Teacher Resources, Links, and Information about Global Education
1. International Learning Opportunities
IREX ( International Research and Exchanges Board) a U.S.-based nonprofit organization founded in 1968 that provides international education in academic research, professional Fellowships, and technical assistance, to promote positive lasting change globally. www.irex.org
Peace Corp Speakers Match
A great opportunity for my high school students to consider becoming peace corps volunteers after high school. We could have a live guest speaker in our class or listen online to a current or former peace corps volunteer. Students would learn about global perspectives and global issues and how these global volunteers contributed to the society they worked in. www.peacecorps.gov/educators/speakers-match/request-speaker/
Epals
A great collaboration from my classroom to another classroom in a different country. Students could ask each other questions about issues of concern, such as racism or gender equality within their school community. This is an example of presenting for diverse audiences. www.epals.com
GEC-The Global Education Conference Network
I attended the online Global Education Conference for the first time this year. The presenters were very informative and it was exciting to see the audience names were from all over the world. There was time afterwards to chat online. This would be an awesome experience for my students to show how interconnected we really all are and that we share many of the same concerns. Also, there are opportunities to present at conferences, find international project partners, post and share an upcoming global education event, or be on a discussion forum online. www.globaleducationconference.com
Sister schools exchange
My school already has a program for our German students. We need to implement one for our Spanish students where we could alternate by year each country coming to see each other and actually sitting in our classrooms and observing firsthand a high school classroom. This would be taking action to learn about each other. After my visit to Colombia, I have set up a pen pal writing exchange with Yanilis Romero, our TGC in-country consultant, and her students at Antonia Santos School in Monteria, Colombia. We are planning on becoming sister schools and visiting each other.
NNIC- Northern Nevada International Center
This center, founded over 30 years ago, in collaboration with The University of Nevada, Reno, looks for volunteers in the local community, whom they refer to as citizen diplomats, to host world wide visitors at their homes or at their work. The purpose is to combat stereotypes that exist for both the visitors and the hosts. This center also runs the TEA program. ( Teachers Exchange Program for teachers outside of the U.S. coming here to learn about our schools) I have hosted TEA teachers for 3 years in my classroom at McQueen High School. www.unr.edu/nnic
Skype in the Classroom- this free website has mystery skype where students guess where other students are in the world, talk with a guest speaker, or take a virtual field trip around the world. This would provide relevance as to why to learn another language, as the students could ask questions in their new language and get answers back in that language from native speakers. www.education.microsoft.com/SkypeinTheClassroom
2. Community Resources
1. International Learning Opportunities
IREX ( International Research and Exchanges Board) a U.S.-based nonprofit organization founded in 1968 that provides international education in academic research, professional Fellowships, and technical assistance, to promote positive lasting change globally. www.irex.org
Peace Corp Speakers Match
A great opportunity for my high school students to consider becoming peace corps volunteers after high school. We could have a live guest speaker in our class or listen online to a current or former peace corps volunteer. Students would learn about global perspectives and global issues and how these global volunteers contributed to the society they worked in. www.peacecorps.gov/educators/speakers-match/request-speaker/
Epals
A great collaboration from my classroom to another classroom in a different country. Students could ask each other questions about issues of concern, such as racism or gender equality within their school community. This is an example of presenting for diverse audiences. www.epals.com
GEC-The Global Education Conference Network
I attended the online Global Education Conference for the first time this year. The presenters were very informative and it was exciting to see the audience names were from all over the world. There was time afterwards to chat online. This would be an awesome experience for my students to show how interconnected we really all are and that we share many of the same concerns. Also, there are opportunities to present at conferences, find international project partners, post and share an upcoming global education event, or be on a discussion forum online. www.globaleducationconference.com
Sister schools exchange
My school already has a program for our German students. We need to implement one for our Spanish students where we could alternate by year each country coming to see each other and actually sitting in our classrooms and observing firsthand a high school classroom. This would be taking action to learn about each other. After my visit to Colombia, I have set up a pen pal writing exchange with Yanilis Romero, our TGC in-country consultant, and her students at Antonia Santos School in Monteria, Colombia. We are planning on becoming sister schools and visiting each other.
