October 2024: Community Notes #4

We connect and empower education-focused professionals through international learning and networking opportunities.

Register Today for the Global Learning for an Open World Conference

Join us at our annual online?Global Learning for an Open World Conference, November 20-21, 2024. Reserve your space today. Free educator tickets are limited! Please share this information widely with your professional networks.

Discover how your school, organization, or company can join our global virtual celebration of innovative teaching and learning.?We offer sponsorship opportunities and no-cost media partnerships to support this grassroots initiative while promoting your organization. Help us spread the word within your networks—together, we can make a more significant impact.

The Charter for Compassion Global Youth Conference Recordings

Thank you to everyone who attended the recent Charter for Compassion Global Youth Conference! It was an inspiring event that showcased remarkable youth leaders from around the globe. ?There's still time to register for FREE access to all recorded sessions.

Global Learning Opportunities

Stay at the forefront of global education by exploring these latest offerings.

Have something to share??Post your school or organization’s events in our LinkedIn group, and we’ll feature relevant updates in upcoming newsletters!

• AFS USA is seeking 20 high school educators around the U.S. who are interested in a FREE (fully grant-funded) classroom-to-classroom virtual exchange for their students in the spring semester of 2025. All logistics will be handled for you, teacher training (with PD hours and digital badge) will be included, and students will be provided with resources, along with pairing them with a classroom in Mexico or Colombia. The next teacher training begins on November 4, 2024, so don't delay applying.?Details here. Contact Jill Woerner for more information.

• Take part in a virtual professional development academy from the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) . This PD opportunity focuses on the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals community research guide,?Ecosystem Resilience! How can people and ecosystems build resilience to change??This unique opportunity also provides educators three hours of cross-cultural exchange with peers across North and South America. There are Spanish and English cohorts.?Details here.

• The MY HERO Project is hosting its 2024 People’s Choice Awards. View outstanding hero-themed films and vote for your favorite.?Details here. MYHERO also offers?a variety of multimedia contests?worth reviewing.

• The HundrEDorg Education Summit will be held November 12-14, 2024.?Register here to view some of the streamed sessions.

• The World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence is hosting its Annual Global Symposium and Transcultural Leadership Summit online on November 22.?Register here.

• Take Action Global ?offers free professional learning experiences for educators called LEGO? Build the Change Institutes.?Learn more about this program here.

• The MyImpact Challenge?is a civic engagement contest hosted by the Bill of Rights Institute . Submissions are open to US citizens and US-based young people between the ages of 13 and 19 enrolled in middle or high school on January 1, 2025.?Details here.

• Call for proposals and registration are open for GEBG's Global Summit on Climate Education - Feb 7 and 8th in San Francisco. Join Global Education Benchmark Group to discuss and share leading and educating in an era of climate change.?Details here.

• TakingITGlobal is reviving its Future Friendly Schools initiative! Does your school have an innovative project or program? Showcase it on the Future Friendly site and connect with schools dedicated to global citizenship, environmental stewardship, and student voice.?Submit your project here.

• TakingITGlobal’s Commit2Act Platform: Empower students to take meaningful action with TakingITGlobal’s Commit2Act platform. Track actions, compete globally, and contribute to a better future. New teacher-created lessons are now available!?Explore more here.

• The Charter for Compassion invites you to participate in?Artistic Bridges, a unique online exhibition of children’s art.

What We Are Reading

• Mark your calendars and save the date because for ONE DAY ONLY on Monday, October 28, 2024, Zoe Weil 's latest book,?The Solutionary Way,?Kindle version, will be on sale for $1.99! Zoe is the founder of the Institute for Humane Education .
• News Literacy in America: A Survey of Teen Information Attitudes, Habits, and Skills?- This new report from The News Literacy Project . This organization will be presenting at GLOW.
• Beyond Borders: How to Make Online Global Collaborative Learning Work—Here’s an article from Julie Lindsay, PhD. SFHEA , a longtime friend of GLOW. Julie offers ideas for bringing online global collaborative learning to higher education classrooms.

Collaborate With Us

Formerly known as the Global Education Conference Network, Actionable Innovations Global is an international professional learning community for educators and organizations interested in globally connected teaching and learning.

Participate in our innovative endeavors! Collaborate with us through webinar presentations and?GLOW 2024 sponsorships. You can also host your own virtual conference on our platform.?Email us to set up a meeting!

After 17 years, the Actionable Innovations Global community has moved from Ning to a new platform,?Sutra. You can join Sutra now, and invitations will be sent soon.

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