This document summarizes a presentation about using real-world math problems involving global issues to engage students. It discusses how Facing the Future, a nonprofit, develops curriculum to teach students 21st century skills through issues like sustainability. It provides an example lesson on waste and recycling that uses data analysis and graphing to explore recycling trends and patterns. The lesson models how math can be taught through meaningful issues to increase student interest and motivation to learn.
Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global IssuesFacing the Future
Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues promotes student engagement by providing real-world data on global issues with a focus on practical solutions. The student workbook and corresponding teacher’s guide concentrate on foundational algebra and geometry concepts. All lessons are aligned with National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards and Expectations. Topics range from climate change to financial literacy and build both mathematical knowledge and global perspective. Complementary datasets are also available to download for free.
Slides with lessons and resource links from the Facing the Future presentation given Thursday, 10/28/2010 at the NCTM regional conference in New Orleans, LA.
Biodiversity: Southern Fried STEAM... Innovative Learning Project, not a Stir...Kim Moore
Real-world projects provide an opportunity to students to explore a variety of different subjects, and most importantly, they prepare students for real world problem solving. In this presentation, we explore this idea using the concept of Biodiversity.
The document summarizes key points about nurturing creativity in a journalism lab context. It discusses myths and realities of creativity, such as that creativity can be managed using processes like preparation, incubation, insight, evaluation and elaboration. It also notes that creativity often emerges from blending ideas from different fields and problem solving. Collaboration is important for creativity, finding the right balance between strangers and close connections. The journalism lab aims to create an environment that fosters creativity through collaboration, critiques, and a focus on improving ideas rather than mistakes.
Mercy for Earth seeks to increase public awareness, educate and mobilize the community by understanding environmental issues through research, the media and educational programs.
Environmental Education is facing new challenges. Despite significant achievements, from institutional agencies and others, it must be strengthened and project its expansion, thereby eliminating the slow bureaucratic aspects, creating new strategies of action, further opening of the social agencies and pursuing broader international commitments. Deepening in Environmental Education is the surest path to planetary transformation and survival of the human race.
Sustainability refers to meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It involves balancing environmental protection, economic growth, and social equity. The key concepts are developing in a way and using resources that can be maintained indefinitely without depleting or permanently damaging natural resources. Sustainable development aims to give current populations a decent standard of living without jeopardizing the prospects of future generations.
O documento introduz o framework Core Location do iOS, que fornece APIs para obter dados de localização do usuário, como latitude, longitude e altitude. Ele explica como o Core Location obtém a localização através de triangulação de torres celulares, Wi-Fi e GPS, e descreve as classes e métodos principais como CLLocation, CLLocationManager e CLLocationManagerDelegate.
Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global IssuesFacing the Future
Real World Math: Engaging Students through Global Issues promotes student engagement by providing real-world data on global issues with a focus on practical solutions. The student workbook and corresponding teacher’s guide concentrate on foundational algebra and geometry concepts. All lessons are aligned with National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards and Expectations. Topics range from climate change to financial literacy and build both mathematical knowledge and global perspective. Complementary datasets are also available to download for free.
Slides with lessons and resource links from the Facing the Future presentation given Thursday, 10/28/2010 at the NCTM regional conference in New Orleans, LA.
Biodiversity: Southern Fried STEAM... Innovative Learning Project, not a Stir...Kim Moore
Real-world projects provide an opportunity to students to explore a variety of different subjects, and most importantly, they prepare students for real world problem solving. In this presentation, we explore this idea using the concept of Biodiversity.
The document summarizes key points about nurturing creativity in a journalism lab context. It discusses myths and realities of creativity, such as that creativity can be managed using processes like preparation, incubation, insight, evaluation and elaboration. It also notes that creativity often emerges from blending ideas from different fields and problem solving. Collaboration is important for creativity, finding the right balance between strangers and close connections. The journalism lab aims to create an environment that fosters creativity through collaboration, critiques, and a focus on improving ideas rather than mistakes.
Mercy for Earth seeks to increase public awareness, educate and mobilize the community by understanding environmental issues through research, the media and educational programs.
Environmental Education is facing new challenges. Despite significant achievements, from institutional agencies and others, it must be strengthened and project its expansion, thereby eliminating the slow bureaucratic aspects, creating new strategies of action, further opening of the social agencies and pursuing broader international commitments. Deepening in Environmental Education is the surest path to planetary transformation and survival of the human race.
