take your classroom global sara hassan - kate gatto - taking it-global
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Take Your Classroom Global!
PGL12June 29, 2012
Kate Gatto & Sara Hassan
Introduce Yourself!
• Where are you from?• What is your role in education?• Why did you decide to attend PGL12? This
workshop?
Agenda
• What is TakingITGlobal (TIG)?• tigweb.org site tools exploration• What is TakingITGlobal for Educators (TIGed)?• tiged.org site tools exploration• Virtual classroom platform• TIGed Programs • Student Outcomes
TODAY’S STUDENTS WILL …
… “sell to the world; buy from the world; work for international companies; manage employees from
other cultures and countries; collaborate with people all over the world in joint ventures; compete with people on the other side of the world for jobs and markets; and tackle global problems such as AIDS,
avian flu, pollution, and disaster recovery.”
(Vivien Stewart, “Becoming Citizens of the World,” Educational Leadership)
Today’s students need to be prepared toCOMPETE in a global knowledge-based
economy AND COOPERATE across borders toaddress global issues.
… Both of which require the effective use of technology.
Technology enabled youth empowered to be global citizens.
Young people everywhere are actively engaged and connected in shaping a more inclusive, peaceful, and sustainable world
Inspire, inform, involve
TakingITGlobal attracted
5,154,048visitors in 2011
Crowdsourced Translation
into 13 languages
Arabic, English, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish
Informal Learning Communitywww.tigweb.org
CommunityAction ToolsResourcesYouth MediaGlobal IssuesRegions
HOW MIGHT YOU UTILIZE TIG’S TOOLS AND RESOURCES IN YOUR
TEACHING PRACTICE?
The Impact
89% increased cultural awareness
82% talk more about local/global issues
66% increased their volunteer activity
Food for thought…
“Children know more about what’s going on in the world today than their teachers […]. They’re
immersed in a media environment […] that was unheard of 150 years ago, and yet if you look at
school today versus 100 years ago, they are more similar than dissimilar.”
(Peter Senge, Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Today's education system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students live and how they learn.
(The Partnership for 21st Century Skills)”
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Student
VoiceGlobal
Citizenship
Environmental
Stewardship
TIGed’s Program Pillars
www.deforestaction.org
WhyTIGed
Students and teachers plug into the world’s largest multilingual community of global leaders, which they
can engage with while using TIGed and after.
Student impacts:Connected, Technologically savvy, Informed
Globally minded, Inspired, Empowered
