Education Platform
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/epals-launches-new-version-of-global-education-platform
2016-01-14T20:01:56.000Z
2016-01-14T20:01:56.000Z
Susan McLester
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/SusanMcLester
<div><p>Hi folks,</p>
<p>Just wanted you all to know that Cricket Media has put out a new and improved, <em>still free</em>, version of their safe global education platform, ePals. This is such a great way to open up your classroom to the world. Once I have some new user stories, I will share with you all. (I've attached the release).</p>
<p>Happy New Year!</p>
<p>Susan McLester</p>
<p><a href="mailto:susan@mclestercontent.com">susan@mclestercontent.com</a></p>
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<p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153803100?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ePALS NEW GLOBAL COMMUNITY PRESS RELEASE.docx</a></p></div>
Introduction to New Member Bob Manning, Global Studies Teacher and Owner of The Passport Club
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/introduction-to-new-member-bob-manning-global-studies-teacher-and
2016-08-07T17:57:33.000Z
2016-08-07T17:57:33.000Z
Bob Manning
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/BobManning323
<div><p>Hello!</p>
<p>I'm a Global Studies teacher in the state of Minnesota, USA. I have taught for 23 years and also started two businesses, Global Perspective (corporate training) and The Passport Club (geography enrichment program for elementary students). I've conducted workshops for business professionals and educators. I'm excited to meet like-minded educators who want to promote the development of globally competent students. I believe that, as educators, it's our responsibility to lay a foundation in global literacy during the formative years to ensure that children have time to develop the attitude, skills and knowledge needed for success in future. I look forward to connecting with you all!</p></div>
Global Education Magazine: International #Volunteer Day
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/global-education-magazine-international-volunteer-day
2015-12-05T15:00:15.000Z
2015-12-05T15:00:15.000Z
Global Education Magazine
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/GlobalEducationMagazine
<div><h1 style="font-style: italic; color: #666666; text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/global-education-magazine-13/" target="_blank">http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/global-education-magazine-13/</a></span></h1>
<h1 style="font-style: italic; color: #666666; text-align: center;">Download <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #666666 !important;" href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/Global-Education-Magazine-International-Volunteer-Day.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here</span></a></span></h1>
<p style="margin: 12px auto 6px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; display: block; text-align: center;"><a style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Global Education Magazine - International Volunteer Day on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/291974742/Global-Education-Magazine-International-Volunteer-Day">Global Education Magazine - International Volunteer Day</a></p>
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<h5 style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">.</span></h5>
<h5 style="text-align: right;">"All that is not given is lost"</h5>
<h5 style="text-align: right;">Indian Proverb</h5>
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<h5><span style="color: #993366;"><strong><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/ecological-social-footprint-challenge-global-citizenship/"><span style="color: #993366;">The Ecological and Social Footprint: A Challenge for Global Citizenship</span></a></strong></span></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #993366;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/la-huella-ecologica-social-desafio-para-la-ciudadania-mundial/"><span style="color: #993366;"><strong>La huella ecológica y social: un desafío para la ciudadanía mundial</strong></span></a></span></h5>
<h5 style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #000000;">Javier Collado Ruano, Director of Edition</span></h5>
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<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/international-volunteer-day/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>International Volunteer Day</strong></span></a></span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">,</span> Salimatou Fatty</strong></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/interview-ms-irina-bokova-director-general-unesco/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Interview with Ms. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO</strong></span></a></span></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/world-changing-you-volunteer/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>The World is Changing. Are you? Volunteer!</strong></span></a></span> <strong>Richard Dictus</strong></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/la-sonrisa-nomada-proyecto-voluntario-transcultural/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>La Sonrisa Nómada: un proyecto voluntario transcultural</strong></span></a></span><strong>, entrevista a Iván Doel y Diego Segade</strong></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/formar-docentes-para-la-integracion-regional-de-mercosur/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Formar Docentes para la integración regional de Mercosur</strong></span></a></span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">,</span> Paula Pogré</strong></h5>
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<h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em>ARTICLES</em></span></h4>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/?s=millennium+development+goals" target="_blank"><span style="color: #993300;">1st) Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Section:</span></a></span></h4>
<h5 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/global-citizenship-education-globalizing-culture-rights-responsibilities/"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>Global Citizenship Education: Towards Globalizing Culture of Rights & Responsibilities</strong></span></a>,</span> Sudha Sreenivasa Reddy</h5>
<h5 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/plugging-business-global-agenda-platform-environmental-investment/"><span style="color: #993300;">Plugging Business into the Global Agenda: the Platform for Environmental Investment,</span></a></span> </strong>PJ Marshall</h5>
<h5 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/european-refugee-crisis-embracing-spirit-volunteering/"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>European Refugee Crisis – Embracing the Spirit of Volunteering</strong></span></a>,</span> Athanasia Zagorianou, Keith Peter Kiely, and Papuc Patricia Casandra</h5>
<h5 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993300;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/residuos-solidos-la-cooperacion-internacional-entre-brasil-haiti/"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>Residuos Sólidos: La Cooperación Internacional entre Brasil y Haití</strong></span></a>,</span> Ana Verena Nascimentos de Menezes</h5>
