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Continued Partnerships The values of partnership and collaboration are important to TIGed and in 2012, TIGed continued to build relationships with several established partners. We worked with Pearson Education on the myWorld TIGed program (http://myworld.tiged.org), an online companion to the myWorld History and Geography textbooks. Pearson and TIGed co-hosted a contest for a myWorld educator to attend the 2012 International Society for Technology in Education conference (ISTE). We brought global dimensions to, and helped promote, Mindshare Learning's 21st Century video challenge (http://www.tigurl.org/videoch). We continued to host virtual learning and collaboration spaces for the City of New York's Global Partners Junior program, which connects students aged 9-12 in cities around the world (http://gpjunior.tiged.org). Our continued connection with Microsoft Partners in Learning provided support for 9 scholarships to our PD e-course Empowering Student Voice in Education. In collaboration with The Centre for Global Education, TIGed built the Taking Alberta Global program with a district in the town of High Prairie to implement global programming and professional development. Finally, the Challenge 20/20 program, led by the National Association for Independent Schools is still going strong, with classes collaborating to learn about global issues through the TIGed platform (http://challenge2020.tiged.org). Awards and Publications TIGed was recognized by multiple organisations as an important and valued voice in education, through both formal recognition and published works. WISE Prize http://www.tigurl.org/wise TIGed was honoured to be among the 24 finalists from 14 countries who were shortlisted by the 2012 WISE Awards for their innovative approaches to addressing a wide range of challenges in education. The theme of the 2012 WISE Awards was "Transforming Education." We were also featured on WISE's website as an example of best practices in innovative education. New Directions in Social Education Research http://www.tigurl.org/ndiser Classroom 2.0 The Book http://www.tigurl.org/2.0 The TIGed team contributed a chapter to the online publication, Classroom 2.0 The Book, entitled "The TIGed Program: A Model for Taking Classrooms Global". The chapter provides a stepby-step guide to utilizing the tools and resources offered by TIGed, and explores the importance of integrating global issues and perspectives into teaching and learning, with inspiring examples along the way. It is written with a practical approach so that educators take away concrete action items for enhancing their practice. 18 TakingITGlobal Annual Report 2012 A chapter by TIG staff members on "Global Education and Technology as a Catalyst for Social Change" was included in New Directions in Social Education Research, a book about the influence of technology and globalization on the lives of students recently produced by Information Age Publications. What's Next? 2013 is sure to be an exciting year for TIGed, with the launch of a new program, Future Friendly Schools (http://futurefriendly.tiged. org), that will certify schools around the world as leaders in the areas of global citizenship, student voice, and environmental stewardship. Stay tuned for the launch of this program next year!