Through experiential learning, high school students engage directly with global issues by assuming the role of world leaders and negotiating responses to timely topics.
The year of 2021 is called “the first year of metaverse.” With its intrinsic utopian and dystopian characteristics, the discourse of metaverse in China is entangled with the discourses of revolution, involution, scientism, monopoly, and decentralization, having wide implications for every aspect of social life. It prompts one to wonder whether “metaverse” would be another grand narrative after globalization that would fundamentally change the ways the world operates or how people perceive the world.
Language social hour for Japanese and English language learners. To RSVP, please email Samantha at sas715@pitt.edu
Dr. Merry White of Boston University will discuss Coffee Life in Japan via Zoom. Registration is required at:
https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpfu-qrzIiHNSsUyxiDckzRz2bCTxS7aFZ
Presentations and activities shared by UCIS engagement to Lincoln Elementary School students grades K-5 throughout the day.
The free online Summer Institute for Global Educators, with the support of the Longview Foundation and the National Resource Center Program of the U.S. Department of Education, will allow in-service and pre-service secondary educators in all subject areas to develop courses and lesson plans with enhanced global and regional studies content. Educators from Title I schools are especially encouraged to apply. Online synchronous and asynchronous sessions will include the use of film and media, simulations, games, and technology to enhance global learning and teaching.
This K-12 Professional Development seminar is a companion program to the Alliance for Learning in World History's New Approaches to Frontier History workshop with a focus on the Pacific. Through the documentary film, Ophir, the seminar will explore the topic of colonialism and its impact on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Once registration for this workshop is submitted, we will email you the link to view the documentary, Ophir, and will provide you with the Zoom meeting link for the workshop, as well. Please email caf166@pitt.edu with any questions.
