October 24-25, 2012
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*North Carolina Educators: Registration is $175 per person.
*A team of 4 is $600 (save $100). A team is comprised of 4 or more individuals from a school or district. Only $150 for each additional team member.
*Out-of-State Educators: Registration is $275 per person.
Registration is now open! Reserve your spot today!
Co-sponsored by the NC State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction, the 2012 K-12 Global Education Symposium addressed a vital topic for all 21st century educators: Global Issues and Global Solutions. This symposium offers general and concurrent sessions examining the world’s most pressing challenges and resources for integrating global themes across the curriculum. There will also be support for school-based teams to create an Action Plan for adding a global dimension to school and district initiatives. This program is designed for K-12 administrators and teachers in all disciplines and educators will leave the program with strategies for helping their students learn about and with the world.
Featured Speaker
Ed Gragert. Dr. Edwin H. Gragert is Executive Director Emeritus of iEARN-USA. During his 21 years at iEARN (International Education and Resource Network), he has pioneered the use of connective technologies and teacher professional development to facilitate on-line educational project work (“Exchange 2.0) on the primary and secondary school levels. Since its creation in 1988, iEARN has become the world’s largest educational telecommunications network involving project-based Learning through virtual exchanges. It currently links students and teachers in over 130 countries. Approximately 2,000,000 students are working daily on collaborative projects through the iEARN network.
Gragert received his B.A. in Japanese political science from the University of Washington (Seattle), M.A. in Korean History and certificate from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Japanese history from Columbia University. His book, Landownership Under Colonial Rule: Korea’s Japanese Experience, was published by Columbia University and the University of Hawaii in 1994.
| Wednesday, October 24 | Thursday, October 25 | ||
| 8:00 | Check In and Registration | 8:00 | Coffee, Juice, and Pastries |
| 8:30 | Welcome June Atkinson State Superintendent Public Schools of North Carolina |
8:30 | America in the Post Meltdown Upside Down World: Globalizing, Rebalancing, and Innovating Peter Brews Associate Dean, One MBA Professor of Strategy and Entrepeneurship Kenan-Flagler Business School UNC at Chapel Hill |
| 8:45 | Regarding Global Issues Ronald Strauss Executive Vice Provost and Chief International Officer Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost UNC at Chapel Hill |
9:45 | Cash Transfer Programs in Africa: Welfare or Development? Sudhanshu Handa Department Chair and Professor Department of Public Policy UNC at Chapel Hill |
| 9:00 | Global Health Challenges Jeff Stringer Global Women’s Health Division UNC at Chapel Hill |
10:45 | Break |
| 10:00 | Break | 11:00 | Moving from Awareness to Competence: Students Taking Action Globally Ed Gragert Executive Director Emeritus iEARN-USA |
| 10:15 | Just One Earth Amy Cooke Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology UNC at Chapel Hill |
12:00 | Next Steps and Adjournment Neil Bolick World View |
| 11:15 | Concurrent Sessions I: Global Issues | ||
| 1. Designing Democracy in a Dangerous World Andrew Reynolds Department of Political Science and Curriculum in Global Studies UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 2. You Don’t Have to be a Rocket Scientist: The Energy Problem and Options for the Future John Papanikolas Department of Chemistry and Energy Frontier Research Center UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 3. Pondering the Digital Divide Across the Globe Hiller Spires Friday Institute for Educational Innovation College of Education North Carolina State University |
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| 4. The World’s Water Crisis Jamie Bartram The Water Institute Gillings School of Global Public Health UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 5. Filling Labor Needs through Immigrants or Guest-Workers? Niklaus Steiner Center for Global Initiatives UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 6. Addressing Global Food Security Challenges with Sustainable Agricultural Practices Greg Pillar Department of Environmental Sciences Queens University of Charlotte |
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| 7. Global Conflict Issues Joe Caddell Department of History NC State University and UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 8. One Illness Away: Why People become Poor and How they Escape Poverty Anirudh Krishna Sanford School of Public Policy Duke University |
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| 9. Continental Divide: Why Africa’s Climate Change Burden is Greater Bono Sen The National Institute for Environmental Sciences |
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| 10. Memory Bandits: The Past, Human Rights, and Social Justice Robin Kirk Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute Duke University |
