November 18, 2011 Presented by:

1. A Presentation... NetGeneration of Youth: A Catalyst for Education Transformation in the Global –Digital Age November 18, 2011 Presented by: Mr. Emilio Garza, Administrator, Foshay Learning Center, LAUSD, California Dr. Ronnie Lowenstein, President, Lowenstein & Associates, Inc. Mrs. Ingrid Graham, Partnership Consultant, Cape Town, South Africa

2. A Message to Attendees of Global Education Conference If you share a Commitment to Catalyzing Change and Creating Opportunity -Rich Learning Environments;       If you share a Conviction that our       Future on Earth depends on Leaders capable of Designing            Global solutions to the Global Challenges; We hope you will join us in November at the Global Education Conference. Mr Emilio Garza, Dr Ronnie Lowenstein, & Ms Ingrid Graham will share how members of the NetGeneration of Youth Global Community of Practice are serving as 21st Century Pioneers …         Shaping the Contours of an Emerging Cybercivilization;         Harnessing Technology as Tools of Communication and Collaboration; Establishing a Global Community of Practice to                 Build Bridges of Mutual Understanding in an              Increasingly Digital World without Borders; Conducting Virtual Visits with Role Models who Inspire Students to Inquire, Aspire, Academically Achieve, and Pursue Career Paths of Success and Service on a Global Stage. Embracing partnerships that Forge an Ubuntu spirit to expand collaborations; Foster restructuring of learning environments; Create synergies to enable Global Project Partners To achieve together what no one can do alone! Going Forward: We invite you to join NGY Global Community of Practice We will applaud your Determination to Pioneer curricular & instructional innovations that Inspire students as Leaders who are Civically -Engaged, Culturally - Aware, Empowered with Global Competencies and Dedicated to Shaping a Positive Global Future! Going forward: We will Honor you as 21st Century Champions Helping to Transform Teaching & Learning!

3. Presentation Outline • Part One: NGY as a Response to our 21st Century Reality • Living in Tumultuous Times of Change • Shared Visions: Transforming Education for an increasingly Connected World without Borders • Legacy of NGY Model as a Catalyst for Transformation • Two demonstration programs: • Global NetGeneration of Youth (NGY) Cyberjournalists Investigating Careers of NASA • International Space Station Leaders Shaping the Future • Global Connections & Exchange-Africa, sponsored by US Department of State • “Cultivating NetGeneration of Youth as Global Citizens and • Media Literate Leaders in a Digital Age” • Part Two: Administrator’s Perspective: • NGY as a Catalyst for Culture Change • Part Three: Partnership Advisor dialogues with • attendees “Embracing a Partnership Strategy to • Introduce & Sustain Innovation”

4. Part One: NGY as a Response to our Reality 21st Century Reality ..Times of Tumultuous Change; Media-Saturated, Evolving CyberCivilization • Technology and Globalization have generated… • Future Shock (Alvin Toffler) • State of Hyperturbulence (Harold Shane) • Living Between the Parentheses (John Naisbitt) • Living in a ‘Liminal Moment’ (Sherry Turkle) • Multidimensional, Global Challenges that threaten peace, • progress and prosperity.

5. Part One: NGY as a Response to our Reality 21st Century Reality ..Times of Tumultuous Change; Media-Saturated, Evolving CyberCivilization • Stakeholders in Education Increasingly Recognize... • Global Challenges need Global Solutions • Youth around the world represent our hope for the future • Stakeholders in Education Share… • a Vision of youth prepared as Leaders for a Global Age, possessing global • understandings and global competencies, including media literacy • skills • a Belief that ‘world class education’ requires Transformational Innovation

6. Part One: NGY as a Response to our 21st Century Reality • It is time to .... Transform Education for the Global- Digital Age • Relinguish the traditional factory – broadcast model of education; • Adopt 21st Century paradigms in pedagogy, content, collaborative • technologies and organizational structures & partnerships; • Develop World Class Education by Embedding the World in Education ; • Redesign Schools as Active Communities of Inquiry with the World as the Classroom; • Empower educators as Innovators, unafraid to challenge the status quo and willing to pioneer teaching & learning; • Inspire youth to participate on the world stage and cultivate their • global competencies .

7. Part One: Why Media Literacy Education is Vital Legacy of NetGeneration of Youth (NGY) Model A Catalyst for Transformation Launched in 1999 with ... Vision Expanding the Capacity of Youth as Leaders in the 21st Century Mission To inform and inspire youth To inquire, imagine, & invent empowering futures By learning from and sharing with community, Using emerging media.

