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TakingITGlobal Project Information

So what is TakingITGlobal (TIG)?TakingITGlobal is a network of youth and educators across 200

countries that aims to provide opportunities for learning, capacity-

building, cross-cultural awareness, and self-development through the use

of information and communication technologies. It is free to set up an

account with TIG at http://tigweb.org 

 Why work with TIG?In a global society, our students need to become aware of other cultural

perspectives. Many of the biggest issues today require a global response

and youth need to feel as if they have a voice and can make a difference.

There are tools on the site to help your students make global connections

and to set up collaborative action projects for positive change.

 What are the details of the TIG project?

CORE Education are managing this project set up as a partnership

between TakingITGlobal, the Ministry of Education, CORE Education

and participating schools. Schools with students ranging from Year 7 to

Year 12 can opt into receiving different levels of support from Liz

Stevenson, the project co-ordinator, in the ways detailed below.

 Virtual support 

• An online wiki set up to support and document the project ( http://

takingitglobalnz.wikispaces.com )

• Phone, email and Skype support

• Project newsletter (to showcase the projects happening in NZ schools)

 Workshops and in-school support 

Based on identified needs, teachers can be supported to:

• navigate around TIG website and locate appropriate resources

• plan a project or series of lessons incorporating TIG content

• establish global connections and projects with other TIG educators

• work within a virtual classroom space (optional at an additional cost)

 What is possible?The Carbon Footprint project - Forty classes participated from around

the globe to reduce their carbon footprint. In the words of one teacher,

“Everybody was working on one goal and the kids communicated,

collaborated and shared in our virtual classroom space. It took a while

for the kids to actually get talking but once they did, it was really

meaningful. They were on task and they could see that the whole world

was connected. We considered it a classroom without borders.”

See more educational examples at http://www.tigweb.org/tiged/bp/

Cost structure (+ GST)

DESCRIPTION COST

Regional full

day workshop

$80

Full day in-

school support

$300

Half day in-

school support

$150

Short in-school

workshop.

$80(plus

travel)

Teacher virtual

classroom

license

$50/yr

15 teacher

classroom

license

$300/

 yr

Contact details for Liz Stevenson, Project FacilitatorEmail: liz.stevenson@core-ed.net Phone: 021724953

"I think it has really sparked their enthusiasm and has alerted them 

to the fact that there is a big world out there and that there are many different perspectives. The 

kids have been quite proud to share their culture with the kids in 

Canada. My students were amazed at the ability of the 

Canadian students to articulate about water problems. It was 

good role modelling for my students." 

Wellington Secondary Teacherinvolved in TIGed project