<h5 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/fenomenologia-del-voluntariado-internacional/"><span style="color: #993300;">Fenomenología del Voluntariado Internacional,</span></a></span> </strong>José Manuel Fernández</h5>
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<h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/?s=global+education+" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">2nd) Global Citizenship Education Section:</span></a></span></h4>
<h5 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/educacion-para-la-ciudadania-la-convivencia-la-politica-de-ciudadania-global-de-la-secretaria-de-educacion-de-bogota/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Educación para la Ciudadanía y la Convivencia: la política de ciudadanía global de la Secretaría de Educación de Bogotá</strong></span></a></span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">,</span> Sara María Calad Patiño y Olga Lucía Vargas Riaño</strong></h5>
<h5 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/educar-para-cidadaniaglobal-partir-espaco-local-provocando-transformacoes-individuais-comunitarias-globais/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Educar para a cidadania global, a partir do espaço local: Provocando transformações individuais, comunitárias e globais</strong></span></a></span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">,</span> Madza Ednir.</strong></h5>
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Interview with Ms @IrinaBokova, Director-General of @UNESCO
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/interview-with-ms-irinabokova-director-general-of-unesco
2015-12-05T15:02:48.000Z
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>Javier Collado Ruano:</strong> Today, 5<sup>th</sup> December 2015, <strong><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/global-education-magazine-13/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333399;">International Volunteer Day</span></a></strong>, we give welcome to our special guess: <strong>Ms. Irina Bokova,</strong><strong> Director General of UNESCO</strong>. I have had the opportunity to dialogue with her during the <strong><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/unesco-forum-global-citizenship-education-gced-building-peaceful-sustainable-societies-preparing-post-2015/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333399;">2<sup>nd</sup> UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education</span></a></strong> celebrated in February of 2015 in Paris, where she became our <span style="color: #333399;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/honorary-membership/" target="_blank">Honorary Membership</a>, and during the <a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/world-education-forum-2015-adopts-declaration-future-global-education-2030/" target="_blank"><strong>World Education Forum</strong></a> of Incheon (South Korea) in May 2015.</span> Dear Ms. Bokova, thank you very much for sharing your time and reflections with all our readers. <strong>Six years after your election to the leadership of UNESCO, how would you assess the results? Would you say that UNESCO has a better role and a better place in the UN system today?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Irina Bokova:</strong> Like the <strong>United Nations,</strong> <strong>UNESCO</strong> is celebrating its <strong>70th anniversary</strong> this year. November 16 marked the official day of the adoption of our Constitution seven decades ago, which states that “since wars being in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men and women that the defences of peace must be constructed.” We had convened a Leaders’ Forum to celebrate, take stock and look forward. The Forum took place, but in an entirely different spirit, dedicated to all the victims of the brutal terrorist attack that struck Paris on 13 November – attacks against youth, against culture, against our shared values and our shared humanity. Every leader who took the floor stressed that UNESCO was more than ever a force for peace. President Hollande affirmed that UNESCO is the moral conscience of humanity and underlined our essential role in promoting the diversity of cultures, the pluralism of opinion and belief, and education as a driver of universal emancipation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I took office on a platform of new humanism, fostered through respect for diversity, human rights and dignity. This can only be advanced through universal access to quality education, through the realization of gender equality, through the sharing of knowledge in all fields to strengthen resilience, through the defence of freedom of expression for all, through protection of our cultural heritage – tangible and intangible.</p>
<blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">Today, more than ever, education, intercultural dialogue, science and freedom of expression are arms of resistance and resilience, sustainability and peace.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Today, UNESCO’s priorities are built firmly into the <strong>2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development</strong>, and I see this as a real accomplishment – the result of advocacy, negotiation and a global understanding that the soft power we stand for matters for peace, for building more just, equitable and inclusive societies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let me take the example of education. We have adopted a new vision that builds on lessons learned over the past decade and sets bold benchmarks: twelve years of free education for all, qualified and duly trained teachers in every classroom, attention to technical and vocational education and training, and focus on the very mission of education – to foster new forms of global citizenship and responsibility towards the entire human family and the planet.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We see this largely reflected in the new agenda for sustainable development adopted at the United Nations in New York in September.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">UNESCO has shaped this new vision that is now an integral part of the 2030 Agenda, with an ambitious, universal and comprehensive goal.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/2015-efa-gender-report/" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-8206 alignleft" src="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Education-for-All-2000-2015-global-education-magazine-300x225.png" alt="Education for All 2000-2015, global education magazine" width="300" height="225"/></a>JCR: According to the <a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/2015-efa-gender-report/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333399;">Education for All Gender Report</span></a> launched by UNESCO this year, less than half of countries have achieved gender parity in education. Why is so important to empower girls, young women and mothers to achieve a sustainable future?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>IB</strong>: First of all, because it is a fundamental human right, a matter of social justice and just as important, because investing in girls is the highest yielding and most sustainable investment any country can make.