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National Geographic: Education
National Geographic offers a large variety of educational material for teachers to bring to their classrooms. From lesson plans, maps, classroom activities, audio/photos/videos, news updates, interactive games, and interactive online museums, teachers can bring the world to their students. Resources are available for a wide range of subjects including: animals, daily news, environment, games, green guide, history, music, photography, science & space, travel & cultures, and more. They also offer an education network for teachers to collaborate and share best practices. National Geographic is connected to ePals, which allows classrooms to connect with other classrooms around the world.
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Phone: (800) NGS-LINEEmail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
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1145 17th Street N.W.Washington, District of Columbia 20036
Namaste India Children's Fund
The mission of Namaste India Children's Fund (NICF) is to provide safe housing, a nurturing environment, and educational opportunities for the street children of India. To accomplish these goals, NICF partners with NGOs in India with proven track records in providing the care needed to give these children back their childhood in a loving, healthy, and educationally stimulating environment . Currently, we support Vatsalya (http://www.vatsalya.org) and their project "Udayan" - a children's village housin
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Phone: (303) 912-6654Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.nicfund.org
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719 GrandviewNewton, Kansas 67114
Taking IT Global
Taking IT Global offers youth, teachers, and organizations a way to get involved globally. Their social networks connect individuals, classrooms, and organizations around the world to sustain dialogue and increase participation in critical issues. Teachers can connect their classroom with one across borders, youth can find global opportunities and organizations can connect with individuals wanting to help create change around the world.
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Phone: (212) 661-6111Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.tigweb.org/
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33 Flatbush AveBrooklyn, New York 11217
Soliya
Soliya uses new technologies to facilitate dialogue between students around the world. Their flagship program, Connect Program, connects undergraduate students from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and the United States. This program provides students with opportunities, skills, and tools to form and refine their own views and conclusions on global issues that face us on a daily basis. Professors and students are able to participate. Contact the organization if individuals are interested in bringing the program to their university or college.
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Phone: (718) 701-5855Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.soliya.net
Physical Address
25 Washington Street, Suite 414Brooklyn, New York 11201
Sesame Workshop
The Sesame Workshop provides online, interactive activities for children to learn about other cultures, customs, and societies. There are resources for teachers to implement into their curriculum or for parents to use with their children. The Sesame Workshop is affiliated with the children's television show Sesame Street.
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Phone: (212) 595-3456Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/
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One Lincoln PlazaNew York, New York 10023
Save the Children
Save the Children works to help support local communities, women, families, businesses, and children by providing tools, resources, and funds to sustain themselves. Individuals can participate in many ways by either sponsoring a child, donating to specific causes, participating in an internship, volunteering at the headquarters, starting or getting involved with volunteer councils, attending their events, or if an individual is in the area where Save the Children has programs they can volunteer
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Phone: (800) 728-3843Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.savethechildren.org/
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54 Wilton RoadWestport, Connecticut 6880
Plan USA
Plan USA works to improve the lives of children around the world by focusing on education, protection, economic security, health, sexual health, emergencies, water, and child participation. They provide opportunities for students to get involved by participating in school to school links that enables students to learn from each other. Classroom resources are offered to teachers to bring Plan USA's mission and activities to the classroom.
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Phone: (800) 556-7918Email: https://www.planusa.org/contactus
Website: https://www.planusa.org/
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155 Plan WayWarwick, Rhode Island 2886
OneWorld Classrooms
The mission of OneWorld Classrooms is to foster cross-cultural understanding in the context of the K-12 curriculum by building bridges of learning between the classrooms of the world through the arts and technology. Through their programs and services, OneWorld Classrooms provides teachers and students opportunities for global exploration and cross-cultural communication in their classrooms. They also help integrate technology in the classroom, make learning more personal and meaningful, and connect classrooms with other classrooms around the world. Programs include International Art Exchange, the Amazon Rain Forest School Project, Global Snapshots, Classroom Connections and the Student to Student Chinese Language Lab.
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Phone: (888) 303-2672Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org
Physical Address
16 Andrew Circle, PO Box 534N. Andover, Massachusetts 1845
One World Youth Project
One World Youth Project works to connect middle and high school students with other students and groups from around the world to form community service partnerships through cultural exchange. Curriculum resources are also provided for teachers to implement into their classrooms. Programs focus on leadership, community service, cultural awareness, empowerment, collaboration, and increased knowledge of the world around students.
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Phone: (508) 428-8460Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.oneworldyouthproject.org/
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PO Box 1315Marstons Mills, Massachusetts 2648
iEARN-USA
iEARN provides a global collaborative platform and resources for teachers and students to collaborate on projects with classrooms around the world by using the Internet and digital media. They also provide student and teacher exchanges, teacher professional development, curriculum resources, and other events to bring educators and their students together. Launched in 1988, iEARN is now the world's largest K-12 network, with about 2 million students engaged in educational projects online daily.
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Phone: (212) 870-2693Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://us.iearn.org/
Physical Address
475 Riverside Dr., Suite 450New York, New York 10115
Global School Net
Global School Net provides opportunities for students, teachers and educators to enhance their knowledge and awareness of the world around them and to engage in collaborative partnerships with other schools and organizations around the world. They provide interactive web-based content and tools for teachers, consulting services, professional development and workshops, volunteer opportunities, and networks of educators and organizations. Their programs include Doors to Diplomacy, an International CyberFair, Online Expeditions, GeoGame, NewsDaily, Friendship Through Education, and a collaborative learning center for educators.
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Phone: (760) 635-0001Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.globalschoolnet.org/
Physical Address
132 N. El Camino Real, Suite 395Encinitas, California 92024
Global Indiana
Global Indiana is a new avenue for Indiana educators to access information about the myriad opportunities available for world travel, for global education, and for partnerships with schools abroad. Educators and other interested individuals are able to participate in trips to different countries each year in order to build new relationships with schools and educators abroad.
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Phone: (800) 675-8897Email: http://globalindianainc.org/contact/
Website: http://globalindianainc.org/
Physical Address
1500 North DelawareIndianapolis, Indiana 46202