Events

Friday, February 4, 2011 (4)

Feb 4, 2011
October 9, 2010
Saturday

  • Food and Culture - a Global, Collaborative Classrooms Project

  • Oct 9, 2010 to Dec 31, 2013
  • Location: Online and in your classrooms
  • Description: Let your students learn with the world, not just about the world!The purpose of this project is the development of a global, collaborative classrooms project which will provide a context for students to:* Develop knowledge, skills and habits conducive to excellent health* Practice habits of responsible citizenship - locally to globally* Develop Global Competencies by studying "with" the world instead of "about" the world* Develop critical 21st Century Skills* Become engaged in a rigorous, relevant and real-world project* Engage the knowledge within the disciplines through research, problem solving and application* Learn - as opposed to memorizing then forgetting discrete factsThe initial sources of inspiration for this project were the book, Hungry Planet - What the World Eats, which is both a beautiful and profound essay on the people of our planet and the food they eat; the Edible Schoolyard Project where students grow and cook their own food, as many of the content standards are tau
  • Created by: Anne Shaw
December 2, 2010
Thursday

  • Antarctica Expedition

  • Dec 2, 2010 at 6:00pm to Mar 4, 2011 at 7:00pm
  • Location: Hong Kong
  • Description: Dear all,I am writing to invite you to join our new integrated humanities project for a group of Grade 6-7 students (age 11-13), "Antarctica Expedition".The objectives of the project are:1. to explore the relationship between the living things and the environment in Antarctica2. to explore the effects of ozone depletion on the earth3. to develop a sense of global citizenship4. to develop global perspectives through collaborating with international studentsIn this Project, we will use wikispaces and/or wordpress.com to do the collaborative works.Your participation is always welcome. Please feel free to contact me if you are interested to join us. :)Cheers,Sally
  • Created by: Sally Wan
February 4, 2011
Friday

  • CO11: Connecting Online for Instruction & Learning

  • Feb 4, 2011 to Feb 6, 2011
  • Location: http://www.wiziq.com/events/co11.aspx
  • Description:

    Welcome to the annual live online conference (CO11). You are cordially invited to participate at the live online conference on the weekend of Feb 4-6, 2011.

    The conference will be of interest to educators, administrators, students, and community members who value the importance of integrating technology into the curriculum to improve instruction and learning. Online learning involves various skills on the part of the instructor and learner. These include social and communication skills, social networking, independent learning strategies, critical and higher order thinking skills, creativity, and effective online and face-to-face facilitation. In addition, there are many challenges that educators, administrators, students and community members face.

    The theme of the conference is, connecting online for instruction and learning that goes beyond the classroom. Presenters from around the globe will discuss the following topics:
    • Connecting online to improve instruction and learning: Online lea
  • Created by: Dr. Nellie Deutsch