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Your students are invited to share thoughts with Bill Gates
> A message from Bill Gates, one of our partners with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation:
"My annual letter came out on January 25. I hope it spurs a conversation about the key issues affecting the poorest people in the world. So I'm inviting students from around the world to write their own annual letters and submit them. I'll highlight the most innovative and inspiring letters on our website.
"If there's one message I try to get across everywhere I go, it's this: Through innovation and generosity, the world has made amazing progress in improving the lives of its poorest people over the past 50 years. Now we face a choice. If we keep investing a relatively modest amount, we will extend this progress, feed a billion hungry people, and save millions of lives. If we don't, we will tolerate a world in which one in seven people lives in desperate poverty. "In your letter, I'd like to read your thoughts. What do you think are the most urgent choices the world faces? I'm optimistic that if we can get a great dialogue going on this topic, world leaders are more likely to make smart choices in the future. "I'd love to read letters of 300-500 words from high school students anywhere in the world (though if you're a bit older or younger I don't mind) and you can send your letter to If you send a letter to Bill, please have your students include your connection to the Peace Corps community and let him know you learned about this from the NPCA. They would like to hear especially from students or children of current and returned Peace Corps Volunteers!
Thank you.
Anne Baker Vice President National Peace Corps Association
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Planning a global collaborative project for your classroom
> posted by request from iEARN:
Four week online course: Planning a global collaborative project for your classroom (February 6th - March 4th, 2012)
This interactive course is made up of educators around the United States and the world. Each week you work in your own time to complete activities and discussions, but are also required to collaborate with other participants in the course. At the end of the four weeks you will have a project template for integrating a global collaborative project into your classroom that is aligned to your required standards and helps you plan your classroom work.
Spaces are limited so please register now.
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Great Decisions 2012 classroom materials now available
> posted by request:
The Foreign Policy Association's (FPA) Great Decisions 2012 classroom materials - used by educators nationwide to stimulate thought-provoking debate on key global challenges of concern to U.S. policymakers and voters - are now available.
The 2012 topics are:
1. Middle East realignment
2. Promoting democracy
3. Mexico
4. Cybersecurity
5. Exit from Afghanistan & Iraq
6. State of the oceans
7. Indonesia
8. Energy geopolitics
Learn more about the Great Decisions 2012 materials - including the briefing book, DVD and Teacher's Guide - online at www.greatdecisions.org.
Starting in January, you can also access free materials and resources related to each of the Great Decisions 2012 topics at www.greatdecisions.org.
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Seminar on Korean History & Culture and the Korean American Experience
> Posted by request:
The Korea Academy for Educators announces its ninth annual seminar on Korean History and Culture and the Korean American Experience from July 29 to August 4, 2012 at the Korean Cultural Center, LA. The program is free and includes breakfast, lunch, parking, books, DVDs, and 26 PowerPoint lectures for K-12 administrators, teachers, librarians, and counselors. Fellowships (transportation, six night hotel stay in Koreatown, and a small stipend) are available for educators who live more than 40 miles from LA. You will experience being honored as a valuable member of the teaching profession, increase your ability to be sensitive to different cultures in your school, and learn how the experience of growing up Korean is different from other Asian students. You will also realize a unique opportunity to learn about Korean history and culture from prominent scholars and outstanding performers. For the schedule and application forms, contact Mary Connor (President and Program Director of the Korea Academy for Educators) at Mary@KoreaAcademy.org. View our video and resources section on our website: www.KoreaAcademy.org. Deadline for applications: March 15, 2012. |
Apply for Professional Development Scholarships:
Amazon Rainforest Workshop & Machu Picchu Extension
> Posted by request:
Searching for something unique! spirited! and fun! this summer? K-12 teachers and environmental educators can win one of three $1000 scholarships to travel with scientists to one of the most diverse environments in the world. Join group leader Donna Krabill, Norfolk Botanical Garden and scientists Dr. Steve Madigosky, Widener University and Randy Morgan, Entomologist, Cincinnati Zoo on a rainforest discovery June 29- July 8, 2012. Experience a 1/4-mile Rainforest Canopy Walkway, Yagua Culture & Crafts, Village Service Project, ReNuPeru Ethnobotanical Garden, Birdwatching, Night Hikes, and Monkey Island Conservation Project. Open registration through May. Land cost is $1850, plus air. Machu Picchu Extension is optional. Academic Credit is available. Land cost is $850 for scholarship winners. Submit simple scholarship application by March 8. For program and scholarship information, visit http://www.travel2learn.com/amazon.htm (case sensitive). Contact Dr. Frances Gatz, 1-800-669-6806 or frances@ee-link.net
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Concordia Language Villages Scholarships
> Posted by request:
Concordia Language Villages offers scholarships for the 2012 summer youth (ages 7 - 18) immersion programs. Some scholarships may include travel stipends. The Language Villages has been a leader in immersion language and culture education for over 50 years and offers 1, 2 and 4 week residential immersion summer camps in Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Swedish, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian, English, and Portuguese. More information available at www.ConcordiaLanguageVillages.org/scholarships
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Teachers for Global Classrooms
> Posted by request:
Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) is a professional development opportunity for middle and high school teachers from the United States, with the goal of providing teachers with the skills and experience to promote global education in their classrooms and schools. TGC features an online course aimed at globalizing teaching and learning in U.S. classrooms, two Global Education Symposia, and a two- or three-week international fellowship. Participants are selected through a national, open competition. TGC is a program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) administered by IREX. Please see the program page on the IREX website for further information. Please direct anyone who is interested in applying to the website above, which includes a link to the online application. If you or your colleagues have any questions about this new application cycle, please contact tgc@irex.org .
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Fully funded programs from China and Egypt
> Posted by request:
Host a Guest Teacher from China or Egypt The Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) provides U.S. K-12 schools with the opportunity to host fully funded exchange teachers from Egypt and China for an entire academic year in order to begin or further grow an Arabic or Mandarin program. Public, private, or religious schools from all corners of the nation are encouraged to apply. Bring the world to your school by introducing Arabic or Chinese language and culture to your students. TCLP provides teachers' salaries, healthcare, roundtrip airfare, training, professional development funds, and ongoing program support. To increase the number of Americans teaching and learning these critical languages, selected host schools also receive access to grant opportunities to support language learning projects.
To learn more about the program benefits and requirements, please read about our Program Timeline and Details, or check out our introduction video. To apply, please visit www.tclprogram.org or email tclp@americancouncils.org .
Extended Program Application Deadline: February 1, 2012
Study Language in China or Egypt
Intensive Summer Language Institutes (ISLI) provides fellowships for U.S. classroom teachers to spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and advanced-level Arabic in Alexandria, Egypt, and Chinese in Changchun, China. Current K-12 teachers, community college instructors of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese, and students enrolled in education programs who intend to teach these languages can apply. Participants earn ten hours of graduate credit through Bryn Mawr College, and are provided with peer tutors and roundtrip airfare. All travel and study-related costs are fully covered. For more information, please visit www.americancouncils.org/isli or email isli@americancouncils.org. Program Application Deadline: March 2, 2012
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