Girl Rising provides teachers with a unique opportunity to introduce students to the issues surrounding girls' education in the developing world, and it's transformational power. To help teachers learn about the girls' education movement and effectively share the information with their students, the Pearson Foundation has created this standards-aligned curriculum.
Heidi Hayes Jacobs is the leader in curriculum mapping and implementation of curriculum for today's students. This is the link to her LiveBinder that is everything and anything you wanted to know about Twitter for Educators in the 21st century. (I have also posted a link to LiveBinder a couple weeks ago--awesome tool!)
It wasn't the weightiest observation, but it connected theory with the real world, which is exactly what "21st-century skills" -- this year's educational buzz phrase -- is all about, and why Manassas is trying to make it the core of its curriculum. President-elect Barack Obama (D) called for a "21st-century education system" in naming his new education secretary last month. The phrase "21st-century skills" gets 232,000 hits on Google. Problem is, not everyone is sure what the phrase means.
"This is one of the most comprehensive and accessible guides for academic and professional practitioners who are seeking ways of embedding sustainability into the curriculum and teaching and learning in higher education. It's both fit for purpose and fit for the future."
This resource includes teacher-authors' individual or group units, modified by curriculum inquiry and peer review, and provides many links to resources.
"We hope that the Global Education Resource will inspire and empower educators and students to join us and take on the challenge of helping to establish Peace Day 21 September as an annual day of global ceasefire and nonviolence."
In partnership with Elluminate, we are in the process of organizing a free virtual online global education conference to hopefully take place November 15 - 19, 2010. Our conference strands are *tentatively* set to include: Teachers (professional development, training, etc.), Students (student-led initiatives, exchange programs, service learning etc.), Pedagogy (curriculum, digital citizenship, assessment etc. ), Policy and Leadership (exemplary schools, ICT infrastructure, government initiatives etc.), and Change (peace and social justice, equity, etc.).
Free PDF documents from the World Affairs Council (Seattle) containing loads of links for teachers; packets available on many different global issues and regions/countries; content is mainly for grades 6-12, but also may be useful for elementary classrooms (especially 2010-11 packets) as well as college level.
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