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Service Learning and Global Collaboration

Judy Huynh

Judy Huynh 6th grade teacher at Palo

Community (19 years) Social Studies department

head/Math department head Service Learning grant

writer and coordinator (7 years)

M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction (MSU)

Attended Massey University (New Zealand) 1 year

4th grade teacher at Saigon International School (3 years)

ESL instructor at University of Saigon & private lessons (3 years)

Middle School Social Studies Teacher of the Year for Michigan (2004)

Global Education Teacher Trainer

Michigan Merit Curriculum project coach

Service Learning Professional Development Toolkit design team/trainer/curriculum development

Kids Can Make a Difference Advisory Board

Heifer International Curriculum Advisory Board & workshop presenter

iEARN cadre member/trainer Fulbright-Hays GPA to

Ecuador curriculum specialist

LATTICE Member

Global Education

Global education is learning about those issues that cut across national boundaries and about the interconnectedness of systems - ecological, cultural, economic, political, and technological. Global education involves perspective taking, seeing things through the eyes, minds, and hearts of others; and it means the realization that while individuals and groups may view life differently, they also have common needs and wants.

Robert Haney

Global Interdependence

Before you finish eating breakfast this morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world. This is the way our universe is structured … We aren’t going to have peace on earth until we recognize this basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If the world were a village of 100 people

63 would come from Asia 13 from Africa 12 from Europe 8 from S. America, Central

America, & Caribbean 5 from North America Less than 1 from Oceania

If the World Were 100 People

We would be among the 20 people who earn 89% of the world’s wealth

13 would suffer from malnutrition13 would eat too much20 would not have clean water25 would have substandard housingThe richest 20 would consume 100

times more energy than the poorest 20

Quiz

Farmer’s Out of the Dell

Global Service Learning Projects

Refugee Pen Pals Heifer International Peace Corps

Partnerships iEARN International Dinner Empty Bowls World Vision Nyaka School

Projects with RESPECT

Letter Exchange Program Soccer balls were sent in May, 2003 Shopping trip - December, 2003 - bought school

supplies

Projects

Palo students sent bookmarks and stickers to pen pals

Mohomou sent bracelets and necklaces to Palo (These were sold at the International Dinner.)

Samuel (teacher) sent African dress to me.

Projects

Palo sent $1000 (from our International Dinner) to Mohomou to set up computer lab

LeValley United Methodist Church sent $1000 for lab

Projects

Sent video of “A Day in the Life of a Palo Student” in January, 2004

Sent video camera

Projects

Received video from Mohomou of “Day in the Life of”

Sent macrame friendship bracelets

Book drive with Belding Middle School

www.respectrefugees.org

Heifer Internationalheifereducation.org

Learn about hunger and poverty in the world

Educate others Fundraising Read to Feed GET IT! Write ABC books Tie quilt Global Village New Global Education

Resource Kits available

Peace Corps Partnerships

Peace Corps World Wise SchoolsCorrespond with a

Peace Corps volunteer through the World Wise Schools program

Participate in service project

iEARN

International Education and Resource Network

Allows classrooms around the world to collaborate on service projects

It takes many villages to make a global

community

The iEARN community enables you to work with students and teachers around the world.• Europe

• Africa

• Middle East

• Latin America

• Asia & Pacific

• Australia/NZ

• North America & Caribbean

iEARN has searchable databases on the WWW to help you find international students and teachers easily within the iEARN Community worldwide.iEARN has schools in over 125

countriesStudents are aged 5-19

Your students can work in many languages on collaborative projects with students around the world--projects that are designed by teachers.• environment/science/math

• arts/literature/language arts

• social studies

iEARN offers you the opportunity to join a global community of teachers and students who share the vision that Internet-based collaboration can both enhance learning and improve the quality of life on the planet.

iEARN enables youth and teachers to communicate with and work together with others locally and internationally, using the Internet to enhance learning and make a difference in their own communities and around the world.

Keys to Interactive On-line Project

Success• Teacher/student driven• Interactivity, not passivity • Honor local teaching & learning styles• Collaborate with othersCollaboration enhances learning

iEARN Goals

•To facilitate teacher and student-directed collaborative on-line project work

•To create global, national, and local support structures to sustain project work

•To demonstrate that on-line education can enhance learning and improve the quality of life on the planet

iEARN Experience

20 years linking schools for project work in both northern and southern hemispheres (started in 1988)

Structures and projects in over 125 countries involving 2 million students annually in 20,000 schools

Collaboration with governments, NGO’s, foundations, educational agencies, youth groups, religious groups, etc.

iEARN Providesa safe and structured environment for

children to communicatea known audience for writing and reading

for a purposean opportunity to apply knowledge in

service-learning projectsan inclusive and culturally diverse

community of supportive educatorsopportunities to meet in person - Beijing

2000, South Africa 2001, Morocco 2009

E-mail: iearn@us.iearn.org

www.iearn.org

www.us.iearn.org

International Dinner

EducationalCulturalFundraiserCommunity BuilderGood foodBaby AnimalsFun!

Standards for Quality Practice

Links to curriculum Progress monitoring Meaningful Service Incorporates youth

voice

Values diversity Reciprocal partnerships Reflection takes place

before, during and after Duration/Intensity

Curriculum S.S. Standards

Historic Perspective Geographic PerspectiveCivic PerspectiveEconomic PerspectiveInquiryPublic Discourse and Decision MakingCitizen Involvement

Other Links to Curriculum

Language Arts - through literature, letter writing, journals, presentations

Math - figuring postage costs, International Dinner costs & profits, cooking, graphing

Technology - flyers, PowerPoint presentations, note cards, video, iEARN

Art - Drawings, crafts

Assessment

Teacher made tests Reports Posters ABC Books Presentations Game Boards

Reflection journalsLettersPowerPointsTeaching 1st

graders (our buddy class)

Group Projects

Other Great Projects/ Resources

freerice.com Facing the Future Ryan’s Well Free the Children Amnesty International Habitat for Humanity Oxfam

Global Education Workshops

Media With Purpose - February 23Facing the Future - March 25Heifer International - April 21

See Ionia ISD website for more information - ioniaisd.org

Thank you!(jhuynh@ioniaisd.org)