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Friday, February 25, 2011 (4)

Feb 25, 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 25, 2011
Friday

  • Flat Classroom Conference 2011, Beijing, China

  • Feb 25, 2011 to Feb 27, 2011
  • Location: Beijing (BISS) International School
  • Description: The Flat Classroom™ Conference is a unique limited-seating conference including students and educators to envision the future of education as they use leading technology tools such as wikis, blogs, social networking and multi-media storytelling. The conference is diverse in participation while allowing smaller groups with leading world-class presenters in a "flattened" environment where virtual participants join in the conversation from remote corners of the world.Educators will leave the conference understanding how to collaborate globally and with contacts in hand to start projects. Students will leave the conference with leadership skills, technology skills, presentation skills, and a better understanding of diverse cultures and collaboration.Educators, education leaders and students are invited to attend. There will be 2 strands: Leadership Workshop and Student Summit.
  • Created by: Julie Lindsay, PhD