NNIC- Northern Nevada International Center
This center, founded over 30 years ago, in collaboration with The University of Nevada, Reno, looks for volunteers in the local community, whom they refer to as citizen diplomats, to host world wide visitors at their homes or at their work. The purpose is to combat stereotypes that exist for both the visitors and the hosts. This center also runs the TEA program. ( Teachers Exchange Program for teachers outside of the U.S. coming here to learn about our schools) I have hosted TEA teachers for 3 years in my classroom at McQueen High School. www.unr.edu/nnic
Skype in the Classroom- this free website has mystery skype where students guess where other students are in the world, talk with a guest speaker, or take a virtual field trip around the world. This would provide relevance as to why to learn another language, as the students could ask questions in their new language and get answers back in that language from native speakers. www.education.microsoft.com/SkypeinTheClassroom
2. Community Resources
Northern Nevada International Center and the University if Nevada, Reno
NNIC sponsors yearly community events like El Dia de los Muertos, as well as visiting lecturers who come to UNR to speak about global issues. Its website has a recent news section that explains how to apply for TGC and Fulbright Fellowships. This is where I heard about TGC! As part of NNIC for over a decade, The Language Bank provides interpretation and translation services in over 45 languages to our local community. Clients include government and corporate entities, law offices, and various school districts in Nevada and California. I would like to make a calendar online and/or a bulletin in my classroom on community global events. www.unr.edu/nnic.
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
Established in 1931, it has a permanent collection of over 2,000 works of art offering varied perspectives on the way humans interact with their environments, due to the museum's thematic content in environmental protection. The art museum also has had exhibits of the Colombian artist Botero, as well as the Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. Due to my interest in these exhibits, I visited The Botero Museum in Bogota and Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico City. I am currently putting together an art project for my high school students after collaborating with Kim Goldsmith, a Colombian TGC Fellow on my trip. I want my students to draw in in Botero's unique chubby style and link their drawings to global issues. I also want to take my students on a future fieldtrip to our art museum and arrange a guest speaker to walk around with us for further insight. www.nevadaart.org
Global Studies Program, McQueen High School
This four year program is designed to prepare students for life in the 21st century. Students must take a rigorous curriculum of 2 World Languages to the AP level, AP Human Geography, AP U.S. History, AP American Government, AP Comparative Government, Economics, and AP Environmental Science. Students graduate with a Global Studies Diploma. www.washoeschools.net/mcqueen and click on the Global Studies Signature Academy page.
USAC-University Studies Abroad Consortium- University of Nevada, Reno
Housed on UNR's campus and open to all university students around the world, USAC has provided affordable study abroad programs in 26 countries for over 30 years. Its mission on its website is," to provide students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge ,skills, and attitudes to succeed in the global society of the 21st century." I have had guest USAC speakers in my classroom to talk about their programs. I would like to continue this. www.usac.unr.edu/usac
Rotary International
This organization connects with leaders worldwide, does local community service, develops leadership skills, awards college scholarships to Peace Fellowships, and offers Exchange Programs. I have had Rotary-sponsored high school students from Spain work in my Spanish classes as peer tutors, as well as guest speakers from the Rotary Club speak to my students about high school exchange programs. I went to continue inviting them into my classroom. www.renorotary.org
Standards Based Global Education Updates for World Languages
In 2014 ACTFL ( American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) revised its national standards to world- readiness standards for learning languages to focus on the literacy developed and the real world applications. These are the standards I also used in my UbD Unit Plan.
1. Communication- Communicate effectively in more than one language in order to function in a variety of situations and multiple purposes. Interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative modes.
2. Cultures- Interact with cultural competence and understanding. Relating cultural products and practices to perspectives.
3.Connections- Connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspective in order to use the language to function in academic and career-related situations. Develop critical thinking and solve problems creatively.