Sustainability refers to meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It involves balancing environmental protection, economic growth, and social equity. The key concepts are developing in a way and using resources that can be maintained indefinitely without depleting or permanently damaging natural resources. Sustainable development aims to give current populations a decent standard of living without jeopardizing the prospects of future generations.
O documento introduz o framework Core Location do iOS, que fornece APIs para obter dados de localização do usuário, como latitude, longitude e altitude. Ele explica como o Core Location obtém a localização através de triangulação de torres celulares, Wi-Fi e GPS, e descreve as classes e métodos principais como CLLocation, CLLocationManager e CLLocationManagerDelegate.
Reading into Action: Textbooks and Lessons to Engage Students with Global Sus...Facing the Future
Find readings for your global issues course. Provide context for environmental science students. Supplement your world geography textbook. “Reading into Action: Textbooks and Lessons to Engage Students with Global Sustainability” introduces Facing the Future’s two textbooks, Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions and It’s All Connected and shares how they can be used alongside the teacher’s guide Engaging Students through Global Issues. Attendees will hear about how educators are employing these curriculum resources - from using them as supplementary materials in middle and high school science and social studies, as building blocks for curriculum units, to making them the basis for a complete course.
Presentation to the School of Architecture, University of Nottingham, 2010Andrea Wheeler
This document outlines Dr. Andrea Wheeler's 3-year research project on building sustainable communities with young people and their families. It discusses workshops held to explore environmental change and cultural change. It also examines educational philosophies around citizenship, ethics, and encouraging radical lifestyle changes. The document summarizes discussions from workshops with children on topics like global warming, sustainable behavior, habits, and children's agency. It concludes by outlining future research directions, including conferences and collaborations around sustainability topics.
A collaborative project on reducing our ecological footprint, students in Mexico and New Zealand had the opportunity to connect, inspire, discover, and take action!
Rising to the Challenge: Collaboration in 1:1 ClassroomKatie Morrow
This document discusses promoting collaboration in 1:1 classrooms. It provides examples of digital tools that can be used to facilitate collaboration, such as VoiceThread, Google Docs, iChat/Skype, blogs, and wikis. Challenge-based learning is presented as a framework for collaborative projects, with essential elements including real-world topics, challenges, student teams, and teachers as co-collaborators. Potential benefits of collaboration include improved attendance, engagement, empowerment, and skills in communication and community connections.
Reason, Reflect, Resolve: Thoughts About Learning SpacesLee Hoffmann
An exploration of 5 significant learning spaces: The Classroom and the School; Beyond the Classroom; The Electronic Learning Space; The Individual Learning Space; The Group Learning Space.
This document discusses future trends in education from 2012 to 2035. It provides information on current topics in education, science, technology and jobs. Some of the key points made are:
1) By 2025, education models may shift away from grade-based structures to peer groups organized by interest. Buildings will get smaller and more environmentally friendly.
2) Jobs that may become obsolete by 2025 include traditional desks, language labs, homework, and standardized tests. Skills needed for future jobs include social intelligence, cross-cultural competence, and virtual collaboration.
3) Emerging jobs include cyber security specialists, genetic counselors, organic farmers, and medical records administrators, to name a few. Stem
Global Citizenship And Design & Technologybensedman
Education for global citizenship aims to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and values to participate in ensuring their own and others' well-being and make a positive global impact. This involves developing students' self-confidence, cooperation skills, and ability to resolve conflicts, which improves their motivation, behavior, and academic achievement. As the world's resources are unsustainable and inequality exists between rich and poor nations, tomorrow's adults need to learn to care for the planet. Developing critical thinking allows students to explore complex global issues, express their own opinions, and make informed choices that consider their responsibilities towards others.
ESD Through a Whole School Approach: Teaching, Learning, Planning and Assessm...jbacha
Presentation delivered to educators at the ‘4th International Beijing Forum on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)’ held in Beijing, China on 22-24 October 2009
Facing the Future Third Thursday Webinar Series Oct 2012Facing the Future
Slides from a conversation about integrating sustainability, global issues, and service learning with Facing the Future Peer Educator Naomi Harper, a science teacher at Will Rogers Middle School in California.
The document discusses goals for improving education in America, including preparing students for the real world and global competitiveness. It notes that technology is advancing rapidly and changing the skills students need, such as problem solving, teamwork and communication. The document advocates making curriculum more interdisciplinary, project-based and connected to real world applications to better prepare students for the 21st century.
