Ms. Quigley's Global Classroom, Moab, Utah
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The Reason
This website and teaching tool is the capstone project of the Teachers for a Global Classroom which is sponsored by the U.S. State Department of State and implemented by IREX. The program is split up into three parts an eight week long course, traveling abroad, and a capstone project. This website is designed to be used by Grand County educators to bring a more global perspective into their classroom.
How to Use this Site
The website is broken up into three sections: Study, this section provides a digital inventory of different digital tools that you can use in the classroom to teach our students to be global citizens. Teach, this section includes a globalized lesson plan and international and local resources that can be used in the classroom. Travel, this section includes my travel blog.
Please feel free to use the comment sections to ask questions and share ideas and resources.
Why Global Education?
Global Education is the idea that we must teach our students to be global citizens. Global citizens have an in-depth knowledge of the world, which includes its geography, cultures, politics, science, and economics. Students need to be able see the varying perspectives of the worlds citizens, be able to communicate ones own idea effectively, and learn how to take action to solve the complex issues that are facing the world.
According to the Dalai Lama: "Human beings, through wider contact and more education, are becoming more mature. It takes time, and we must take the long view. When we look at our world with a longer time frame, say, of a hundred years, we can then envision a world that is very different. A better, kinder, a more equitable, more joyful world. But we must start the process of that change now, not wait for some ideal time. The ideal time is now."
(The Dalia Lama Trust, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams, The Book of Joy, 2016, Penguin Random House)
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About me
I am currently a third grade teacher at Helen M. Knight Elementary School in Moab, Utah. I have taught here, and in New Mexico for 18 years. I love to incorporate art into the classroom, and using creative projects to enhance the curriculum.
This website is not an official U.S. Department of State website. The views and information presented are the participant's own and do not represent the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program, the U.S. Department of State, or IREX.
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