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Cisco Global Problem Solving Teaching Resources

  • Cisco Global Problem Solvers Education Resources

    These lessons guide students through the process of finding and understanding a problem, designing a solution, working through the opportunities and challenges associated with their solution, conceiving technological options that could be used to support their solution.

Preparing for the future

Cool.orgs Global Problem Solver resources focus on Season 1 and Season 2 of the Cisco Global Problem Solvers series and engage students with the story of a diverse teen super-team from across the globe to take action against serious challenges.

The lessons guide students through the process of finding and understanding a problem, designing a solution, working through the opportunities and challenges associated with their solution, conceiving technological options that could be used to support their solution, and the steps to bring the solution to life in a way that supports local communities.

About Cisco Global Problem Solvers

The challenge

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                                With thanks to our partner

                                These lessons have been developed in partnership with Cisco. Cisco believes that our future will be defined by global problem solvers - global citizens ready to thrive in a connected and digital future by thinking like entrepreneurs, innovating like technologists, and acting as agents of social change.

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