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in the news: keeping students engaged in the age of ai
January 17, 2024 - Teaching strategies from the Global Scholars international virtual exchange program can keep students engaged and help teachers assess authentic learning, even in the age of ChatGPT. Our own education program manager Arielle Davis-Featherstone shows how, in this headline story from eSchoolNews: 5 ways to teach and assess learning in the age of AI
new findings show global learning gains
November 16, 2023 – Students can learn successfully in virtual exchanges with asynchronous and synchronous sessions, according to the latest research by Global Cities and AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc. through research funded by the Stevens Initiative.
Expert researchers reveal the findings in this AFS-sponsored panel, explaining two studies in which AFS student learning is assessed through virtual exchange programs. The findings show an important application of the landmark Codebook for Global Student Learning Outcomes to assess student learning gains. Learn more about Global Cities partnership with AFS, below.
INTERACTIVE TEACHER WORKSHOP
December 5-6, 2023 – Global Cities hosted two sessions of the public workshop: Globalize Your Classroom: Planning and Teaching with the Codebook for Global Student Learning Outcomes. Educators participated in a structured brainstorm to explore this comprehensive resource to identifying, nurturing, and measuring specific elements of global competency in their classrooms around the world.
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new partnership with afs
August 8, 2023 – We are excited to announce a formal partnership with AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc. This new partnership will enable AFS and Global Cities to analyze the learning outcomes of students participating in AFS virtual exchange programs for teenagers, and explore the factors that contribute to their development of global competence using an innovative tool, the Codebook for Global Student Learning Outcomes. The research will evaluate the impact of virtual exchange programs guided by a global competence curriculum and establish the applicability and effectiveness of the Codebook for evaluating global virtual exchange programs.
teacher workshop with cfr-education
August 1, 2023 – Global Cities has been finetuning global competency education for a decade. This spring, we launched the Codebook for Global Student Learning Outcomes, making it easier for any K-12 teacher to observe, nurture, and measure global knowledge, global engagement, appreciation for diversity, and cultural understanding.
Our goal now is to extend the knowledge and practices that our Global Scholars teachers have built to new educators and classrooms. We are especially proud to partner with CFR-Education for this workshop as they present their innovative World101 resources for teaching the borderless global issue of migration.
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NEW REPORT: Codebook for global student learning outcomes
June 27, 2023 – Our newest report, the Codebook for Global Student Learning Outcomes, is a revolutionary tool that can help educators and researchers design, evaluate, and implement global competency curricula and programs.
2023-24 curriculum announcement: Nature and our cities
March 23, 2023 – Guided by classroom teachers and years of research on building global competency, students ages 10-13 will join international peers virtually to explore global and local ecosystems.
successfully educating tomorrow’s global citizens
April 27, 2022 – Something new and exciting is going on in classrooms around the world. See our new report for empirical evidence of what and how students are learning in Global Scholars discussion boards.
NEW webinar series FOR EDUCATORS
April 27, 2022 — Global Cities, Inc. is launching a series of webinars for educators interested in learning how to teach and observe global competency in any K-12 classroom. Sessions will focus on our four global learning outcomes. Attendees will learn strategies for teaching global competency in any K-12 classroom, apply a new tool for defining and observing global learning outcomes in student work and discuss ideas and connect with colleagues from cities around the world.
watch our webinar with transcend eduCation: successfully educating tomorrow’s global citizens
February 23, 2022 — Watch our webinar presentation, hosted by Transcend Education, about our program model and research findings about our global student learning outcomes.
NEW VIDEO: STUDENT SURVEY DATA SHOWS GROWTH
December 2, 2021 — Watch a new video about evidence from survey research that shows kids can learn in digital classrooms. Our report, Far From Remote, presents an analysis of survey data from more than 8,500 students in 47 cities around the world.
el paÍs on digital classrooms
December 9, 2020 - A Global Scholars teacher and students in Spain, along with our founder Marjorie Tiven and education program manager Megan Wilhelm, talk to El País about the positive impact of peer-to-peer interaction and our global competency curriculum. "In well-conceived digital classrooms, school children can acquire essential knowledge and skills for their future, such as critical thinking, digital literacy, global engagement and team work.”
new report: far from remote
November 17, 2020 - Evidence from survey research shows what kids can learn in digital classrooms. See our new report, Far From Remote, with analysis of survey data from more than 8,500 students in 47 cities around the world.
July 13, 2020 - Our founder, Marjorie B. Tiven, shares timely lessons about online schooling on CNN Opinion, drawing from the Global Scholars international digital exchange program to empower students from all backgrounds to believe in themselves and their power to change their communities for the better.
NEW REPORT PROVIDES EDUCATORS A ROADMAP FOR SUCCESSFULLY TEACHING GLOBAL COMPETENCY TO STUDENTS
June 27, 2023, Boston – Global Cities today released its newest report to guide evaluators and teachers interested in determining how well students are demonstrating global competency learning in any program or classroom. The new report, the Codebook for Global Student Learning Outcomes, assists teachers in understanding how students are learning and what aspects of their curricula are sparking student learning of global competency skills. Read More.