Our second meeting will take place on June 23rd. It will be recorded for those who can't be online at that time. 

Details are here: http://goo.gl/p5NVep

The time for this is  7 PM - 8 PM  GMT-5/Central. Go to the link above to see the invitation in your time zone. Use http://timeanddate.com to convert. 

REALITIES & REVOLUTIONS: A comparative look at civil society and its pathway to change

The World Affairs Council—Washington, DC convenes its 27th annual Summer Institute on International Affairs for high school educators and administrators June 23-27. Sessions offer teachers from across the US the opportunity to interact with foreign policy experts and other educators, while expanding their knowledge base and developing skills to bring global issues into the classroom.

Come join WAC-DC for a closer look into the realities of revolutions from a historical and comparative perspective. We will attempt to answer the following questions:

• What defines a revolution?
• How does new media impact motivations and reactions to events on the ground?
• Why are some revolutions successful while others fail?
• What role does international governance play?
• Do revolutions hinder/help the perceptions of a particular country in the global economy?
• What roles do revolutions play in change and development within a soci

Our first meeting will take place on June 18th. It will be recorded for those who can't be online at that time. 

Details are here: http://goo.gl/VkBG8N

The time for this is 3 PM - 4PM GMT-5/Central. Go to the link above to see the invitation in your time zone. 

'Flat Connections' Conference will be held in Sydney, Australia June 18-20, 2014. Students and teachers globally are invited to attend.

The Flat Connections Conference is a unique event that includes students and educators to envision the future of education and of learning communities as they use leading technology tools such as wikis, blogs, social networking and digital storytelling. The conference is diverse in participation while allowing smaller groups to work with leading world-class presenters in a "flattened" environment where virtual participants from remote corners of the world also join in the conversation and action.

Educators will leave the conference understanding how to collaborate globally and a better understanding of how educational technology supports this and with skills and 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 collabora

Global Education Magazine

21st September 2014

International Day of Peace

Read the publication rules and share your ideas and experiences with all the world!

Submission DEADLINE August 21

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Extended Deadline for Abstracts Submission – 17 February 2014

The fourth edition of The Future of Education International Conference will take place in Florence, Italy, on 12 - 13 June 2014.

The aim of The Future of Education Conference is to promote transnational cooperation and share good practice in the field of innovation for education. The Future of Education Conference is also an excellent opportunity for the presentation of previous and current educational projects.

The Call for Papers, within the Future of Education Conference, is addressed to teachers, researchers and experts in the field of education as well as to coordinators of education and training projects.

Experts in the field of teaching and learning are therefore invited to submit an abstract of a paper to be presented during the Future of Education International Conference. The abstract needs to be written in English (between 1000 and 3000 characters, space included) and submitted no later than 17 February 2014. In ord

You can view the meeting here: https://plus.google.com/b/115219871151091854537/events/ctoup46b65s1hf11kp52tig02t0.

If you want to be invited INTO the meeting, please email Lucy Gray at elemenous@gmail.com.

GEC members who will be attending our meet up in Atlanta on June 28 are welcome to participate in a planning meeting. We will be meeting online to discuss logistics and activities that will promote networking. 

Details about our event are located here: http://goo.gl/PLWZoR

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Summary

This project will construct low cost greenhouse within the ground of 10 schools so that local communities can generate a reliable source of nutrition as well as income to fund the education of children. The secondary aim of the project is to use the greenhouses to cultivate the growth of banana tissue plantlets. The plantlets will provide a premium source of revenue for the community and help stable supply of bananas in the region- which fluctuates significantly- reducing food insecurity.

SEE DETAILS ABOUT PROJECT

I've been working with fifth grade teacher on integrating technology into their classrooms. One of our projects involved reading the book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin, and we held online book discussion in Edmodo. Next week, we're MEETING Ms. Lin using Google Hangouts on AIr. You can watch our conversations on this page: https://plus.google.com/events/co74a303cueje600af4636gpe50. It will be recorded for those who arent able to make the live event! 

Schools in Europe achieve creativity and innovation through eTwinning online projects: ICT tools for supporting teaching and learning, examples of practice and pedagogical experiences in this area.

