Have you heard of Flipgrid? Did you know it's got amazing potential for engaging students and teachers in global learning? Check out this great blog by Matthew Frattali on the #TeachSDGs website: Using asynchronous video to augment student voice. Essentially, Sir Ken Robinson and the World's Largest Lesson invite global educators around their world to contribute little videos (it took me 4 minutes using my smartphone) about what they're up to. You can then reply to these vide

Much has been written and researched on empathy – the skill of understanding things from someone else’s point of view. I remember the first time I had the concept properly defined and explained in a History class at school. Historical empathy seemed so straightforward at first, all I had to do was write one sentence that showed I understood why people in the past acted in the way they did whilst showing some understanding of context and chronology. When I became a teacher mys

Soon to present to a number of authors and editors about making reference to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in new education resources, I have been compiling a suggestion list which obviously starts by acknowledging Target 4.7. The field of global and development education in the UK has a long history of creating useful guides to support teachers that want to embed a global dimension (or global citizenship education, or sustainable development education – whate