Global Education
Olympic Dreaming: 5 Ways to Connect Kids Globally
Talking with students about global connectedness while the Olympics are still relevant is a great way to begin the school year and a perfect time to participate in “The Great Global Project Challenge.”
Learning for Life: New Skills for New Jobs
Predicting the future is challenging, but Global Education Futures has developed a thoughtful view of successful future student learning--one that is a bit different in language and tone than the U.S. dialogue.
Shaping Character Through Culture in Our African Schools
By: Oliver Sabot. Education in Africa has been several decades behind much of the world, and we launched our organization with a vision of helping the continent’s schools not only catch up but leap ahead of global standards.
GlobalEd Connectivity in the Kindergarten Classroom
By: Sharon E. Davison. Here are several online platforms and techniques I use in my kindergarten classroom for modeling appropriate online etiquette and helping my students develop an early global awareness.
Edmodo Adds Enterprise Tools
By: C.M. Rubin. Resource-sharing collaborations and projects between like-minded educators on networks like Edmodo are known to spark deeper learning engagement for students and provide opportunities for learning at a global scale.
How Stanford Took a Cue from Our School in Africa…and Everybody Won
By: Ryan Findley. Understanding the need to contextualize design thinking for the African context, the African Leadership Academy pioneered the self and cultural awareness design thinking process in African schools.
Taking Global Education Beyond the Classroom
By: Mark Otter. VIF International Education is expanding beyond the classroom to introduce more students to global education with its relaunch of New Global Citizens after-school programming.
Three Paradoxes Confronting the Global Educator
By: Valerie Hannon. Many educators see the promise of personalizing education, however here are three paradoxes that can result when seeking to personalize learning in this era of globalization.
Back to Basics: Creating Equitable Learning Environments
By: Meg Van Voorhis. Creating and sustaining a successful and equitable learning environment for students means starting with these three things.
5 Best Practices to Globalize Your School
By: David Young. If global learning opportunities are core to being college- and career-ready, why are they not offered widely in K-12 classrooms? How do we provide global learning to more K-12 classrooms to equitably prepare all students? Here are five real examples to follow.