Finding Global Collaboration Projects

In the fall of 2009, my colleague Cassie Allen and I began teaching a course we called 21st Century Global Leadership. We originally developed it as a senior-level one-semester capstone course specifically designed to address the four domains of Global Competence. And while we accomplished much in the first semester, we soon recognized there was [...]

Best Practices in Global Education

Today I presented a webinar on Best Practices in Global Education, hosted by Primary Source. Best Practices in Global Education View more presentations from Honor Moorman During the webinar, I highlighted examples from The International School of the Americas as well as the broader global education community, and organized the key points of my presentation [...]

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Opportunity to Connect Your US High School Class with SE Asia

A message from IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board) . . . IREX is launching round two of its Global Connections and Exchange online projects in The Philippines and Vietnam and we are looking for American high school teachers interested to start sometime in January! Online projects are virtual collaborative projects around concrete educational goals [...]

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Pair with a classroom in another country – apply to participate in the Challenge 20/20 program

Challenge 20/20 is an Internet-based program that pairs classes at any grade level (K-12) from schools in the U.S. with their counterpart classes in schools in other countries. Together the teams (of two or three schools) tackle real global problems to find solutions that can be implemented at the local level, in their own communities. Any [...]

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Get Ur Good On Grants – $500

If you’re ready to make a positive impact in your community, Miley Cyrus and her friends at YSA want to help! With $500 Get Ur Good On Grants, you’ll have the inspiration, project support, and necessary funding to turn your idea into a reality. Kids and young adults ages 5-25 worldwide are eligible to apply [...]

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The Goi Peace Foundation International Essay Contest

Young people from around the world are invited to enter the 2012 Goi Peace Foundation – UNESCO International Essay Contest for Young People. The theme for this year’s contest is: “CREATING THE FUTURE WE WANT.” The future begins with the vision we hold now. What kind of future do you wish to create for yourself [...]

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PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival

Call for entries PLURAL+ 2012 is open – Share your vision with the world! The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) again invite the world’s youth to submit original and creative videos focusing on PLURAL+ themes: migration, diversity and social inclusion. All the winners in each age categories [...]

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America the Beautiful Essay Contest – $10,000 scholarship opportunity

Last week Rand McNally and USA TODAY announced the “America the Beautiful” essay contest to teachers across the country. We are asking kids to write about a place in the U.S. that inspires them. The program, with accompanying lesson plans, activity guides and correlations, weaves together social studies with writing and literacy – and gets [...]

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Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation Student Writing Contest

Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation 2012 Student Writing Contest During World War II, thousands of Jewish women demonstrated extraordinary strength and [...]

Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Culturally Responsive Teaching

The Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Culturally Responsive Teaching honors five educators who exhibit excellence in meeting the needs of [...]

Confucian Studies Summer Institute in Shandong, China

A message from the Center for East-West Relations . . . There are still spaces available for the Second Annual Confucian [...]

Global Protest Movements: International Summer Institute at the University of Illinois

Global Protest Movements 2012 International Summer Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign June 18-22 (welcome dinner on June [...]

UN Art for Peace Contest

The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs has launched a disarmament education contest for young people, to run until April 30, [...]

Teachers Educating Across Cultures in Harmony: Educator Exchange to Bahrain & Qatar

Now Accepting Applications for TEACH 2012 Teachers Educating Across Cultures in Harmony (TEACH) is a program aimed at cross cultural exchanges [...]

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