The Global School: Connecting Classrooms and Students Around the World (What Principals Need to Know) - Softcover

William Kist

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935543695 ISBN 13: 9781935543695

Publisher: Solution Tree, 2012

Synopsis

Finalist--ForeWord Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Award

Prepare students for an increasingly flat world--a place where diverse people from divergent cultures learn and work together rather than in isolation. Learn specific steps to globalize your classroom, and move beyond the call for students to memorize material to instead encourage higher-order thinking. These ideas, assignments, projects, and assessments are all wrapped in a 21st century skills framework.

Benefits:

• Explore innovative ways to embrace globalization and connect K-12 classrooms and learners worldwide.
• Understand the significant impact of the Common Core State Standards on instruction for 21st century skills.
• Identify applicable projects, strategies, and assessments to shift traditional classrooms into global education centers.
• Discover empowering tips to develop students' higher-order thinking.
• Learn to scale the straightforward steps all teachers--whether novice or technologically savvy--can take to help their students become participants in a global society.

Contents:
Chapter 1: What Is Global Education?
Chapter 2: The World Within Your Classroom
Chapter 3: The World Across Classrooms
Chapter 4: The Classroom in the World
Chapter 5: Getting Started

About this title

About the Author:

William Kist, an associate professor at Kent State University, has been researching classroom uses of new media for over a decade. Growing out of his own experience as a high school English teacher, his profiles of teachers who are broadening our conception of literacy were included in his first book, New Literacies in Action, and have been expanded in his second book, The Socially Networked Classroom, focusing on the uses of Web 2.0 in the classroom. His new book, forthcoming from Solution Tree Press, spotlights teachers who are reaching out with their students to connect internationally using new media.

With over fifty articles or book chapters to his credit, Kist and has been sought out for interviews in the popular press regarding new literacies including such publications as U.S. News and World, The Observer (UK), and Education Week s Digital Directions; he also reviews books for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Remaining active in video production work over the years, Dr. Kist is the recipient of an Ohio Educational Broadcasting Network Commission (OEBIE) Honorable Mention for the documentary The Learning Age and a regional Emmy Award nomination for outstanding achievement in music composition for the documentary series Our Family.

Review:

"In The Global School, William Kist provides 21st century educators with an essential road map for how to incorporate global learning into the classroom. Ideas, projects, lesson plans, resources, and assessments are all included, making this a tremendously valuable text. Once again, Kist profiles teachers who are leading the charge in engaging their students in critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and more. This is a book for everyone from the superintendent to the classroom teacher. If you've previously heard about 'global knowledge' and didn't know what it was, then The Global School will provide the answer. I can see it on the professional bookshelf of every school; it will come in handy for years to come."

--Frank W. Baker, Media Literacy Clearinghouse, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina

"A must-read for any teacher interested in connecting his or her classroom to the world. The Global School highlights key trends in education, alongside interesting interviews with innovative educators around the world and practical project ideas that can be implemented immediately. From the pedagogical foundation to the practical steps for implementation, this book contains all the resources you need to take your classroom global!"

--Kim Cofino, Technology and Learning Coach, Yokohama International School, Japan

About this edition

• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1935543695
• ISBN 13: 9781935543695
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 128