As educators, we want to give our students a comprehensive learning experience. With new initiatives, curricular pieces, and technology, it's sometimes difficult to keep up with everything. . .let alone get ahead of the curve. How can we assess ourselves as a department or school or district for global education? Below is a Global Education Checklist for teachers, department chairs, administrators, and district personnel. It's a great place to begin answering our questions!
GLOBAL EDUCATION CHECKLIST
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Jefferson digital Learning Survey & Summary PaperHow does technology impact students? Which websites are the most effective for launching ideas? How comfortable are teachers with using technology?
I asked JJHS teachers for feedback and compiled the results in this document:
Top Global Education tools used by our colleagues
NEWSELA
www.newsela.com Newsela is a resource with literature and nonfiction articles that are grouped by theme (money or war & peace or health, for example) and then further divided by lexile levels. Teachers can select text and quiz questions and articles are also available in Spanish. Articles cover a wide variety of global topics and current events, offering students a glimpse into cultures, conservation efforts, problem/ solutions, and natural phenomenons. PRIMARY SOURCE www.primarysource.org Teachers use this resource to support curricula and provide "hands on" materials for students. According to their web page, "our schools need to cultivate key skills: global awareness, critical thinking, media literacy, collaboration, intercultural communication, technological ability, and civic engagement. This guide will provide educators with resources about global issues and 21st century skills." Primary Source offers multiple resources, training, and workshops for teachers. Many tabs to check out! Join their Twitter feed for the latest updates, units, and materials. LIZARDPOINT http://lizardpoint.com/geography/index.php Lizardpoint allows teachers to set up a class "set" of users without needing student emails or other contact information. Interactive maps and study guides are provided and are great supplements. Students earn "passports" as they advance through teacher-chosen maps or areas of the world. While the information may not necessarily be culture based, teachers use this site to review or supplement map skills, as a preview when teaching about an area of the world, or as background information. |
Global Education Assessment tools: Project Based LearningProject-based Learning Assessments--Now that your students have done some amazing work, how do you assess them? How can students "show what they know" for you and for themselves?
http://www.edutopia.org/pbl-assessment-resources?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cpc Useful tools and websites--powered by District 203How does technology impact students? Which websites are the most effective for launching ideas? The following is a list of the top three tools used by our teachers (not linked here because they are on SharePoint or can be accessed from the district server):
Canvas--an interactive format for creating, storing, and grading student assignments and discussions. Students can blog, read and annotate text or maps, turn in papers that are reviewed by SpeedGrader, comment on others' work, and communicate securely with teachers. IXL--mainly used as a preview or review for Math and Language Arts concepts, this tool is subscription-based and licenses are on a per-student basis. IXL records the time on a certain task or skill and reports to the student (and teacher) what skills need review or where a student can be challenged. Kami (formerly Notable)--allows students to meaningfully note documents, link to other sources, and comment on others' work. Kami allows notation on GoogleDocs, Word documents and PDFs (Notable was limited in this area, so it's an improvement).) |