International Opportunities Bulletin
10 December 2008

Prepared by the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC).
For more information visit our website or email us.

In this issue:

2009 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies & International Education Conference - "Global Challenges and Changes"
Monday & Tuesday, 16-17 March 2009
Madison Marriott West Hotel, Middleton

The Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) is pleased to support the 2009 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies and International Education Conference and invites educators from around the state to consider submitting proposals for the conference.

WCSS/IEC offers stimulating sessions, thought-provoking keynote speakers, and 2-hour or double session workshops that focus on teaching social studies and international & global education. Workshops and panels will seek to actively engage K-12 teachers in curriculum development and instructional improvement, especially in international and global education. Several strands of the conference sessions will address the Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure (PI34) and the pedagogical knowledge and skills for effective teaching. Finally, the conference will offer sessions and workshops in the sciences, arts, and humanities that are linked to the social studies and international/global education. The conference seeks presentation proposals from teachers and other educators that will lead to curriculum changes, lesson plan development, and instructional improvement.

The call for proposals is currently open. The deadline for submitting proposals is 17 December 2008. More information on submission is available at:

https://wisccharge.wisc.edu/education/proposal_start.html

And on the conference itself, the program, sponsors, etc can be found at:

http://www.education.wisc.edu/elpa/conferences/iec/

WIOC members encourage you to consider submitting a proposal on an international theme. If you are interested in learning more about how WIOC member centers might assist you -- or in possible collaboration -- please contact your center of interest, a full listing of which can be found on the WIOC homepage.

Seminar on East Asia for Wisconsin secondary teachers
January 24 - April 18, 2009 plus...
On the campus of Beloit College, Beloit, WI

The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) is pleased to announce an NCTA Seminar on East Asia for Wisconsin secondary teachers. This 34-hour seminar offers teachers the opportunity to engage in study, analysis, and discussion of new scholarship related to Chinese and Japanese history, geography, and culture. Content will address the National Standards in World History.

This seminar is open to secondary world geography, world history, world literature, and world art teachers who are teaching courses that include the study of China and/or Japan at the time of the seminar.

Participation is limited to 20 teachers.

The seminar will meet in Room 150 in the Science Center at Beloit College, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511.

Dates:

  • Saturdays: January 24 (8:30am-4:00pm) and April 18 (9:00am-4:00pm);
  • Wednesdays: February 4, 11, 25; March 4, 18; April 1, 15 (5:00pm-8:15pm)
  • Two two-hour follow-up sessions in fall 2009 are also required.

Attendance is required at all meetings. For information email Carolyn Temporelli.

Looking Forward, Looking Back: Causes and Consequences of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
22 - 26 June 2009
Concourse Hotel, Madison, WI

Pre-Announcement - Summer K-12 Teacher Workshop (June 2009)

To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Center for European Studies (CES) will be offering a week-long K-12 Teacher Workshop from Monday June 22 to Friday June 26, 2009. The Workshop will look at both the Cold War and the Post-Cold War period, identifying themes and events that led to the dismantling of the Iron Curtain, evaluating the monumental changes in Europe in the last twenty years and highlighting both their regional and global significance.

Look for further announcements about the workshop in the upcoming months. Details will also be posted on the CREECA website and on the CES website. For more information please contact Nancy Heingartner at CREECA or Csanád Siklós at CES.

Possible school partnership

The following request for a school partnership was received from the DPI (and is passed along from a Friends of International Education email announcement). If you are interested, please use the contact information below.

"The core goal the partnership is to maintain understanding of our student to be tolerant and respect to another nation even have a lot of difference like religion, culture and behavior. Therefore this partnership is very important to build this perception our student. Thank you very much."

Dr.agr Asep Ginanjar Arip, M.Si.

Office 1:
Biology Dept.
FMIPA Haluoleo University
South East Sulawesi

Office 2:
High School SMA N 1 Tasikmalaya
Jl. Rumah Sakit 28 Tasikmalaya Indonesia 46113

Contact Address:
Jl. dr. Sukarjo Gang Manglid 5 Tasikmalaya
Jawa Barat, Indonesia 46112

Phone:+628987751404
http://www.asepginanjar.blogspot.com/

The International Traveling Teacher Program
University of Wisconsin-River Falls

The Global Educators Program is moving, and being offered at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls as The International Traveling Teacher Program. The program remains a personalized opportunity for teachers to travel to a country of their choice and spend time with colleagues in schools that match their subject, grade level, or interest. More information is available on the ITTP website.

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