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Final Update w/ Next Steps
Though our #GoalsProject month is coming to an end, the work in supporting students to approach the Global Goals through curiosity, resolve, and ACTION is just beginning.
This final update is an invitation to continue the work you have started and to make this school year a YEAR OF TAKING ACTION!
Classroom objectives:
- Reflect on Week 1-4 learning and conclude your #GoalsProject work
- Develop your plan for NEXT STEPS!
- Plan an activity to “welcome” each Goal to the classroom (may extend past September)
Objective 1: Reflect on Week 1-4 learning and conclude your Class Goal Project
- STUDENT WORK: Now is the time to submit your Class Goal Project. Complete the FORM that corresponds to your group number to share your Class Project. Remember, the process is the priority; no need for perfectly polished final projects. Your final project can be the fully developed concept or even just a question your class came to ask. The special part is the participation and collaboration with others. If you are planning to finish up in the coming weeks, please still submit and simply add a note with the anticipated completion date to let your group members know to check back.
- TEACHER SURVEY AND CERTIFICATE: Please complete this final survey. ← Following completion, a link to an official certificate of participation will be provided to you as the lead #GoalsProject classroom teacher.
Objective 2: Work with your students to develop your plan for NEXT STEPS.
“The journey of 1,000 miles starts with one single step.” --Lao Tzu. We thank you and your students for taking that one single step in joining the #GoalsProject. For us, this is just the beginning, and we invite you to continue the “journey of 1,000 miles” with us.
- Watch Ayush’s Celebration video with your students.
- Invite students into a discussion on ways to keep the learning going all year long.
Join our next projects:
- Climate Action Project, starts October 1st REGISTER HERE!
- Take Action Project, Spring 2020, Follow Follow @TakeActionEdu and SIGN-UP HERE FOR UPDATES!
More projects/programs for consideration:
- Don’t forget to take the Pledge to TeachSDGs (application for TeachSDGs Ambassadorship now open)
- PlantED Project, open for participation now, REGISTER HERE!
- Sea Turtle Project, November, Register HERE!
Objective 3: Plan an activity to “welcome” each Goal to the classroom
As classrooms complete the Google forms, information will be curated in Group spreadsheets. You have been emailed an invitation to view your Group Google spreadsheet. Be sure to set the Notifications to receive emailed alerts when other projects are submitted.
As we finish up, we invite you to continue to share your class creations, your new learning, and the impact at local and global levels on social media with #GoalsProject hashtag.
Let’s trend the positive this week and show the world the power of educators:
SAMPLE TWEET
“The journey of 1,000 miles starts with one single step.” This month, our class took our first step into the #GlobalGoals with the #GoalsProject. We will be continuing the journey by ________________________________.
*Please tag in @JenWilliamsEdu, @Ayushchopra24, @TakeActionEdu, and your Goals Project facilitator!
As a participant in this inaugural project, please watch for invitations in the spring for the September 2020 #GoalsProject. And, as we conclude, please join me in thanking our team of facilitators!
Thank you again so much for jumping in and joining us on this #GoalsProject journey! Please message me all year long with ideas, feedback, or just to say hello! You are our inspiration and our “why!”
In friendship,
Jen and Team
Week 3 and 4 Message:
Welcome to Week 3 of the #GoalsProject! This update is packed full of information and will cover Week 3 and Week 4. The final email update will come at the conclusion of the project on September 29-30 and will include a certificate of completion and ideas for next steps and extension activities.
Classroom objectives for these next two weeks:
Objective 1: Reflect on Week 1-2 learning and complete your Class Goal Project
Wakelet board, Padlet board, or Book Creator ebook link: Photos of artwork, photos of written stories
Adobe Spark Page or Weebly Education website link
Videos/photos of school/community campaign, an invention or experiment, an event, a constructed model of a city
Word doc or Google doc link: Written stories, letter to policy maker or politician
Objective 2: Submit your Class Goal Project
Complete the FORM that corresponds to your group number to share your Class Project.
Objective 3: Hear from Ayush, our #GoalsProject Student Ambassador
Our Week 3-4 #GoalsProject Student Ambassador Update from Ayush is ready for sharing!
