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: 8/31/2008
- 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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