My Global Classroom Options


1	Company	Grade Levels			Purpose	Curriculum
2	Name	K-5th	6th-8th	9th-12th	What do they want to accomplish?	What do they create or how do they connect to teaching and learning?
3	Pen Pal Schools	x	x		They want to connect schools through participation via their online network. They want to incorporate global collaboration within project-based learning.	They have created and curated various topics about global issues that aligned with project-based learning experiences.
4	Paper Airplanes			x	They provide 1:1 English tutoring to refugees in the Middle East, partnering them with students from the U.S.	They have an English curriculum that they train volunteer students to implement with their partner student (tutee). Tutor must be trained.
5	Belouga	x	x	x	Connecting global classrooms to address SDGs - "Learn about the world, with the world."	They have their own platform; They want to create a video and materials collection of student work. Must have log-on potential to see or interact with the materials. Appear to not have a 1:1 student connection. They facilitate the contact between schools, but not a lot of active users. They also provide a paid professional learning training to schools, which is $100 per teacher.
6	Level Up Village	x	x		Connecting global classrooms through STEAM education - Their "mission at Level Up Village is to globalize the classroom and facilitate seamless collaboration between students from around the world via pioneering Global STEAM (STEM + Arts) enrichment courses."	They have their own platform and curriculum; can customize their own curriculum per teacher; mostly private schools. Must have an account to access their materials and platform.
7	Global Nomads Group	x	x	x	They aim to provide global connections specifically to students in conflict areas around Africa and the Middle East (MENA) - "Campfire: Collaborating Classrooms curriculum align to the following standards: English Language Proficiency English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) 21st Century Skills Casel's Social & Emotional Learning Asia Society Global Education"	The program costs $1,000/classroom (each additional classroom is 15% off) and includes access to: Private, online platform Collaborating Classrooms curriculum Virtual program training course Introduction to up to three global partner educators and their classrooms.
8	World Class Scholars	x	x	x	They work on making personal matches between schools in the U.S. and schools around the world. Each teacher will have complete autonomy to plan together after the partnership is made.	They do not provide a curriculum or online platform. They simply see themselves as mediators between the teachers, then they let the teachers decide which technology or curriculum to collaborate with and about. They do not involve themselves in the platform or development of anything further. They mostly use "google hangouts" as a method for connecting.