In the video, Ayush talks about the power of sharing a message. Engage students in a conversation to think on ways they may want to amplify the story of their Class Goal Project. Perhaps they want to share with the school in a school-wide presentation or in the school newsletter. Maybe they want to share the idea out with the community or local policy makers. Start to think together on ways to start small to create big impact beyond your classroom walls.
Objective 4: Plan an activity to “welcome” each Goal to the classroom
As classrooms complete the Google forms, information will be curated in Group spreadsheets. You have been emailed an invitation to view your Group Google spreadsheet. Be sure to set the Notifications to receive emailed alerts when other projects are submitted.
Classroom objectives for these next two weeks:
- Reflect on Week 1-2 learning and complete your Class Goal Project
- Submit your Class Goal Project
- Hear from Ayush, our #GoalsProject Student Ambassador
- Plan an activity to “welcome” each Goal to the classroom (may extend past September)
Objective 1: Reflect on Week 1-2 learning and complete your Class Goal Project
- Review all the 17 SDGs and remind students of your own class Global Goal.
- Check in on the Project Flipgrid (still time to jump in) and the Community Padlet Resource Board.
- Complete your own Class Goal Project. Your final project will need to conclude with a shareable link. Remember, all types of projects are welcome.
- Though there are MANY types of projects and ways to share, here are a few examples:
Wakelet board, Padlet board, or Book Creator ebook link: Photos of artwork, photos of written stories
Adobe Spark Page or Weebly Education website link
Videos/photos of school/community campaign, an invention or experiment, an event, a constructed model of a city
Word doc or Google doc link: Written stories, letter to policy maker or politician
Objective 2: Submit your Class Goal Project
Complete the FORM that corresponds to your group number to share your Class Project.
Objective 3: Hear from Ayush, our #GoalsProject Student Ambassador
Our Week 3-4 #GoalsProject Student Ambassador Update from Ayush is ready for sharing!
- Ayush’s #GoalsProject Week 3-4 Share Your Idea video
- Learn more about Ayush and his work: website and @WizardAyush on Twitter
In the video, Ayush talks about the power of sharing a message. Engage students in a conversation to think on ways they may want to amplify the story of their Class Goal Project. Perhaps they want to share with the school in a school-wide presentation or in the school newsletter. Maybe they want to share the idea out with the community or local policy makers. Start to think together on ways to start small to create big impact beyond your classroom walls.
Objective 4: Plan an activity to “welcome” each Goal to the classroom
As classrooms complete the Google forms, information will be curated in Group spreadsheets. You have been emailed an invitation to view your Group Google spreadsheet. Be sure to set the Notifications to receive emailed alerts when other projects are submitted.
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Here are some ideas to “welcome” the new Goals into your class (Note: classrooms may decide to take several weeks or months to complete this step--no rush):
- Review each Class Project getting to know the shared Goal and the class who shared.
- Make a visual representation of learning as each Goal arrives. Examples include:
- Global Goals Paper Chain (via World’s Largest Lesson)
- Send a letter or video message to each of the classes in your group to thank them for their project and share how their ideas impacted your thinking.
- Global Goals bead chain (via Goals Project Group 5 participants Heather Cooke and Christine Alexander)
- Global Goals Paper Chain (via World’s Largest Lesson)
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Week 2 Message:
Welcome to Week 2 of the #GoalsProject! Now over 1,500 participating classrooms across the world!
Wow, what a week! It is remarkable to see the excitement building around the Global Goals, particularly as it is the beginning of the school year for many. Now that we have had our “virtual handshake,” we are ready to dive into creating our individual class projects!
Classroom objectives this week:
Objective 1: Reflect on Week 1 Learning
Objective 2: Hear from Your Project Student Ambassador
Our Week 2 #GoalsProject Student Ambassador Update from Ayush is ready for sharing!
Objective 3: Dive into your Class Goal Project
Within your group, your class has one dedicated Global Goal. You and your students are invited “to meet” this Goal through a process of inquiry (invite students to ask questions, share perspectives, engage in discussion and research) and create a CLASS PROJECT around the Goal.
