The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – The most significant classroom innovation in the next 10 years
Feb22

The Global Search for Education: Our Top 12 Global Teacher Blogs – The most significant classroom innovation in the next 10 years

  Did someone say Oscar winners? As far as we know, our Top 12 haven’t won any Oscars – yet – but they did win our hearts and our votes as the Best Global Teacher Blogs of 2014. We liked their innovative ideas so much, we decided to invite these talented 12 back each month to answer one big picture question related to 21st century education. The February question? What will be the most significant classroom...

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The Global Search for Education: Our Global Top 12 Teacher Blogs
Jan01

The Global Search for Education: Our Global Top 12 Teacher Blogs

Our Global Top 12 Teacher Blogs It’s a New Year Teachers! Are you ready to start that new blog? Want some tips from some pros around the world on how to make it a great one? Everybody was blogging in 2014, and especially teachers. After all, blogging is an incredible way for teachers to share first hand knowledge with their peers. We asked The Global Search for Education editorial team and our blogging advisors to submit their...

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The Global Search for Education: Do You Have Global Skills?
Oct06

The Global Search for Education: Do You Have Global Skills?

“90% of Canadians polled in a national opinion survey supported study abroad and nearly as many believed that financial support should be available.”– Karen McBride Why are global skills even more critical in today’s world? What does the latest research tell us? Why are Canadian parents, educators and employers taking these skills very seriously? Call me a global nomad. By the time I was 18, my parents had exposed me...

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The Global Search for Education: East vs. West – Face Time
Sep15

The Global Search for Education: East vs. West – Face Time

“Those who can successfully negotiate between two culturally distinct environments with ease become natural leaders in cross-cultural situations, making them cultural brokers and marketable cosmopolitans.” — Pak Tee Ng “Working and spending time in another country with education professionals and students from other countries, listening to their thoughts, cultural perceptions and expectations, are powerful ways...

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The Global Search for Education: Pictures with Links
Aug18

The Global Search for Education: Pictures with Links

Amelia Bedelia The Book Report — by Lisa Johnson For teachers and educators, the ability to creatively combine web content with interactive images offers an exciting way to share engaging digital platforms for learning. ThingLink is a popular interactive visual image network being used by thousands of teachers around the country. One image can provide students with a unique and comprehensive hands-on lesson with information...

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