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Mr. Mohan

The Cost of Saving Lives in Bangladesh - Ben W. Heineman Jr. - The Atlantic - 13 views

www.theatlantic.com/...275749

shared by Mr. Mohan on 14 May 13 - No Cached
  • if real reform is to occur on the ground, hard, complex questions must be asked and answered
    • Mr. Mohan
      Mr. Mohan on 14 May 13
       
      what are these questions in your mind?
  • consumers across the globe looking for cheap prices
    • Mr. Mohan
      Mr. Mohan on 14 May 13
       
      what is OUR responsibility?
  • global garment retailers who want the incur the lowest cost--and offer the lowest price--to compete in developed markets but who do not want to be complicit in publicized worker tragedies in developing markets
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  • $38 dollars per month
  • whether Bangladesh has the means to enforce such laws
  • International Labor Organization
  • Inadequate government is a huge obstacle to change
  • only about one percent of Bangladesh garment factories have good standards.
  • garment factory owners are willing to allow workers to organize in unions or associations in order to have a voice in health and safety conditions
  • "who pays" and "who is accountable"
  • Approximately 60 percent of the clothing made there goes to United States or the European Union
  • there are several problems
  • standards may depend on local law
  • buyers may simply cut off the suppliers rather than helping them improve their practices
  • global buyers simply leave the country when they conclude that conditions are so bad
  • question then becomes whether international buyers are willing to go beyond imposition of standards and supplier cut offs and to pay, in some form, for the undetermined costs
  • actually implementing major substantive change
  • significant challenge in a weak state like Bangladesh.
  • Can a robust consumer movement arise among those shopping for discount clothing in response to the Bangladesh building collapse?
  • What are the standards? What is the cost? Who is accountable?
  • drawn an analogy between the collapse of the Rana Plaza in the Bangladesh Capital of Dhaka and the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York which claimed 146 lives
  • Rana Plaza catastrophe represents a more complicated set of fractured global relationships, responsibilities and financial capabilities.
k lieneke

2011 Failed States Index - Interactive Map and Rankings | Foreign Policy - 54 views

www.foreignpolicy.com/...x_interactive_map_and_rankings

shared by k lieneke on 16 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • k lieneke on 16 Jul 11
     
    Global Studies/History resource.
  • k lieneke on 16 Jul 11
     
    Interactive resource; global studies
Trevor Cunningham

International EdTech K-12 - Community - Google+ - 50 views

plus.google.com/...102417601457351713622

shared by Trevor Cunningham on 10 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • This is a K-12 education community with a target audience of teachers, tech integration specialists, coaches, educational technology leaders, and lovers of learning from around the world. It is in recognition of the growing global inter-connectedness of educators in independent and municipal K-12 schools, and offers an opportunity for all to grow their craft through this professional network.
    • Trevor Cunningham
      Trevor Cunningham on 10 Feb 14
       
      Google+ community hoping to build a global cohort of people passionate about EdTech.
  • This is a K-12 education community with a target audience of teachers, tech integration specialists, coaches, educational technology leaders, and lovers of learning from around the world. It is in recognition of the growing global inter-connectedness of educators in independent and municipal K-12 schools, and offers an opportunity for all to grow their craft through this professional network.
Kulari Lokuge Dona

Flat Classroom - 2 views

projects.flatclassroomproject.org

shared by Kulari Lokuge Dona on 24 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Kulari Lokuge Dona on 24 Aug 12
     
    Flat Classroom an interesting concept where globally connected learning experiences are created
Elliott Cady

Risk of extreme climate change accelerating | Global Climate Change Information - 29 views

westcoastclimateequity.org/...me-climate-change-accelerating

shared by Elliott Cady on 05 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • “Recent observations confirm that, given high rates of observed emissions, the worst-case IPCC scenario trajectories (or even worse) are being realized. For many key parameters, the climate system is already moving beyond the patterns of natural variability within which our society and economy have developed and thrived.
  • (http://climatecongress.ku.dk/newsroom/congress_key_messages/)
  • worst case scenario of the IPCC-2007 (AR4) is defined as “scenario A1F1″
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  • A rise of mean global temperatures above 4 or 5 degrees Celsius would shift the atmosphere to pre-glacial/interglacial conditions, which dominated the Earth from about 34 million years ago (end-Eocene) (Zachos et al., 2008)
wanda oberdorfer

TED Talk on How to Give a presentation - 100 views

hbr.org/...how-to-give-a-killer-present

shared by wanda oberdorfer on 04 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • wanda oberdorfer on 04 Feb 15
     
    Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.
Randolph Hollingsworth

Data rape and the impending privacy apocalypse » The Privacy Surgeon - 11 views

www.privacysurgeon.org/...e-impending-privacy-apocalypse

shared by Randolph Hollingsworth on 24 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Randolph Hollingsworth on 24 Oct 13
     
    "regulatory corrosion is global"
mairap

Representations of Global Capital - 17 views

it.stlawu.edu/...menuframesem.html

shared by mairap on 23 Jul 15 - No Cached
    • mairap
      mairap on 23 Jul 15
       
      Social grammar
Nate Fish

Daily chart | The Economist - 65 views

www.economist.com/...dailychart

shared by Nate Fish on 20 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Nate Fish on 20 Oct 10
     
    A good site if you teach a class that deals with global issues. If you bookmarked the other link I posted for this site, please use this one instead.  This one will take you to whatever the daily chart is, but the other one will only take you to a specific date.  Sorry about the confusion.
Nate Fish

The Economist--Daily Chart - 43 views

www.economist.com/21012013

shared by Nate Fish on 19 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Nate Fish on 19 Oct 10
     
