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TIGed Community Climate change, environmental awareness and solutions for sustainability were the major themes for TIGed's work in 2009, culminating in the 15th UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark – the largest climate change conference in the world. Strategic partnerships in 2009 enabled us to expand our work into the Asia- Pacific region, an initiative that will continue developing throughout 2010. Our partnership with the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) allowed us to showcase TIGed tools and grow adoption in schools throughout Australia, while our collaboration with New Zealand's CORE Education enabled us to capitalize on the emerging trends of information and communications technology to bring TIG's global education programs to a number of New Zealand schools. 2009 marked a critical year for the TIGed community as we entered into our third year of engaging globally-minded educators interested in empowering their students to think and act as world citizens. This year saw many improvements to the TIGed platform, from a complete rehaul of the site's overall design and navigation to the addition of tools and features designed to enhance the collaborative nature of the community. With a fresh new design, the new site makes it easier to find the information and assistance TIGeducators need to take full advantage of all that TIG and its education programs have to offer. Some key changes included the addition of educator stories as a way to showcase TIGeducators around the world in order to spread inspiration, share experience and expertise, forge connections, and strengthen the TIGed community. Other additions included the revamped community search functionality, which allows members to share specific ideas as to how they would like to work with other educators on TIGed. In addition, we launched the new and improved virtual classroom design, which features a new colour scheme, layout and streamlined settings. 19 TIGed http://www.tiged.org http://www.tigweb.org/tiged/