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The evidence is irrefutable, whether you look at the positive impact on poverty alleviation, child and maternal health, HIV prevention, later age of marriage, income, productivity, civic engagement.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The figures cited in the report demonstrate that we have to put far more political will, advocacy and resources into keeping girls in school – by acting on family poverty, on school safety, on teacher training, on curricula – so that education is emancipatory and empowering. There is no insurmountable obstacle.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We see the breakthrough that can happen with governments are committed, when they improve water and sanitation, run campaigns, implement school feeding programmes, increase the number of female teachers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Real equality is not just a numbers game – it requires a change in mindsets, in policies, in social norms, in beliefs. This is why, together with <strong>UN Women</strong> and <strong>UNFPA</strong>, <strong>UNESCO</strong> is launching a <strong>Joint Programme for the Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education</strong>, to focus on the most fragile transitions in the learning cycle and widen the lens to drive real change. We are taking a life cycle perspective that will strengthen the nexus between education, health, gender, equality and empowerment, working across ministers as well as with civil society organizations, in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.</p>
<blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">I am convinced that the face of sustainability and peace is that of a 12 year old girl who is not taken away into child marriage, who goes to school, in a safe and enabling environment, and who is given the confidence to make informed choices and decide on her future.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is the right and the world for which I am fighting.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>JCR: From ending poverty to ensuring healthy lives and taking urgent action to combat climate change, the 17 <a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/sustainable-development-goals/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333399;">Sustainable Development Goals</span></a> call for an unprecedented level of global solidarity, to leave no one behind.</strong><strong>What is the role of global citizenship education to achieve a transnational and transcultural consciousness about global problems?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>IB: Global citizenship</strong> is the third pillar of the UN Secretary-General’s <strong>Global Education First Initiative</strong>, launched in 2012 and taken forward by UNESCO with an engaged group of high level partners and champion countries. Simply put, global citizenship education has come of age and it is essential.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It goes to the essence of education’s mission – to show the way to living together, to promote mutual respect and understanding, pride in one’s identity and openness onto the world. More than ever today, we need to foster this sense of shared humanity and planet, and the responsibility it entails.</p>
<blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">Our globalized times call for <strong>global citizens</strong> and <strong>green citizens</strong> – versed in human rights, culturally literate, digitally literate, skilled for intercultural dialogue, capable of making a positive difference in their families and communities through daily gestures and actions. It is highly significant that global citizenship – and <strong>education for sustainable development</strong> – is included in the new Sustainable Development Goal on education. The 2030 Agenda calls for an “ethic of global citizenship”, for unprecedented global solidarity.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">UNESCO has taken an intellectual and a constructive approach, with the recent publication of topics and learning objectives for <strong>Global Citizenship Education</strong> to guide policy makers and curriculum developers. We will continue to place strong emphasis on this, because this is also the only way to counter violent extremism, to provide youth with the skills and maps they need to stand up for human rights, to reject ideologies of hate, to facilitate dialogue across all differences. And for this we have to support schools, parents and teachers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>JCR: What were the strategies adopted in the <a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/world-education-forum-2015-adopts-declaration-future-global-education-2030/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333399;">World Education Forum</span></a> celebrated in Incheon, Republic of Korea, for the next decades? What are the main challenges of UNESCO to face the <a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/sustainable-development-goals/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333399;">Sustainable Development Goals</span></a> led by the UN for 2030?</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NGO-world-education-forum-2015-irina-bokova-lailash-satyarthi-e1432116680312.jpg"><img class="wp-image-8265 size-full aligncenter" src="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NGO-world-education-forum-2015-irina-bokova-lailash-satyarthi-e1432116680312.jpg" alt="NGO world education forum 2015, irina bokova, lailash satyarthi" width="640" height="440"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">© GEM. From left to right: Refaat Sabbah, Irina Bokova, Monique Fouilhoux, Kailash Satyarthi, and Qian Tang.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>IB</strong>: We should not underestimate the historic reach and legacy of the <strong>World Education Forum</strong> – co-convened with six UN partners, and more recently with the International Labour Organization coming on board.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">At this Forum – attended by over 1600 participants, including 120 Ministers and many partners from civil society, academia, foundations, the private sector and other – the world spoke with one voice to affirm that education is a public good, a fundamental human right and a shared responsibility.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Together, in May, we agreed on one goal, namely to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In September, the 17 global goals were adopted, with one full-fledged goal on education that is universal and comprehensive, and reflects the vision that we have advocated for over the course of national, regional and global consultations and negotiations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A few months later, in November, in the margins of UNESCO’ General Conference, more than 180 Member States adopted <strong>the Education 2030 Framework for Action</strong> – this is an implementation guide for SDG 4. Never before has the world crafted such a detailed road-map for the implementation of a new goal.