This document outlines an international education project between students from different countries. It provides an agenda for an introductory meeting that will have students introduce themselves and discuss benefits, challenges, and questions about international collaboration. The remainder of the document provides background information on frameworks and partnerships to support international education, as well as goals and timelines for an innovative online collaboration project between high school students from 5 countries to research and solve global issues.

1. Melissa Morales, Peace Corps (D.C.)
Lori Roe, Cape Henlopen School District (DE)
March 27, 2011
3:45 - 4:45pm

2. Introductions
3-2-1
3 benefits to international student collaboration
2 challenges to international student collaboration
1 question or thing you would like to know about
international student collaboration projects

3. International Education in Delaware
Delaware Department of Education
Framework for International Education
International Education provides Delaware students with a developmentally
appropriate set of experiences and a broader context in which to actively participate
in a multicultural society and global workforce. International Education in Delaware
inspires students to explore beyond their state and country by providing them with
➡ Knowledge of world regions and international issues;
➡ Skills in communicating in languages other than English and working with
information from a variety of world-wide sources;
➡ Cultural perspectives for comparison of world views, dispositions and attitudes;
➡ International experiences to exchange information with peers around the world.

4. “Best Practices” in
International Education
Grant from the Associate Secretary of Education for
the Teaching and Learning Branch
Innovative project to make global learning
meaningful and purposeful with
a real impact on Delaware students

5. Memoranda of Understanding
Japan (Miyagi Prefecture), 1997
China (Hanban), 2006
Spain (Ministry of Education and Science), 2006
Italy, 2007
France (Académie de Créteil), 2008

6. International Education Partnerships
Coverdell World Wise Schools
Resources include:
Stories, Letters, Folk Tales, Videos with Lesson Plans
Culture Information
Language Podcasts
Correspondence Match Service
Speakers Match Service
Service Learning Project Ideas

7. www.peacecorps.gov/wws

8. 21st Century Skills

9. International Society for
Technology in Education
NETS

10. 21st Century Global Competencies

11. Project Team
Dept. of Ed. Associate for International Education
Director of Peace Corps WorldWise Coverdell Schools
Project Director (Course Developer and Facilitator)
Peace Corps IT Specialist
Peace Corps Instructional Support Team

12. Innovative Global Project “Big Ideas”
International Online Collaboration Experience for
High School Students (5 students from 5 countries)
Provide essential 21st century knowledge and skills
Peace Corps context
International Partnerships
Identify and research real-life global issues
Solve problems and present solutions
Transferable skills and knowledge for a life-time of
learning and collaborating

13. Project Timeline

14. Facing the World’s Challenges One Village
At a Time: International Project Goals
Through this virtual collaborative project, participants will:
Work collaboratively with peers from partnering countries
to solve problems
Develop an awareness of global issues and how they impact all
people
Develop an understanding of and appreciation for different cultural
perspectives
Gather, synthesize, and present information

15. Facing the World’s Challenges One Village
At a Time: International Project Goals
Use evidence to support an argument or opinion
Enhance knowledge of technology tools that promote
communication and facilitate the sharing of information
Develop an understanding of volunteerism and how service to
others forms the basis of good citizenship
Understand the mission and work of the Peace Corps and other
World Wide organizations that promote services to others.

16. Student Pre-Survey

17. Meet the International Teams

18. Elluminate Kick Off Webinar

20. Global Awareness
Geographical
Location
Weather

21. Online Course Management

22. Getting Started
Ten Step Development Process (From the work
of Bena Kallick, Patrick Laherty, Ed Murphy, John
Schiller and Don Zundel)
Tuckman's Team Development model, all
teams go through stages of Forming, Storming,
Norming, and Performing.

23. Screencast, Podcast,
Vokis, and Transcripts

24. Project Overview

25. Project Tasks

26. Weekly Scaffolding

27. Readings

28. Activities

29. Personal Home Pages

30. Team Leaders

32. Challenges:
8
Global
Issues
Game:
www.peacecorps.gov/game
Educator
resources:
www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/enrichment/peacecorpschallenge/