All ideas are welcome! Some classes may choose to create a presentation, a story, a video, a collection of photos, an art project, a song, an invention, a social good campaign, a mock city, a garden, create an eBook, and on and on!
Final projects will be shared via Google Form to your facilitator/group, so in the end you will need to have a shareable link or file (e.g. YouTube video link, Google folder, PDF, etc). Plan to share your project and receive the 16 others from your group members during Weeks 3-4 (more information on how to submit back to your group coming in the Week 3 update next weekend).
Please share updates on social media during this next week by using the project hashtag #GoalsProject! We love seeing the videos, photos, and messages of students taking action for people and planet through the Goals!
Looking ahead:
Wow, what a week! It is remarkable to see the excitement building around the Global Goals, particularly as it is the beginning of the school year for many. Now that we have had our “virtual handshake,” we are ready to dive into creating our individual class projects!
Classroom objectives this week:
- Reflect on Week 1 learning
- Hear from Ayush, our #GoalsProject Student Ambassador
- Jump into your Class Goal Project
Objective 1: Reflect on Week 1 Learning
- Review all the 17 SDGs and remind students of your own class Global Goal
- Check in with the class/student introduction videos on our Project Flipgrid (it is not too late to share if you are just getting going; be sure to add in your group number/group hashtag)
- Jump into any shared lessons/resources that are a match for your class and add your own favorites by visiting our Community Padlet Resource Board.
Objective 2: Hear from Your Project Student Ambassador
Our Week 2 #GoalsProject Student Ambassador Update from Ayush is ready for sharing!
- Ayush’s #GoalsProject Week 2 Take Action video
- Learn more about Ayush and his work: website and @WizardAyush on Twitter
Objective 3: Dive into your Class Goal Project
Within your group, your class has one dedicated Global Goal. You and your students are invited “to meet” this Goal through a process of inquiry (invite students to ask questions, share perspectives, engage in discussion and research) and create a CLASS PROJECT around the Goal.
All ideas are welcome! Some classes may choose to create a presentation, a story, a video, a collection of photos, an art project, a song, an invention, a social good campaign, a mock city, a garden, create an eBook, and on and on!
Final projects will be shared via Google Form to your facilitator/group, so in the end you will need to have a shareable link or file (e.g. YouTube video link, Google folder, PDF, etc). Plan to share your project and receive the 16 others from your group members during Weeks 3-4 (more information on how to submit back to your group coming in the Week 3 update next weekend).
Please share updates on social media during this next week by using the project hashtag #GoalsProject! We love seeing the videos, photos, and messages of students taking action for people and planet through the Goals!
Looking ahead:
- Weeks 3-4: Project sharing and celebration
- Save-the-date for a September 19th #GoalsProject educator Twitter chat (optional; two times: 12-1 pm ET and 8-9 pm ET)
Week 1 Message:
Welcome to Week 1 of the #GoalsProject!
Today, we are thrilled to officially kick-off the project with you and 1,350 other teachers from around the world! We welcome you to the project and thank you for joining with us to support students to take action for people and planet through the Sustainable Development Goals!
Classroom objectives this week:
Objective 1: Meet the Global Goals
Here are ideas and resources to support you as you and your students get to know the Goals:
In recognizing the importance of student voice and the value in having students learn from students, we are thrilled to announce our Goals Project Student Ambassador, Ayush Chopra. Ayush will be joining all month long, sharing videos for your students and completing the project as well (he is in Group 45!).
Now that you have met the teachers in your individual group, it is now time for the students to all meet each other! Please share a class introduction message on this Flipgrid!
Looking ahead: In Week 2-3, your class will work to create a project/presentation on your individual class goal. Creativity encouraged! Any questions: Please message your Team Facilitator via email or on Twitter.
Today, we are thrilled to officially kick-off the project with you and 1,350 other teachers from around the world! We welcome you to the project and thank you for joining with us to support students to take action for people and planet through the Sustainable Development Goals!