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Building capacities will be the name of the game – for systems, for teachers, for learners, so that no one is left behind and so that everyone draws lasting benefit from education. Legislative and policy frameworks have to be strengthened.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Policies have to be targeted towards equity, inclusion and gender equality. Measures have to be taken to improve and the quality and relevance of education at all ages. Emergency situations must be addressed with far more resolve. And finally, adequate resources must be mobilized to finance our ambitions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let me be clear that national governments are in the driver’s seat but the international community must support country-led action. The reality is that new funding is urgently needed to bridge the annual US$40 billion funding gap. Every country needs to meet the target of education receiving 6 percent of gross domestic product, and we need to reach the overall goal of education standing at 0.7% of official development assistance. This will call for political will and partnerships across social sectors to place education at the centre of development, because it is the most transformative force for prosperity, security and peace.</p>
<p><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>JCR: What is your opinion about the role of civil society to achieve “The Future that We Want”?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><img class=" wp-image-2878 alignleft" src="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/UNESCO-Director-General-Irina-Bokova-Global-Education-Magazine-199x300.png" alt="UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, Global Education Magazine" width="209" height="315"/>IB</strong>: We would not have the education agenda that was just adopted without the voice of civil society, and we will not be able to implement it without the experience, commitment and outreach of civil society. Civil society has a direct grip on the daily conduct of education, in communities, villages, cities and conflict zones. Through powerful networks and advocacy, civil society has a record of influencing legislative change, holding governments to account and making education a national and global cause, fuelling momentous progress since the World Education Forum in Dakar in 2000. This must continue. As global coordinator of the <strong>Education for All</strong> movement, and now mandated to continue with the coordination of SDG4, UNESCO has and will always ensure that civil society has a prominent place at the table, alongside Governments and other stakeholders. In 2014, the <strong>Nobel Peace Prize</strong> recognized the formidable and courageous role of civil society by awarding the prize jointly to <strong>Malala Yousafzai</strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/international-youth-day-interview-kailash-satyarthi-2014-nobel-peace-prize/" target="_blank">Kailash Satyarthi</a></strong>. They stand several generations apart but are driven by the same unshakeable conviction in education as a fundamental human right that should be enjoyed by every child, regardless of their circumstances.</p>
<blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">We need to forge ever strong alliances for the defence and implementation of new education goal.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The Education 2030 Framework for Action affirms the need for civil society to be actively engaged and involved at all stages, from planning through to monitoring and evaluation. Civil society has a critical role to play in social mobilization, raising public awareness, bringing marginalized voices to the centre, holding governments to account for their commitments, by scrutinizing spending, ensuring transparency in governance and budgeting, and developing innovative approaches to help advance the right to education, especially for the most disadvantaged.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>JCR: Finally, what message would you like to send to all our readers in the celebration of the <a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/global-education-magazine-13/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #333399;">International Volunteer Day</span></a>? How could we motivate them to improve our common planet?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>IB</strong>: UNESCO is not directly involved in the celebration of International Volunteer Day but let me say that we stand behind every action of solidarity that reaches the most marginalized and empowers them with the confidence, knowledge and skills to better their lives.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">These networks of solidarity are crucial everywhere – they foster social cohesion, enrich our lives and make our societies more generous, compassionate and resilient. Waves of positive change can be generated through very small actions, and each one of them matters, including to cope with the impact of <strong>climate change</strong>, and to protect our environment and planet.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Everyone has a stake in this, because we have to invent new models – of producing, consuming and living together.</p>
<blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">I saw this spirit of leadership expressed at the recent <strong>Youth Forum</strong> organized at UNESCO. Youth asserted their ambition to be a force for change, to increase intercultural exchanges, to act against injustice and discrimination, to improve the lives of all those who are marginalized.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">There are a myriad of initiatives going on everywhere and everyday around the world, driven by volunteers who give their time, ideas and talent to advocate, help, bring hope and change. <strong>Volunteerism</strong> brings personal enrichment and social change. It does not replace public responsibility but reinforces and complements it. Societies must give more recognition to the contribution of volunteers of all ages and showcase their achievements because they can have multiplier effects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is also the essence of new humanism, the ethos of co-responsibility and active citizenship that lies at the heart of living together and building more tolerant and sustainable societies that leave no one behind.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>JCR: Thank you very much for your time and inspiring words, dear Bokova. I am looking forward to see you again to learn more about your rich reflections and experiences.</strong></span></p>
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K-12 Global Art Exchange w/ Electronic Follow Up
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/k-12-global-art-exchange-w-electronic-follow-up
2015-10-29T14:50:26.000Z
2015-10-29T14:50:26.000Z
Paul Hurteau
