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East Meets West: An Infographic Portrait
https://www.brainpickings.org/2009/10/29/east-vs-west-yang-liu-infographics/
East Meets West: An Infographic Portrait
Designer Yang Liu‘s ingenious East Meets West infographic series, tackling everything from differences in self-perception to evolution of transportation.

Skype Other Classrooms!
https://www.theedublogger.com/want-to-connect-with-other-classrooms/
Skype Other Classrooms!
This page has been set up to help you make connections with classes in other countries who are interesting in having Skype conversations with other classes. You can contact each person by clicking on their name or using the information they’ve shared.

The World of 100
https://www.toby-ng.com/works/the-world-of-100/
If the world were a village of 100 people, how would the composition be?
This set of 20 posters is built on statistics about the spread of population around the world under various classifications.
The numbers are turned into graphics to give another sense a touch – Look, this is the world we are living in.

The Global Education Collaborative (Ning)
https://www.globaleducationconference.org/
The Global Education Collaborative (Ning)
The mission of the Global Education Collaborative is to bring people together in order to build the professional relationships necessary for effective collaboration.
Collaboration can take many forms, and it is our intent that people will partner on projects and start conversations on topics related to global education.

Rafi.k
https://www.tigweb.org/tiged/
Rafi.ki is an online learning community using simple technology to build successful school partnerships, transforming pupils into global citizens.

Can you trust this 100 people village thing?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aisle-of-man/
Can you trust this 100 people village thing?
This thing has been circulating for ages (in Internet time) now, and people seem to find the contrasts it highlights between the "haves" and "have-nots" of the world compelling.
However, much of the information it presents is questionable, out of date, or poorly-defined:

Global Education News
https://www.globaleducation.edu.au/
Global Education News
Subscribe to the Global Education Newsletter to receive a newsletter each month updating you on the additions to the Global Education web site, updates on current issues and professional development around Australia.

International Collaboration on the Internet
http://www2.ed.gov/teachers/how/tech/international/index.html
Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet
The Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration was developed to help teachers use the Internet to "reach out" globally. These materials were prepared as part of the Department of Education's International Education Initiative.
This guide is designed for online access. On every page, teachers will find many projects and suggestions to begin or expand classroom projects that reach across the globe.
In every section of this on-line guide, we have also provided links to elementary, middle and high school projects and links to organizations that are involved in international education via the Internet.

TakingITGlobal
https://www.tigweb.org/
TakingITGlobal is an international organization - led by youth and empowered by technology. TakingITGlobal connects youth around the world to find inspiration, information and get involved in improving their local and global communities.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with a growing worldwide presence, the organization's flagship program?TakingITGlobal.org, serves as the most popular online community for young people interested in connecting across cultures and making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of visitors each month.
TakingITGlobal works with global partners ?from UN agencies, to major companies, and especially youth organizations ?to build the capacity of youth for development, artistic and media expression, make education more engaging, and involve young people in global decision-making.

The mother-tongue dilemma
https://en.unesco.org/themes/education/
The mother-tongue dilemma
Educators are increasingly convinced of the value of multilingual education, and studies show that children learn better in their mother tongue.
The July issue of UNESCO's education newsletter, Education Today, highlights how emotional this whole issue is and outlines the huge political and economic obstacles.
This issue also features two successful experiences in educating street children in Burundi and Guatemala. And it reports on the Fast-Track Initiative set up to accelerate funding to education for all.
literacy | multilingual | ESL | EAL |

Education in a Multilingual World
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000129728
Education in a Multilingual World dealing with the issue of Languages and Education .. UNESCO publication.
Multilingual contexts | The challenge for education systems | The normative framework for languages and education | United Nations standard-setting instruments | UNESCO declarations and conventions | Outcomes from international conferences | UNESCO guidelines on language and education |

Global Gang
https://www.christianaid.org.uk/
News, games.... from around the world.

Jennifer's Language Page
http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/
At this site you can learn to say several words and phrases in hundres of different lanuages. e.g. say "Hello" in more than 400 languages / "Goodbye" in more than 250 / "Welcome" in more than 120 / "Please" in more than 150 / ...... and lots-lots more.

Global Dimension
https://globaldimension.org.uk/
A recent MORI poll found that four out of five middle and secondary school pupils believe it is important to learn about global issues at school. They also feel that it is important to understand global matters in order to make choices about how they want to lead their lives. Yet although many teachers would like to tackle these issues, they often suffer from a lack either of resources, or of sufficient background information to allow them to tackle such complex issues with confidence.
The aim of this website is to help teachers gain access to these things.

The Hunger Site
https://thehungersite.greatergood.com/clicktogive/ths/home
I'm not quite sure if this is the right area for this link .... BUT .... all you do is go to this site and click a button and some hungry person somewhere in the world gets a meal at no costs to you (paid by sponsors). The World Map that is displayed has countries blink each time someone dies of hunger. Geography/Social Studies