Electronic Information System for International Law -EISIL Education ABOUT | Voice of Witness Our education team offers year-round site visits and workshops for schools and community organizations, a summer intensive oral history training called Amplifying Unheard Voices, and Common Core aligned curriculum through our website and publication The Power of the Story: The Voice of Witness Teacher’s Guide to Oral History. Over the past year, we reached over 12,000 high school to graduate level students. Curricula and Lesson Plans Book Pairings for Educators Three Tiered Curriculum for Educators Samples of Student Work Sliding Scale Fee for Service Voice of Witness and Common Core The Sharing History Initiative What Do We Offer? Who Do We Work With? How Do I Conduct My Own Oral History Project? Amplifying Unheard Voices, 2015 Cohort This unique four-day training highlights the power of personal narrative and provide educators with the tools to conduct oral history projects in their classrooms and communities. Education Partners Advisory Board Members
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Directory of Development Organizations The Future of the Classroom - Kognity Last week our CEO and co-founder, Hugo Wernhoff, had the honor of being invited to speak at Goldman Sachs’ Disruptive Technology Symposium in London. With a panel consisting of leading CEOs and co-founders of companies in education, the discussion revolved around The Future of the Classroom and current trends in the educational sphere. There were three main themes, or topics, which arose. These were: Will schools and classrooms be completely online in the future?Beyond a computer lab and the occasional iPad, technology has played a limited role in learning. Although many things were covered during the discussion, we thought it would be a good idea to summarize a few of the main points below, in an effort to bring you some industry insight from the finest minds in education and innovation. Will schools and classrooms be completely online in the future? This is understandably a sensitive issue for those working in education. Will teachers be replaced by technology?
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