Category: globalvoices
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10 Things I Learned Visiting Egypt
Last Wednesday about 8 members of our school faculty and staff spent the morning at the Innovation Hub at the University of Oklahoma (@ouinnovationhub). Last Saturday morning I reflected on five things I learned from that “mini-retreat.” In this post, I’m going to share slides from a short presentation I gave at the retreat, as well as…
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Glimpsing the Future with Alec Ross
The World Affairs Council podcast (@world_affairs) is one of my current favorites. As a fan of political science, history, international relations, global geo-politics as well as science and technology trends, it’s a home run for me. The guests they have on their programs are top notch. Like TEDtalks, it’s amazing we can access such high…
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Spinning a Revised History of Genghis Khan with Media and Exhibits
Shelly, Rachel and I are in Philadelphia for several days attending the ISTE Conference, and spent a couple hours this evening exploring the new Genghis Khan exhibit at the Franklin Institute. I was especially keen to experience this exhibit since I downloaded and listened to most of Dan Carlin’s enthralling “Wrath of the Khans” series on…
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Become a Connected Teacher to Help Students Make Global Connections
This morning my wife and I experienced a benefit of being “connected educators” together: We participated in a virtual field trip with students and adults in both Tanzania and New York thanks to Google’s Connected Classrooms website. Here’s the quick story of how we ended up learning about the global water crisis on a free…
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Small Museums, Libraries and Archives: Advocating to Preserve Community Heritage
Susan Feller is a friend who works with the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust and the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. She alerted me that the Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust is hosting a free, face-to-face opportunity to attend an online webinar with others in downtown Oklahoma City on Wednesday, December…
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Empowering Women Worldwide Through Creative, Handmade Designs
Today during our lunch break in Fort Wayne, Indiana (where I’m attending Library Camp 2013) I had an opportunity to meet Nicole Moore. Nicole is the director of retail operations for “Creative Women of the World,” a local nonprofit with an important mission. You’ve probably heard about organizations like Kiva which provide micro-loans to individuals…
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Podcast402: Montana Teachers Share “Why We Teach”
This podcast features twenty-five Montana teachers and one Oklahoma teacher answering the question, “Why We Teach?” Many of these teachers share stories about the teacher or teachers who inspired them to join the profession, and why they have persevered as education professionals. These recordings were originally made using the free AudioBoo (Classic) app on iPads, and then…
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Al Jazeera, Arab Spring, & Opposing Extremism in Our Midst in the USA
This evening I watched a wonderful, informative and challenging TEDtalk by Bobby Ghosh: “Why global jihad is losing.” This is an important TEDtalk to watch for several reasons. (It was filmed in September 2012.) According to his official TED bio: Bobby Ghosh is an Editor-at-Large at Time magazine, where he covers conflict, global affairs and…