This week's postings: 1. Talk to US: The World Speaks to America 2. International Education Week (November 15-19, 2004) 3. iEARN Teacher Professional Development Course: Integrating Technology into your Teaching 4. "Dispatches from a Small Planet: Election 2004" from FRONTLINE/World 5. The Center for Global Development releases two new briefs in the "Campaign 2004: A Guide to Global Development" series Anne Baker Vice President National Peace Corps Association mailto:globaled@rpcv.org http://www.globalteachnet.org ------------------------------------------- 1. Talk to US: The World Speaks to America Posted by request: Global Educators - There is a great new resource for your classrooms. Talk to US is a project that can bring the voices of people around the world into your class through short video clips. American actions affect people everywhere, yet there are few channels for non-Americans to make their voices heard. Talk to US is changing that. There are currently 60 videos from 15 different countries available at http://www.talktoUS.org, for use in your classroom. Your global issues segment could include the video of Brian, a teenager from Uganda living with AIDS. When teaching China, let your class actually hear the voices of three different people living there today. Bring the world to life with the voices and faces of people from around the world. For more information, contact us at mailto:info@talktoUS.org. ------------------------------------------- 2. International Education Week (November 15-19, 2004) Compiled from two recent announcements to the IEW listserv: We are pleased to announce that the International Education Week 2004 web site has been launched at http://exchanges.state.gov/iew/ . As many of you already know, the dates for IEW 2004 are November 15 - 19. We are pleased to partner with the National Geographic Society, which has provided questions from previous National Geographic Bee competitions for this year's Global IQ Quiz. For 2004, the Global IQ Quiz will change periodically, and follow general subject areas (continents, world cultures, etc.) Previous quizzes will be archived on the IEW site. A new quiz will be available in mid-September, so get ready to test your worldly knowledge! The IEW events database is now live. To view submitted events, go to http://exchanges.state.gov/iew/events.htm and select the region you wish to view. Currently, 2004 submitted events and archived 2003 events are available for viewing; events from 2000-2002 are being added over the coming months. Be sure to submit your events for inclusion in the IEW database. Over the coming weeks, we will be adding other information to the IEW site, including classroom resources for teachers and others, so check back soon. Please encourage others to join the IEW mailing list http://exchanges.state.gov/iew/involved/mailinglist.htm ------------------------------------------- 3. iEARN Teacher Professional Development Course: Integrating Technology into your Teaching Forwarded with permission: Interactive nine-week courses are being offered by iEARN for teachers wanting to learn how to integrate an online collaborative project into their teaching. The courses are step-by-step guide on using international collaborative projects in the classroom. Participants will complete hands-on activities, discuss related readings and collaborate with partner teachers. Each course has twenty-five teachers from the U.S. and around the world. The course is facilitated by two experienced iEARN online educators. Seven course offerings: Creative Arts Creative Writing/Language Arts Social Studies/Contemporary Affairs/Geography Science/Environment/Math English as a Second Language Helping Students Cope with Trauma in Schools Learning Circles The next courses begin October 4th - December 5th, 2004. Enroll now at: http://www.iearn.org/professional/index.html Teacher certification for professional development credit is available for New York City Department of Education, Delaware, and Rhode Island State educators iEARN-USA was the recipient of the first Goldman Sachs Foundation Prize for Excellence in International Education in the media/technology category in 2003. ------------------------------------------- 4. "Dispatches from a Small Planet: Election 2004" from FRONTLINE/World Forwarded with permission (see website for complete information): As the campaigns heat up and election fever sweeps sweeps our county, you may find yourself asking, "What do people in other countries think about the U.S. election?" I thought that you, your members, and colleagues would enjoy this new series of online articles from FRONTLINE/World called "Dispatches from a Small Planet: Election 2004." We'll publish a new dispatch each Tuesday until the November election. I hope you'll take a look: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/ Or, you can access the full announcement press release here: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/elections/pressrelease.html Sign up to receive an e-mail each time a new dispatch is published: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/newsletter/index.html Lastly, you can chat with our reporters each Friday following publication, on washingtonpost.com http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/04/tv_frontline080604.ht m . Please feel free to forward or post, and to contact me with any questions. Jessica Smith Outreach Coordinator FRONTLINE 617/300-5374 jessica_smith@wgbh.org ------------------------------------------- 5. The Center for Global Development releases two new briefs in the "Campaign 2004: A Guide to Global Development" series Forwarded from the CGD: The Center for Global Development is proud to announce the release of two new briefs in our "Campaign 2004: A Guide to Global Development" series. The "Global Trade, Jobs, and Labor Standards" brief and the "State Building and Global Development" brief are now available at http://www.cgdev.org/Research/Campaign2004.cfm The 2004 presidential and congressional elections present the development community with an unprecedented opportunity to focus attention on policies that foster economic, political and social development abroad as part of a package of policies to advance U.S. economic, moral, and security interests. Foreign policy, national security, trade and jobs dominate much of the presidential campaigns. As the parties kick off their conventions in Boston and New York, our Campaign 2004 policy briefs provide a resource to frame your own questions and evaluate how global development plays a role--or should play a role--in U.S. foreign policy. CGD's outreach to students, business leaders, media outlets and the general public has yielded great responses. The Campaign 2004 briefs are reaching high school and university classrooms, development conferences, websites and broad list serves around the country. We are organizing events in Miami and San Francisco and collaborating with several local organizations in those areas to bring development to the forefront of national foreign policy debate and to provide people with clear, non-partisan information about important development issues. We invite your input on how your organization might use these briefs, and we are happy to send you free hard copies for distribution should you find our briefs useful. We look forward to our future collaboration. 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