Welcome to the session on November 15th at 1:00PM EST
This session will discuss the use of the Bizworld program designed for K-12 students as part of teacher training in the college classroom.
What is the presentation about?
There is a clear need for pedagogical approaches that promote global communication and collaboration. The author has an extensive history of experimentation with techniques for achieving these outcomes, working through cross-national collaborations and integrated online programming. This presentation discusses the outcomes of a classroom experience using a program designed to develop 21st century skills through project learning around economics instruction for K-12 learners. The program is Bizworld, a project of a foundation by the same name. This presentation examines the use of Bizworld in a college classroom for preparing teacher candidates, evaluating the experience according to its success in achieving the goals of teaching economics, communication and collaborative skills. The pilot effort now creates a basis for a next step, using Bizworld as the basis for an international project collaboration between participating college classrooms. The beauty of this project is that teacher candidates sharing this experience can subsequently employ Bizworld or other programs in their own future K-12 classrooms with global partners. Such collaborations through this program are useful in a globalized world where issues of enterprise and economics are central both to conventional ideas of development and alternative views of sustainable development. The skills in communication and collaboration as well as the ability to integrate technology and the awareness of the wonderful potential for global collaborative learning are all addressed.
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