TakingITGlobal

Youth making global connections - a social network for social good

http://takingitglobal.org

Vision: Youth everywhere are actively inspired, informed

and actively involved in shaping our world.

Mission: To provide opportunities for learning, capacity-

building, cross-cultural awareness, and self-development

through the use of information and communication

technologies.

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Inspire

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•Learn about global social issues

•Meet young global leaders

Inform•Discuss local and global concerns

•Connect with peers and related organisations

•Share art and writing

•Join action projects

Involve•Start a project and recruit members to help

•Network

•Volunteer within the community

Let’s wonder together…

If young people were actively

engaged in all aspects of society, and

thought of themselves as

community leaders, problem-

solvers, role models, mentors and

key ‘stakeholders’…how would the

world change?

- Jennifer Corriero, Executive Director, TIG

The New Zealand Curriculum takes as its starting point a vision of our young people as lifelong learners who are confident and creative, connected,

and actively involved.

Global awareness and understanding across cultures is key to the future of the planet. TakingITGlobal helps to prepare students and youth for today's knowledge economy - engaging them in local and global issues through an interactive online platform.

The General TIG Site

CommunityThis section of TakingITGlobal focuses on online community building and cross cultural dialogue, and includes discussion boards, profiles, and member stories.

Take ActionThis section of TakingITGlobal provides ways to take action on local and global levels. These readily accessible tools include Project Pages, Commitments, Petitions and Groups.

ResourcesThis section of TakingITGlobal contains our databases of resources, members can access thousands of listings from all over the world: events, toolkits, organisations or opportunities.

Youth MediaThis section of TakingITGlobal provides platforms on which to share your expressions with other members. Thoughtful and creative expression happens on a daily basis through the Global Gallery, blogs and Panorama Zine, a collection of youth media.

Global IssuesMembers and guests can learn about background information on pressing global issues such as peace, health and culture, and are provided links to relevant articles, major policy documents, and key international events.

RegionsThis section of TakingITGlobal has information about different countries and continents (similar to the CIA Fact File). For each country there is a promotion guide to give guidance on how to contribute to this section.

Educational community

The TIGed Community

• 12731 Students

• 2896 Teachers

• 1432 Classes

• 976 Schools

• 155 Activities

• 72 Countries

TIGed - Community

Search a database of

lessons posted by other

educators or communicate

with other educators

through the forum.

TIGed - Resources

Activities including

thematic classrooms

compiled by TIG staff.

Why get involvedwith

Why get involvedwith MonitoredGlobal

Collaborative Resource rich

Researched

Secure and free of advertising

Educational community

MoE Supported

Enable powerful, authentic learning experiences as students connect with

individuals and organisations around the world and collaborate with them.

Statistics

Over 200,000 current members

Collaborative

Key Competency - Participating and contributing is about being

actively involved in communities. They may be local, national or

global.

Collaboration in ActionSurvivor Galt Project

TakingITGlobal

CanadaUganda

Classroom

teacher

Director of

orphange

Collaboration in Action

Jennifer’s students learned about:

•impact of AIDS in Urganda leading to many orphans

•human rights issues in Uganda

Survivor Galt Project

Raised $600 through 24 hr collaboration evening at the

school gymn

Collaboration in Action

Every student said we

wouldn't learn as much from the

internet and the library because Mr

Moses is living it right now and we can

ask him a question and he'll give us

the right answer.

Survivor Galt Project

I think it has

really sparked their

enthusiasm and the

alerted them to the fact

that there is a big world out

there and that there are

many different

perspectives. The kids

have been quite proud to

share their culture with

the kids in Canada.

Wellington High Case Study

My students

were amazed at the

ability of the Canadian

students to articulate about

water problems. It was

good role modelling for

my students.

Wellington High Case Study

Community - Discussion BoardsGain multiple perspectives on current issues from those

directly involved

Action Tools - CommitmentsInvestigate a call to action by looking at it from all angles

Action Tools - PetitionsPetitions can be started on a range of issues

Introduce students to youth-oriented perspectives from around the world on

today's pressing global issues

Global

Statistics

Over 200 countries represented by

the TIG community

Key Competency - Relating to others is about interacting effectively

with a diverse range of people in a variety of contexts.

