Events

Sunday, November 4, 2012 (5)

Nov 4, 2012
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
October 1, 2012
Monday

  • Eracism Project - a global debate

  • Oct 1, 2012 to Dec 3, 2012
  • Location: Global
  • Description:

    Flat Classroom® is launching another Eracism Project very soon and need your help to get the word out! Please tweet and inform your personal networks and share the news asap!


    Read the Press Release

    Apply HERE


    Topic: "Global management of natural resources will cause conflict between cultures" 

    This global project is an excellent opportunity to join a global debate, and also a chance to interact with other schools and form a global community and become internationally and globally minded citizens!


    Come and join Eracism!

  • Created by: Julie Lindsay, PhD
November 4, 2012
Sunday

  • Global Ed Conference Preview on Classroom 2.0 LIve

  • Nov 4, 2012 from 11:00am to 12:00pm
  • Location: Online
  • Description:

    Date: Sat., November 3, 2012
    Time: 9:00am PDT/10:00am MDT/11:00am CDT/12:00pm EDT

    UTC-5   Convert to your time zone at http://timeanddate.com
    Location: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live (http://tinyurl.com/cr20live)

    Kim Caise, Lorna Costantini and Peggy George will be hosting another Classroom2.0 LIVE show. As an extension to the Classroom 2.0 Ning community, Classroom2.0 "LIVE" shows are opportunities to gather with other educators in real-time events, complete with audio, chat and desktop sharing. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available at http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html.

    The topic for Saturday will be a "Global Education Conference Preview"with Lucy Gray. As Co-Director of the Conference along with Steve Hargadon, Lucy will give us a preview of the keynote speakers and presenters, how the conference is organized and how you can get involved. It is a free, week-long online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world, and will be held Mon
  • Created by: Lucy Gray