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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking
You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary, the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. That was certainly the case in our experience. However, at each level—middle […]
Launching #tlmatch: for connecting with that special other librarian
What if we considered some new equations? At a recent webinar the subject of opening our library walls came up. It often does. The subject of equations came up as well. I love the idea of considering our reach as librarians without borders. Of considering how we might connect our learners in meaningful inquiry beyond the […]
Global Oneness Project: free, interdisciplinary instruction and engagement
If you are seeking to inspire global awareness, critical thinking and student engagement, share the Global Oneness Project with your secondary classroom teacher partners. The Global Oneness Project offers an award-winning, interdisciplinary collection of films, photo essays, and articles exploring cultural, social, and environmental issues. All resources are free and are accompanied by rich standards-aligned lesson plans that […]
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Fantasy Geopolitics
Developed by Minnesota high school social studies teacher Eric Nelson, Fantasy Geopolitics is an easy, fun and social way to get learners thinking about our flattened world. Nelson began the game in 2009 as a strategy to engage his own students at North Lakes Charter School. Leveraging the popularity and competition of fantasy sports, this […]
Better World Education: a curriculum for leading kids to lead global change
Better World Education is an online learning space designed to engage learners and coordinate teachers in leading positive change in the world. It’s a globally adaptable academic curriculum for global good. Built by reweave, a US-registered nonprofit, the attractive format and curriculum focuses on social, emotional and academic learning goals using three key layers: Empathy […]
Global Collaboration Day
My guess is that opening your library, and your school culture, to global opportunities is already high on your to-do list for 2015/16. Here are a couple of ways to get started now, no matter where in the world you work. I the share news of two major free events from organizers Lucy Gray and […]
Translator is here. Forget the four walls thing.
I am convinced. Global is a critical new literacy. Now there’s no reason not to be global and to live it with learners. Just around a year ago I wrote a post about being blown away by Microsoft’s demo of Skype’s Translator service for real-time conversations with captions across language barriers. While it’s been available […]
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