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Raising Global IQ: Preparing our Students for a Shrinking Planet

Raising Global IQ: Preparing our Students for a Shrinking Planet. Carl Hobert Axis of Hope Boston University 621 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Tel. 617-353-4794 Fax 617-353-4351 Cell 508-733-0730 carl.hobert@axisofhope.org. Quote 1.

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Raising Global IQ: Preparing our Students for a Shrinking Planet

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  1. Raising Global IQ:Preparing our Students for a Shrinking Planet Carl Hobert Axis of Hope Boston University 621 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Tel. 617-353-4794 Fax 617-353-4351 Cell 508-733-0730 carl.hobert@axisofhope.org

  2. Quote 1 You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Gandhi

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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 Collaboration Compassion

  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. Session 1: CommunicationEvaluating and Improving World Language Course Offerings

  12. Jian Gao of Weston, MABelmont Hill School

  13. Stephen Berbeco of Boston, MACharlestown HS

  14. 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

  15. Compromise

  16. Axis of Hope Case Studies Examples of Axis of Hope role-play case-studies: • Whose Jerusalem? • Post-Genocide Rwanda • WE SAID AIDS! • China and Tibet: The Roof is on Fire • Post-1994 Democratic Republic of the Congo • Darfur • India-Pakistan: The War Over Kashmir • The Mexican Drug War • US-Mexico Immigration

  17. Axis of Hope Case Study Confidential Instructions Axis of Hope “Whose Jerusalem?” Case-Study Confidential Instruction Set Includes: • Likud • Labor • Hamas • Fatah • Arab League • Quartet

  18. 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.

  19. Improving compromise skills……. • Invention of new case-study…… • Sharing of ideas, with one other person. • Group reflection, brainstorming……

  20. “Dad, Donny and I are taking a year off to volunteer for the Pizza Corps.”

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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…….

  24. 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……

  25. 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…….

  26. 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……..

  27. 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.

  28. Tom Friedman

  29. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

  30. Sam HobertCairo, Egypt

  31. 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……

  32. Quote “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  33. 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: ?

  34. Albert Einstein(1879-1955)

  35. A New Prize……..for US High School Students Please, think big, right now…….. • Harvard, Yale, Brown, Williams Book Prizes • Math Awards • Science Awards • Public Speaking • Drama • Athletics • A new prize………

  36. Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)

  37. Lost Generation • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWSYPDh7O5Q

  38. 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

  39. Raising Global IQ:Preparing our Students for a Shrinking Planet Carl Hobert Axis of Hope Boston University 621 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Tel. 617-353-4794 Fax 617-353-4351 Cell 508-733-0730 carl.hobert@axisofhope.org

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