    A good site if you teach a class that deals with global issues.
Will Richardson

2009 Horizon Report » Key Trends - 0 views

wp.nmc.org/...trends

shared by Will Richardson on 26 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Increasingly, those who use technology in ways that expand their global connections are more likely to advance, while those who do not will find themselves on the sidelines.
    • Adrienne Michetti
      Adrienne Michetti on 26 Jan 09
       
      Does this spell things out for teachers who are not willing to embrace these technologies?
    • Will Richardson
      Will Richardson on 26 Jan 09
       
      I would love to see some research to support this. It's a nice soundbite, but what it is based on?
  • The notions of collective intelligence and mass amateurization are redefining scholarship as we grapple with issues of top-down control and grassroots scholarship.
    • Adrienne Michetti
      Adrienne Michetti on 26 Jan 09
       
      The community is changing the learning process.
  • opportunity for increased social interaction and civic engagement among this group. The success of game-based learning strategies owes to active participation and interaction being at the center of the experience, and signals that current educational methods are not engaging students enough.
    • Adrienne Michetti
      Adrienne Michetti on 26 Jan 09
       
      But the question is, how can these gaming communities offer more opportunities for LEARNING? I think currently, many of them exist for entertainment. A shift needs to happen.
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  • visual literacy will become an increasingly important skill
  • Visual literacy must be formally taught,
    • Adrienne Michetti
      Adrienne Michetti on 26 Jan 09
       
      visual literacy IS formally taught in English language arts classrooms (it is one of the strands) AND in Art classes. Aren't all students taking these courses???
  • Increasingly, those who use technology in ways that expand their global connections are more likely to advance, while those who do not will find themselves on the sidelines.
  • Sandy Kennedy on 26 Jan 09
     
    Shared by Wes Fryer addresses gaming, colaboration, crowd wisdom, social interaction, etc
Monica Williams-Mitchell

Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Five Questions to Ask ... - 29 views

zhaolearning.com/...s-to-ask-about-the-common-core

shared by Monica Williams-Mitchell on 20 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Daniel Pink observed, traditionally neglected talents, which he refers to as Right-brained directed skills, including design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning, will become more valuable (Pink, 2006).
    • Monica Williams-Mitchell
      Monica Williams-Mitchell on 22 Jun 13
       
      YES! We need to address these things. I don't see them as incompatible w CC, however.
  • international assessments such as PISA and TIMSS, which are mostly left-brained cognitive skills.
  • Common Core does not include an element to prepare the future generations to live in this globalized world and interact with people from different cultures.
    • Monica Williams-Mitchell
      Monica Williams-Mitchell on 22 Jun 13
       
      But does that simple fact prevent us from addressing this? I think not.
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  • Common Core, by forcing children to master the same curriculum, essentially discriminates against talents that are not consistent with their prescribed knowledge and skills.
    • Monica Williams-Mitchell
      Monica Williams-Mitchell on 22 Jun 13
       
      Is this any different from the current situation? Is this author arguing that we should not have common standards, or that we should maintain our current status quo of a patchwork of test-driven standards?
  • A well organized, tightly controlled, and well-executed education system can transmit the prescribed content much more effectively than one that is less organized, loosely monitored, and less unified. In the meantime, the latter allows for exceptions with more room for individual exploration and experimentation
    • Monica Williams-Mitchell
      Monica Williams-Mitchell on 22 Jun 13
       
      I think the problem lies in seeing this as an either-or question. Any system that relies solely on testing as the measure of success is short-sighted and archaic. Having no identified common ground puts at risk the learners who most need a firm starting point. To say that the current system allows "more room for individual exploration and experimentation" is naive at best and disingenuous at worst. Where in test-crazed American schools do you see this happening??
  • Don Doehla on 20 Jun 13
     
    A provocative article by Yong Zhao on CCSS and reflective questions we ought to as ourselves.
Gerald Carey

A global guide to the first world war - interactive documentary | World news | theguard... - 39 views

www.theguardian.com/...ld-war-interactive-documentary

shared by Gerald Carey on 04 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Gerald Carey on 04 Aug 14
     
    Brilliant review of WW1
Martin Burrett

Little Progress in Reducing the Global Out-of-School Rate - @UNICEF_uk - 3 views

ukedchat.com/...global-out-of-school-rate

shared by Martin Burrett on 06 Sep 17 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 06 Sep 17
     
    "With 11.5 per cent of school-age children - or 123 million - missing out on learning today, compared to 12.8 per cent - or 135 million - in 2007, the percentage of 6-15-year-olds who are out of school has barely decreased in the last decade, UNICEF said today."
anonymous

The Australian Curriculum v4.1 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capabilit... - 0 views

www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/...Continuum

shared by anonymous on 24 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • apply practices that comply with legal obligations regarding the ownership and use of digital products resources
  • identify and value the rights to identity, privacy and emotional safety for themselves and others when using ICT and apply generally accepted social protocols when using ICT to collaborate with local and global communities
  • select and use ICT to articulate ideas and concepts, and plan the development of complex solutions
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  • design and modify simple digital solutions, or multimodal creative outputs or data transformations for particular audiences and purposes following recognised conventions
  • use appropriate ICT to collaboratively generate ideas and develop plans
  • select and use a range of ICT tools efficiently and safely to share and exchange information, and to collaboratively and purposefully construct knowledge
Bright Ideas

Participate, engage, shine - Professional learning in 2013 | Bright Ideas - 38 views

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  • Bright Ideas on 19 Feb 13
     
    "Cindy Tschernitz, Executive Officer of the School Library Association of Victoria, explores the theme of professional learning events from SLAV in 2013 and introduces the first conference of the year."
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