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TigEd PrOFE s siOn A L dE V ELOPMEnT COur sE
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TakingITGlobal for Educators (TIGed) embraced a year of working with schools to foster innova ve
learning experiences, cross-classroom collabora ons, and student-driven projects. TIGed worked
with a total of 150 educators in 2014. The year began with 60 scholarships for educators around
the world, including par cipants from Canada, US, Brazil, India, and Sri Lanka, to name a few.
These educators chose from three courses which ran on the topics of Global Ci zenship, Student
Voice, and Environmental Stewardship. Teachers created project-based learning experiences for
their classes, and included diverse ideas such as using telephone towers across Bangladesh to learn
geometry, and a school-wide project to start a Student Council at a school that previously had no
student representa on.
gLOBA L EnCOunTEr s
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Global Encounters hosted 29 video conferences in 2014, connec ng
classrooms and guest speakers on a wide range of topics including
Mental Health with the World Educa on Forum and CHIMP; Polar Bear
Week with Polar Bears Interna onal; a (very first!) virtual workshop on
Interna onal Human Rights Day with Equitas and UNESCO; the United
Na ons conferences, COP20 Climate Conference in Peru with Green
Learning, and World Press Freedom Day in Paris; Bullying and Cyber
Bullying, and Distracted and Impaired Driving, both with the RCMP!
