Download USER`S MANUAL - TakingITGlobal

1 INTRODUCTION
Launched in 2011, the myWorld TakingITGlobal for Educators program (http://myworld.tigweb.org) provides rich, interactive global learning experiences by allowing educators to leverage the resources of the world's leading online community for young global leaders in ways that meet the needs of their learning environments. myWorld TIGed brings a global education perspective to the most innovative applications of online social networking and digital media to create relevant, engaging, and student‐
centered learning opportunities. myWorld TIGed offers: Access to a community of over 4,000 global educators and 25,000 students in over 115 countries around the world who are interested in collaborating, sharing, and learning together. A resource center with lesson plans, activities, games, Internet safety resources, and TakingITGlobal’s popular Guides to Action for student projects. Virtual classroom communities, linked to the Essential Questions and 21st Century Learning activities found in Pearson’s myWorld programs, that teachers create, moderate, and control to fit the needs of their students and objectives of their curriculum. Classroom tools include blogs, maps, image galleries, discussion boards, and online file storage, allowing students to demonstrate their learning, express themselves, engage in constructive dialogue around important topics, and develop a portfolio of their work—all within an advertising‐free online environment with controls for you to monitor your students’ activities and to edit their postings to provide online safety and privacy! A support page where you can access all the information you need in order to make best of what the myWorld TIGed program has to offer!