Global LearningThe global marketplace and the workplace in which today’s students will be involved are rapidly changing. Most jobs they will have in the future don’t exist today. With the increased focus on outsourcing and global competition, students must be prepared to compete and succeed by using creativity and ingenuity, and they must be able to work with people from all parts of the world. Global learning takes places at home, in your community and around the world. Some people may argue it is needed for our children to be forced out of their community, so they get to see the real world. However, the use of technology and programs where the children are exposed to out of the island cultures can provide a much stronger global perspective than just attending school out of their community. Take a look at how global learning takes place disregarding location, as it can be complemented with programs engaging first hand diversity and cultures. The Global Dimension: Walter Payton Prep High School
click here if you can not see the video above. New doors open as these students at learn an international perspective reinforced by four years of language study, global videoconferences, and travel abroad. A Night in the Global Village: Role-Playing Life in PovertyAt Heifer International’s re-creation of communities in developing countries, in Perryville, Arkansas, Colorado middle school students experience firsthand how to survive in substandard living conditions.
click here if you can not see the video above. The World is Flat for EducationSo, you've heard that the world is now "flat," according to New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman. What does this mean for education?
Global Education On a Dime: A Low-Cost Way to Connect
Teachers can create international-collaboration projects on a small budget. Educators don't need huge budgets to develop a global-education program. One of the best examples of this is a partnership called the Flat Classroom Project that started by connecting an international school in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with an American school in Camilla, Georgia, and has since expanded into a seven-school collaborative. Read more:
The Wallenberg Global Learning NetworkThe mission of the Wallenberg Global Learning Network is to help students, from primary grades through graduate school, to achieve better learning outcomes, to support faculty investigators in producing new knowledge for best learning practices, and to develop pedagogic and technical solutions suitable for innovative use in a variety of university and pre-college settings Learn ncLEARN NC gives you what you need for K–12 teaching and learning, when and where you need it — from lesson plans and teaching strategies to student research to online courses for teachers and students. References
Global learnng goes much beyond than forcing our children to attend school out of their community to get to know "the real world". Is the US being |
