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International Education Washington
Global Connections through Technology
This project is funded by the 2008 State Innovations grant from Longview Foundation.
Purpose: Provide guidance to schools that want to
internationalize their curriculum through technology
Timeframe: Spring through December, 2008
Description:
- Partner with Bridges to Understanding, Seattle Public Schools, and
a smaller district (such as Highline School District) to train four
middle school teachers to use digital storytelling in their classrooms
to engage students in making global connections.
- Hold a public workshop where Bridges teachers can share their
experiences with using technology and digital storytelling to connect
their students to the world.
- Develop a workshop using the Asia Society’s new guide to
Internationalizing Curriculum (scheduled for publication by Summer,
2008) and present it in Seattle and other venues, including State
Superintendent of Public Instruction conferences; highlight the role
of technology
Key Personnel:
- Greg Tuke, Executive Director of Bridges to Understanding; 2006
State Innovations Grant Project Director
- Jennifer Geist, Teacher Development Manager for Bridges to
Understanding
- Karen Kodama, International Education Administrator for Seattle
Public Schools; formerly Principal of John Stanford International
School in Seattle
Status as of:
2/28/2009 |
1/2/2009 |
11/8/2008 | 8/31/2008
The three workshops were presented at the
OSPI January Conference World-Class Education: Future-Ready
Students. Here are links to handouts:
Portions of the Bridges to Understanding teacher workshop in January
2009 were also videoed and will be available for Bridges to use for
future teacher preparation workshops.
Three workshops have been accepted for presentation at the
OSPI January Conference World-Class Education: Future-Ready
Students:
- Storytelling in the Digital Age: Connecting Youth World-Wide to
Create Real World-Class
The world can be your classroom! Learn how to engage students using
digital technology combined with the art of storytelling to engage in
cross-cultural communication with international peers.
Presenter: Greg Tuke, Bridges to Understanding
www.bridges2understanding.org
Audience: Principals, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers
- Going Global: Preparing Our Students for an Interconnected
World
Now, more than ever, our students need to become global citizens,
ready to live in an interconnected world. We‘ll explore the challenges
and opportunities of their global future, and see how schools and
districts in Washington and other states are creating a global vision
and culture in their schools. We‘ll examine the profile of a globally
oriented teacher, and share information about how to bring visiting
teachers from abroad to your schools. Featured presenter Karen Kodama,
International Education Administrator for Seattle Schools, will be
joined by OSPI‘s new World Languages Program Supervisor, Michele
Anciaux Aoki, and international education consultant, Andrea Leary.
Audience: Teachers (K-12), Principals, Superintendents
Reference: Going Global: Preparing U.S. Students for an
Interconnected World
http://www.asiasociety.org/education-learning/partnership-global-learning/publications/going-global#
- Going Global: Transforming Curriculum and Going Beyond
Going Global means integrating global perspectives into all parts of
the curriculum from Arts to Language Arts, from Math to Science, not
to mention Social Studies and World Languages. You will learn best
practices in instruction and assessment and how to provide engaging,
relevant content and meaningful, internationally connected learning
experiences. We‘ll look at ways to expand opportunities through
technology and service learning and by globalizing culminating
projects. Finally, we‘ll show how these efforts to prepare all
students for today‘s interconnected world are being scaled up from
schools to districts to the state level in Washington and other
states.
Featured presenter Andrea Leary, International Education Consultant,
will be joined by Karen Kodama, International Education Administrator
for Seattle Schools, and OSPI‘s new World Languages Program
Supervisor, Michele Anciaux Aoki.
Audience: Teachers (K-12), Principals, Superintendents
Reference: Going Global: Preparing U.S. Students for an
Interconnected World
http://www.asiasociety.org/education-learning/partnership-global-learning/publications/going-global#
- Bridges to Understanding presented mini-workshops on their work in
Seattle Public Schools at the World Languages
Summit November 6 Resource Fair "Models
of Success for World Languages and Global Education."
- Karen Kodama, Andrea Leary, and Michele Anciaux Aoki have
submitted a proposal for a workshop based on the "Going Global" guide
for the
OSPI January Conference in January.
- Bridges to Understanding used $1,000.00 to prepare for a digital
story telling workshop that took place from June 19th until June 22nd.
Three middle school teachers and one staff member from Clover Park
Middle School participated in this workshop and will be taking the
digital storytelling techniques back to their school to use with their
students. Also, staff preparation and planning time for the August
teacher training workshop.
- Michele Anciaux Aoki presented on a panel at the Asia Society's
conference "Putting the World into World-Class Education" July 8-10 in
Washington, DC:
Seattle International School Guidelines (PDF).
- Karen Kodama, Andrea Leary, and Michele Anciaux Aoki held an
initial planning meeting to develop an outline for a 3-hour workshop
based on the Asia Society’s “Going Global” guide. The plan is to offer
the workshop at the statewide OSPI Winter Conference in Seattle in
early January, plus, possibly, another location for Seattle schools.
We will include segments on project-based learning, service learning,
and global connections through technology.
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