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<div><p><strong><span>Name and Title:</span></strong> Paul Hurteau, Executive Director<br/><br/><strong><span><strong>Organization Name</strong>:</span></strong> OneWorld Classrooms<strong><br/><br/><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</span></strong> USA, East Coast<br/><br/><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong> English<strong><br/><br/><span>Target Audience(s):</span></strong> K-12 Teachers, Art Teachers, Technology Teachers, Librarians, OST Coordinators<br/><br/><strong>Short <span><strong>S</strong>ession Description (one line):</span></strong> The presentation will explain how classes/schools from around the world can participate in the Spring 2016 K-12 Global Art Exchange. <br/><br/><strong>Full <span><strong>S</strong>ession Description (as long as you would like):</span></strong> OneWorld Classrooms' Director Paul Hurteau will explain how classroom teachers, librarians, art teachers, technology teachers and OST coordinators can involve their students in the Spring 2016 K-12 Global Art Exchange. The program connects K-12 students from around the world through an exchange of original art and optional follow-up Skype, VoiceThread, Email or videoconference sessions through which participants share their cultures and explore their curricula together. This year's program has three themes, including one new STEAM theme. Sponsorship is available for schools in many countries around the world.<br/><br/>Websites <strong><span>/ URLs Associated with Your Session: </span></strong><span><a href="http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org">www.oneworldclassrooms.org</a>, <a href="http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org/programs/k12art/">www.oneworldclassrooms.org/programs/k12art/</a>, <a href="http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org/registration/global-art-exchange-registration/">http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org/registration/global-art-exchange-registration/</a></span></p></div>
In need of Danish Teachers as part of a Danish Education System Study--USA
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/in-need-of-danish-teachers-as-part-of-a-danish-education-system
2015-06-30T17:04:12.000Z
2015-06-30T17:04:12.000Z
Brittany Spatz
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/BrittanySpatz
<div><p>Please allow me to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Brittany Spatz, and I am currently an educator in a diverse middle school located in New Jersey, a north eastern state in America. Over the past five years, I have taught students from age 11 to 18 in the subjects of Literature and Technology.<br/><br/>Currently I am a master’s degree candidate at the University of Maryland, University College, studying Instructional Technology. As part of my program, I am conducting research on the Danish educational system, and, more specifically, how the country has used technology to further its educational goals. Already, I have been very impressed with your system, which I have both read about and learned about through close friends who live in Denmark.<br/><br/>I am intrigued by the holistic view of learning that is exhibited by the Danish system. After reading more about folkeskole, I cannot believe that each teacher is “required to prepare annual written student plans for all students at all levels” (Mortimore, 2009). This highly individualized and differentiated curriculum seems to best meet the needs of all learners. Our Danish friends had also explained that there are different pathways that a student can take to attain the same degree, a practice foreign to the American education system.<br/><br/>Similarly, while Denmark has adopted “new computer-based adaptive tests” you have managed to customize them “to the needs of the individual student, leading to easier or more difficult questions being presented” (Mortimore, 2009). This leads me to believe that testing is used to facilitate individual learning, opposed to penalize schools and teachers, as it is sometimes used in America. Finally, I was impressed to read that the Danish system is touted for encouraging more life-long learning.<br/><br/>In order to gain a more nuanced understanding of the role of technology, I am reaching out to set up an interview with you regarding your system. The interview, which could be conducted via email or set up using a video conference system such as Skype, would comprise the following questions:<br/><br/></p>
<blockquote>-In his article, Mortimore (2009) explained that student achievement data, “with the exception of national figures, are kept confidential and there is no right of public access to the information” (p. 53). Is this still the policy? Are these figures kept digitally by the government? Furthermore, how do schools use this data to help students achieve?<br/> <br/>-Knud Holch Andersen stated, “Denmark invests massively in education and we pride ourselves on having a worldclass IT infrastructure. But at the same time our educational system and the libraries fail to examine the connection between information supply, learning and the new digital reality” (2013, p. 1). Would you agree with this assessment? If not, what moves has the Danish government taken to help weave the IT and educational sectors?<br/> <br/>-The Danish system, according to Mortimore’s 2009 article, includes interdisciplinary. Is this still a customary practice? Have you striven to include technology as an element in this interdisciplinary study?<br/> <br/>-According to my personal friends, the Danish system prides itself on the use deep, challenging examinations to determine mastery of a subject. Is there a technological component to any of these examinations--both in the fields of technology and in traditional subjects? If not, do you anticipate technology ever being incorporated into these examinations? </blockquote>
<p><br/> <br/>Thank you so much, in advance, for your time and consideration. If you are willing to conduct an interview, please feel free to contact me using the mode that is easiest for you. I believe that the American educational system has many lessons to learn from Denmark. It is my hope to bring these lessons to light, as I continue on my path to be an educational leader. I will be working on this project until July 28, 2015. Therefore, if you are interested in working together, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can get started. <br/><br/>Sincerely,<br/><br/>Brittany Slusarcyzk Spatz</p>
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<p>References:<br/><br/>Andersen, K. (2013). Danish youth education en route to digital literacy. Scandinavian Library Quarterly. 46(1). Retrieved from <a href="http://slq.nu/?article=volume-46-no-1-2013-12" target="_blank">http://slq.nu/?article=volume-46-no-1-2013-12</a><br/><br/>Mortimore, P. (2009). Danish and English education systems: what lessons can we learn. Education Review. 21(2).47-59.</p></div>
Prof Javier Collado Ruano talking about Global Citizenship Education (UNESCO)
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/prof-javier-collado-ruano-talking-about-global-citizenship
2014-12-12T12:33:26.000Z
2014-12-12T12:33:26.000Z
Global Education Magazine
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<div><h1><span><em>Global Citizenship Education</em> for 2015: Strategies, Politics and Perspectives</span></h1>
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<br/> <a href="http://vimeo.com/113703167">Prof Javier Collado Ruano talking about Global Citizenship Education (UNESCO)</a> and<a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/educarparavivir/?p=514&lang=en" target="_blank"> <span>Rio+20</span></a></h5></div>
Let´s celebrate Human Rights together!
