Training for Educators on Games-based Learning this Friday at Global Kids HQ

This Friday, December 4, Global Kids is leading a Games Based Education Training for educators at our headquarters in New York City. If you are a school teacher, librarian, youth worker or other educational professional that would like to learn about our innovative approach to learning using digital games, we highly encourage you to sign up!

Since 2002, Global Kids has been a leader in the use of online games to promote global awareness, engaged citizenship, and 21st-Century learning skills. In this training, educators will learn how to use online games that directly or indirectly address core literacy and content areas, and how to use free, web-based tools to support students in designing their own games.

For more information or to register, please call: 212-226-0130 or e-mail pdtrainings@globalkids.org. The official announcement follows after the jump…

Register Now for Global Kids' Games Based Education Training

Friday, December 4, 2009

Since 2002, Global Kids has been a leader in the use of online games to promote global awareness, engaged citizenship, and 21st-Century learning skills. In this training, educators will learn how to use online games that directly or indirectly address core literacy and content areas, and how to use free, web-based tools to support students in designing their own games.

 Can't Make it on Friday? Register for a Different Training
 

• Creating a Safe Space – Cultural Diversity – Thursday, December 10, 2009
• Incorporating Digital Media into Your Curriculum – Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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All trainings are offered at $75 per person with a discounted rate of $50 each for two sessions or more. Trainings will take place from 9:00 am to 3.00 pm at Global Kids' Center for Global Leadership, located at 137 East 25th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10010.

For more information or to register, please call: 212-226-0130 or e-mail pdtrainings@globalkids.org
 

 Creating a Safe Space -  Cultural Diversity
In our increasingly multicultural and globalized society, it is imperative that young people develop the skills and attitudes needed to interact effectively and respectfully with people whose backgrounds and experiences are different from their own. This training will equip educators with strategies for promoting positive intergroup relations and creating caring communities; examining stereotypes and learning to appreciate their own and other cultures; building skills in bias-awareness, critical thinking, problem-solving and team-building; and infusing caring community concepts into the curriculum and learning environment.
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009
 

Incorporating Digital Media into Your Curriculum
 This training will equip educators with the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to introduce innovative digital media and technology tools into their curriculum and learning environments.  The training will offer a hands-on introduction to the educational potential of serious gaming, social media and virtual worlds and how they foster community, creativity, collaboration, and civic engagement. All participants will leave with a broad understanding of the educational potential presented by a range of digital media, ideas about how they can incorporate these tools into their programs, and concrete next steps for planning and implementation.
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
 

Global Kids has twenty years' experience working with NYC public schools. We provide curriculum resources and training for teachers, administrators and youth workers, and we work directly with students in the classroom and after school. Trainings will be facilitated by Global Kids' staff members who are highly skilled educators with extensive training and experience in international affairs, youth development, service learning, leadership development, interactive and experiential learning, violence and bias prevention, and youth-created digital media.

 
For more information or to register, please call: 212-226-0130 or e-mail pdtrainings@globalkids.org
 
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