4. Comparisons- Develop insight into the nature of language and culture in order to interact with cultural competence. Investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
5. Communities- Communicate and interact with cultural competence in order to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world. To interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world. I presented this via PowerPoint at a World Languages Meeting at our high school on December 9, 2016. I would like to present this at one of our monthly district wide World Language meetings.
Belle O'Neill's Global Education Unit Plan
NNIC sponsors yearly community events like El Dia de los Muertos, as well as visiting lecturers who come to UNR to speak about global issues. Its website has a recent news section that explains how to apply for TGC and Fulbright Fellowships. This is where I heard about TGC! As part of NNIC for over a decade, The Language Bank provides interpretation and translation services in over 45 languages to our local community. Clients include government and corporate entities, law offices, and various school districts in Nevada and California. I would like to make a calendar online and/or a bulletin in my classroom on community global events. www.unr.edu/nnic.
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
Established in 1931, it has a permanent collection of over 2,000 works of art offering varied perspectives on the way humans interact with their environments, due to the museum's thematic content in environmental protection. The art museum also has had exhibits of the Colombian artist Botero, as well as the Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. Due to my interest in these exhibits, I visited The Botero Museum in Bogota and Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico City. I am currently putting together an art project for my high school students after collaborating with Kim Goldsmith, a Colombian TGC Fellow on my trip. I want my students to draw in in Botero's unique chubby style and link their drawings to global issues. I also want to take my students on a future fieldtrip to our art museum and arrange a guest speaker to walk around with us for further insight. www.nevadaart.org
Global Studies Program, McQueen High School
This four year program is designed to prepare students for life in the 21st century. Students must take a rigorous curriculum of 2 World Languages to the AP level, AP Human Geography, AP U.S. History, AP American Government, AP Comparative Government, Economics, and AP Environmental Science. Students graduate with a Global Studies Diploma. www.washoeschools.net/mcqueen and click on the Global Studies Signature Academy page.
USAC-University Studies Abroad Consortium- University of Nevada, Reno
Housed on UNR's campus and open to all university students around the world, USAC has provided affordable study abroad programs in 26 countries for over 30 years. Its mission on its website is," to provide students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge ,skills, and attitudes to succeed in the global society of the 21st century." I have had guest USAC speakers in my classroom to talk about their programs. I would like to continue this. www.usac.unr.edu/usac
Rotary International
This organization connects with leaders worldwide, does local community service, develops leadership skills, awards college scholarships to Peace Fellowships, and offers Exchange Programs. I have had Rotary-sponsored high school students from Spain work in my Spanish classes as peer tutors, as well as guest speakers from the Rotary Club speak to my students about high school exchange programs. I went to continue inviting them into my classroom. www.renorotary.org
Standards Based Global Education Updates for World Languages
In 2014 ACTFL ( American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) revised its national standards to world- readiness standards for learning languages to focus on the literacy developed and the real world applications. These are the standards I also used in my UbD Unit Plan.
1. Communication- Communicate effectively in more than one language in order to function in a variety of situations and multiple purposes. Interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative modes.
2. Cultures- Interact with cultural competence and understanding. Relating cultural products and practices to perspectives.
3.Connections- Connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspective in order to use the language to function in academic and career-related situations. Develop critical thinking and solve problems creatively.
4. Comparisons- Develop insight into the nature of language and culture in order to interact with cultural competence. Investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
5. Communities- Communicate and interact with cultural competence in order to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world. To interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world. I presented this via PowerPoint at a World Languages Meeting at our high school on December 9, 2016. I would like to present this at one of our monthly district wide World Language meetings.
Belle O'Neill's Global Education Unit Plan
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Evaluation of a Global Education Unit
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Using technology with a globalized lesson plan
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Thinglink example from Belle O'Neill
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Analyzing a global lesson Belle O'Neill's students did at McQueen in Washington D.C.
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Great ideas how to incorporate global education into the classroom from D.C. symposium 2/16
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