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/let-s-celebrate-human-rights-together
2014-12-11T12:11:26.000Z
2014-12-11T12:11:26.000Z
Global Education Magazine
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<div><p>One year ago we launched our special edition on Human Rights!<br/> <br/>
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<h3><i>Download the magazine <span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/Global%20Education%20Magazine%20Human%20Rights%20Day.pdf" target="_blank"><span>here</span></a></span></i></h3>
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<h2><span>IN MEMORIAM: NELSON MANDELA</span></h2>
<blockquote><p><span><span><span><b>We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.</b></span></span></span></p>
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<h6 align="justify"><span><span>AMANDLA! Global Education Magazine is based on a new awareness focused on ethics, solidarity and cooperation as essential values for the common future of humanity. A humanity which has a complex pluriculturalism, which is inherited from the same genetic code: cosmic-biological and cultural-historical, as we proceed from the same cosmic </span></span><span><span><i>post-Big Bang</i></span></span><span><span> evolution. Consequently, the anthropic cosmological principle, underlying in the existence of human life, implies making out a new collective and trans humanist horizon.</span></span></h6>
<h6 align="justify"><span><span>Headed for that horizon, Human Rights are a lighthouse and a reference point that helps 21st century sailors to understand the transnational values, autopoietic life, multidimensional dignity, transcultural equity, trans humanist solidarity, planetary coexistence, global peace, complex knowledge, and cosmic freedom more easily.</span></span></h6>
<h6 align="justify"><span><span>To achieve this, world-society needs a cognitive </span></span><span><span><i>molecular revolution</i></span></span><span><span> which correlates intelligence, thought, and consciousness as interdependent neurobiological base of the ecological understanding of the human spirit. In this sense, the common human evolution is a multireferential gnoseologic horizon which must respect the trans nature of the human nature: the quantum-cosmological consciousness.</span></span></h6>
<h6 align="justify">Global Education Magazine aims to create and disseminate specialized knowledge with multi, inter and transdisciplinary contents, with original works of research, studies, reviews and innovative experiences to improve management and practice of institutions and organizations with humanitarian and philanthropic educational activities. For that reason we promote <strong><a href="http://fundacioncopyleft.org/en" target="_blank">copyleft</a></strong> and <a href="http://creativecommons.org/" target="_blank">creative commons</a> for the dissemination of the magazine.</h6>
<blockquote><h4 align="justify">Global Education Magazine is destined to raise awareness, to develop critical thinking, and encourage the active participation of students in achieving global citizenship, solidarity, and committed to poverty eradication and sustainable human development.</h4>
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<h6 align="justify">Their preferred writers are come from educational scientific community with international projects, humanitarian and voluntary activities, as well as cooperation and development: Public and Private Educational Institutions, NGOs, Development and Cooperation Associations, International Volunteers, etc</h6>
<h6 align="justify">We have the followings publications in the current journal:</h6>
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<h5>PRESENTATIONS:</h5>
<h4><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/human-rights-cosmological-anthropic-principle-molecular-revolution-quantum-consciousness/" target="_blank"><span><b>Human Rights: From a Cosmological Anthropic Principle to the Molecular Revolution of Quantum Consciousness</b></span></a></span></h4>
<h4><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/derechos-humanos-del-principio-antropico-cosmologico-la-revolucion-molecular-de-la-consciencia-cuantica/" target="_blank"><span><b>Derechos Humanos: del principio antrópico cosmológico a la revolución molecular de la consciencia cuántica</b></span></a></span></h4>
<h5 align="right"><span><em>Javier Collado Ruano, Director of Global Education Magazine</em></span></h5>
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<h4><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/statement-fw-de-klerk-death-nelson-mandela/" target="_blank"><span>Statement by FW de Klerk on the Death of Nelson Mandela</span></a></span></h4>
<h4>SPECIAL: <span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/emerging-human-rights/" target="_blank"><span>Emerging Human Rights</span></a></span>. Ruth Marjalizo González</h4>
<h4><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/solidaridad-sin-fronteras-para-los-derechos-humanos-de-los-refugiados-entrevista-osvaldo-laport-embajador-de-buena-voluntad-de-acnur/" target="_blank"><span><b>“Solidaridad sin fronteras para los derechos humanos de los refugiados” </b>Entrevista a Osvaldo Laport, Embajador de buena voluntad de ACNUR</span>.</a><i><br/></i></h4>
<h4><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/interview-marta-benavides-human-rights-23rd-century-movement/" target="_blank"><span><b>Interview with Marta Benavides: <i>“Human Rights and 23rd Movement”</i></b></span></a></h4>
