The Committee on Teaching About the United Nations (CTAUN) In Collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Education and Rutgers, The State University, presents its 2010 Conference

DEVELOPING GLOBALLY LITERATE STUDENTS: 21^ST CENTURY SKILLS, EMERGING TECHNOLOGY ANDTHE UNITED NATIONS

The Conference theme - Developing Globally Literate Students: 21^st Century Skills, Emerging Technology and the United Nations - is aligned with New Jersey's current affiliation with the Partnership for 21^st Century Skills (www.21stcenturyskills.org) and the curriculum development initiatives now taking place at the state level in New Jersey and many other states.

The upcoming CTAUN Conference is scheduled to be held at Rutgers University, New Brunswick campus, January 15, 2010. The location is at the Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Avenue, New Brunswick. The conference date was selected because Rutgers will be on winter intersession and the campus less crowded.  For travel directions see www.rutgers.edu/visit-us.

For the Conference brochure and registration information, see www.teachun.org.

The Academy for Educational Development (AED) is pleased to announce the application for the 2010-2011 cycle of the Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching program.  This particular Fulbright program is sponsored by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of States, and it is administered by AED in coordination with ECA in Washington, DC.  

The Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching program seeks to attract highly qualified and experienced K-12 teachers from the United States and eight other participating countries (see list below).  The main focus of the program is to provide an opportunity for teachers to conduct a variety of professional development activities during a three to six month period.

Participating countries for the 2010-2011 Distinguished Awards in Teaching program are:

Argentina, Finland, India, Israel, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom (U.K.)

Applications must be submitted electronically and in hard-copy to the AED office by February 15, 2010.

For more program details, please see:  www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org.

For questions:

Email:    fulbrightdat@aed.org

Phone:  202.464.3819

Connecting U.S. High Schools to Peers in Japan:

This spring, Global Nomads Group [GNG] is partnering with iEARN-USA and iEARN-Japan to connect secondary students in the U.S. to their peers in Japan in an exciting, interactive, live videoconference project entitled, Isshoni Hanasou, or Let's Chat Together.* The purpose is to virtually foster friendship and further understanding between American and Japanese youth. 

GNG is looking for U.S. high schools to connect to high schools in Japan in videoconferences scheduled to begin in April 2010.  Schools will be partnered in videoconferences that encourage youth - via live dialogue - about issues that impact youth today including culture, history, politics, U.S.-Japan relations, and even the environment. As a result, students will be asked to create a final media project using video, audio, print, or photography that reflects youth perspectives on the topics above.  Projects will be showcased in a final, culminating videoconference.