WE Schools is a unique, step-by-step program that challenges young people to identify the local and global issues that spark their passion and empowers them with the tools to take action. Teachers and students work together to learn about the world and to take action to create meaningful change. WE Schools has fantastic resources, lessons,…
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Come Explore The Out of Eden Walk
Paul Salopek is a fifty-nine-year-old journalist and writer from the United States. Salopek is on a 21,000 mile walk called the Out of Eden Walk, which is an odyssey walking across the world that is a decade-long experiment in slow journalism. He is walking the pathways of the first humans who migrated out of Africa…
Virtual Field Trip To Ellis Island
The school year these last couple of years has looked very different from others. With many things being online and activities and field trips being canceled, we needed to find another way to give our students those same experiences. This is where virtual field trips come into play. Virtual field trips are fun activities that…
Cultural Comparison – The Life Ahead
The Life Ahead is an Italian movie that is based in the port city of Bari, Apulia, Italy. It follows the story of a twelve-year-old orphan named Momo who gets taken in by the woman he robbed Madam Rosa. Madam Rosa is an elderly holocaust survivor. Momo and Madam Rosa develop a deep bond that…
Virtual Reality in the Classroom
Give your students the experience of a lifetime right from your classroom using Google Cardboards VR and Google Expeditions. Want to show your students what festivals worldwide look like or take them on a virtual field trip to Paris? You can do all of this from the comfort of your classroom using your smartphone, google…
Communicating with Microsoft Translate
Teachers are blessed to live in a world where the number of educational tools is endless. However, when it comes to working with students from different countries that don’t speak or understand English or even students from the deaf or hard of hearing community can become challenging; this is where Microsoft translate comes into action….
Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below The Water
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals were created by the United Nations Member States in 2015. This agenda is a blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. The agenda consists of seventeen goals, which are an urgent call for action by all countries in a global…
One Day in the Life with iEARN
iEARN is a website that has global projects aligned to the UN Stainable Development Goals. iEARN enables students and educators worldwide to design and participate in international projects as part of their regular classroom and after-school programs. Participants become global citizens who make a difference by collaborating with their peers around the world. I chose…
Prioritizing Student’s Mental Health With Reflect By Microsoft Teams
Taking care of one’s mental health is extremely important. In the classroom, sometimes we tend to forget that we need to also check in on our student’s mental health. Teachers can now collaborate with Reflect by Microsoft teams, which is an emotional check-in app. To keep a positive environment in our classrooms, we must make…
Global Learning In The Classroom And Concepts Of Global Education
In today’s world of virtual learning children may be missing out on key experiences that help them understand the world. Global competence is just as important for children as understanding math, language arts, and science. In an article I found it talks about the eight key concepts of global learning. It also discusses ways for…