33. Team Collaboration

34. Global Discussions

35. Critical Thinking

36. Team Collaboration

37. Exploring Terracivis

38. Exploring Terracivis

39. Team Investigations

40. Team Presentations
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42. Post Student Survey

43. Student Responses
I learned that people from other countries have different ideas but useful. And open to
new ideas is crucial to reach a conclusion, because often our own ideas are not the best.
From them (members of my team) I learned a lot and especially that in the world there are
many people who have determination and desire to work together to improve. My parents have
supported this project with enthusiasm, helping to provide adequate resources (web cam,
computer, Internet key, microphone), and talking to me about actually problems, making a
point of view I had not thought before, these points helped me with the project. I think I
help my team, I think I was always there (online to discuss) and I did my best to help and
try to understand the tasks. As I said we opened up to new ideas, we have improved our
"English", we met new people and above all we are aware of current realities that
unfortunately exist, but we can find a solution together! I did my best beacuse of them,
that made me feel good every time I connect to talk with them, they're fantastic!
~Martina Gualtieri (Italy)
It helps me to know more about the world around me and that I had a chance to make
international friends .I've learned their culture , their language and most important of all , I
learnt their thoughts about our world.:-)Well, I showed up in the final present and I am
always suppot my teammates . I helped them out of trouble and I received a lot of helps
myself , too!:-)And that we can work things out toghther and thep "the third
world"communicate brighten up the mood always be supportive always be prepared.One
target is to help people in other countries to understand the people of the United States
and American multi-cultural society. Promote world peace and friendship.
~Ted Zhang (China)

44. Student Responses
I have learned the aspects of each country's culture, while also understanding the
views of each country on different issues. I was the team leader and helped organize my
group's entire presentation, while also presenting it to the Regional Ministry. It has
helped me understand international cultures, while also teaching me how to organize a
mass presentation with many aspects to consider. I believe my ability to lead and
organize the presentation was my greatest strength as a team member. I understand that
the Peace Corps. is an organization whose main goal is to have third world countries
understand Americans, and vice versa. Also, I know the Peace Corps. strives to better
third world countries. ~Charles Brodowski (USA )
I learned their culture about food&entertainment, and also what they think and do in daily
lives. I gave adivises, and my writing and pictures is used in the powerpoint which our team
shows. I think it's fun to discuss with people in other countries about these things. And
I have known a lot about these countries and my teamates by working on the project. I did
what I should do. And i can give advises to my teamates. I think the teams should be
together sometimes and exchange our achievements.
~Heng Zhang (China)

45. Student Responses
I've learned a few things about food and culture. I would have been fantastic to learn more
about their countries but I couldn't contact with my teammates as much as I would have
liked. Due to this project I've learned a lot of vocabulary, expressions, etc... I've found
interesting webpages that would help me with my high school's projects. I've also become
aware that, nowadays, there are too many issues affecting our world. From my point of
view, as team member, I've been really hard-working. In spite of the fact that some of my
teammates didn't contribute as much as they could, because they were traveling or other
reasons, I was organized and I tried to finish the work the best that I could. I learned
that the Peace Corps is an organization where volunteers travel to not developed countries
trying to solve their's challenges collaborating with the inhabitants. They try to improve
education, reduce water contamination, etc...
~Andrea Llano (Spain)
I learnt about other countries' the way to speak and the way to work together.they
are create and have different ideas!! I have write articles for our final prensentation
and give language support! It made me feel important and confidence than before,
besides, I improved my English a lot! writing articles and give language support, lead
our teammates when our team leader was at a journey.
~Xinpei Zhong

46. Student Responses
I learned more about our issue and feel like I understand a little more how
important it is to keep an open mind on the views of other people, especially in
other countries. And I also learned new ways to present a project or assignment.
I was team leader. I made sure everyone was on topic and attended meetings, put
together everyone's pieces for the project, and created our video. My strengths
were coordinating everything and being able to talk to my team. It was hard at
times to keep in touch because of technological issues, time zones, and the fact
that our school/vacation calendars are different. I understand that the general
mission is to help under-developed countries.
~Ariana Woodson (USA)
we were all part of developped countries, so our point of view wasn't very different about
world issues ! i has sended the messages with the informations, wich was very developped.
I searched on the internet a lot of information and after that, i wrote an email in order to
explain my conclusions, my ideas, and some technical data. i understood what is the
mission of the peace corps, the goal isn't to developpe poor countries, but help
populations with a solution wich correspond to this population
~Amaury François (France)

47. Successful International Project
Partnerships
InvitaAons
to
meet
and
discuss
world
project
ideas
Planning
Establish
long
and
short
term
goals
Create
a
Ameline
of
tasks
and
events
Criteria
for
recruitment
and
commitment
of
students
Course
Development
and
ImplementaAon
Include
online
learner
agreement,
online
eAqueIe
guidelines
Use
screencasts,
podcasts,
vokis
to
give
direcAons
Give
consideraAon
to
accessibility
Scaffold
acAviAes,
resources,
translators
Foster
collaboraAon
and
group
discussions
Record
and
archive
all
chats
and
video
sessions
with
transcripts
Weekly
checklists
Consistent
correspondence
Student
SelecAon
Establish
criteria
(age,
languages)
Contractual
agreement/
waiver-­‐
release
form
Pre
and
post
survey
Technology
Hardware
-­‐
soSware
requirements

48. Questions ???

49. hIp://facingworldchallenges.pbworks.com
Melissa Morales
wwsinfo@peacecorps.gov
Lori Roe
Lori.Roe@mac.com