PGL 12 Session given by Liz Ozuna on Friday, June 29, 2012 at ISSN Summer Institute/PGL Conference

1. Investigating the World: Simulations
Liz Ozuna
eaozuna@gmail.com

2. Today’s Agenda
1 Welcome & Intro
2 Global Forum
3 Debrief
4 ISSN Network
Simulations
5 Q &A
6 Closing

3. What is a simulation?
sim·u·la·tion n.
Noun 1. simulation - the act of imitating the behavior of some
situation or some process by means of something suitably
analogous (especially for the purpose of study or training)
Think-Pair-Share
• Think of a time when you were involved in a
Study or training experience.
What was the goal?
What worked?
What didn’t?
Find a partner, introduce yourself &
share your stories

4. Welcome to the Global Forum
World Café
Today’s discussion will focus on three rounds with one question
and five minutes of talk time for each
After each round, everyone except the table host will find
another table for round two, and then round three; table hosts will
remain at the same table for all three rounds to facilitate
introductions, summarize the conversation & assure that all voices
can enter the talking space
You may doodle, write notes, & reflect during each round
Let the conversation begin!

5. I. What is right in the world?
II. What is wrong in the world?
III. What can you do to
Take Action to solve one
of the issues you
identified in Round
2, using the assets
identified in Round 1?

6. Whole group share out . . .
Debrief the process
Thoughts about the Global
Forum?

7. After your students participated in a Global
Forum, what might you have them do next?
What products might they create that could be
assessed based on the Performance Outcomes?

8. What would students need to know and
be able to do to participate in this
activity & possible next steps?

9. S How does this task meet
the elements of SAGE?
A
Performance Outcomes
G
Which Global Leadership or content
E PO’s might this simulation support?

10. Stimulatin’ simulations from around the ISSN
4th Grade Global Forum San Antonio MS Global Forum & Student Exchange- Global Environmental Problems
Regional, Texas & Denver ISA, San Antonio
Refugee Simulation-Mathis Middle School Immigration Simulation Advocacy for Children Forced into Asian
YES Prep Brays Oaks 6th grade Sex Trade-YES Prep Brays Oaks 7th grade

11. Final Thoughts
“It’s never enough just to tell people
about some new insight. Rather, you
What questions have to get them to experience it in a
and/or way that evokes its power and
possibility. Instead of pouring
comments do knowledge into people’s heads, you
need to help them grind a new set of
you have? eyeglasses so they can see the world in a
new way.”
-John Seely Brown, Seeing Differently:
Insights on Innovation

12. Resources
World Café:
http://theworldcafe.com/ Website includes resources for hosting your own
world café, including free downloadable manual
(http://theworldcafe.com/pdfs/cafetogo.pdf), and book for purchase.
ISSN Tools:
For ISSN Graduation Performance System Performance Outcomes and task
design tools (SAGE), go to the ISSN Ning (http://issnny.ning.com/ -
membership required) , click on the Resources tab, and go to ISSN Tools
(http://issnny.ning.com/page/issn-tools )
Refugee Simulation curriculum:
UNHCR Passages game: “An Awareness Game Confronting the Plight of
Refugees”( http://www.unhcr.org/473dc1772.html)

13. Resources, continued . . .
Student Travel resources (Global Forum with Texas
Region@ DCIS, January, 2012):
Go to the ISSN Ning, (http://issnny.ning.com/ - membership
required) then to Groups. Join the Texas Regional Group and
View All discussions. Select Global Leadership Forum, Jan 2012
to find entries with links to resources
(http://issnny.ning.com/group/texas-region/forum/topics/global-
leadership-forum-january-2012-texas-region-and-dcis-denver )
Curriculum for 21st Century challenges (ISA’s Global
Environmental Problems unit):
The Choices Program: History & Current Issues for the
Classroom, (http://www.choices.edu/cf/); while units are available for
purchase, the website includes a wealth of other resources & ideas for
simulations tied to global issues.

14. Resources, continued . . .
For information about the YES Prep Refugee
Project, contact: "Sarah Straub"
<Sarah.Straub@yesprep.org>,
For information about the YES Prep simulation tied
to the novel Sold, by Patricia McCormick, contact:
"Stephanie Gounder" <Stephanie.Gounder@yesprep.org>,