People committed-to-fight-climate-changeLittle Daisy
This document presents 10 interviews with professionals working in various fields related to climate change, environmental protection, and sustainability. The interviews provide insights into their careers and daily work, which include environmental management, environmental research and education, risk management, conservation, environmental engineering, landscape design, responsible consumption, permaculture, and more. The interviews are intended to help students explore potential career paths in exciting and influential fields that contribute to addressing climate change.
Inglewood school embedding global learning powerpoint,3 sept 2013 2katiecdec
This document outlines an agenda and presentation for a workshop on embedding global learning in teaching. The workshop aims to explore what global learning is, why it's important, and how to incorporate it across the curriculum. It discusses key concepts like diversity, identity, and global citizenship. Teachers will learn strategies for raising awareness of different cultures and global issues, and how students can take action. The presentation encourages mapping topics against concepts like interdependence and evaluating coverage to identify areas for development, in order to better promote global perspectives in education.
This document provides an overview of challenge-based learning (CBL). It defines CBL as a collaborative learning experience where students work with teachers to learn about real issues, propose solutions, and take action. The document discusses how CBL taps into student curiosity, focuses on authentic global challenges with local solutions, and allows students to hone 21st century skills. Examples of CBL challenges are provided, as well as guidance on implementing the CBL framework and using digital tools to support CBL in the classroom.
This document outlines the key concepts, tasks, and skills that will be covered in a Natural Science unit on ecosystems. The unit will study basic ecosystem concepts like biotic relations, nutrition in ecosystems, trophic chains and networks, and trophic pyramids. Students will complete projects, tests, hands-on activities and questions to learn about these topics. They will develop skills in time management, group work, accessing information, problem-solving and more. The unit aims to develop learner profile characteristics like being inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers and reflective.
The document provides an agenda for a workshop on making school meaningful hosted by the Institute for Global Ethics. The workshop aims to explore concepts and frameworks to build an ethics focus in schools, strengthen the common core through ethical decision making, and examine classroom practices for building trust and relationships. The agenda covers topics such as balancing academics and ethics, using ethics to build common core skills, and increasing relevance through ethics. It also shares findings from the Institute's research and provides examples for participants to consider implementing at their own schools.
The document discusses how design can help address existential threats facing the world such as climate change, population growth, and resource depletion. It outlines several tipping points that could trigger irreversible changes to complex interconnected systems. However, it also highlights promising solutions and progress, such as countries committing to reduce emissions and brands incorporating social and environmental goals. The document argues we are at a decisive point where interventions can make a difference, and offers 10 things designers can do now like applying design thinking to problems, engaging in activism, and using skills to accelerate progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Utilizing information that is currently in the news, presentation will explore project-based/ problem-based learning by focus on the renewable energy questions, along with the recent coal ash problem facing our communities, which are impactful and relevant to our students and our future. We will investigate this topic through live interactive technology integration, discussion, writing, and hand-on exploration via group collaboration and individual learning.
Can Design Save the World? - Ann Longley | Interact London 2017Nomensa
As a planet and a species we are facing many imminent threats:
climate change induced disasters are increasing
65+ million people are displaced due to man-made conflicts
preventable diseases continue to plague us
almost half of the world live in poverty
Rapidly evolving technology can help us overcome many of these problems, but it is also a catalyst for further societal disruption. We are as yet unclear how robots and automation will play out in the workforce. Our institutions are not prepared for the massive societal changes these technologies will bring.
What is the role of design in the problem solving equation? Design has created some game-changing solutions to very specific problems, in particular, those in less developed countries. From poverty reducing water pumps to gravity powered lights, design can incrementally improve lives and undoubtedly transform our future. But what are the barriers which prevent it from reaching its full potential and how we might overcome them? How does design unlock its inherent ability and scale up to solve the world’s most pressing and complex problems?
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Ann Longley is a digital transformation expert whose career in digital spans 20 years.
She has worked across sectors and continents modernising businesses, enriching public services, and helping save lives through the strategic and creative application of digital technology.
She has worked with the DEC and its member agencies including Oxfam, Save the Children, and the British Red Cross planning, incubating and co-creating pioneering approaches to delivering aid to disaster affected communities.
She is a visiting lecturer at Greenwich University, and the founder of Something New Together, a consultancy designed to futureproof organizations by co-designing new products and services.