<h4><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/building-global-citizens-movement-world-citizens-movement-johannesburg-compass-questions-orientations/" target="_blank"><span>Building a Global Citizens Movement: Towards a World Citizens Movement. The Johannesburg Compass: Questions and Orientations</span></a></span></h4>
<h4><b><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/les-droits-de-lhomme-commencent-des-lenfance/" target="_blank"><span>Les droits de l’homme commencent dès l’enfance</span></a></span> / </b><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/education-human-rights-begins-childhood/" target="_blank"><span>Education about Human Rights begins in Childhood</span></a></span></h4>
<h5>Sonia Colasse</h5>
<h4><i>ARTICLES</i></h4>
<h3 align="justify"><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/?s=millennium+development+goals" target="_blank"><span><i>1</i><sup><i>st</i></sup><i>) </i><strong><i>Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations Section:</i></strong></span></a></span></h3>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/reversibility-economic-social-cultural-rights-crisis-contexts/" target="_blank"><span>The Reversibility of Economic Social and Cultural Rights in Crisis Contexts</span></a></span>. <b><i>Felipe Gómez Isa</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/collaborative-proposal-development-sustainable-communities/" target="_blank"><span>Collaborative Proposal Development Towards Sustainable Communities</span></a></span>. <b><i>James Furze, Quanmin Zhu and Feng Qiao</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/livelihoods-empowerment-case-study-burmese-refugees-thailand/" target="_blank"><span>Livelihoods and Empowerment: A Case Study of Burmese Refugees in Thailand</span></a></span>.<b><i> Dana MacLean</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/dadaab-refugees-fear-repatriation-deny-freedom-university-education/" target="_blank"><span>Dadaab Refugees Fear Repatriation will deny them the Right and Freedom to University Education</span></a></span>. <b><i>Mugo Mugo</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/special-case-primary-education-children-disabilities-india-legally-lacking/" target="_blank"><span>The Special Case of the Right to Primary Education of Children with Disabilities in India: Legally Lacking</span></a></span>. <b><i>Payel Rai Chowdhury</i></b></h5>
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<h3><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/?s=global+education+" target="_blank"><span><i>2</i><i>nd</i><i>) Global Education Section:</i></span></a></span></h3>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/augmenting-human-rights-human-responsibilities/" target="_blank"><span>Augmenting Human Rights with Human Responsibilities</span></a></span>. <b><i>Sue L. T. McGregor</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/observatorio-da-educacao-direitos-humanos-cidadania-violencia-uma-estrategia-para-articulacao-da-pos-graduacao-educacao-basica-formacao-continuada-dos-profissionais-da-educacao/" target="_blank"><span>Observatório da Educação Direitos Humanos, Cidadania e Violência: uma estratégia para a articulação da Pós-graduação com a Educação Básica e Formação Continuada dos Profissionais da Educação</span></a></span>. <b><i>José Cláudio Rocha e Denise A. B. Freitas Rocha</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/education-refugee-livelihood/" target="_blank"><span>The Value of Education for Refugee Livelihood</span></a></span>. <b><i>Callixte Kavuro</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/instilling-global-citizenship-international-school-network/" target="_blank"><span>Instilling Global Citizenship within the International School Network</span></a>.</span> <b><i>Adam Carter</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/art-compassion-natural-life/" target="_blank"><span>The Art of Compassion in Natural Life</span></a></span>. <b><i>Rashmi Chandran</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/great-american-bull-challenge/" target="_blank"><span>The Great American NO BULL Challenge</span></a></span>.<b><i> Scott Hannah</i></b></h5>
<h3><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/?s=transversal+studies" target="_blank"><span><i>3</i><sup><i>rd</i></sup><i>) Transversal Studies Section:</i></span></a></span></h3>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/counter-terrorism-legislation-fundamental-rights/" target="_blank"><span>Counter-Terrorism Legislation and Fundamental Rights</span></a></span>. <b><i>Vanja Grujic</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/informational-self-determination-state-international-human-education/" target="_blank"><span>Right to Informational Self-Determination of The State and The International Human Right to Education</span></a></span>. <b><i>Mariann Rikka</i></b></h5>
