Actionable Innovations Global Community Notes
June 1, 2022
Below is our weekly update with resources related to global education and innovation. Please join us at our upcoming events, and share your resources and initiatives with our community! Thanks for reading.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you missed our terrific conversation with Rich Dixon, the Senior Director of Innovation at Hāpara, you can view it on our YouTube Channel. Learn about Open Educational Resources, where you can find sources of OER, and consider the implications for teaching, learning, and movement towards equity.
NOTEWORTHY
- World Savvy is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Check out their program summit taking place in Minneapolis!
- Digital Promise Global is accepting applications for the HP Teaching Fellows program through June 17. This program is open to educators in the U.S and Canada.
- TakingITGlobal's Connected North program is a finalist for the Qatar Foundation's 2022 WISE Awards. The winner will be announced in September.
- AIFS and CIEE have created a $100K Fund for the professional development of international educators. This will allow higher education administrators and faculty to attend annual conferences led by NAFSA: Association for International Educators, Forum on Education Abroad, and Diversity Abroad.
- GENE has created an excellent list of educational resources that might be useful for educators regarding what is happening in Europe and Ukraine.
- iEARN-USA is hosting an online summer institute. This professional development experience will take place July 18–21, and the theme is "How to Become a Global Educator."
EVENTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
Actionable Innovations Conversations with Ivan Cestero of Portal Schools
1 PM CDT (GMT-5) — REGISTER HERE (free)
Ivan Cestero, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Portal Schools, will join us on Friday, June 3, at 1 PM CDT (GMT-5). Actionable Innovations Co-Founder don buckley will interview Ivan about Portal Schools and the challenge of unlocking sustainable education and industry collaboration.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
Actionable Innovations Conversations with Leigh Cassell
7 PM CDT (GMT-5) — REGISTER HERE (free)
Lucy Gray will interview Canadian Leigh Cassell about her work as a teacher and as an entrepreneur. In addition, we will learn more about the Digital Human Library and Leigh's other projects that support globally connected teaching and learning.
FRIDAY, JUNE 24
Actionable Innovations Conversations with Asia Society's Heather Singmaster
1 PM CDT (GMT-5) — REGISTER HERE (free)
On June 24, we will welcome Heather Singmaster as our featured guest. Heather Singmaster is Director for CTE and GCEN, Center for Global Education at the Asia Society. Her work focuses on international best practices and integrating global competence into Career Technical Education (CTE) programs and state and national policy. In addition, Heather leads the Global Cities Education Network (GCEN), a network of international cities focused on best practice sharing in education.
