Your Name and Title: Dr. LUDMILLA SMIRNOVA, PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION

School, Library, or Organization Name: Mount Saint Mary College, Division of Education

Co-Presenter Name(s): None

Country from Which You Will Present: USA

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience (such as primary school teachers, high school administrators, students, etc.): elementary school teachers, college education programs professors

Short Session Description (one line): The session describes use of the Bizworld program designed for K-12 students as part of teacher training in the college classroom.

Full Session Description (one paragraph minimum):    

There is a clear need for pedagogical approaches that promote global communication and collaboration. The author has an extensive history of experimentation with techniques for achieving these outcomes, working through cross-national collaborations and integrated online programming. This presentation discusses the outcomes of a classroom experience using a program designed to develop 21st century skills through project learning around economics instruction for K-12 learners. The program is Bizworld, a project of a foundation by the same name. This presentation examines the use of Bizworld in a college classroom for preparing teacher candidates, evaluating the experience according to its success in achieving the goals of teaching economics, communication and collaborative skills. The pilot effort now creates a basis for a next step, using Bizworld as the basis for an international project collaboration between participating college classrooms. The beauty of this project is that teacher candidates sharing this experience can subsequently employ Bizworld or other programs in their own future K-12 classrooms with global partners. Such collaborations through this program are useful in a globalized world where issues of enterprise and economics are central both to conventional ideas of development and alternative views of sustainable development. The skills in communication and collaboration as well as the ability to integrate technology and the awareness of the wonderful potential for global collaborative learning are all addressed.

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

BizWorld Foundation website: 

http://www.bizworld.org/teachers/index.php

BizWorld Programs at MSMC:

http://www.bizworld.org/programs/index.php?40

Teacher candidates' projects on YouTube:

Commercials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPVsPqpV_l8&feature=youtu.be

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppuwWw9iKxE

BizMovie Company 1: 

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY9-sjrYvNg

BizMovie Company 2:

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TwWVAOPJZs&feature=channel&...

MSMC BizMovie project album on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151263591683968&set=a....