Powerful Ideas for Global Learning and Leadership in the 21st Century

1. We wish you a year filled with learning and scholarship!
2. We wish you a year filled with social acts of kindness!
3. We wish you a year of collaboration and contribution!
4. We wish you a year of embracing change!
5. We wish you a year of joyful giving!

1. We wish you a year filled with learning and scholarship!

There is nothing more exciting than solving problems and inventing game ideas that can transform the world! Don't take our word for it, watch Voices from the Field and hear it directly from students Phyllis, Joshua, Seth, Andrew, Qianna, Alexia and Mercedes and their educators, Ingrida, Jeremy, Clinton and Bill.

A different way of learning: Phyllis and Joshua, 8th grade

Skills for life, school and work: Alexia and Qianna, 10th grade

Learning and Teaching for the 21st century: Ingrida, MS educator

2. We wish you a year filled with social acts of kindness!

Reducing greenhouse gases, preventing teen pregnancy, promoting healthy eating, advocating proper hygiene, celebrating our communities - these are just some of the issues Globaloria students hope to positively impact with their games in 2009. Explore student works-in-progress on our MyGLife, MySLife and MyHLife learning communities.

Screens from student games

3. We wish you a year of collaboration and contribution!

Globaloria educators support each other and encourage collaboration among their students: "It is interesting to see the students work together to solve problems - It reminds me that this is not the typical classroom where the teacher lectures and all the students do the same assignments - It is exciting," says Denise Stalnaker in her Learning and Teaching progress report. Her colleague Ingrida Barker adds "My students loved Denise's students' comments about their game pages and returned the favor. I think this activity sparked the interest of some of the students who were less motivated and kept them more on task."

Globaloria-WV educators share ideas on a private wiki

Students visit and comment on each other's wiki pages

Educators collaborate at the Globaloria Academy

4. We wish you a year of embracing change!

On December 10th, Idit was the keynote speaker at Virginia's Education Teaching and Learning Conference. 2008 was a year of many exciting speeches, presentations and panels around the world; each one getting us closer to transforming the way the world teaches and learns using social media technology.

Speaking about OLPC at NYU in January

Delivering the NECC keynote speech in Second Life in July

Leading a discussion at Edunov@ in Costa Rica

5. We wish you a year of joyful giving!

We are a small entrepreneurial team with big dreams for educating youth around the world using new social media technologies. Your contribution to our 501c3 can make a huge difference for students, educators, principals and interns who are working hard to master the skills that empower them to succeed in today's digital global world. Please consider a donation.

We wish you a happy holiday season and a peaceful and creative new year filled with digital delights!

-The World Wide Workshop Team