Author: Gabrielle Horta

World Savvy Changemaker Hub Brings Together Ohio Middle School Students

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The Lorain County Chronicle-Telegram spotlighted World Savvy’s Changemaker Hub hosted at Lorain County Community College in Ohio on February 22, 2024. The day-long design thinking experience was attended by approximately 120 students and 15 educators from area schools, including Avon, Elyria, North Ridgeville, and Lorain. Together, they reimagined the future of learning and centered student voices to understand their perspective on how to better the educational experience.

“Southview eighth grader Josiah Dolores Laboy wants to see more people taking education seriously, saying that school is a place for not just learning but also having fun.”

Read the article here. 

About World Savvy

World Savvy is an organization that partners with schools and districts to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We are continuing to expand our work across the country. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.

Opening the World Through Education

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There’s nothing like an international experience to shine a light on why schools need to better prepare students to become global citizens. That’s why World Savvy has partnered with EF Education First on their international educational trips for school leaders that highlight how to integrate culture, identity, and global competence into classrooms right here at home. 

Our CEO, Dana Mortenson, recently appeared on Break the Ice Media’s Destination on the Left podcast with Nicole Mahoney. She was interviewed alongside Kate Berseth from EF to talk more about this partnership and the crucial need to embed global competence into our learning environments, as well as how our education system can better prepare students with the skills they need for success, leadership, and citizenship in our diverse and increasingly interconnected world.  

Listen to the podcast here.

World Savvy is an organization that partners with schools to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We are continuing to expand our work across the country. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.

Global Competence Skills and Artificial Intelligence: A Discussion with Dana Mortenson

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World Savvy is pleased to share a recent podcast discussion featuring CEO and Co-Founder Dana Mortenson, focusing on the fascinating intersection of Global Competence Skills and Artificial Intelligence.

During this conversation on WOUB Public Media’s NPR Teaching Matters podcast, Dana delves into how AI is reshaping the educational landscape and its potential to promote global competence, inclusivity, and active learning methodologies. At World Savvy we are passionate about empowering students to become responsible global citizens, and we are both curious and excited about the role AI will play in this.

Whether you’re an educator, a student, a parent, or anyone with an interest in the future of education and technology, this podcast is a valuable listen. 

Listen to the podcast here.

World Savvy is an organization that partners with schools to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We are continuing to expand our work across the country. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.

Iterative Learning: Why Our Schools Need to Abandon Compliance

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The workforce that students are preparing for is changing at an unprecedented pace and will only continue to do so. The shift towards a competency-based education model is imperative, especially one that equips students with the essential skills needed to prepare them for a complex, ever-changing world.

This is what World Savvy’s CEO and Co-founder, Dana Mortenson, advocates for in a recent article, “Iterative Learning: Why Our Schools Need to Abandon Compliance,” which appeared in District Administration, a K-12 education publication. She explains how moving to a model of education focused on competencies will empower students to learn and re-learn for the rest of their lives.

Read the article here.

District Administration is a leading K-12 education publication for school district leaders that covers topics in edtech, staffing, leadership, analysis, and thought leadership.

About World Savvy

At World Savvy, we partner holistically with schools to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We do this by collaborating with schools to embed global competence–the skills, values, and behaviors that prepare young people to thrive in a more diverse, interconnected world–into their strategic vision, school environment, and teaching and learning practices. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.

Conversations on Connection: Dana Mortenson

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Inspired Teaching’s Continued Exploration of School Connectedness

World Savvy’s CEO and Co-Founder, Dana Mortenson, spoke with the Director of Teaching and Learning at the Center for Inspired Teaching, Jennifer Fournel, about elevating student expertise and fostering cultures of connection.

In their conversation, Dana shared an effective tactic to help teachers dive deeper into who their students are and how the students’ lived experiences may help to inform classroom culture. Hear what Dana said about World Savvy’s work, belonging, youths as experts, curiosity, and more.

Derived from the organization’s Global Competence Matrix, the World Savvy team uses Global Competence prompts — questions that “get outside of potentially more one-dimensional and surface-level understanding” — in place of traditional ice-breakers. Think “Describe the last time you tried something multiple times before finally getting it,” vs. “What did you do this summer?”

As you continue to learn more about your new students and work to build equitable, engaging learning environments, we hope you are inspired by the prompts Dana shared — as well as the rest of her conversation with Jenna — to build authentic connections and community in the school year ahead!

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World Savvy is an organization that partners with schools to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We are continuing to expand our work across the country. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.

The School Leader’s New Challenge: Learning and Unlearning in the Age of Generative AI

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World Savvy’s CEO and Co-founder, Dana Mortenson, was interviewed by SuperSpeaks podcast host, Mark Sparvell, about the age of generative artificial intelligence and its impact on education.

School and district leaders are guiding their institutions and organizations through a historic moment in education — the first back-to-school term in the age of generative artificial intelligence. Administrators are exploring what is required to prepare schools and students to thrive in this new era, — including the learning and unlearning needed to adapt. This discussion explores this new landscape and what we are learning about navigating it.

Listen to the podcast here.

World Savvy is an organization that partners with schools to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We are continuing to expand our work across the country. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.

A School Leader’s Guide to Adapting School Culture in the Age of Generative AI

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World Savvy’s CEO and Co-Founder Dana Mortenson sat down with Carl Hooker for a thought-provoking conversation on education, technology, and culture.

In “A School Leader’s Guide to Adapting School Culture in the Age of Generative AI,” Dana and Carl dive deep into how the ongoing evolution of education intersects with the rapid advancements in generative artificial intelligence, underlining the urgency of nurturing essential skills in the next generation. The demand for new skills was already on the rise due to our increasingly interconnected world. However, the emergence of generative AI has accelerated the need for adaptability to an unprecedented level. How can school and district leaders help prepare students and teachers to adapt and succeed in the age of generative artificial intelligence?

Listen to the podcast here.

World Savvy is an organization that partners with schools to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We are continuing to expand our work across the country. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.