Events

Saturday, September 21, 2013 (8)

Sep 21, 2013
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
September 1, 2013
Sunday

  • Friend Our World

  • Sep 1, 2013 to Sep 30, 2013
  • Location: Online
  • Description:

    Friend Our World is an online learning hub for chldren to unite in friendship games of geography, languages and global citizenship. Friend Our World runs throughout September with a special focus around International Day of Peace on 21 September.

    • Be part of the largest ever peace event for schools
    • Great teaching resources and prizes
    • Special global forum on anti-bullying strategies for schools
    • Register and get started in less than one minute
    • Open to all school children and completely FREE of charge

    Friend Our World is a collaboration between Peace One Day, Microsoft, Skype in the Classroom and Skoolbo.

  • Created by: Shane Hill
September 16, 2013
Monday

  • Friendly Schools Global Forum

  • Sep 16, 2013 at 5:00pm to Sep 26, 2013 at 6:00pm
  • Location: Online
  • Description:

    The Friendly Schools Global Forum will bring together many of the world’s experts on anti-bullying. The sessions will live stream over YouTube as mass webinars in an interactive Q & A style. The Forum is designed to help teachers create friendlier and more cohesive schools with an overall theme of “What works, what doesn’t and what’s promising?“

    Recent research offers much to help us understand the most effective ways we can support children’s and adolescents’ social development, particularly to prevent bullying and other aggressive behavior. Importantly this research has identified key developmental windows and when it is essential to target this support.This series of three sessions, involving leading international researchers, practitioners and advocates, will examine the most significant findings from research and practice. They will discuss and respond to questions asking how these findings apply to actions parents and schools can take to enhance children’s and adolescents’ social

  • Created by: Shane Hill
September 19, 2013
Thursday

  • Global 2013 STEMx Education Conference

  • Sep 19, 2013 to Sep 21, 2013
  • Location: Online
  • Description:

    The world’s first massively open online conference for educators which focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and more. The conference will be held online, around the clock, over the course of three days, September 19 - 21, 2013, and will be free to attend! Our founding sponsor is HP, and core conference support also comes from the International Society for Technology in Education® (ISTE).

  • Created by: Dr. Sia Robinson
September 21, 2013
Saturday

  • Global Peace & Harmony Conference (GPHC) 2013 New Delhi, India

  • Sep 21, 2013 all day
  • Location: At the convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi., India.
  • Description:

    Global Peace and Harmony Conference (GPHC-2013) will be held on  21st September, 2013 at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi., India. 

    The theme of the conference is “World Peace and harmony through ancient indian wisdom in 21st century” on the occasion of International Peace Day. The conference is jointly organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and Global Peace Foundation (GPF) India..

    The objective of the conference is to promote a culture of peace and harmony through intercultural understanding and ancient Indian wisdom in 21st century. It intends to promote the persons and programs that contribute to reconciliation, mutual respect, harmony and cooperation, with the spirit of a ‘Global Family’ (vasudhaika kutumbakam).

  • Created by: DrSubhash Chandra
 

  • Global Peace & Harmony Conference (GPHC) 2013 New Delhi, India

  • Sep 21, 2013 all day
  • Location: At the convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi., India.
  • Description:

    Global Peace and Harmony Conference (GPHC-2013) will be held on  21st September, 2013 at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi., India. 

    The theme of the conference is “World Peace and harmony through ancient indian wisdom in 21st century” on the occasion of International Peace Day. The conference is jointly organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and Global Peace Foundation (GPF) India..

    The objective of the conference is to promote a culture of peace and harmony through intercultural understanding and ancient Indian wisdom in 21st century. It intends to promote the persons and programs that contribute to reconciliation, mutual respect, harmony and cooperation, with the spirit of a ‘Global Family’ (vasudhaika kutumbakam).

  • Created by: DrSubhash Chandra