The document discusses the importance of global education and collaboration for students, highlighting how it can be integrated into the curriculum to enhance learning experiences. It addresses common challenges in global collaboration and provides guidance on how to start establishing international partnerships and professional development opportunities. Overall, the focus is on expanding classroom boundaries and embracing the opportunities that come with global connections.

1. Going Global
How To Go Beyond Classroom Walls
**All images are my own work unless cited at bottom**

2. Who Am I?

3. Goals
• WHY should you and your students explore ways to
share, connect, and collaborate globally?
• WHAT does global collaboration look like?
• HOW can I help you overcome the challenges and
obstacles in flattening your classroom walls?
• WHERE can you find international partners, and
access professional development to support their
integration of global perspectives / collaboration
across the curriculum?

4. Are you ready?
You have a choice!!!!!
My character, SenseiWu, from WoW

5. Do You Choose.........
Image from The Matrix

6. Time to Drink the Kool-Aid

7. Goal #1:Why Global Education?
21st Century Skills
McLeod, Scott. "Iowa â!! 21st Century Curricula." Iowa â!! 21st Century Curricula. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2012.
<http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2009/03/21st-century-curricula.html>.

8. Goal #2
What Does Global Education Look Like?

10. Expand Your Walls

11. Classroom Examples

12. Global Examples
Hungary Penpals

13. Unexpected Learning
Opportunities

14. Unexpected Learning
Opportunities

15. Goal #3
HOW can I help you overcome the challenges and obstacles in
flattening your classroom walls?
You gotta get dirty!

16. How Do I Start?

17. Global Education is not an
“add-on” it is integrated!
"MStM PLC Forum." : Iowa Core/Common Core Fact Sheet. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. <http://mstmplc.blogspot.com/2010/11/iowa-
corecommon-core-fact-sheet.html>.

18. Please Remember
Go at YOUR comfort level
Establish a strong PLN
Don’t be afraid to take RISKS
Always have a DEADLINE
Be ready to be amazed!

19. Create Your Own

20. Goal #4
Where Do Start? Where Do I Look?

21. Questions?

22. Your International Project
Begins!

23. Lorma International School

24. Here we go......