8. NGY Programs Evolved... • Linking students to real world & civic activities, enabling them to serve as Cyberjournalists • investigating significant issues , to communicate with inspiring role models, and to practice • applying 21st Century global competencies they need to invent the future. • Whether in school and out of school programs, across the US or internationally. • NGY programs • Use A Best Practice -Inquiry and Project Based Learning Model •  Leverage Private Public Partnerships •   Harness State of the Art Technologies as Tools of Transformation •   Inspire NetGeneration of Youth as Cyberjournalists & Ambassadors • . Foster a Global Community of Practice that Empowers Adults • through Ubuntu Leadership

9. NGY Cyberjournalist & Ambassador Profile ·    Inspired to Inquire, Aspire and Achieve ·     Engaged in civic activities and community service ·     Empowered w/ Global Competencies & 21st Century Skills ·     Committed to shaping a positive Future in Global Society Culturally Aware & Civically Responsible Academically Prepared Literate in 21st Century Global Skills Media & Technology Proficiency Proficient Thinkers And Collaborative Problem Solvers

10. Part One: Spotlighting Global NetGeneration of Youth (NGY) Cyberjournalists Investigating Careers of NASA ISS Leaders Shaping the Future Designed as a demonstration project of The International Space Station , its importance is highlighted in NASA’s 2008 report to Congress “ An Opportunity to Educate: ISS National Laboratory “ “Because the International Space Station embodies 21st century values of global cooperation and collaboration, the ISS National Laboratory is a unique resource for promoting international understandings and for cultivating youth as emerging leaders of a global society.  It provides opportunities for the youth to investigate significant, real world issues; to communicate with inspiring NASA ISS role models; and to practice applying the 21st Century global competencies they need to invent the future."  Dr. Ronnie B. Lowenstein, Lowenstein & Associates, Inc.

11. "NGY Virtual Visit with Astronaut Melvin" Virtual Visit demonstration conducted at the International Educational Forum convened by U S Congresswoman Diane E. Watson to honor STEM Champions on October 25, 2010. Check out the BLOG disseminated around the World by  NASA Astronaut Leland Melvin on Dec 17th, 2010 http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/newui/blog/viewpostlist.jsp?blogname=3686

12. Part One Spotlighting Cultivating NetGeneration of Youth as Global Citizens & Media Literate Leaders in a Digital Age, a World Link project sponsored by the US Department of State. • Check out the Website: • https://sites.google.com/site/ngygceafrica/ • Especially • Executive Summary: GCE-Africa • NGY Pedagogical Model • Three Constructs-Guiding Thematic Units • NetGeneration of Youth Learning Strategy for Year • Curricular Innovation Resources

13. Part One Spotlighting • Core Partners and Advisors • World Link; Global NetGeneration of Youth; and SMART Technologies • NAMLE; NSLC; RobertPruitt.com; A+ Interactive; Khanya Project; • George Mason University • Assigned Sister Sites: • South Africa & US School • Oude Molen Academy of Science & Technology, Cape Town, SouthAfrica • Foshay Learning Center, Los Angeles, California • Uganda & US School • Kyambogo College School, Kampala, Uganda • The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering, Stamford, Connecticut • Zambia and US SchooL • David Kaunda Technical High School Board of Lusaka, Zambia • Belleville Township High School -Belleville, Illinois

14. Part One Spotlighting Cultivating NetGeneration of Youth as Global Citizens & Media Literate Leaders in a Digital Age • GCE Africa leverages partnerships to ... • Establish NGY Global Community of Practice • Foster use of state of the art collaborative technologies: SKYPE, NING, Bridgit, Google Docs • Engage in thematic based Virtual & Real World Exchange • Apply NetGeneration of Youth Model to address multiple themes , • i.e., Media Literacy, Digital Empowerment, Global Understandings • Cultivate Leadership & Community Service; and Digital Empowerment • NGY Ambassador Clubs: NING: Global Parties with a Purpose.NGY- • NSLC Scholarship -2011/Summer Program at American University • in Washington, DC... International Diplomacy

15. Part 2: An Administrator’s Perspective • NGY Inspiring Youth, Empowering Educators, and Catalyzing Culture Change Emilio Garza, Assistant Principal Foshay Learning Center

16. The NGY Lens • NGY Frames Teacher Conversations • Developing Students as Global Citizens • Harnessing Technology to Build Bridges of Understanding • Using the Real World as a way to Apply Content • Creative Methods to Weave Standards Based Instruction • Transforming into an International Baccalaureate School

17. Building Capacity • Global Community of Practice • Teachers are Collaborating with Professionals Outside the School through Virtual Visits using Smart Bridgit and Skype • Global Community of Practice • Established a Global Sister School with Oude Molen Academy of Science and Technology from South Africa

18. Connecting to the World • Ning (Blogs, Chats, Forums, Groups) • Skype • Real World Travel

19. From Principle to Practice • Culturally Aware & Civically Responsible • MOU with Oude Molen Academy of Science and Technology from South Africa • Party with a Purpose, High School Students Volunteered and then Celebrated with the Global Community of Practice (3 US Schools and 3 Schools from Africa) • Culturally Aware & Civically Responsible • PANWAPA, a global curriculum designed by Sesame Workshop for elementary students to develop cultural understandings and global Citizenship • Elementary Students Fund Raised and Donated to Water For Children Africa

20. From Principle to Practice • Proficient Thinkers and Collaborative Problem Solvers • NGY Ambassadors Coordinated the California State Superintendent Presentation on Foshay’s State Department Grant on Global Connections and Exchange Africa Project • Proficient Thinkers and Collaborative Problem Solvers • NGY CyberJournalists Attended and Reported out on their Experiences at the Robotics Congressional Caucus in Washington, D.C.

