Category: globalvoices
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Opening Ceremony at the 2010 Creativity World Forum #cwf2010
The opening ceremony today at the Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City was spectacular. I took several videos with my iPhone of different parts of the presentation, which was shared by members of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma. The Chickasaws are one of 39 different tribes in Oklahoma, which are each considered sovereign tribes. Before…
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English learners in the digital age: natives, immigrants or outsiders #collab21
These are my notes from Ruslana Westerlund‘s keynote presentation “English learners in the digital age: natives, immigrants or outsiders” at the “Co-teaching and Collaboration Conference” in St Paul, Minnesota on 12 Nov 2010, at the School Community of Excellence. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Ruslana’s website: http://ellbillofrights.com Facebook: Educators of English Learners…
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China, Democracy, Charter 8 and Liu Xiaobo
Students in your class are likely to know at least a little bit about China and the concept of democracy, but do they know about Charter 8 and Liu Xiaobo? They should, and so should we as educators. Liu is this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and his courage to publicly sign Charter…
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Touring Australia at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo
Last month I had an opportunity to visit Shanghai, China for the Learning 2.010 conference. I was able to stay a couple of extra days and attend the 2010 World Expo, and over those days spent 16 hours visiting the “pavilions” of ten different countries and the United Nations. I’ve wanted to share some photos,…
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World Expo Shanghai (a VoiceThread digital story)
The World Expo is currently running in Shanghai, China, and yesterday I had an opportunity to spend about six hours there touring some of the country pavilions. According to the official Shanghai Expo website, as of day 144 there have been over 53 million visitors from around the world to this year’s exposition. Yesterday alone…
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Mexico Cleaning up Police Corruption?
I’ve watched the news with considerable interest in the past few years as Mexico’s incredibly high levels of drug related violence continue to make headlines. When I lived in Mexico City in 1992-93 and wrote both “Mexican Security” and “U.S. Drug Control in the Americas: Time for a Change” (2 of my 4 Fulbright-funded papers…
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The importance of VOICE and empowering others to share
These were my comments this evening on Tim Holt‘s re-blogged post, “Not Invited to the Buffet: Opinion.” I’m much more optimistic. A lot of what I hear you saying resonates with me under the concept of “voice.” We need to empower more people to share their voices, share their perspectives, share their dreams. There is…
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One Day on Earth: Help Storychase the World’s Story on 10.10.10
If you’ve heard of projects like the Millennium Photo Project and 24 Hours of Flickr, you’ll readily understand the basic idea behind the “One Day on Earth” video documentary project. In one twenty-four hour period of time, 10.10.10 or October 10, 2010, volunteers from around the world on seven continents will work together to document…
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Surviving the Liberian Civil War – A Personal Story
Oklahoma teacher Caroline Barchue created the 3.5 minute video, “Surviving the Liberian Civil War,” as her “teacher B-side” video project this week during the Oklahoma Creativity Institute. Take a few minutes to listen to her story. It puts a lot in perspective, including the FEARS we may have as teachers about learning to teach with…
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Want to understand political Islam better? Yaroslav Trofimov is an excellent teacher
I posted the following as a book review for Yaroslav Trofimov’s 2005 book, “Faith At War: A Journey On The Frontlines Of Islam, From Baghdad To Timbuktu.” Trofimov is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and wrote this book detailing his investigative reporting about Islam around the world from 2001 through 2005. This book…