integrating technology into global education

Global Educators

Michael Fullan

Michael Fullan

• Michael Fullan is Professor Emeritus of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He is a worldwide authority on educational reform. He works toward a goal of all children having the opportunity to learn.
• Twitter: @MichaelFullan1

John Hattie

John Hattie

• John Hattie is an education researcher. He has been Director of Research at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Australia, and Professor of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He works in collaboration with Visible Learning to teach educators how to promote professional learning for in-depth and sustainable school & system change.
• Twitter: @VisibleLearning

Lars Persen

Lars Persen

• Previously a teacher and school leader, Lars Persen describes himself as a "disruptive educationist with an interactive capacity." He was recently appointed fellow to Education Fast Forward and has participated at the advisory board for Horizon Report-Technology Outlook for Scandinavian Schools. He works with pedagogical use of interactive technology for Scandec Systemer.
• Twitter: @LarsPerson

Global Education Projects, Plans, & Events

Taking It Global

• TakingITGlobal is one of the world's leading networks of young people learning about, engaging with, and working towards tackling global challenges through collaborations and campaigns. It is a social network that promotes global awareness and understanding between cultures. TakingITGlobal connects over 3200 schools in 136 countries with collaborative global projects.
• Website: TIGweb.org

Revolutions 101: A Global PBL

• Revolutions 101 is a project based learning unit that was created in order to help students learn about revolutions past and present from around the world, with the additional goal of learning about what revolution is, why revolution happens, and how it impacts societies. The project connects students with other students and classrooms around the world to share their voices and learn together.

Revolutions 101: A Global PBL

• url: http://globalclassroom2014-15.wikispaces.com/Revolutions+101%2C+A+Global+PB...

The Global Writing Workshop

• This project encourages and actively engages students in the writing craft by encouraging them to construct collaborative text, post their original writing to a Wiki Page, and exchange thoughtful responses with other students around the world.
• url: http://globalclassroom2013-14.wikispaces.com/Global+Writing+Workshop

Global Education Lesson Plans

In My Other Life

• The goals of this lesson are to challenge stereotypes about cultures unfamiliar to students; to expand awareness of the range of factors that help constitute a cultural identity; to research, organize, and present information about everyday life in an unfamiliar culture; and to create an imaginative first hand account of life in an unfamiliar culture.

In My Other Life

• url: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/my-other-life#sect-objectives

Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales

• Students explore three foreign cultures around the world through reading Japanese, African, and Welsh folk tales; creating a visual depiction of the tales; researching the tales' cultures; and presenting their findings.
• url: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/exploring-wo...

EL ACUEDUCTO DE SEGOVIA

• In this lesson, students solve math problems related to the Aqueduct of Segovia, Spain, after being presented with information about the aqueduct. They also answer globally minded extension questions.
• url: http://t2tglobal.org/global-math-stories/segovia-spain/