<h5><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/islamic-attire-religious-symbol-obstacle-womens-rights/" target="_blank"><span>Islamic Attire: Religious Symbol or an Obstacle to Women’s Rights?</span> </a><b><i>Athanasia Zagorianou</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/internet-speech-free-not/" target="_blank"><span>Internet Speech: Is It Free or Not?</span></a></span> <b><i>Alexia Kapsampeli</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/literacy-education-traditions-continuity-secondary-higher-schooling/" target="_blank"><span>Literacy Education Traditions: The Continuity of Secondary and Higher Schooling</span></a></span>. <b><i>Elena V. Hetman</i></b></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/estrutura-harmonica-cravo-concerto-italiano-971-de-bach-visualizando-relacao-fisica-musica-ensino-desta-ciencia/" target="_blank"><span>Estrutura harmônica do cravo no Concerto Italiano-971 de Bach: visualizando a relação Física e Música, no ensino desta ciência</span></a>.</span> <b><i>Pedro Javier Gómez Jaime</i></b></h5>
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<h4><i>In addition, we also have other interesting letters with useful information:</i></h4>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/kids-kenya/" target="_blank"><span>Forever Kids Kenya</span></a></span></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/moving-national-histories-introducing-historiana-portal/" target="_blank"><span>Moving Beyond the National Histories. Introducing Historiana – Your Portal to the Past</span></a></span>. EUROCLIO</h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/compromisos-internacionales-con-los-derechos-humanos-en-el-contexto-de-vih-accion-solidaria-en-vihsida-acsol-venezuela/" target="_blank"><span>Compromisos internacionales con los Derechos Humanos en el contexto de VIH. Acción Solidaria en VIH/Sida (AcSol) — Venezuela</span></a></span></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/online-model-united-nations-promoting-global-citizenship-inclusiveness-mun/" target="_blank"><span>Online Model United Nations: Promoting Global Citizenship and Inclusiveness in MUN</span></a></span>. Lisa Martin</h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/appel-international-mapex-lutte-contre-la-pauvrete/" target="_blank"><span>Appel International: Mapex Lutte contre la Pauvrete</span></a></span>. Jean-Philippe PANCRATE</h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/ego-place-the-classroom/" target="_blank"><span>Ego Has no Place in the Classroom</span></a></span>. Leslie Hooks</h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/lets-stand-up-global-education-song-song-celebrate-inclusion-diversity/" target="_blank"><span>Let’s Stand Up: Global Education through Song. A song to celebrate inclusion and diversity</span></a></span>. ONE MORE TIME</h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/migrants-matter/" target="_blank"><span>Migrants Matter</span></a></span></h5>
<h5><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/montana-educator-entrepreneur-awaraded-2013-purpose-prize-fellowship/" target="_blank"> <span>“Montana Educator and Entrepreneur Awaraded 2013 Purpose Prize Fellowship”</span></a></h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/human-women-grey-stand/" target="_blank"><span>Human Right of Women a Grey Stand</span></a></span>. Rita Eluwade</h5>
<h5><span><a href="http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/true-nature/" target="_blank"><span>Your True Nature</span></a></span>. Cheri Isgreen</h5></div>
Participate in "A Day in the Life" exchange
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/participate-in-a-day-in-the-life-exchange
2015-03-14T19:52:04.000Z
2015-03-14T19:52:04.000Z
Elaine Wrenn
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/ElaineWrenn
<div><p>After comparing and contrasting the different lives of children from around the world, the second graders at Echo Horizon School worked together to create a video to show other people from around the world what the day-to-day life is for second graders at Echo Horizon. The kids brainstormed topic ideas as a whole class and then worked in small groups to write, film, and edit each section using iMovie on their iPads.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.echohorizon.org/Page/1676">http://www.echohorizon.org/Page/1676</a> </p>
<p>How can you participate?</p>
<p>1. watch their video with your class and share with us about where you are from and some similarities and differences between life at your school and ours. We would love to get some responses from kids around the world!</p>
<p>2. You can also make a video about a day in the life at your school and send us a link as we would love to learn more about kids around the world. If we receive links to other videos, we will post them on our website or possibly compile them into a book so that you can view the videos from other schools.</p></div>
Connecting Your Classroom to the World
https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/connecting-your-classroom-to-the-world
2015-05-01T13:36:36.000Z
2015-05-01T13:36:36.000Z
Lucy Gray
https://actionableinnovations.global/members/LucyGray
<div><p>Here's another article that I recently authored on <a href="http://edtech.about.com/od/Instructional-Strategies/tp/Connecting-Your-Classroom-to-the-World.htm" target="_blank">Connecting Your Classroom to the World</a>. I've provided information on why developing global competence in our students is important and for getting started with fostering global classroom connections. Again, I've also compiled <a href="https://www.evernote.com/pub/lucygray/globalresources" target="_blank">links to a plethora of resources in Evernote</a>. Comments and feedback appreciated; let me know if there's anything I should add to this Evernote collection of global resources. </p></div>