Importance of Being Globally Aware

Global economy

Global issues

TakingITGlobalDemographics

The conflict in Gaza - View from Palestine

“I am eyewitness from Gaza ...Hamas and othere

factions are trying to defend palestinians from the

continuing masacres ,invasions,airstrikes . hey ,

Palestinian factions do not own

tanks,warplanes ,warships and rockets ... they have

homemade missiles , minds and simple weapons , they

cannot do anything against israeli great powerfull

army”

The conflict in Gaza - View from US supporter of Israel

“You said Hamas won legitimate elections - I have

some questions for you...

1 - do you think there is any chance they would allow

new free elections in Gaza now? If not how can they

maintain democratic legitimacy?

2 - if Bin Laden was elected in Canada tomorrow and

declared his intention of destroying the United States,

then started firing missiles at us - how would you

expect our government to react?

Global Issues - PeaceBroader information on the overall topic including useful links

Global Issues - PeaceBroader information on the overall topic including useful links

Global Issues - PeaceBroader information on the overall topic including useful links

Regions - Middle EastRegion and country information

A huge bank of tools and resources to help students understand issues and

learn from other members.

Resource rich

Statistics

Over 1 million pages of content

Key competency - Thinking is about using creative, critical, and

metacognitive processes to make sense of information,

experiences, and ideas.

Resources - Toolkits and PublicationsExcellent resources for how to take action

Global Issues

Broader information on the overall topic including useful links

Regions

Regional and country information.

Participate on the site in a range of ways such as through images and video.

Multi-modal

Statistics

14451 images in the Global Gallery

Key competency - Using language, symbols and texts. Students

who are competent users of language,symbols, and texts can

interpret and use words, number, images, movement, metaphor,

and technologies in a range of contexts.

Youth Media - Global GalleryArt work for expression

Games to help understand concepts

Games to help understand concepts

Content on TIG is checked to make sure it is appropriate.

Moderated

Statistics

Apart from blogs, all other content is checked

before it appears on the site.

Costs to schools are heavily subsidised by government funding.

Ministry of Education Supported

Facts

The MoE, CORE Education and TIG have

signed a three year contract to support TIG in

schools.

Researched - quotes from projects

“My understanding of it has grown deeper through the things that I automatically assumed were true, weren’t true and my perspective changed entirely and my opinions are different.”

Jeffrey - student

“We had expected some of the students to be overwhelmed by the amount of anticipated work, but they appeared to have taken on some of the TIGed spirit; they felt empowered, enthused, and

challenged”Ann - Teacher

Virtual support

and newsletters

Training

workshops with

staff/

departments

Getting support

Full day

workshops for

teachers (across

schools)

Support to

develop lessons

using TIG

In-class

support with

using the tools

TIGed Project

Virtual

Classrooms in

TIGed

TIGed - My classesSet assignments with TIG

content as a resource

Each student can have a

separate blog (private or

published to TIG)

Students can publish writing to

this space

Have your own private

discussion forums to explore

issues

TIGed - My classesCreate bookmarks to useful

web resources

Publish art work and

photography in your own

protected space

Create maps related to your

studies using mapping tool

Link your classroom to a

YouTube channel to include

videos

Joining my virtual classroom demo

You can join as a student by visiting this link:

http://collaboration.tiged.org/educators/register/

The registration code is joinsoc

Or join as an associate teacher by visiting this link:

http://collaboration.tiged.org/educators/assistant/

The registration code is teachsoc

Suzie Vesper · TIG Project Co-ordinatorCORE Education LtdLocation: WellingtonMobile: 021337430Email: suzie.vesper@core-ed.netSkype username: suzcorey

Project Coordinator Contact Details

Until 4th September 2009

Liz Stevenson · TIG Project Co-ordinatorCORE Education LtdLocation: WhakataneMobile: 021724953Email: liz.stevenson@core-ed.net

From 7th September 2009