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| 11. Islamophobia and Global Unrest Timothy Marr Department of American Studies UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 12. Are There Differences in the Democratic and Republican Approaches to U.S. Foreign Policy? Timothy McKeown Department of Political Science UNC at Chapel Hill Handout #1 Handout#2 |
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| 12:15 | Lunch (provided) | ||
| 1:30 | Concurrent Sessions II: Global Education Strategies | ||
| Grades K-12 | |||
| 1. CHAMPS (Children Against Mines Program) Kimberly McCasland Marshall Legacy Institute |
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| 2. Make a Global Impact in Your Classroom with Carolina Navigators Sahar Osman, Chelsea Phipps, and Isabella Cassell Carolina Navigators Center for Global Initiatives UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 3. Airing it Out, Giving Students an Outlet to Explore Problems and Solutions Eric Cole McDowell County Public Schools |
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| 4. From Static to Dynamic: Engaging Students with Global Issues Katharine Robinson World View UNC at Chapel Hill Handout |
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| Grades K-5 | |||
| 5. Global Education for a Sustainable Future: Enhancing Children’s Awareness of Environmental Issues and Their Roles as “Solutionaires” Elizabeth Crawford Watson School of Education UNC at Wilmington |
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| 6. Making Global Connections through School-wide Curricular Themes Linda Kidd, Colleen Pinyan, and Jenna Gilfillan Brooks Global Extended Year Magnet School Guilford County Schools |
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| Grades 6-8 | |||
| 7. Aboard Spaceship Earth: Exploring Global Education, STEM, Sustainable Design, and More Mark Hanf and Marnie Muller Aboard Spaceship Earth |
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| Grades 6-12 | |||
| 8. Representations of Muslims: Using Film to Reduce Stereotyping in Classrooms Jessica Butcher School of Education and Rotary International UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 9. Teaching for a Sustainable Future: Using Buy, Use, Toss in the Classroom Scott Morrison, Lauren Shor, and Amanda Baldiga Student U Durham |
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| 10. The Ins and Outs of Student Diplomacy: A Brief Introduction to Model United Nations Kristina Drye UNC at Charlotte |
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| 11. Encouraging Global Citizenship & Critical Thinking in the 6-12 Classroom Paul Bonnici NC Civic Education Consortium UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| Grades 9-12 | |||
| 12. The Global Class: Molding Global Citizen Leaders through “Knowledge. Connection. Action.” Elizabeth Peacock Mothering Across Continents |
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| 2:30 | Break | ||
| 2:45 | Concurrent Sessions III: Global Education Strategies | ||
| Grades K-12 | |||
| 1. Making the Numbers Dance: Global Connections in Mathematics Chadd McGlone Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill |
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| 2. Airing it Out, Giving Students an Outlet to Explore Problems and Solutions Eric Cole McDowell County Public Schools |
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| 3. From Static to Dynamic: Engaging Students with Global Issues Katharine Robinson World View UNC at Chapel Hill Handout |
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| 4. Using Backward Design to Develop Global Curriculum Loren Fauchier Providence Day School |
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| Grades K-10 | |||
| 5. Mapping the Mind: Teaching Students World Geography Tonia Lovejoy Reach the World.org |
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| Grades K-5 | |||
| 6. Global Education for a Sustainable Future: Enhancing Children’s Awareness of Environmental Issues and Their Roles as “Solutionaries” Elizabeth Crawford Watson School of Education UNC at Wilmington |
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| 7. Growing Global Students Cal Violett, Michele Macumber, Stephanie McDonald, and Stacey Morgan Gray’s Creek Elementary Cumberland County Schools Handout |
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| Grades 6-12 | |||
| 8. Teaching for Social and Ecological Justice: An Introduction to EcoJustice Education Scott Morrison School of Education UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 9. Teaching History of Conflict; Case Studies from Around the World Rachel Rafferty School of Education and Rotary International UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| Grades 9-12 | |||
| 10. Global Development: The Opportunities and Challenges of Experiential Learning Nathan Trappe Broadreach |
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| 11. Building Bridges: Global Competency in the Classroom through Intercultural Exchanges Tonya Muro Phillips AFS Intercultural Programs USA |
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| 3:45 | Team Meetings on Action Plans
OR Alternate General Session, for those educators not in teams: |
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| 5:00 | Reception Peacock Atrium FedEx Global Education Center UNC at Chapel Hill |
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*Program is subject to change.
