future of education global awareness panel
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Slides for our September 10, 2009 panel on the Future of Education web siteTRANSCRIPT
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Global Awareness
An Essential 21st Century SkillFuture of Education PanelSeptember 10, 2009
+Participants Shari Albright, Asia Society
Kim Cofino, Bangkok International School
Lucy Gray, Global Education Collaborative
Steve Hargadon, Future of Education
Westley Field, Skoolaborate
Carol Anne McGuire, Rock Our World
Diane Midness, iEARN
Rita Oates, ePals
Sharon Peters, Teachers Without Borders
Julene Reed, Polar Bears Int’l & Roots and Shoots
Michael Searson, Kean University
+Partnership for 21st
Century Skills
+Partnership for 21st
Century Skills
Core subjects English/Language Arts World Languages Arts Mathematics Economics Science Geography History Government and Civics
+Partnership for 21st
Century Skills
21st century interdisciplinary themes to be woven into content Global awareness Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy Civic literacy Health literacy
+Partnership for 21st
Century Skills
Learning and Innovation Skills Creativity and innovation Critical thinking and problem solving Communication and collaboration Information, media and technology skills Life and career skills
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/p21_framework_definitions_052909.pdf
+Leading for Global Competency
+Questions
What is global awareness?
What are the benefits to students? To teachers?
How can schools incorporate this into their missions
How do individual teachers carry the torch?
How do you get started?
How does global awareness impact the real world?
What is the role of student travel?
What does a globally oriented student, teacher, school look like?
What’s the future for global education?
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Asia SocietyShari AlbrightChief Executive OfficerAsia SocietyInternational Studies Schools [email protected]
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Defining Global Competence
Investigate the World
Recognize Perspectives
Communicate Ideas
Take Action
This is work under development by the Asia Society and the Council of Chief State School Officers – all rights reserved.
+Investigate the World
Students investigate the world beyond their immediate environment.Students can…
Generate and explain the significance of locally, regionally or globally focused researchable questions.
Identify, collect and analyze the knowledge and evidence required to answer questions using a variety of international sources, media and languages.
Weigh, integrate and synthesize evidence collected to construct coherent responses that is appropriate to the context of issues or problems.
Develop an argument based on compelling evidence that considers multiple perspectives and draws defensible conclusions.
This is work under development by the Asia Society and the Council of Chief State School Officers – all rights reserved.
+Recognize Perspectives
Students recognize their own and others’ perspective.
Students can…
Recognize and articulate one’s own perspective on situations, events, issues or phenomena and identify the influences on that perspective.
Articulate and explain perspectives of other people, groups or schools of thought and identify the influences on those perspectives.
Explain how the interaction of ideas across cultures influences the development of knowledge and situations, events, issues or phenomena.
Articulate how the consequences of differential access to knowledge, technology and resources affect the quality of life and influences perspectives.
This is work under development by the Asia Society and the Council of Chief State School Officers – all rights reserved.
+Communicate Ideas
Students communicate their ideas effectively with diverse audiences. Students can…
Recognize that diverse audiences may perceive different meanings from the same information.
Use appropriate language, behavior and strategies to effectively communicate, both verbally and non-verbally, with diverse audiences.
Explain how effective communication impacts understanding and collaboration in an interdependent world.
Select and effectively use appropriate technology and media to communicate with diverse audiences.
This is work under development by the Asia Society and the Council of Chief State School Officers – all rights reserved.
+ Take ActionStudents translate their ideas and findings into appropriate
actions to improve conditions. Students can…
Recognize one’s capacity to advocate for and contribute to improvement locally, regionally, or globally.
Identify opportunities for personal and collaborative action to address situations, events, issues or phenomena in ways which can make a difference.
Assess options for action based on evidence and the potential for impact, taking into account varied perspectives and potential consequences for others.
Act creatively and innovatively to contribute to improvement locally, regionally or globally both personally and collaboratively.
