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Raising Global IQ:Preparing our Students for a Shrinking Planet
Carl HobertAxis of Hope
Boston University621 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215Tel. 617-353-4794Fax 617-353-4351Cell 508-733-0730
Quote 1
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Gandhi
Quote 2
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
Quote 3
If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
- Buddha
Welcome, overview and ice-breaker exercises
Invent your own quote…… Ice breaker exercises:
1. “Football” games
2. New school: Name, location, foreign
language(s) offered, use of technology and
media literacy instruction, exchange
programs, service learning
Typical Workshop Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 am Workshop participants arrive for breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome and Overview: Quotes, Ice breaker exercises, and outline of today’s workshop
9:15 – 10:00 am Session 1: World Language Communication: Evaluating and improving world language
course offerings
9:45 –10:30 pm Session 2: technology and media as a means of making international issues more alive in
the classroom
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:30 am Session 3: Expanded international exchange programs and other forms of cross-
cultural engagement
11:30 – 12:15 Service-learning opportunities, both here at home and through well-thought-out programs
abroad.
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch
Typical Workshop Agenda
1:00 – 1:45 pm Problem solving and using “Intellectual Outward Bound” participatory case
studies of global crises
1:45 – 2:30 Sharing new lesson plans
2:30 – 3:15 Final Session: Group work on 250-word “Implementation of Improved Global
Competency Plan at Your School”
3:15 – 3:30 pm Workshop de-briefing
Calculating Global IQ
Please write down the following important portions of your PERSONAL “Global IQ”:
Communication“Cultural Comprehension”Compromise X 15 each + (1 – 5 each) = ? Creative CollaborationCompassion
How do we calculate ‘Global IQ’?
1) Foreign language and cultural fluency
2) Technology and media literacy, as a means of making international issues come more alive in the classroom
3) Expanded international exchange
programs, and other forms of cross-cultural engagement
How do we calculate ‘Global IQ’?
4) Critical thinking, problem solving and participatory case studies of global crises, such as the one currently taking place in the Middle East
5) “Glocal” service-learning opportunities, both here at home and through well-thought-out programs abroad.
Session 1: CommunicationEvaluating and Improving World Language
Course Offerings
Jian Gao of Weston, MABelmont Hill School
Stephen Berbeco of Boston, MACharlestown HS
Compromise
com·pro·mise /ˈkämprəˌmīz/Noun: An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
Verb: Settle a dispute by mutual concession.
Synonyms (noun): agreement - accommodation - settlement – conciliation. (verb): come to terms
Compromise
Axis of Hope Case Studies
Examples of Axis of Hope role-play case-studies:
1. Whose Jerusalem?2. Post-Genocide Rwanda3. WE SAID AIDS!4. China and Tibet: The Roof is on Fire5. Post-1994 Democratic Republic of the Congo6. Darfur7. India-Pakistan: The War Over Kashmir8. The Mexican Drug War9. US-Mexico Immigration
Axis of Hope Case Study Confidential Instructions
Axis of Hope “Whose Jerusalem?” Case-Study Confidential Instruction Set Includes:
1. Likud2. Labor3. Hamas4. Fatah5. Arab League6. Quartet
Session 3: Communication with CompassionImproving reading and writing skills with a more
confident and global focus
Daily press readings and discussions (media
literacy)
Reading and discussing carefully-chosen
books
Creative exercises: Op-eds, taped news
programs, etc.
Use of a target language.
Improving compromise skills…….
Invention of new case-study……
Sharing of ideas, with one other person.
Group reflection, brainstorming……
“Dad, Donny and I are taking a year off to volunteer for the Pizza Corps.”
COMMUNITY SERVICE QUOTES
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what
we give.” - Winston Churchill
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”- Albert Einstein
“I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do
know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are
those who have sought and found how to serve.”- Albert
Schweitzer
“We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here
for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time
of need, someone will be there for you.” - Jeff Warner
“He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already
secured his own.”- Confucius
COMMUNITY SERVICE QUOTES
“Caring has the gift of making the ordinary special.” - George R.
Bach
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” -
Margaret Mead
“Love cannot remain by itself — it has no meaning. Love has to be
put into action and that action is service.”- Mother Teresa
“Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.” - Martin
Luther King, Jr.
“This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in
unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” - Theodore
Roosevelt
Educating Global Citizens: The Skills of Compassion
Report on local service learning
programs in your school
Are they required or voluntary? Are they
effective?
Brainstorm ideas for new service
learning programs in your school…….
Educating Global Citizens: The Skills of Compassion
Report on national service learning
programs in your school
Are they required or voluntary? Are they
effective?
Brainstorm ideas for new national service
learning programs in your school……
Educating Global Citizens: The Skills of Compassion
Report on international service learning
programs in your school
Are they required or voluntary? Are they
effective?
Brainstorm ideas for new international
service learning programs in your
school…….
Welcome and Overview: Ice breaker exercises, and Educating Global Citizens: The Skills of Compassion
Invent your own quote…… Ice breaker exercises:
1. The “blob”
2. Leading the blind
3. Invent your own……..
Session 3: Communication with CompassionImproving reading and writing skills with a more
confident and global focus
Daily press readings and discussions (media
literacy)
Reading and discussing carefully-chosen
books
Creative exercises: Op-eds, taped news
programs, etc.
Use of a target language.
Tom Friedman
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Sam HobertCairo, Egypt
Improving reading and writing skills with a more confident and global focus
Invention of new case-study……
Sharing of ideas, with one other person.
Group reflection, brainstorming……
Quote
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Quote
“You young people should consider yourselves fortunate that you, in your impressionable years, have the opportunity to exchange viewpoints and ideas with those of a variety of cultural backgrounds. There is not better opportunity to acquire the life-long insights that are necessary for the resolution of international problems and conflicts. In the hope that your endeavors have a lasting impact, I send you my warmest greetings and wishes.”
To: Friendship Among Children and Youth (Founded under UNESCO), NY, NY
Date: Nov. 22, 1952
From: ?
Albert Einstein(1879-1955)
A New Prize……..for US High School Students
Please, think big, right now……..1.Harvard, Yale, Brown, Williams Book Prizes2.Math Awards3.Science Awards4.Public Speaking5.Drama6.Athletics7.A new prize………
Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)
Lost Generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWSYPDh7O5Q
Idea of the Day Revisited
Please write down the THREE most important things that we can do NOW to help prepare our students/our children for their futures in our shrinking planet.
- And then share your thoughts with one other person
Raising Global IQ:Preparing our Students for a Shrinking Planet
Carl HobertAxis of Hope
Boston University621 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215Tel. 617-353-4794Fax 617-353-4351Cell 508-733-0730