Classroom objectives this week:
- Introduce the Sustainable Development Goals to your students
- Meet our Goals Project Student Ambassador
- Invite your students to share a message introducing your class to the other classes in the project
Objective 1: Meet the Global Goals
Here are ideas and resources to support you as you and your students get to know the Goals:
- Print the Global Goals poster and the 17 Goals icon posters and post them in your classroom
- Share related videos:
- Share about the #GoalsProject and look at the map of the classrooms around the world joining in
- Have an open class discussion. Discuss how “kids” can make a difference in the world by 2030. Why is it important for students to be involved? What does it mean to take action?
- Share that your classroom will have one Goal. Build excitement and suspense by letting students make predictions, guesses, and wishes. Reveal your Class Goal by placing the Goal number (or printed icon) in a sealed envelope or in a wrapped box. Reveal the Goal and celebrate!
In recognizing the importance of student voice and the value in having students learn from students, we are thrilled to announce our Goals Project Student Ambassador, Ayush Chopra. Ayush will be joining all month long, sharing videos for your students and completing the project as well (he is in Group 45!).
- Ayush’s #GoalsProject Welcome Video
- Learn more about Ayush and his work: website and @WizardAyush on Twitter
Now that you have met the teachers in your individual group, it is now time for the students to all meet each other! Please share a class introduction message on this Flipgrid!
Looking ahead: In Week 2-3, your class will work to create a project/presentation on your individual class goal. Creativity encouraged! Any questions: Please message your Team Facilitator via email or on Twitter.
Welcome Message:
Hi Goals Project teacher!
Hope you have had a nice August! We are looking forward to kicking off the Goals Project in a little over a week on September 1st, and we are thrilled to welcome you as a participating classroom!
As we launched news of the Goals Project in May, we never imagined we would have such an extraordinary response. Currently, almost 900 classes from 69 countries have registered to join. We will be leaving the registration open for a few more days to ensure that anyone who wants to join has an opportunity to participate.
Goal of Project:
During the month of September, global classrooms will join on a team of 17 total classrooms--each assigned one of the Sustainable Development Goals. You will have a Team Facilitator guiding the way and each week you will receive updates and reminders.
The activities will be to create (1) a message introducing your class and (2) a project representative of your goal. Introduction messages and projects will be shared back with the other group classes---so, you will share your project and receive back 16 others from around the world!
Groups:
We currently have 52 groups of 17 divided by age. Here is the current breakdown
Introduction Message:
During Week 1 and 2, you will be guided to create an introduction message with your classroom for a virtual handshake. You will receive more information on this soon, but if you want to start thinking on it--messages can be in any form you and your class choose: video, audio, hands-on, coding, story, photograph, letter. Creativity and cultural connections encouraged!
Global Goal Project:
In the next few days, your Team Facilitator will be emailing you to say hello! You will also find out your Class Global Goal! Will it be SDG 13: Climate Action? Maybe SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals? Maybe SDG 2: Zero Hunger! The anticipation is building!
Once you receive your Class Global Goal, you will have three weeks to work with your class to research the Goal and create a project on that specific Goal that you will be invited to share back with your team. This is an opportunity to showcase the talents, interests, and cultures represented in you classroom and community. All ideas for projects are welcome: art, inventions, research presentations, music, technology, experiment, video, theatre, interviews, photo book, language activity. Make it personal; invite in inquiry and exploration! Watch for more information on this coming up next week!
Remove barriers!
The Goals Project is designed to be for everyone! Anyone, anywhere; those with past experience with the Sustainable Development Goals or new altogether to global collaboration. We want it to be fun, free of barriers, and not a drain on time! It is meant to be a start of a conversation around the Global Goals and social good. Some classes will take an hour to get their project set and others may choose to go deeper. Mainly, just know any level of participation is welcome, and we are here to help every step of the way!
A Year of ACTION!
This project is a great introduction into the Global Goals and global collaboration and can prepare students for taking action on social good at local and global levels. After the Goals Project, we have several other opportunities coming up, and as a Goals Project classroom, you will be invited to join them all (all optional):
Next Steps:
If you have any questions at all, please be sure to contact your Team Facilitator or email/message me anytime!
Looking forward to a fantastic global learning experience with you!
