Global Week
Each January, Castilleja School hosts Global Week to provide students with a unique opportunity to examine a globally relevant topic through workshops, projects, and in-depth engagement with speakers.
Global Week 2019
This year’s Global Week The Promises and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence will investigate how might we push the boundaries and understand the limits of artificial intelligence today and in the future.
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AI in our Daily Lives — how does AI support us in tasks and challenges in our daily lives?
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Big Data — how might AI help us solve intractable problems and identify solutions more effectively?
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Algorithmic Accountability – how might AI manage risk?
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Equity and Bias – how might AI respond to and shape social and cultural bias?
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Inspired Creativity — how might AI help us understand the power of collaboration and inspire us to be more creative?
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Personal Responsibility — how should we engage with and shape algorithmically-driven processes and decisions?
The overarching goals for Global Week 2019 are to empower students to:
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develop a foundational understanding of the role of data and algorithms in artificial intelligence;
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explore how artificial intelligence complements our daily lives;
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understand in what areas does artificial intelligence thrive and what are the limits; and
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develop the capacity to examine artificial intelligence from different perspectives and consider the circumstances under which it might make sense to deviate from an algorithms’ decision.
GLOBAL WEEK 2019:
Monday, January 7 — Thursday, January 10
During the week our all-school activities will take the shape of listening to keynote speakers and panels and participating in dynamic group workshops on the following topics:
The Art in Artificial Intelligence
In conjunction with Global Week 2019, The Art in Artificial Intelligence featuring interactive art pieces by Yotam Mann, Purin Phanichphant, and Anastasia Victor will be on exhibition. While remaining neutral on the debate between optimists and pessimists, the exhibit aims to examine other tangible forms of AI as perceived by artists and creatives working with technology. Part educational and part thought-provoking, the show aims to attract and spark dialogue among thought-leaders in the field, as well as aspiring next-generation technologists.
Opening Reception with Artists: Tues Jan 8, 5:00-7:00pm
Exhibition on view: Anita Seipp Gallery, Mon Jan 7, 2019 - Fri Jan 18, 2019
Includes workshop descriptions, speaker bios, and schedules for each grade level.
Past Global Weeks
- 2018: Equity in Education
- 2017: Migration - Living in a World on the Move
- 2016: Climate Change
- 2015: The City - Fortification to Imagination
- 2014: Artists with a Cause
- 2013: Standing Up and Speaking Out
2018: Equity in Education
Everything we do in life, from tying your shoes to performing brain surgery, is learned. So education is as key to survival as food. Just as there should be equity and fairness in everybody having enough food to survive, there should be equity and fairness in education.
Download the booklet which includes workshop descriptions, speaker bios, and schedules for each grade level.
What will we think about both during the year and during Global Week?
Community Learning Opportunities and Conversations
Equity is a complicated topic because it includes questions of access and resource distribution that are driven by both social and cultural norms and economic factors. These norms and factors look different around the globe, and there are many competing points of view about rights and best practices in the field of education. Our theme is designed to help us understand what questions to ask when we are trying to understand what makes an educational experience equitable in a specific context.
Grade-Level Learning Opportunities and Conversations
Depending upon each classes’ grade-level theme and classroom projects and discussions, students will have different opportunities to learn more about both the terminology (i.e. access, resource distribution, social factors, cultural factors, economic factors) and the concepts we’ll be talking about during Global Week.
What will the keynote topics be during Global Week?
During the week our all-school activities will take the shape of listening to keynote speakers and panels and participating in dynamic group workshops on the following topics:
| Tuesday |
| Is Education a Human Right?
Jonathan Jansen, author of Leading for Change: Race, Intimacy and Leadership on Divided University Campuses, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State in South Africa, and recipient of the inaugural Alumni Excellence in Education Award, Stanford University. |
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The Challenges and Power of EdTech: Equity and Access to Skills and Competency Acquisition Explore tools and hear stories from leading voices in the EdTech space. These innovators are striving to re-imagine how technology can enhance learning without undermining our capacity to think critically, develop a depth of knowledge on a subject, and engage face-to-face with one another. |
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Equity in Education: The Global Learning Landscape** Panel: Hear from activists and educators who are shaping the learning landscape in communities across the globe. Special guests include activist and community leader Thulani Madondo, Executive Director of Kliptown Youth Program in South Africa, 2012 CNN Hero, 2013 200 Young South Africans Making A Difference awardee |
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Equity in Education for Girls: “Righting History”** Rosie Rios, 43rd Treasurer of the United States of America |
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C-Education: Student Voice and Choice to Hear from Local Educators and Equity Leaders |
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Equity in Education: Closing the Opportunity Gap in the United States** Prudence Carter, Dean of the Graduate School of Education at U.C. Berkeley and author of Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. & South African Schools (2012) and Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance (2013), co-edited with Dr. Kevin Welner |
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EVENING EVENT: Education Transforming Lives, Daily Challenges in a Broader Context. Joel Samoff, Jonathan Jansen, and Thulani Madondo |
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Equity in Education: Local Challenges and Local Solutions Panel Discussion |
2017: Migration - Living in a World on the Move
Our guiding questions exemplify the complexity of the topic and the nuanced arguments for and against specific international, national, and personal positions.
