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"Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition ..." Via Leona Ungerer 
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This online project will start in September 2017 and finish in April 2018. The project is open to high school students and teachers from all over the world who believe in the power of global connections.Your students need to have communicative competence in English as all the assignments and communication will be conducted in English only. Objectives The objective of this project is for high school students and teachers to make international connections with peers and experts from all over the world and to improve their problem solving skills. As we all encounter problems every single day, it is important to know how to solve both easy and complex problems. In this project, we aim to show our students how to define problems, how to generate evaluate, select and implement solutions. We believe that this skill will be one of the most important ones in the future workplaces. Upon completion of this project, students will: • develop an understanding of problem solving • identify the skills to participate in problem solving • better understand the SDG ( Sustainable Development Goals) and the challenges in achieving it • improve their writing, speaking and ICT skills • meet international students and become a part of a global community • participate in thought provoking Skype conversations and self –reflection activities that challenge students to investigate global problems • become competent users of ICT tools in education • gain a factual knowledge on global problems • learn to express themselves online • be challenged to share the information they learn Upon completion of this project, teachers will be able to: connect with educators in other schoolsbuild their knowledge to feel more confident to teach global content in their classroomsdesign a global learning experiencedevelop activities around the SDGsimprove their ICT skills
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Gust MEES's curator insight,
August 31, 2017 4:01 PM
This online project will start in September 2017 and finish in April 2018. The project is open to high school students and teachers from all over the world who believe in the power of global connections.Your students need to have communicative competence in English as all the assignments and communication will be conducted in English only. Objectives The objective of this project is for high school students and teachers to make international connections with peers and experts from all over the world and to improve their problem solving skills. As we all encounter problems every single day, it is important to know how to solve both easy and complex problems. In this project, we aim to show our students how to define problems, how to generate evaluate, select and implement solutions. We believe that this skill will be one of the most important ones in the future workplaces. Upon completion of this project, students will: • develop an understanding of problem solving • identify the skills to participate in problem solving • better understand the SDG ( Sustainable Development Goals) and the challenges in achieving it • improve their writing, speaking and ICT skills • meet international students and become a part of a global community • participate in thought provoking Skype conversations and self –reflection activities that challenge students to investigate global problems • become competent users of ICT tools in education • gain a factual knowledge on global problems • learn to express themselves online • be challenged to share the information they learn Upon completion of this project, teachers will be able to:
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Fiona Leigh's curator insight,
August 31, 2017 5:38 PM
Would be great for our forward thinking Kiwi Kids who have a good grasp of sustainability and Global awareness - but isolated Geographically
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By Catherine Wedgwood - Today is Global Collaboration Day, so here are three ways educators and students can participate in the virtual event. Via Simon Vasey, Dean J. Fusto, Bookmarking Librarian
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