“The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that’s wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.” – John Williams Students can learn about sports, current events, STEM, history, geography, and foreign policy while enjoying the Olympics. Your students will also learn about […]
Category: Global Issues in Education
Series featuring guest speakers from around the world who analyze issues in their schools. This series also highlights the unique characteristics of the school setting.
Goal: Give Peace a Chance
Welcome to Cycle 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Make it Meaningful! “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~ T.S. Eliot Goal: Give peace a chance. This goal was inspired by recent tragedies around the world, meeting the inspirational Mallory Fundora, and a project by Georgia Psarra. […]
24 Earth Day Activities, Resources, Web Sites, & Apps
“The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.”- Lady Bird Johnson Earth Day is April 22nd and serves as an important reminder of how each of us needs to do our part to care for the planet we call home. Teachers […]
Making an Impact with Problem / Project Based Learning
We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. – Einstein Our learners are creating, inventing, and problem-solving with digital devices in order to change the world. Unfortunately, too many students who transform the world often do it outside of school, on their own time, and find […]
Cultural and Language Struggles: Interview with a Teacher in Honduras
This is part of the World Education Blog’s #TeacherTuesday project in which they share interviews with teachers from around the world. Stay tuned for the next interview which features a teacher who ran secret schools during the Taliban’s era in order to make sure girls could continue their education. You will find these interviews posted under […]
Ideas for National Bullying Prevention Month (Infographic)
“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.” ~ Dr. Seuss From kindergarten to high school I was bullied. I love books, wore bifocals for a long time, won a lot of academic awards, and always made the honor roll. Yup, I was a pretty good candidate to be […]
BYOT: No Internet Access, No Problem
Part of the Mobile Learning Series! “The principle goal of education in schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.” ~ Jean Piaget I have been traveling throughout Slovenia and Croatia for the past month training teachers in integrating Bring Your Own Technology […]
Why the PopuLLar Project is Popular with Teens
What’s great about the PopuLLar project and how can you and your students get involved? It’s a project that is ‘Owned’ by the students who work autonomously and collaboratively; teachers are facilitators and guides to the project process. It uses the students own love of music as the motivator and we know teenagers love their […]
Filling the Gap by Joel Josephson
by Guest Author, Joel Josephson As educators we are more than constantly frustrated by the interference of academics (with little or no experience of the teaching of children), politicians and administrators with little or no direct pedagogic experience in the education process. Their solution to raising educational standards, almost globally, is to test children […]
Goal 7: Make A Global Connection #30GoalsEdu
Goal 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2012! Click the link to find out more about the new changes to this year’s 30 Goals Challenge for Educators! “True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” ~ Socrates Video: Reading to Ms. […]