International Educators

Educators Overseas helps qualified, native English speaking teachers and school administrators from America, Canada, the UK, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand find teaching jobs around the world.

The Central & Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA) is an international organization to support and promote international and American overseas schools in the Central and Eastern Europe regions. CEESA promotes professional growth by sponsoring teachers' and administrators' conferences and institutes.

Remember having penpals through the postal service? ePals Global Community is the new online educational penpal exchange. ePals connects instructors and students all over the globe. In my classes, I would use this tool in a class to go on virtual field trips, collaborate on projects, share resources, language and cultural exchanges. In the case of homeschooling, home-bound or exclusively online learning, I would use ePals to connect students so that they could see, speak with and write to each other, taking part in a classroom beyond the walls of their home for developing social maturity. ePals Global Community is teacher-centered, empowering adults with "role-based permissions and policy management technologies that can create multiple learning experiences and manage what students see and with whom they engage."(ePals, 2013) That being said, once communications are established, resources shared and global community projects are put in place, teachers can nurture student-centered, project-based, learning experiences. ePals Global Community promotes connectivism. In ePals, students collaborate critical thinking, knowledge, the diversity of opinions, network and promote global citizenship by using 21st century technology.

The U.S. Department of State offers information on international public schools beyond the United States borders. The educational institutions listed are mainly for primary and secondary-aged students. Additional information on this page includes information on teaching abroad and education associations which are formulaic in networking international educators and administrators and offering training and workshops on popular education topics.

Teachers Without Borders (TWB) connects teachers from all over the world with each to share information and discussions regarding globalization and educational change. TWB promotes activities run by international educators in support of educational leadership and setting educational goals in local communitiies. Free resources are available" to help teachers around the world learn, connect, collaborate, and create online; in schools or community centers, in workshops and seminars".

Global Voices is an international community of bloggers who report on citizen media all around the world. These reports are not often the stories and news shared in popular media, but instead emphasizes the voices that are not ordinarily heard. Global Voices, translated into more than 30 languages, was created in 2005 by fellows from Harvard University. With respect to education, Global Voices has created a virtual community of citizens who have linked text, photos, video and more in order to share interesting educationally-related hot topics from across the world. http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/topics/education/

This site uses podcasting technology to offer virtual field trips for children, hosted by children. Episodes include a nature hike to promote Earth Day, an interview with a meterologist in Colorado, a visit to New York City during Christmas and more! Every two weeks, new episodes are added. Each podcast offers rating scales, share creativity in story-telling and are approximately 1 - 5 minutes in length. Additionally, educational activities accompany the podcast to extend the learning experience.

Helping Children Around the World to Read and Learn | Scholastic.com

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a non-profit organization of teachers and students who use technology to globally network and collaborate on projects aimed to enhance learning and global citizenship. Although this site is aimed for educators to seek a project they think their class may be interested in, students can view the iearn collaboration centre for researching and suggesting involvement in any of the listed projects. The projects are designed and facilitated by teachers. An example of one such projects can be found at this link: https://collaborate.iearn.org/space-2/group-17

The ICDL (International Children's Digital Library) is an online library that offers books from cultures found throughout the world. Their mission is to teach tolerance and respect for diverse cultures by providing free access to children's literature. The site is graphically interesting, easy to use and aimed to lure all ages. Choosing a book is easy: They are organized by age, collection, language, featured books, character types and more!