New School Student Amabassadors Presentation

Who we are:

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Develop and manage educational and cultural exchange programs Networked partners, NGOs, & non-profits Focus on ✦ ✦ ✦

Mission, not control Trust, not control Nodes, not hubs

What we do:

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Provides active learning, project-based educational programs that: ✦ ✦

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Improve language skills Enhance cross-cultural creativity, innovation and problem solving by developing critical thinking skills Develop collaboration and online communication skills Build story telling, persuasion, and presentation skills

Why northwest China?

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Cultural diversity Historical significance Ecological diversity Issues relevancy Economic relevancy

This narrated video describes why northwest China is the focus of our participatory learning programs Connect to a YouTube version at http://tinyurl.com/7kcqwv

This narrated video describes the private school project at Yellow Sheep River in Gansu province. Town & Talent Technologies, Ltd, based in Tianjin, and New School Student Ambassadors have partnered to bring project-based learning, technology, and international students together in impoverished regions of western China. Connect to a YouTube version at http://tinyurl.com/72nner For more on Yellow Sheep River and Town & Talent Technologies’ “West China Story,” see James Fallows article and video in the September, 2008 issue of the Atlantic Monthly. Connect to the Fallows article and video at http://tinyurl.com/45neo3

In March, 2008, a group of 30 students and teachers from Hartford’s Pathways to Technology Magnet High School and CCSU journeyed to northwest China to meet students who they had collaborated with in online project-based activities as part of their school programs. This video documents the journey of a lifetime. Connect to a YouTube version at http://tinyurl.com/auqh5a

Project-based programs will be delivered to teams that combine Chinese and US students in an online, interactive environment making maximum use of social media, social production, collaboration and communication (text, audio, video) tools. New School Student Ambassadors has fully developed, tested, and piloted joint active learning, project-based curriculum and program delivery using open source course management, learning resources, electronic portfolios, and activity management systems. New School Student Ambassadors supports teacher/coaching professional development in both China and the US.

Our educational programs are designed to have a maximum positive effect on increasing cross-cultural educational opportunities, developing student global awareness and cultural sensitivity, improving creativity and innovation through cross-cultural teamwork solving real-world problems, and simulating 21st century working relationships in a global knowledge economy.

Our online project-based learning activities are designed to serve as preparation for exchange trips and face-to-face visits between participating Chinese and US students. Exchange trips will focus on the value of sustaining unique cultural, economic, and environmental ecosystems while providing a balance of opportunities for students in emerging regions of China to prepare for global education programs and meaningful work in a global knowledge economy. New School Student Ambassadors maintains relationships with government and commercial entities in northwest China that can provide coop work and internship opportunities for US college-level students.

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• Ningxia Dragon Student Ambassadors - a

networked learning community offering examples of student work, social media tools, and the means to global collaboration on project-based activities. Link to http://www.dragonstudentexchange.org

• New School Curriculum Group - a networked

community of educators, professionals, and partners collaborating on courses, programs, and technology infrastructure for global participatory learning projects. Link to http://www.nscgroup.org

Pedagogical Framework Teaching Strategies: •Project-based learning •Blended Learning (asynchronous / synchronous) •Understanding by Design (UBD) •Social Media (blogs, wikis, video, podcasts, chat, etc.) Open Source Software Layers: •GoingOn Social Learning (Community Layer) •Moodle (Course Layer) •LAMS Activity Management (Course Layer) •ePortfolio (Course Layer) •Kaltura Video Platform (Workspace Layer) •Celtx Integrated Preproduction (Workspace Layer) •Google Apps (Workspace Layer) © 2009 New School Student Ambassadors, Inc.

Our value proposition ★ ★ ★

Contribute to the critical need for innovative, active learning engagement between disparate at-risk cultural and social ecosystems Enhance 21st century skills, and educational and workforce development opportunities for both US and Chinese students and teachers Increase global awareness and reduce cultural and economic isolation through sustainable educational and cultural exchanges

Presented by: Stephen Wilmarth eMail: [email protected] Tel: 860-227-1225