Global Education Resources
If you are just beginning your adventure as a global educator or global citizen, this collection of resources offers everything from websites that promote a globalized curriculum with lesson planning templates (and lessons themselves), web-based components that help integrate technology across grades and subjects, and assessment tools to help determine what is working and what can be improved.
Getting started with Global Education:
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Technology Resources
These resources--both free and subscription-based--are excellent ways to integrate technology at every age and in any subject.
Are you an educator or parent who isn't sure where to begin?
This oft-copied iteration of Bloom's Taxonomy of learning gets reinvented for 21st century learning
What is working at Harlem Children's Zone?
A brief rundown of some technology resources at HCZ Promise Academy.
Global Education Assessment Tools
These assessment tools will help you on your path to Global Education whether you're just beginning or you're a seasoned pro:
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If you are looking for the right guide in planning a globalized curriculum from start to finish, look no further than this unparalleled resource. Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World by Veronica Boix Mansilla and Anthony Jackson is as comprehensive a text as you could hope to find. It lays out not just the rationale for a globalized curriculum, but a plethora of examples for development and implementation. While you will inevitably find overlap with other global education resources, none is as thorough nor as optimistic about the benefits of developing 21st century learners.
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Additional Assessment Tools
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A broad overview/rubric to ensure your 21st century learners are getting the most out of their disciplinary and interdisciplinary study.
Oxfam Education has a fantastic series of comprehensive Global Citizenship Guides. Check them out here.
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As you plan global education lessons, use this checklist aligned with the Global Competencies Paradigm as a guide.
Upgrade your curriculum, regardless of student age or subject using this guide to assess your next steps for improvement.
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Very little happens in isolation in this world anymore—and that can be a double-edged sword. Due to our connectedness, it is imperative that young people understand that the choices they make can have tremendous implications.