Human Migration Patterns Across Time
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Why do people migrate?
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How do we trace the migrations of humans over time?
Nations, Borders, and the Construction of Citizenship
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How do people organize themselves?
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How do core beliefs turn into governing structures and laws?
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How does maintaining a national border affect the quality of life within a region?
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How do people protect themselves and their interests?
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Is citizenship exclusionary? What does "inclusive citizenship look like?
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Why are there laws around migration?
Migration Beyond the Law
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Why do people migrate off the grid? Why do people migrate beyond traditional structures of borders, nationality, or citizenship? What risks do they face?
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What types of status do off the grid migrants have in their new communities?
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How does the extent to which migrant groups assimilate (culturally, socially, and politically) play a role in their status?
Imagining the Future
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What are the essential human rights that should be afforded all people?
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What are the tensions between concepts of nationalism and citizenship and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
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How are the current social, political, intellectual, cultural, and economic forces affecting the traditional concepts of citizenship?
This year the week concludes by honoring migration stories of our nation’s past and imagining a more inclusive future for all of us with a concert by At the Table with Dr. King. The celebration will highlight the events of the Civil Rights Movement and hopefully inspire our students to assume responsibility for their own role as strong leaders in the world beyond our circle.
Download the booklet which includes workshop descriptions, speaker bios, and schedules for each grade level.
2016: Climate Change
Download the booklet which includes workshop descriptions, speaker bios, and schedules for each grade level.
2015: The City - Fortification to Imagination
GW 2015 explores the history and future of cities. How do historians, anthropologists, urban planners, futurists, and bureaucrats think about cities? Begin your thinking about cities with our guiding questions and key concepts, and join us for a keynote arc moving from past to future.
Guiding questions: What has the role of the city been throughout history? How are decisions made in a city? How is community built and maintained in a city? What is the future of “the city”?
Key Concepts Cities Must Have:
Water
Justice
Diversity
Sense of Identity tied to Place
Keynote Arc:
What is Urban?
What is a City?
The History of Cities
The Future of Cities
The Megacity: Challenges and Opportunities
Download the booklet which includes workshop descriptions, speaker bios, and schedules for each grade level.
2014: Artists with a Cause
Thank you to everyone who engaged in Global Week 2014: Artists with a Cause. We were so pleased so share the week engaging with students, employees, and community members. All ages were seen getting down with New Style Motherlode, exploring the role of plastic in the world with One Beach Plastic, learning the beauty of graffiti art with Mural, Music and Arts Project, and much, much more. Here is a brief recap of some of the amazing projects the students were working on during the entirety of the week.
Middle School
The 6th Grade worked with Daniel Barash, creating shadow puppet movies around a global issue of the students' choice. 7th Graders were inspired by speakers, movies and workshops focused on food justice, as well as a visit to the San Francisco Ferry Building. The 8th Grade interviewed elders from the Stevenson House and then wrote up their stories. The week culminated in an art project given to the elders to represent their life story.
Upper School
The 9th Grade worked with presentation guru Michael Moon on their year-long interdisciplinary project. The 10th Grade students worked with entrepreneur Jess Munro to create and develop their own innovative solution to a global issue. We missed the 11th Grade on campus; however, they were off engaging with the global community on their Investigator trip in either China, India, Guatemala or France. The 12th Grade worked on three separate projects: a photographic essay, led by Amanda Jones, documentary films with MTV World's Raeshem Nijhon, and a school graffiti mural.
Elective Workshops
All students had the opportunity to connect with local and global artists, as well as do hands-on work during their elective selections. Some beautified our campus in a student-led "graffiti moss" elective, others learned the art of plating with local social entrepreneur Kathleen Hughes of Ada's Café, while others learned about the art of merchandising when they designed a teen pendant for the American market to support the organization Made by Survivors.
Download the booklet which includes workshop descriptions, speaker bios, and schedules for each grade level.
2013: Standing Up and Speaking Out
Youth Speaks officially kicked off Global Week 2013, "Social Change: Standing Up and Speaking Out". Youth Speaks is a non-profit, which empowers the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists through written and oral literacies. They challenge youth to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of social change.
During the week, students engaged in a variety of experiences. Week-long workshops focused on Grassroots Movements, Social Media and the Protestor, the Political Process, and Partnership in Action.
Download the booklet which includes workshop descriptions, speaker bios, and schedules for each grade level.