This document outlines a presentation about a global education project called One Montessori World that connects Montessori students and teachers around the world. The presentation discusses how the project aims to have students from Montessori schools in the United States and Spain collaborate on lessons integrating language, geography, biology, math and practical life skills while using technology. It provides the agenda, goals and timeline for collaborative lessons and activities between the students over the school year and recommends tools for teachers to start their own global projects.

1. One Montessori World:
Connecting Montessori Students & Teachers
from around the World
GLOBAL EDUCATION
CONFERENCE
2013
COUNTRY DAY WORLD SCHOOL
LARGO, FLORIDA
BETTY JANE MACKAY
JENNIFER WILLIAMS
MONTESSORI SCHOOL

2. Today’s Agenda
 Montessori Education
 Importance of Global
Collaborations
 One Montessori World Project

3.  United States & Spain
 Montessori Programs
 Lower Elementary 1st-
3rd grades
 Instruction in English
& Spanish
 Global Project with
Integration of
Technology

4. What is Montessori Education?
Investigation…
Discovery…

5. Country Day World School
International Program
21st Century Skills
 Critical thinking
 Problem solving
 Collaboration
 Communication

6. Significance of International Programs
 Knowledgeable about other cultures
 Sensitive to other cultures
 Comfortable communicating in a world language
 Familiar with major global issues and current events
 Able to examine issues from different perspectives
using critical-thinking skills

7. International Program Pillars
 Sister Schools
 International Travel
 International Students
 World Languages
 Global Projects

8. Global Projects
Through these
collaborations and
projects with students in
schools across the globe,
we prepare our students to
be competent and
compassionate citizens in
an increasing global
world.

9. One Montessori World
Lessons in:
 Language
 Geography
 Biology
 Math
 Practical Life
*with integration of technology
throughout all

10. Goals & Objectives
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September/October: Identify Friendship Schools
October: Global Handshake: A Lesson in Language
November: My Place in the World: A Lesson in Geography
December: International Festivities: A Lesson in Cultural Studies
January: Global “Exchange”: A Lesson in Mathematics
February: Backyard Biomes: A Lesson in Biology
March: Our Montessori World Celebration: A Lesson in Practical
Life

11. Global “Handshake”: A Lesson in Language
Hello from Florida
Hola from Spain

12. Next Steps…
Working Collaboratively…
Independent Study…

13. Toolkit: How to Start your Own Project
1. WEBCAM:
Videoconferencing, Skype, Facetime
2. COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE:
think.com, google sites, wikispaces, blogger
3. NETWORKS:
iEARN, TakingITGlobal, GlobalEd Ning, ISTE
4. Web 2.0 TOOLS:
VoiceThread, Voki, GoogleDocs, GoogleMaps, GoogleEarth

14. Essential Readings for Teachers

15. Connect
with Us!
www.onemontessoriworld.blogspot.com
Betty Jane Mackay
Lead Montessori Teacher
bjmackay@countrydaylargo.com
Jennifer Williams
Director of Education
jwilliams@countrydaylargo.com