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http://www.newtechnetwork.org/services/learning-management-systems I'm thinking about how we might use technology to support the interdisciplinary connections in our work. New Tech Network describes their LMS that integrates with Google apps.

A 5-minute overview of connectivist pedagogy with some tangible examples. The specific technology tools and products may vary, but this is a simple iterative process of guided inquiry, incorporating resources beyond the walls of a class/school.

These same 20 problems and the book they come from... are the inspiration for the Global Issues Network conferences. http://www.nais.org/Articles/Pages/Challenge-20-20-Twenty-Global-Problems.aspx

http://asiasociety.org/global-cities-education-network/assessing-21st-century-skills-and-competencies-around-world "How do teachers assess things like creativity and collaboration, or cross-cultural skills? Our new report, Measuring 21st Century Competencies, focuses on just that question. The report grew out of the Global Cities Education Network, which is comprised of urban school systems working together on overcoming common education challenges. The participating cities are Denver, Hong Kong, Houston, Lexington, Melbourne, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Toronto."

Since we have been talking about PD, I thought I'd share this. If you don't know of Steve Hargadon, he's a good person to follow on twitter.  He works with this group and others to put on lots of virtual conferences. Best of all, they archive many of the keynotes and presentations so they are freely available later. Hargadon puts out a weekly newsletter that I subscribed to at learningrevolution.com  He and his collaborators are sifting through so much stuff and synthesizing it for us.

"The FIDS framework cultivates the I CAN mindset that allows children to believe they are not helpless, that change is possible and they can drive it. It develops the 21st century skills and creative confidence in people empowering them to use their creative agency to design innovative solutions." http://designthinkingguide.dfcworld.com/

"DESIGN FOR CHANGE is the largest global movement designed to give children an opportunity to express their own ideas for a better world and put them into action. Children and adults learn through the Design for Change Challenge that "I Can" are the two most powerful words a person can believe. Children who have discovered this are changing their world. This year, Design for Change reaches 34 countries and over 300,000 schools inspiring hundreds of thousands of children, their teachers and parents, to celebrate the fact change is possible and that they can lead that change! The challenge asks students to do four very simple things: Feel, Imagine, Do and Share. Children are dreaming up and leading brilliant ideas all over the world, from challenging age-old superstitions in rural communities, to earning their own money to finance school computers to solving the problem of heavy school bags - children are proving that they have what it takes to be able to 'design' a future that is desired." - See more at: http://www.dfcworld.com/about.html#sthash.156lf0CC.dpuf

He is a journalist/filmmaker who might be available to talk to our students or visit the school. He presents at Global Issues Network conferences. I think he lives in Beijing.

Added him as a follow on twitter