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International Summer Opportunities for Educators & Students
Yes, it's only December but deadlines are just around the corner. This annual issue of Global Updates highlights a sample of summer institutes, courses or conferences, and international service learning, volunteer, and exchange opportunities. There is also a section on international study tours for educators as well as international opportunities for students. Be sure to check the individual organization's websites for the most accurate and up-to-date information and application deadlines.
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Summer Institutes, Courses,
& Conferences (U.S.-based)
Interested in improving your language skills or expanding your knowledge on international culture, religion, history, humanities, and more? Explore some of these great internationally-themed institutes, programs, and courses offered!
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Service Learning, Volunteer,
& Exchange Opportunities
Do you want to make a difference in other people's lives? Do you want to impact lives abroad? Click "Read More" to find service and volunteer opportunities for teachers.
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Study Tours and
Summer Study Abroad
Are you interested in traveling abroad to learn more about another culture, improve your language skills, and bring your global experiences back to the classroom? Then there are various study tours and visits offered throughout the world and throughout the summer!
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Are your students interested in traveling abroad to volunteer, learn, or explore another part of the world but don't know how? Check out these great ways for students to explore the world!
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Organizations and Additional Resources
Explore this section for further reading material, websites, organizations, and other resources on international summer opportunities.
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2014 K-12 ONLINE COURSE
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Global Education and
21st Century Skills
April 3 - May 14, 2014
This redesigned course immerses educators from all disciplines in an exploration of global topics such as the economy, the environment, diverse populations, and the U.S.'s place in the world. Participants will discuss the importance of cultivating 21st century skills as they relate to K-12 education. Educators will gain hands-on experience with web-based resources for teaching about global issues in the classroom.
Over six weeks participants read, discuss, and reflect on the most important issues facing America and the world today. The course introduces educators to university and other resources for continued personal and professional learning of global issues. As a final project, each participant will present an action plan for their classroom or school to support the development of globally competitive graduates.
Four CEU credits are offered for successful completion of the course.
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Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
is pleased
to announce the Artists in the Schools mini-grants for spring 2014.
As in years past, APSI will be supporting K-12 classroom visits by local artists who specialize in an East Asian tradition. All four artists have years of experience practicing their art and presenting and teaching it in the schools and the community. These visits are available free of charge to a limited number of classrooms in central North Carolina.
You are invited to apply for one of these visits as a school team. This is slightly different from previous years, and is intended to ensure that all teachers at a given school receiving a visit are planning to constructively incorporate the visit into their teaching - to expand units about East Asia and/or make cross-curricular connections.
Apply by December 31, 2013 for full consideration. For additional information and available artists available to visit classes in Spring 2014, please click here.
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WORLD VIEW'S
2014 MARCH
SEMINARS |
LATIN AMERICA AND NORTH CAROLINA
March 25-26
THE PAST IN THE PRESENT: EAST ASIA AND OUR CONTEMPORARY WORLD
March 26-27
Location: The Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, NC
Cost: (NC Educators): $175 per person per seminar or $325 for both seminars. A team of four is $600 (save $100) per seminar.
1.5 CEUs will be offered.
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World View's 2014
Media and Technology Specialist Workshop
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
This one and a half day workshop will survey emerging technologies and media content used to bring the world to North Carolina schools. The workshop will also offer resources and hands-on strategies to increase and improve content, collection, and integration of global themes in the media center. 1.5 CEUs will be awarded for completion of the program.
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Any1Can Vote Features Student T-Shirts for Global Change
Charlotte-headquartered nonprofit Mothering Across Continents has launched Any1Can Vote, a student service learning initiative and contest that invites the public to cast votes for t-shirts hand-painted by students as expressions of seven global issues: Poverty, Hunger, Water, Conflict, Education, Environment, and Tolerance.
A panel of judges chose 21 finalist designs from 2,000 t-shirts hand-painted by high school and middle school students in metro Charlotte. Seven winning shirts will inspire an inaugural Any1Can T-shirts for Global Change collection that will be introduced March 20, 2014.
Proceeds from Any1Can Vote and sales of the collection will support school building and education in South Sudan.
Votes for the T-shirts are cast by donating $1 per vote at
Exercise your right to vote! |
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Educator Workshop:
Natural Disasters in Asia:
Representations
& Responses
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
Duke University
January 18, 2014 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Explore sociocultural responses to natural disasters in Asia. Natural disasters and the trauma they inflict can provide students with an opportunity to connect with an aspect of universal human experience, and simultaneously encounter the real and specific geographical and cultural differences that govern our responses. Specialists from art history, religion, ethnomusicology, history, and public policy will offer interdisciplinary perspectives on various disasters in modern history.
Open to K-12 (emphasis on secondary education) and community college educators teaching any subject.
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