21. From Principle to Practice • Proficient Thinkers and Collaborative Problem Solvers • National Student Leadership Conference, for the last three years Foshay’s NGY Ambassadors have refined their understanding of the world and their leadership skills by attending NSLC SUMMER INSTITUTES in International Diplomacy, Engineering, and Mass Media and Journalism

22. From Principle to Practice • Media and Technology Proficiency • Global Virtual Visit with Dr. Hal Walker, a scientist who led a NASA team to develop a laser to measure the distance between the Earth and the Moon • Gordon Allen, CBS KCAL News Producer Discusses New vs. Old Media

23. From Principle to Practice • Media and Technology Proficiency • Smart Bridgit • Ning (Media and Information instruction is consistent with UNESCO’s work around the world) • Skype

24. Evolving as Leaders • Professional Development • Students are Presenting on their Experiences • Students Voice what they need from Teachers to Compete in the World • Professional Development • Teachers are Sharing their Stories of Innovation • Foshay Empowers the Educators to Lead the Change

25. Changing the Culture of the School • Professional Development • Building on the Teachers and Student Experiences • Develop an IB Unit of Inquiry per Semester • Student Products Guide Teacher Reflections • Teachers Present on the their Learning Experience and their Evolution as Educators in the 21st Century • PD Builds a Professional Learning Community that Supports Instruction through Consistency, Feedback, and Reflection

26. Learning Through Reflection • Moving Forward • Consistent School wide Evolution of Instruction • Shift From Direct Instruction to Inquiry/ Project Based Learning • The word is Changing and Requires Educators to Consistently Refine Instruction • Use Technology as a tool for communication and collaboration • Partnerships are Essential

27. Part 3: Dialogue with Partnership Adviser INGRID GRAHAM NGY/GCE AFRICA ADVISOR ingrid@winetelligence.co.za mobile+27824921873 telephone +27217063005 Ingrid Graham Global Education Conference November 2011

28. Background and current focus • Corporate background; last 10 yrs in education - PPP with world acclaimed Khanya Project www.khanya.co.za • For last 2½ years working with Dr Lowenstein as a core partner in leading change and innovation in education in US and African schools using the NGY model. • Developing sustainable partnerships as a strategy for transformation in Africa, firstly for NGY Sister School Project - Foshay/Oude Molen and currently GCE-Africa with schools in SA, Uganda, Zambia & US • Present themes of STEM; global citizenship & media literate leaders to embrace current needs/realities in Africa viz. Elevation and empowerment through entrepreneurship and job creation. (EEEJC) • State of the art technologies as tools of transformation • Excited to share our practice with educators around the world. We invite you to join our GCoP as we work to support innovation and transformation in education. Doing together what no man, woman or organisation can do alone. Ingrid Graham Global Education Conference November 2011

30. Lessons Learned • Government projects: local representatives; consulates; embassies and agencies • Engage embassies as partners, inform them of progress, ask for help when needed. • Engage all stakeholders- SG body; principal; parents; media • Think in context – UBUNTU- African wisdom – I am because of you; a spirit of sharing and connectedness Ingrid Graham Global Education Conference November 2011

31. Virtual recognition of STEM Champions Ingrid Graham Global Education Conference November 2011

32. Consul General Dr Alberta Mayberry with NGY Ambassadors Ingrid Graham Global Education Conference November 2011

33. Symbolism of Ubuntu Spirit Ingrid Graham Global Education Conference November 2011

34. Unity Candle Lighting Ceremony Ingrid Graham Global Education Conference November 2011

36. Thank You Ingrid Graham Global Education Conference November 2011

37. Reflect , Question and Share • What does the NGY Presentation mean to you as a 21st Century Educator? • It is our hope that you will be inspired to.... • ... Join the NGY Global Community of Practice • ... Harness Technologies as Tools of Transformation • ... Establish a NGY Ambassador Club to help develop youth as global citizens and media literate leaders who will shape the future!

38. Contact Information: • Emilio Garza • Email: emilio.garza@lausd.net • Dr. Ronnie Lownstein • Email: rbl50@aol.com • Ingrid Graham • Email: ingrid@winetelligence.co.za