Program subject to change. Last updated: 06 August 2007

Tuesday, August 21

8:00 Check-in and Registration

8:45 Welcome
Peter C. Gorman, Superintendent / Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Thomas Spivey, Principal / Myers Park High School

9:00 The Twenty-First Century Global Economy
Mark Vitner / Wachovia Corporation

10:15 Break

10:30 Islam and Jihad in the Twenty-First Century
Jonathan Berkey / Humanities Program, Davidson College

11:30 Concurrent Sessions 1:

1. Communication in the Digital Age (Kathleen J. Turner / Department of Communication, Davidson College)

2. The Rise of China and East Asia (Shelley Rigger / Department of Political Science, Davidson College)

3. Global Environmental Challenges (Mark Kelso / Department of Political Science, Queens Unversity of Charlotte)

4. Women's Lives and Globalization (Ulrike Wiehaus / Department of Humanities, Wake Forest University)

5. Culture and Diversity: How Globalization is Changing Local Life (Eriberto Lozada / Department of Anthropology, Davidson College)

6. Socratic Seminar: “It's a Flat World After All” (Neil Bolick / World View, UNC-Chapel Hill)

7. Global Strategies Using Web-Based Resources (K-12) (Bobby Hobgood / LEARN NC)

8. Supporting Refugee Students (K-12) (Susan Jassan / CMS Schools and Catholic Outreach)

9. Teaching and Learning with a Global Mindset (Jennifer Armentrout / World Affairs Council)

Concurrent Sessions (continued)--

Grades K-5
10. Global Connections in the Elementary Classroom (Providence Spring Elementary Teachers)

11. Using Carolina Navigator Culture Kits in Your Classroom (Molly Rogan / Winding Springs Elementary School)

12. Heifer International (Debra Wilhoit / Providence Day School)

Grades K-8

13. Using Travel in Your Classroom (Jim and Mona McRae / Wilkes County Schools)

Grades 6-12
14. Using the Resources of Charlotte Sister Cities to Bring the World into Your Classroom (Diane St. John / Charlotte Sister Cities)

15. Learning with the World (Matt Friedrick / North Carolina in the World)

Grades 9-12
16. Demonstrating a Globalized Economy through Foreign Currency (Donna Sirkis / Myers Park High School; Jeffery Dorr and Shreyas Patel / Wachovia Corporation)

17. Global Outreach -- Africa Relief (Brett Haight / International Studies and Global Economics at Olympic High School)

18. Using CHOICES Curriculum in the Classroom: U.S. Immigration Policy in a Changing World (Nicole Lipp and Katie Willet / Academy of International Studies at Independence High School)

12:30 Lunch

1:15 Concurrent Sessions 2: Repeat of Concurrent Sessions 1

2:15 Skills for the 21st Century
Robert Phay / World View

3:00 Adjourn