This is work under development by the Asia Society and the Council of Chief State School Officers – all rights reserved.
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For further information about this definition or the school design models of the International Studies Schools Network (ISSN), please contact:
Shari Albright
Asia Society ISSN
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Lucy GrayFounder, The Global Education CollaborativeEducation Technology SpecialistUniversity of Chicago Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science [email protected]://globaleduation.ning.comhttp://lucygray.org
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Carol Anne McGuireFounder, Rock Our WorldTechnology Integration [email protected]://Rockourworld.orghttp://rockourworld.ning.com,
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Learning with the world, not just about it
iEARN International Education and Resource Network http://media.iearn.org
Pearl World Youth News http://pearl.iearn.org
Our Footprints, Our Future http://of2.iearn.org
Teachers, Guide to International Collaboration
Oxfam: Education for Global Citizenship
Diane Midness
iEARN-USA Director Professional Development
http://us.iearn.org
+Web 2.0 Tools and Social Networking for Global Collaborative Learning
Dr. Rita Oates, VP, Education Markets
Profiles of classrooms in 200 countries & territories
Reach 18 million students & teachers
2,000 new schools/month
Policy managed & Teacher supervised
TRUSTe certified for child safety
Free global community, email and blogs
What is ePals?
ePals Global Network – Internet’s largest social learning network reaching 18 million teachers and students in 200 countries for teacher-supervised, cross-cultural pen pal exchanges, project-sharing and project-based learning, literacy and foreign language skill practice.
ePals SchoolMail – Safe, protected, multilingual email designed for school safety. “Walled Garden” with only K12 students, teachers and parents. Translates to 35 languages.
ePals SchoolBlog - Safe, protected blog predetermining who can participate, access and post. Great for writing journals, events, projects. Parents can have full/partial access.
Projects – “Way We Are,” science projects; Literacy skill resource, National Geographic, IBM eMentoring for STEM careers, Intel Classmate PC/World Ahead project
+Project Search
Project Plan: 5 or 6 emails
+Forums
Teacher ForumsStudent Forums
Moderated by our staff Your students can post a question Friday night and
see answers from other students all weekend
Project Forums Specific to our projects or to projects teachers create Great way to find partners when you have a specific
project and dates in mind!
Automatic language translation available in all forums also in 35 languages
+Go Global with ePals
1. Semester or year-long ePals• ELL or foreign language pen pals• Use Skype, other media beyond email
2. Project-based ePals• Collect and share data, photos, stories• Ours, from others, and teacher-created
3. “Update the textbook” with current info from students who live there
• Critical thinking about textbook and other sources, form questions
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Sharon PetersDirector of TechnologyHebrew AcademyMontréal [email protected]://wearejustlearning.cahttp://twbcanada.ning.com/http://take2videos.ning.com/
+Teachers Without Borders
At 59 million, teachers are the largest professionally-trained group in the world.
+…and the key to social and economic development
+ 100 million children do not go to school, 66% - girls
850 million illiterate adults
HIV-AIDS infections, domestic violence, the sex trade, military gangs are dominated by the undereducated
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+Julene Reed, M.Ed.Director of Academic TechnologySt. George’s Independent SchoolCollierville, [email protected] • 901-457-2170
Advisory Council, Dr. Jane Goodall’s Roots & ShootsAdvisory Board, Polar Bears International
Advisory Board, Apple Distinguished EducatorsAdvisory Board, Tennessee Distance Learning Association
Discovery STAR Educator
+Dr. Jane Goodall’s
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+ Nepal, Tanzania,and beyond…
School Supplies
Computers
Science Lab
Documentary on Child Slave Labor
Cultural Exchanges
Collaboration
+Polar Bears Internationaland Tundra Connections
+Polar Bearsand Climate Change
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Michael SearsonMichael SearsonExecutive DirectorKean University School for Global Education & [email protected]