January 9th, Meet Fellow Global Educators . . .
Posted on December 19, 2019
This January 9th, Words Without Borders Campus continues its free professional development series with an interactive workshop that will prepare you to:
Educators' Voices: Teaching the Global "YouTube Generation"
Posted on December 04, 2019
"For good or bad, they are going to change the world." So says online learning expert John Vivolo of the students coming of age today, with access to an array of free online content---from Open Educational Resources to videos to freeware. As Director of Online Education at the Katz School of Yeshiva University, Vivolo oversees all the school's online education programming, and he has been involved in the growth and improvement of online learning for more than fifteen years.
Thankful for Globally-Minded Students and Teachers
Posted on November 27, 2019
With an eye towards tomorrow's Thanksgiving festivities, WWB Campus would like to thank all the teachers and students who read and think across borders. This month alone:
Teaching Uyghur Poetry: Updated with breaking news
Posted on November 16, 2019
This summer, Words Without Borders Campus published a post on teaching the poetry of Tahir Hamut, an ethnic Uyghur (pronounced we-ger) poet and filmmaker who is living in exile in Washington, D.C. following the Chinese government's large-scale repressions of Uyghur Muslims. The New York Times just published a leaked government archive that sheds new light on these repressions, and we have updated the post, below.
In NYC? Consider This Workshop
Posted on November 10, 2019
This Thursday, November 14, the English Language Arts Committee of the UFT will be hosting a workshop on deepening students' reading, writing, thinking, and collaboration: