The Global Search For Education: Will You Be My Digital Pen Pal?
“For students who have never had the opportunity to travel outside of their town or country, this kind of collaborative learning experience can be completely transformative.” – Joe Troyen An opportunity to learn about other cultures and ways of life directly from one’s international peers themselves seems like an obvious way to nurture global competencies. So, where’s the app and when can classrooms get started? Joe...
The Global Search for Education: Making the World Easier to Understand
“Storytelling is one of the most human and powerful forms of explaining complex situations.” – Eva Dominguez Students of the digital era are preparing themselves for an increasingly connected world, which enables them to work from anywhere, to be curious and savvy about current affairs, to adapt constantly and hone their skills for jobs that don’t exist yet. Digital competency is with no doubt a vital skill to have,...
The Global Search for Education: Putting STEAM Front and Center
“We want to know what industries are using, what they need, and to try and adjust our curriculums accordingly where possible.” – Ryan Ball How do you contextualize STEAM education and upskill students and teachers with timely knowledge, competencies and skills that are required for the modern workplace? Youth Made Initiative is a collaboration between educators and industry that brings together the design and...
Around the World in 30 Days – June 2019
C.M. Rubin’s Global Education Report UNOi, based in Mexico, wants to raise the quality of education in Latin America. In 2010, Grupo Santillana had a “dream” to create a 21st century learning model that could create positive change. Featured in The Global Search for Education this month is Karime Pulido Ramzahuer, Director of Pedagogical Development at UNOi. Karime says their goal was to develop a learning model which allowed schools...
The Global Search for Education: Teachers Without Borders
At this very moment we have a community of 350 passionate teachers across 75 countries, offering free Skype lessons.” – Koen Timmers In the era of globalization, interactions and learning between students of different countries have become a necessity for classrooms. Koen Timmers, an award-winning educator, researcher, lecturer and author, is a firm believer in “borderless” education. Already working with teachers and...
The Global Search for Education: Learning By Doing
“We dared to say out loud that our current education system was not generating the expected results, that the role of the teacher should change, that memorization is not the way to consolidate learning, that grading is not evaluating, and that there is no learning without emotion.” – Karime Pulido Ramzahuer UNOi, based in Mexico, wants to raise the quality of education in Latin America. In 2010, Grupo Santillana had...
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