SXSWedu 2016
The Paradigm Shift of a Global Classroom
This past year, students from around the world came together to collaborate on world issues affecting their communities, taking the concept of global learning and turning it into a reality. In GlobalCOlab (GCL), Students teaching students from around the world, has connected students and educators from different cultures and religions from around the world to cross-cut disciplines, curricula, and traditional subjects to empower participants through student-led and student-created topics. These topics are based around global issues affecting each student’s community. GCL educators will discuss the need for an educational paradigm shift towards a global classroom in a one hour panel format.
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Takeaways
- Learning crosscuts all subject matter and can only be fully realized through connecting students to real world experiences and people.
- GCL not only provides the conceptual shift in education, but re-imagines the classroom into a border-less and subject-less world the user creates.
- The goal is to stress the process of learning in order to provide students the preparation needed to enter tomorrow’s workforce.
Speakers
- Brian Jones, Science Teacher, GlobalCOlab
- Ayelet Segal, Head of Education, TouchCast
- Anders Enström, Founder of Enstrom Education/Teacher at Östra Grundskolan, Enstrom Education and Östra Grundskolan
- Liz Meredith, Teacher, St. Clairsville-Richland City Schools
Organizer
Brian Jones, Science Teacher, GlobalCOlab
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