3 essential characteristics of teacherpreneurs. If we want to innovate and progress in education, we need to level up a little every day, connect with excellence, and personalize learning. Opening presentation at Grand Canyon University.
Reading into Action: Textbooks and Lessons to Engage Students with Global Sus...Facing the Future
Find readings for your global issues course. Provide context for environmental science students. Supplement your world geography textbook. “Reading into Action: Textbooks and Lessons to Engage Students with Global Sustainability” introduces Facing the Future’s two textbooks, Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions and It’s All Connected and shares how they can be used alongside the teacher’s guide Engaging Students through Global Issues. Attendees will hear about how educators are employing these curriculum resources - from using them as supplementary materials in middle and high school science and social studies, as building blocks for curriculum units, to making them the basis for a complete course.
Presentation to the School of Architecture, University of Nottingham, 2010Andrea Wheeler
This document outlines Dr. Andrea Wheeler's 3-year research project on building sustainable communities with young people and their families. It discusses workshops held to explore environmental change and cultural change. It also examines educational philosophies around citizenship, ethics, and encouraging radical lifestyle changes. The document summarizes discussions from workshops with children on topics like global warming, sustainable behavior, habits, and children's agency. It concludes by outlining future research directions, including conferences and collaborations around sustainability topics.
A collaborative project on reducing our ecological footprint, students in Mexico and New Zealand had the opportunity to connect, inspire, discover, and take action!
Rising to the Challenge: Collaboration in 1:1 ClassroomKatie Morrow
This document discusses promoting collaboration in 1:1 classrooms. It provides examples of digital tools that can be used to facilitate collaboration, such as VoiceThread, Google Docs, iChat/Skype, blogs, and wikis. Challenge-based learning is presented as a framework for collaborative projects, with essential elements including real-world topics, challenges, student teams, and teachers as co-collaborators. Potential benefits of collaboration include improved attendance, engagement, empowerment, and skills in communication and community connections.
Reason, Reflect, Resolve: Thoughts About Learning SpacesLee Hoffmann
An exploration of 5 significant learning spaces: The Classroom and the School; Beyond the Classroom; The Electronic Learning Space; The Individual Learning Space; The Group Learning Space.
This document discusses future trends in education from 2012 to 2035. It provides information on current topics in education, science, technology and jobs. Some of the key points made are:
1) By 2025, education models may shift away from grade-based structures to peer groups organized by interest. Buildings will get smaller and more environmentally friendly.
2) Jobs that may become obsolete by 2025 include traditional desks, language labs, homework, and standardized tests. Skills needed for future jobs include social intelligence, cross-cultural competence, and virtual collaboration.
3) Emerging jobs include cyber security specialists, genetic counselors, organic farmers, and medical records administrators, to name a few. Stem
Global Citizenship And Design & Technologybensedman
Education for global citizenship aims to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and values to participate in ensuring their own and others' well-being and make a positive global impact. This involves developing students' self-confidence, cooperation skills, and ability to resolve conflicts, which improves their motivation, behavior, and academic achievement. As the world's resources are unsustainable and inequality exists between rich and poor nations, tomorrow's adults need to learn to care for the planet. Developing critical thinking allows students to explore complex global issues, express their own opinions, and make informed choices that consider their responsibilities towards others.
ESD Through a Whole School Approach: Teaching, Learning, Planning and Assessm...jbacha
Presentation delivered to educators at the ‘4th International Beijing Forum on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)’ held in Beijing, China on 22-24 October 2009
Facing the Future Third Thursday Webinar Series Oct 2012Facing the Future
Slides from a conversation about integrating sustainability, global issues, and service learning with Facing the Future Peer Educator Naomi Harper, a science teacher at Will Rogers Middle School in California.
The document discusses goals for improving education in America, including preparing students for the real world and global competitiveness. It notes that technology is advancing rapidly and changing the skills students need, such as problem solving, teamwork and communication. The document advocates making curriculum more interdisciplinary, project-based and connected to real world applications to better prepare students for the 21st century.
People committed-to-fight-climate-changeLittle Daisy
This document presents 10 interviews with professionals working in various fields related to climate change, environmental protection, and sustainability. The interviews provide insights into their careers and daily work, which include environmental management, environmental research and education, risk management, conservation, environmental engineering, landscape design, responsible consumption, permaculture, and more. The interviews are intended to help students explore potential career paths in exciting and influential fields that contribute to addressing climate change.
