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A reasonable article written about international schools and teaching jobs. Interesting how the number of schools has increased in the past 15 years, and how as the less well-off countries become wealthier (eg China) they want their children educated in English. Lots of opportunities for teachers in many places.

A great example of a fairly simple global project that involved 33 classes in 17 countries around the world.International Dot Day encourages creativity in people around the world on Sept 15th. Students drew a dot using an iPad app. These dots were shared via dropbox, flickr or email to Chrissy Hellier who created the project. She put this great little video together.

Duke has a community service program that has an international component. This might be a good example of how higher education institutions are incorporating global initiatives.

"MARK YOUR CALENDARS for May 2, 2013!! Megaconference Jr., now in its 10th year, is an international program designed to give students in elementary through secondary schools around the world the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and contribute to each other's learning in real time, using advanced multi-point video conferencing technology. Megaconference Jr. addresses local and national curriculum standards in multiple subject areas. It will also help students and teachers develop the capacity to effectively utilize high-speed networks, videoconferencing and other emerging technologies to enhance learning experiences."

World reporting. For students, by students. An exciting initiative by the Washington International School that now includes schools all over the world. Journalism and other students writing blog posts and sharing images of news events globally.

"The efforts of the Connect All Schools consortium and like-minded programs, such as Flat Classroom, Edmodo, Twitter chats, Global Read Aloud Day, Skype in the Classroom, Microsoft's Partners in Learning, Global Classroom Scrapbook Project, and the Intel Teach Program, have vastly increased the diversity and number of students gaining global awareness and empathy beyond what would be possible through study abroad alone. Still, only small fraction of U.S. K-12 students currently have access to some kind of international experience, whether physical or virtual."

I always love reading Jason Graham's blog - it is rich with shared learning experiences, and about students (he teaches 6 year olds!) connecting, collaborating and co-creating.