Events

Thursday, June 2, 2011 (4)

Jun 2, 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
March 5, 2011
Saturday

  • Global Media Literacy Network

  • Mar 5, 2011 to Mar 1, 2016
  • Location: Global, Online & Belgrade
  • Description:

    MEDIA LITERACY NETWORK IS ONE NEW DIGITAL MOVEMENT WILL DEVELOP ONLINE PLATFORM FOR THE MULTILEVEL CROSS SECTORS INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN MEDIA LITERACY

     

    • The main goal of the Platform will be the collection, promotion and dissemination of the mew methodologies, projects and audio visual tools in new and traditional media.
    • Everybody working in media literacy is welcome to become a member of the Platform without membership fee if accepted to promote the Platform and give to the Platform one or more creative projects application.
    • The Platform will offer to the members wide online visibility, events, workshops and seminars and large list of potential partners for international cooperation and projects.
    • The Platform will offer to every member online space and editorial rights for providing information, audio visual promotion of multimedia productions and call for participation through easy and user friendly online software.
    • Open a Media Literacy Market to trade expertise and profit from th
  • Created by: Miomir Rajcevic
May 25, 2011
Wednesday
June 2, 2011
Thursday

  • Case Study of Social Learning + Collaboration Platform: Hauppauge, NY

  • Jun 2, 2011 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
  • Location: http://epals.webex.com
  • Description:

    How Hauppauge Schools Deployed ePals LearningSpace District-Wide
    And why it made a difference.

    Thursday June 2 at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT, 11 am PT)

     

    Sign up for a 1-hour webinar on how Hauppauge, New York deployed safe social learning and collaboration platform ePals LearningSpace across an entire school district, and the impact it had on student learning and teacher efficacy at http://epals.ken.sgizmo.com.

     

    Using School-Safe Social Media to Break Out of Curriculum’s “Rusty Cage”

    As Assistant Superintendent and Technology Director in Hauppauge (NY) Schools, Ken Graham is a nationally recognized pioneer in implementing innovative, outcomes-oriented educational tools like ePals LearningSpace across entire school districts.  A champion for breaking curriculum free from its "rusty cage" constraints of time, place and overly grades-based objectives, Graham advocates for opening up possibilities of connection, collaboration and exploration in the classroom that reveal and develop the unique talents of

  • Created by: Dr. Rita Oates