Photo Friday: Seeking Solutions

Photo Friday: Seeking Solutions

Laura Klivans

August 31st 2012

What is World Savvy about? One thing we’re about is seeking solutions. In all World Savvy programs we encourage youth and educators to view a global issue from multiple perspectives, to understand the nuances surrounding such issues, and then to look at how we can address these issues on a global ...

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“Better Living Through Imitation” Article Review

“Better Living Through Imitation” Article Review

Amy Westby

August 30th 2012

I was excited to receive my copy of Smithsonian Magazine, September 2012, focused on style and design. I foresee a great movement towards teaching design as a way to boost creativity and critical thinking in the classroom so I was thrilled to read the article, “Better Living Through Imitation” ...

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Tips Tuesday: ORBIS

Tips Tuesday: ORBIS

James McLean

August 28th 2012

Leave it to the folks in Silicon Valley to collaborate and come up with a super cool, interactive program called ORBIS showing travel in antiquity.  Scholars of ancient history and the IT folks from Stanford University combined forces to develop this web based application which allows the user to ...

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