Next Friday is our 4th annual Global Leadership Summit at ASCD's #empower19 conference in Chicago! We're excited to welcome school leaders from all over the world as we explore the potential for fostering student agency in schools.
Here’s what you need to know:
- It's not too late to register here bit.ly/join19!
- Find our Summit program, resources for connecting your classroom to the world, and a global community of educators and organizations here: http://bit.ly/GLSsummit2019.
- These organizations are also participating in the Global Resource Fair at the Summit.
- #TeachSDGs is hosting a meetup after our Global Leadership Summit on Friday as well! Register here if you will be in the Chicago area: http://bit.ly/2TAYUyE
- Participate virtually in the Global Leadership Summit by joining groups in our community and by following the hashtags #globaled19 and #empower19 .
Here are other opportunities we've noticed recently...
- Did you know that students all over the world are organizing action on the topic of climate change this Friday? Read more about this strike here: http://bit.ly/2TFHssF
- Speaking of climate change, teach about climate change with these 24 New York Times graphs: https://nyti.ms/2TKxdmQ .
- Here’s a running list of action on combatting plastic pollution from National Geographic: https://on.natgeo.com/2TE010x .
- Participate in the Global Survey on Sustainability and the SDGs: http://bit.ly/2J3p9K8.
- The Global Oneness Project has a new collection of content featuring Global Youth Perspectives. Check it out here: http://bit.ly/2TJW8qI
- The Lead for Global Youth Service Day Webinar from IEARN-USA is taking place on March 19th at 9 AM Eastern. Register at bit.ly/gysd2019 .
- Student submissions are due April 1 for Digital Promise Global’s the MY World 360° Global Challenge. Details are available here: http://bit.ly/2J3ljjX
- Craig Perrier has curated a list of resources for teachers interested in globalizing U.S History courses. Take a look here: http://bit.ly/2TGvjUh
- Vicki Davis interviewed #langchat co-founder Diego Ojeda on the importance of teaching languages. Listen to this podcast here: http://bit.ly/2TI6TKd
- The Global Citizenship Foundation is looking for education ambassadors. Find details here: http://bit.ly/2TB4BN2
- The 2019 AFS Global Conference is seeking proposals. Submissions are due April 15th: http://bit.ly/2TJX3ra
- National Geographic has a program called Explorer Classroom which connects NatGeo Explorers to classrooms around the world. See a schedule of events here: http://bit.ly/2TJXj9C
- Global educator Koen Timmers is launching a new project in April called No. More. Plastic. Register here: http://bit.ly/2TFI3KV
- 6th-grade students at North Broward Prep in Florida are connecting schools that garden or would like to garden. Find more about their project here: http://bit.ly/2J7pmMb
Finally, remember the GEC has a newly refreshed collection of global education resources available here: http://bit.ly/GECresources
Until next month,
Lucy Gray
Co-Founder
The Global Education Conference Network
GlobalEd Events
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