Education Wiki
As we continue our mission to reach an expanded audience and offer a deeper viewing experience, we are collaborating with education partners worldwide to further implement Global Lives video into classroom curriculum. Andrew Malstedht, Global Lives board member and long time educator, is heading up an educational expansion committee. “The first stage has been to document what has already happened, organically, through the GLP collective and through some who have just happened across GLP on the web,” Andrew said. “As we move forward, I look forward to working with a select group of teachers in the next year to pilot and explore the full potential for GLP as an educational tool.”
Following are examples of the extraordinary work already being done. If you or someone you know is a teacher that would be interested in using Global Lives in the classroom, please e-mail us at education@globallives.org !
Class viewing in Anren, China
A Global Effort
Teachers from Jakarta, Indonesia to Grymes, Virginia are already seizing the opportunity to integrate Global Lives footage into the classroom experience. They have found innovative ways to explore the 24 hours - extracting lessons in statistics, language arts, social studies and documentary making. Students from fourth grade to university level have been able to step out of their world and immerse themselves into the day of one of their contemporaries. Once versed in this other life, students can begin to notice the differences and similarities of the universal human life experience.
Grymes, Virginia
Evelyn Chaleki’s fourth grade students in Grymes, Virginia watched the short film for Edith Kaphuka (13-year-old, Malawi) and compared and contrasted their own lives to hers. The video was integrated into other classroom lessons on Malawi and correspondence with a Peace Corp pen-pal. Karrington, one of the fourth grade students, summed it up when he said, “I think it is cool to see what [Edith] does all day. We do not do the same stuff, but we do the same stuff... sometimes."
The students created multi-media projects in their computer class to express what they learned. They noted comparisons such as, “Edith has a lot of trees where she lives” and “Edith carries a backpack like us and she also gets homework like we do.” Contrasts included, “Edith has a well and washes her feet in a stream” and “She makes her food over fire and does not have forks, spoons or knives”.
“They loved watching the videos of Edith and it really helped them to understand how her life is similar and different than their own in so many ways,” Evelyn said.
Jakarta, Indonesia
In 2009, Nina Soeparno held a Global Lives screening for her 10th and 11th graders at State High School III in Jakarta, Indonesia. The next year, Nina took Global Lives to an Indonesia Teachers Association (IGI) meeting where teachers discussed the potential for further use in the classroom. Khairani Barokkall, Producer of the Indonesia shoot, was also in attendance. Many of the results of this conference were in line with our hopes for Global Lives’ future in education. The teachers emphasized the ideas of tolerance and unity as well as the interdisciplinary nature of the content.
Nina's Class in Jakarta, Indonesia
We are excited about all the amazing work being done in Indonesia and Virginia and thankful for their efforts in integrating the Global Lives Project into the classroom and beyond!
Education News
Fall 2011
We are now seeking 10-15 excellent teachers to join our new Global Lives Project Education Team. These teachers will work with us to shape our educational programs and define the potential of Global Lives as an educational tool. As you can see from the video clips, Global Lives content expands beyond just the social science curriculum. All content area teachers are welcome.
Teachers who join the Global Lives Project Education team will be at the forefront of what will become a much larger, transnational development of Global Lives’ educational programs.
If you are interested or would like more information, please contact our Educational Programs Intern Leigh Shaw at leighshaw@globallives.org