Entries Tagged as 'World View K-12 Symposium'

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Starting the Conversation

The presenter, Shari Albright, began her presentation with showing the Did You Know? video.
Are our students ready?
Rand, Price Waterhouse, and Microsoft are all concerned with global issues.
What is Global?International competences?
Knowledege, skills, and values. NCLB is not enough. Gates Challenge: The International Studies Schools Network (ISSN). Charlotte, NC has a couple. Best school practices. I will [...]

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

100 People in Columbus County

This project is something our school will be starting to use in Columbus County, North Carolina.
Here is the link to Wake County’s project which we will be using as a model.  

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

World View K-12 Symposium 2007

I am trying to blog this live, so these are just ideas.
Creating and Integrated, interdisciplinary Global Studies Curriculum session presented by Caryn Stedman, Bloomfield, CT. 100% graduation rate, wow!.  Caryn began by telling us about how her school demographics matched normal schools.
The Need- skills for a Flat World – Sharing our planet – 20-20 [...]