VIGNETTES

As educators, we are constantly examining our practice in order for our own teaching and learning to evolve in an ever-changing world.

Inspire Citizens’ Vignettes shares the on-the-ground preK-12 stories of schools, educators and students that demonstrate the power of holistic global citizenship as the heart of teaching, learning, and being.

Listening Beyond: How People You Don't Know Can Transform You

Inspired by Storycorps, and as part of a partnership with the acclaimed Baltimore podcast Out of the Blocks, Inspire Citizens’ learners explore and converse with senior women in the local community to capture publishable stories via their subject’s world views on culture, personal histories, happiness, family, and words of wisdom for younger generations. This transformative learning experience now exists in numerous interdisciplinary units at Inspire Citizens’ partner schools, as part of the Future Now Leadership Toolkit, as well as being a feature mentor example for an Inspire Citizens podcast: Out of the Blocks: Global Youth Media

Steven SostakJanuary 7, 2021

Photo!Bomb: Thinking Like a Photojournalist

Centered on taking action for avoiding stereotypes and single stories of diverse communities, students practice Thinking Like a Photojournalist as part of the Global Youth Media Photo!Bomb photography and storytelling learning experience and community publication.

Steven SostakJanuary 3, 2021

2030: Portrait of a Graduate, Portrait of an Educator

As part of the recent #ISTEGlobalPLN SDGs in Education Playground, Inspire Citizens' Steve Sostak and student leaders from Western Academy Beijing led an interactive Socratic Seminar on the future of students, educators, and schools. Video here.

Steven SostakJanuary 2, 2021