Inglewood school embedding global learning powerpoint,3 sept 2013 2katiecdec
This document outlines an agenda and presentation for a workshop on embedding global learning in teaching. The workshop aims to explore what global learning is, why it's important, and how to incorporate it across the curriculum. It discusses key concepts like diversity, identity, and global citizenship. Teachers will learn strategies for raising awareness of different cultures and global issues, and how students can take action. The presentation encourages mapping topics against concepts like interdependence and evaluating coverage to identify areas for development, in order to better promote global perspectives in education.
This document provides an overview of challenge-based learning (CBL). It defines CBL as a collaborative learning experience where students work with teachers to learn about real issues, propose solutions, and take action. The document discusses how CBL taps into student curiosity, focuses on authentic global challenges with local solutions, and allows students to hone 21st century skills. Examples of CBL challenges are provided, as well as guidance on implementing the CBL framework and using digital tools to support CBL in the classroom.
This document outlines the key concepts, tasks, and skills that will be covered in a Natural Science unit on ecosystems. The unit will study basic ecosystem concepts like biotic relations, nutrition in ecosystems, trophic chains and networks, and trophic pyramids. Students will complete projects, tests, hands-on activities and questions to learn about these topics. They will develop skills in time management, group work, accessing information, problem-solving and more. The unit aims to develop learner profile characteristics like being inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers and reflective.
The document provides an agenda for a workshop on making school meaningful hosted by the Institute for Global Ethics. The workshop aims to explore concepts and frameworks to build an ethics focus in schools, strengthen the common core through ethical decision making, and examine classroom practices for building trust and relationships. The agenda covers topics such as balancing academics and ethics, using ethics to build common core skills, and increasing relevance through ethics. It also shares findings from the Institute's research and provides examples for participants to consider implementing at their own schools.
The document discusses how design can help address existential threats facing the world such as climate change, population growth, and resource depletion. It outlines several tipping points that could trigger irreversible changes to complex interconnected systems. However, it also highlights promising solutions and progress, such as countries committing to reduce emissions and brands incorporating social and environmental goals. The document argues we are at a decisive point where interventions can make a difference, and offers 10 things designers can do now like applying design thinking to problems, engaging in activism, and using skills to accelerate progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Utilizing information that is currently in the news, presentation will explore project-based/ problem-based learning by focus on the renewable energy questions, along with the recent coal ash problem facing our communities, which are impactful and relevant to our students and our future. We will investigate this topic through live interactive technology integration, discussion, writing, and hand-on exploration via group collaboration and individual learning.
Can Design Save the World? - Ann Longley | Interact London 2017Nomensa
As a planet and a species we are facing many imminent threats:
climate change induced disasters are increasing
65+ million people are displaced due to man-made conflicts
preventable diseases continue to plague us
almost half of the world live in poverty
Rapidly evolving technology can help us overcome many of these problems, but it is also a catalyst for further societal disruption. We are as yet unclear how robots and automation will play out in the workforce. Our institutions are not prepared for the massive societal changes these technologies will bring.
What is the role of design in the problem solving equation? Design has created some game-changing solutions to very specific problems, in particular, those in less developed countries. From poverty reducing water pumps to gravity powered lights, design can incrementally improve lives and undoubtedly transform our future. But what are the barriers which prevent it from reaching its full potential and how we might overcome them? How does design unlock its inherent ability and scale up to solve the world’s most pressing and complex problems?
-
Ann Longley is a digital transformation expert whose career in digital spans 20 years.
She has worked across sectors and continents modernising businesses, enriching public services, and helping save lives through the strategic and creative application of digital technology.
She has worked with the DEC and its member agencies including Oxfam, Save the Children, and the British Red Cross planning, incubating and co-creating pioneering approaches to delivering aid to disaster affected communities.
She is a visiting lecturer at Greenwich University, and the founder of Something New Together, a consultancy designed to futureproof organizations by co-designing new products and services.
3 essential characteristics of teacherpreneurs. If we want to innovate and progress in education, we need to level up a little every day, connect with excellence, and personalize learning. Opening presentation at Grand Canyon University.
42. Let’s Go Shopping
Where can you buy each
item for the lowest price?
Which city is most
expensive?
Think, Pair, Share
Is it feasible to live on $2
a day?
What % of world‟s people
live on $2 a day or less?
What would life be like?
Where would you live
and work?
What would you eat?
How could the number of
people living in extreme
poverty be reduced?