International Education Network of Central
Ohio
Educational Service Center of Central Ohio
April 25, 2012
Welcome and Updates
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Columbus
Dublin
Gahanna
Licking Valley
New Albany
Olentangy
Upper Arlington
Worthington
Possible Project Categories
•Person-to-person connections
•Global curriculum make-overs
•Collaborative projects
•Global issues awareness
First Person Connections with
Another Culture
Face-to-Face
Speaker from a
local cultural
group.
Panel of
exchange
students or
new
immigrants
address a
topic.
Through Technology
Through Travel
Join an online
project.
Visit a cultural center
Shadow a
business trip via
blog or email.
Dinner in homes of
nationals or
immigrants
Use Skype or
collaboration software to
connect with an expert,
author or another class
Student trip abroad
Making Connections
•Students and families in your school
•Community organizations and businesses
•Topic-oriented groups
•Groups like Global Nomads
* Tip – choose a topic of conversation through which culture differences
and similarities can be discovered, rather than making those the topic.
Global Curriculum “Make-overs”
Taking a unit or topic and making it more global
•Look at the topic from different perspectives
•Tie in global issues
•Include news from another country
•Look at global data
•Read texts written in or about other
countries
Curriculum Make-overs
If you are
contemplating a
project
involving
curriculum
you’ve got to
check out this
site!
http://www.primarysource.org/
Collaborative Projects
Join existing projects
•iEARN
•Flat Classroom
Project
Choose a topic and find a
partner class/school
Collaborative Projects
If you are
contemplating a
collaborative project
using technology
you’ve got to read
this book!
http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/
Global Issues
Awareness
Could be organized around:
• United Nations Millennium
Development Goals
• Current events in newspapers around the world
• Model United Nations
Resources
Decide Who’s Doing the Work?
Students as individuals
Classroom groups
The school as a whole
A group that extends beyond the school
Project
Template
Problem to be solved:
Students aren’t aware
of global issues
Grade levels or groups of students
involved:
All 11th graders
Staff to be involved: Advisory teachers,
social studies teachers, media
specialists, and language teachers.
Goal: All 11th graders
will be able to speak in
depth about one of the
UN millennium goals
Community partners:
Not sure yet
Strategies:
What will success look like?
Students will interview a
local expert.
Students will share info
about each goal on a wiki
How will you measure it?
Presentations by students at a global
issues community evening
Students will video tape presentations
which will be evaluated using a rubric
created by staff and students.
The Nitty Gritty
Time Line
Team work
Summer
2012
Create a
baseline
survey
Fall
2012
Winter
2013
Spring
2013
Administer
survey to
students
Student
Activities
Partners
Help to
identify
local
experts
Choose an
area of
interest
Unsolved
Access to
a wiki
space
Your Elevator Speech
Describe your project to the president of the
Board of Education in two minutes or less.
Include:
•What students will do
•Benefits to students
Project Tuning
Step 1 (8 minutes)
Presenting team explains their project and highlights
particular areas where they may want input
Step 2 (2 minutes)
Listeners ask clarifying questions (no judgments or
suggestions disguised as questions)
Step 3 (5 minutes)
Listeners point out key ideas that they heard in the
form of balanced warm and cool feedback
Thank you!