The following are a list of local businesses, community-based organizations, global education organizations/associations, schools, and other stakeholders in global education. I've listed my top five favorites for classroom collaboration first!
Connecticut World Affairs Council has many programs and discussions that help provide programs for students to increase awareness of the world and the challenges that face the world. WACCT hosts programs and discussions on critical international issues that impact the local community and the world at large. The Council also works with Connecticut schools to provide programs for students and educators that increase awareness of our world and the challenges facing us as global citizens.
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University of Connecticut's Global Brigades is the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The organization empowers university students and professionals that want to make a difference in the world through international skill-based volunteer opportunities to gain a unique resume-building opportunity by engaging in hands-on international work experience.
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Digital Promise Global aims to spur innovation in order to improve the opportunity to learn around the world, through technology, research, and collaborative partnerships with global educators, researchers, and entrepreneurs. As our world continues to grow more complex and interconnected, one critical aspect of improving learning opportunity is enabling the development of the skills to collaborate and communicate across borders, and to critically and creatively solve problems as engaged citizens. We envision a world where all students are “globally connected learners,” using technology and digital media in powerful and authentic ways to address challenges with peers around the world.
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Reach the World's vision is to build a pipeline of globally competent students and educators who will succeed in and steward the 21st Century global community. RTW’s programs transform the energy of college study-abroad travelers into a teachable resource for the classroom. Through RTW, educators select a world traveler to match with for a semester. Educators map their curriculums, and select travelers whose college majors, background and personal interests are a close fit. Then, through a Standards-based program of web-based correspondence, videoconferencing and collaborative projects, students go on virtual journeys with their travelers – and expand their worldview, skills and aspirations in the process. RTW also delivers geography instruction via GeoGames, a geography learning curriculum developed by RTW, National Geographic and Columbia University Teachers College. Have you traveled? Has anyone shared their travel stories with you? Has this affected your worldview? If you can answer “Yes” to any of these questions, then you understand the mission of Reach the World. Throw away the textbook. View your curriculum through a global lens. Take your classroom on the road with Reach the World!
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Global Nomads Group (GNG) fosters dialogue and understanding among the world’s youth. Operating at the intersection of global and peace education, GNG’s virtual exchange programs serve as a vehicle for awareness, bridge the boundaries of cultural misconceptions, and instill in our audience a heightened appreciation and comprehension of the world in which they live. GNG’s programs are rooted in a Project Based Learning curriculum that prepares students with 21st century competencies, such as cross-cultural communication and collaboration, empathy and critical thinking, in order to interact effectively with their peers from around the world. Programs are accompanied by a teacher professional development workshop that trains educators to facilitate cross- cultural dialogue, opening their classroom to international, multicultural perspectives. Since founding in 1998, GNG has offered programs in 53 countries, on all seven continents, and reached more than one million young people.
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Global Glimpse is a fast growing 501c3 not for profit organization working to inspire America's next generation to become responsible and successful global citizens through after school programming and an immersion experience in the developing world. The high school program develops global competence, civic engagement, leadership, and college readiness, inspiring and empowering youth to become agents of change in their local communities and in the greater global community.
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Global Citizen Year is an award-winning, non-profit social enterprise forging a new educational pathway for America’s emerging leaders. By immersing a diverse corps of fellows in developing countries during a bridge year after high school, we prepare them for success in college, careers and our global economy. We envision a world in which this bridge year becomes a common expectation and opportunity—transforming education, and unleashing the potential of our next generation as social innovators and global citizens.
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iEARN-USA is a founding member of the iEARN global consortium of local NGOs, affiliated partners and universities, government representatives and educators working together to establish the field global K-12 collaborative project-based learning. The mission of iEARN-USA is to enable young people worldwide, working in collaboration and dialogue, to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people. iEARN-USA is the author of the U.S. Department of Education’sTeacher’s Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet, a founding partner of the Adobe Youth Voices program, the Exchange 2.0 Campaign, and the U.S. Department of State’s Chris Stevens Youth Network and Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program.
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New Global Citizens is a non-profit organization that activates individuals to use their knowledge and skills to impact the global community. New Global Citizens offers classroom curriculum, professional development trainings, and afterschool programs to empower teachers and enable students to develop skills in global competency, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, digital literacy, and leadership.
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EdSurge is an independent information resource and community for everyone involved in education technology. We report on the latest news and trends in the edtech industry to help entrepreneurs, educators and investors. In addition to reporting on trends, we share information available jobs, opportunities and events. We are also building a database of rich information about over 1,200 emerging products and how they're used. We also run a series of edtech Summits where educators and entrepreneurs meet on common ground to exchange feedback. We do all this work to help entrepreneurs, educators and investors make smart decisions.
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Located in Stamford CT and Founded in 1964, the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS) is one of the oldest, largest and most respected cultural exchange organizations in the world. With global offices in 6 countries, AIFS organize cultural exchange programs for more than 50,000 participants each year. Programs include college study abroad, au pair placement, camp counselors and staff, gifted education, high school study/travel and insurance services. Since 1964, more than 1.5 million students and teachers have participated in AIFS programs worldwide.
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