As you will learn from the insightful articles shared by our Top 12 Global Teacher team this month, global literacy starts with educators and parents being curious and interested in learning about the world around them and how it works. Only then can we begin to create truly dynamic educational responses for learning.
This month we posed this question to our teachers: What are the Best Ways for Teachers to Engage Their Classrooms in a Global Conversation?
Here are their answers:
Global literacy is not a “Wahl” or an add-on,” says Silvia Tolisano (langwitches); es ist “part of BEING literate today.” The teacher must be “in Verbindung gebracht” und “engaged.” Silvia shares a great list of ways to engage students in global conversations, including taking advantage of one’s own personal connections, utilizing digital tool and amplifying traditional ones. We also enjoyed her great ideas for global projects teachers can organize on their own. Weiterlesen.
“Children and teens are communicating with people all over the world using skills that 99% of adults cannot comprehend,” says Todd Finley (finleyt). Todd introduces us to some of the young creators driving global conversations – “Take a look, it’s being livestreamed!” Weiterlesen.
How is New Zealand Connecting Young Learners? Don’t miss Richard Wells’ (iPadWells) new book on NZ’s education system due out in 2016, but in the meantime check out his blog on global conversations and the national initiative, #KidsEdChat, which has introduced thousands of children from 5 und auf “to a world of online connections and the learning and impact those connections bring about.” Weiterlesen.
“Imagine only reading books from one bookshelf, when you have an entire library of great books to read.” Karen Lirenman (KLirenman) strongly believes that teachers should be involved in global conversations before they expect it of their students. So let Karen help you get started. Weiterlesen.
“Spectacular global conversations materialize when students embrace diverse and sometimes, to American students at least, exotic paradigms.” Check out guest blogger James Sturtevant’s (jamessturtevant) terrific classroom projects that were “instrumental in fostering profound discourse this semester.” Weiterlesen.
Craig Kemp (mrkempnz) students come from international backgrounds and, explains Craig, are living in a country that is not “home”. What makes learning “global” for his students? It’s all about engagement. So what are Craig’s top 5 ways for engaging students in a global conversation? Weiterlesen.
Guest blogger Beth Holland (brholland) may have a New Year’s resolution idea for teachers – “Join a Twitter Chat, hop into a Google+ Community, or subscribe to a LinkedIn Group.” Get engaged in the global conversations, emphasizes Beth, who shares wonderful examples from all around the world. Weiterlesen.
“We’re building the bridges today that tomorrow will walk across,” says Vicki Davis(coolcatteacher), und “the best way to engage the classroom in a global conversation is to help the conversations become part of the classroom.” Check out Vicki’s “3 Simple Steps to Help Students Become a Global Citizen.” Weiterlesen.
Tom Bennett (@ Tombennett71), Joe Bower (joe_bower), Susan Bowles (FloridaKteacher), Lisa Currie (RippleKindness), Vicki Davis, Todd Finley, Pauline Hawkins (PaulineDHawkins), Craig Kemp, Karen Lirenman, Adam Steiner (@steineredtech), Silvia Tolisano and Richard Wells are Die globale Suche nach Bildung 2014 Top 12 Globale Lehrer Bloggers.
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Begleiten Sie mich und weltweit renommierten Vordenkern wie Sir Michael Barber (Vereinigtes Königreich), DR. Michael Block (US-), DR. Leon Botstein (US-), Professor Ton Christensen (US-), DR. Linda Hammond-Liebling (US-), DR. MadhavChavan (Indien), Professor Michael Fullan (Kanada), Professor Howard Gardner (US-), Professor Andy Hargreaves (US-), Professor Yvonne Hellman (Niederlande), Professor Kristin Helstad (Norwegen), Jean Hendrickson (US-), Professor Rose Hipkins (Neuseeland), Professor Cornelia Hoogland (Kanada), Herr Jeff Johnson (Kanada), Frau. Chantal Kaufmann (Belgien), DR. EijaKauppinen (Finnland), Staatssekretär TapioKosunen (Finnland), Professor Dominique Lafontaine (Belgien), Professor Hugh Lauder (Vereinigtes Königreich), Herr Ken Macdonald (Vereinigtes Königreich), Professor Geoff Masters (Australien), Professor Barry McGaw (Australien), Shiv Nadar (Indien), Professor R. Natarajan (Indien), DR. PAK NG (Singapur), DR. Denise Papst (US), Sridhar Rajagopalan (Indien), DR. Diane Ravitch (US-), Richard Wilson Riley (US-), Sir Ken Robinson (Vereinigtes Königreich), Professor Pasi Sahlberg (Finnland), Professor Manabu Sato (Japan), Andreas Schleicher (PISA, OECD), DR. Anthony Seldon (Vereinigtes Königreich), DR. David Shaffer (US-), DR. Kirsten Sivesind (Norwegen), Kanzler Stephen Spahn (US-), Yves Theze (LyceeFrancais US-), Professor Charles Ungerleider (Kanada), Professor Tony Wagner (US-), Sir David Watson (Vereinigtes Königreich), Professor Dylan Wiliam (Vereinigtes Königreich), DR. Mark Wormald (Vereinigtes Königreich), Professor Theo Wubbels (Niederlande), Professor Michael Young (Vereinigtes Königreich), und Professor Zhang Minxuan (China) wie sie das große Bild Bildung Fragen, die alle Nationen heute konfrontiert erkunden.
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C. M. Rubin ist der Autor von zwei weit Lese Online-Serie für den sie eine 2011 Upton Sinclair Auszeichnung, “Die globale Suche nach Bildung” und “Wie werden wir gelesen?” Sie ist auch der Autor von drei Bestseller-Bücher, Inklusive The Real Alice im Wunderland, ist der Herausgeber des CMRubinWorld, und ist ein Disruptor Foundation Fellow.
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