Hope you have had a nice August! We are looking forward to kicking off the Goals Project in a little over a week on September 1st, and we are thrilled to welcome you as a participating classroom!
As we launched news of the Goals Project in May, we never imagined we would have such an extraordinary response. Currently, almost 900 classes from 69 countries have registered to join. We will be leaving the registration open for a few more days to ensure that anyone who wants to join has an opportunity to participate.
Goal of Project:
During the month of September, global classrooms will join on a team of 17 total classrooms--each assigned one of the Sustainable Development Goals. You will have a Team Facilitator guiding the way and each week you will receive updates and reminders.
The activities will be to create (1) a message introducing your class and (2) a project representative of your goal. Introduction messages and projects will be shared back with the other group classes---so, you will share your project and receive back 16 others from around the world!
Groups:
We currently have 52 groups of 17 divided by age. Here is the current breakdown
- Age 3-6 (2 total groups) Leaders: Amar, Pinar
- Age 6-9 (9 total groups) Leaders: Elizabeth, Susan, Ilene, Fiorella, Stephanie, Stephanie, Kristin
- Age 9-12 (17 total groups) Leaders: Rajvardan, Nathan, Emma, Allison, Robyn, Stephanie, Stephanie, Susan, Ilene, Kristin, Elizabeth, Fiorella
- Age 12-15 (14 total groups) Leaders: Tracy, JoyAnn, Melissa, Jennifer, Anisa, Vincent, Emmanuel, Kirsten, Aaron, Laura
- Age 15-18 (9 total groups) Leaders: Megan, Jackie, Rachel, Oke, Alex, Pat, Naomi, Abhilasha, Ashley
- College (2 total groups) Leaders: Kris, Maria
Introduction Message:
During Week 1 and 2, you will be guided to create an introduction message with your classroom for a virtual handshake. You will receive more information on this soon, but if you want to start thinking on it--messages can be in any form you and your class choose: video, audio, hands-on, coding, story, photograph, letter. Creativity and cultural connections encouraged!
Global Goal Project:
In the next few days, your Team Facilitator will be emailing you to say hello! You will also find out your Class Global Goal! Will it be SDG 13: Climate Action? Maybe SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals? Maybe SDG 2: Zero Hunger! The anticipation is building!
Once you receive your Class Global Goal, you will have three weeks to work with your class to research the Goal and create a project on that specific Goal that you will be invited to share back with your team. This is an opportunity to showcase the talents, interests, and cultures represented in you classroom and community. All ideas for projects are welcome: art, inventions, research presentations, music, technology, experiment, video, theatre, interviews, photo book, language activity. Make it personal; invite in inquiry and exploration! Watch for more information on this coming up next week!
Remove barriers!
The Goals Project is designed to be for everyone! Anyone, anywhere; those with past experience with the Sustainable Development Goals or new altogether to global collaboration. We want it to be fun, free of barriers, and not a drain on time! It is meant to be a start of a conversation around the Global Goals and social good. Some classes will take an hour to get their project set and others may choose to go deeper. Mainly, just know any level of participation is welcome, and we are here to help every step of the way!
A Year of ACTION!
This project is a great introduction into the Global Goals and global collaboration and can prepare students for taking action on social good at local and global levels. After the Goals Project, we have several other opportunities coming up, and as a Goals Project classroom, you will be invited to join them all (all optional):
- September 20-27: Global Goals Week Classroom Experience in partnership with the UN Foundation
- October: Climate Action Project (registration open now!)
- October: PlantED Project
- Spring: Global Collaboration Project
Next Steps:
- Check out and bookmark the Project Dashboard located HERE and HERE (these pages will both continue to be updated over the next 5 weeks).
- Watch for the email from your Team Facilitator coming within the next few days.
- Share a message and your new Official Goals Project Classroom digital badge on social media! Sample tweet/post: The countdown to the #GoalsProject is on! Looking forward to joining with nearly 900 global classrooms for the month of September to #TeachSDGS and learn about the #GlobalGoals!
If you have any questions at all, please be sure to contact your Team Facilitator or email/message me anytime!
Looking forward to a fantastic global learning experience with you!