Have you ever dreamed of schooling in a creative community?
Creativity plays a larger role than ever before for the average person, but schools are teaching less creativity. Will universal pubic schools fade away or will they transform themselves into a new life form to meet new needs? 
We have paid attention to learning in the direction of creativity and experiments developed by European teachers through projects. Project is a process. It is a search. Project depends more on questions than on answers. We aim to share the pedagogical experiences in this area and to ask questions about the setting up of this type of project pedagogy at both local and international levels.

Need help starting your online or blended learning program? Hear from the experts! Don’t miss Florida Virtual School’s (FLVS) next Virtual Leadership Training in Orlando, FL. 

Virtual Leadership Training (VLT) is FLVS’s acclaimed professional development workshop for virtual leaders. For anyone tasked with creating or managing a virtual school or blended learning program, the two-day workshop hosted by FLVS Global is an amazing resource to help ask the right questions, do the right planning and create a blueprint for action. Participants spend two days with Florida Virtual School leaders who provide expert feedback for program development. For more information, and registration visit www.flvs.net/vlt. 

When: April 23 & 24, 2014 
Where: Florida Virtual School Headquarters - Orlando, FL
Time: 9am-4pm ET 
Topics: Hiring and staffing, funding and budget, policies, data and performance management, student recruiting and retention, accountability, curriculum, learning and performance manag

Global Summit on Childhood – Call for Proposals

Deadline for Submissions: 15 October 2013

Hosted by the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)

The Global Summit on Childhood will be held 10-13 April 2014 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Contact person: Yvette Gatilao Murphy, ymurphy@acei.org

Summit theme: Voices. Vision. Visibility.

With an emphasis on addressing issues pertaining to child rights, agency, and advocacy, the Global Summit on Childhood will examine the societal changes that may provide opportunities for, or threaten, a positive childhood experience for the world’s children.

This summit will offer a platform for sharing a wide variety of viewpoints, ideas, and information from all around the world.  We welcome presentation proposals on research, policy, and practice from a variety of sectors.  We are seeking diverse perspectives that address the Voices, Vision, and Visibility of Childhood from multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives.

In the past, the Global Summit

From the popularity of fair trade products to the growth of the “sharing economy” and the prevalence of sustainable businesses, consumers and corporations are thinking about our shopping habits in new ways.
 Join a panel of environmentalists, economists, anthropologists, and entrepreneurs as they examine the 
life cycle of the goods we buy—from conception and design to labor and manufacturing, through repair and disposal. How are each of these stages interconnected, and what changes to our consumption habits could truly be impactful? 

Join the global film premiere this Thursday, March 20, #CharacterDay: 

Over 1500 schools, nonprofit organizations, workplaces, and museums around the world will screen The Science of Character this Thursday, and you're invited to join.

Register for the FREE online premier of "The Science of Character" hosted by

Virtues Project International Association on Mar 20, 2014 8:00 PM ADT

TO REGISTER:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2846771201207210753

CALL FOR PAPER!

Global Education Magazine

5th June 2014

World Environmental Day

Read the publication rules and share your ideas and experiences with all the world!

Submission DEADLINE May 5

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Please RSVP using Eventbrite:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/globaledcon-celebration-and-meetup-washington-dc-registration-10576952951

This will take place on March 18 from 5 PM to 7 PM Eastern time. It is a face to face physical event. There will be no virtual component to this and we do not provide funding for travel.

Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon, co-chairs of the Global Education Conference, cordially invite you and your colleagues to a global education meet up for educators and organizations in the Washington, DC metro area. We hope you can join us for an informal open house graciously hosted by our friends at the Sidwell Friends School on Tuesday, March 18th from 5 PM to 7 PM (Eastern).

In 2014, we will celebrate the fifth anniversary of GlobalEdCon and we're excited to share information about our future plans with you at this face to face event. We also would like to thank those who have supported our previous events and introduce ourselves to others who may share our vision. Plea

So, first a quick reminder: please make sure we are on your calendar
for Tuesday, March 11, either at Noon EST (9:00 AM Pacific / 17:00
GMT) or at 11:00 PM EST (8:00 PM Pacific / 4:00 AM GMT on the 12th)

To participate, all you'll have to do that day is go to
Idealist.org/March11 and click on Play.

If you use social media, please join us on Facebook.com/idealist and
Twitter.com/idealist. This will give us one more way to continue this
conversation.

Lastly, some of you have asked for some promotional material to make
it easier to invite friends and colleagues.

Here you will find a short promo video, a flyer, sample Tweets and
Facebook posts to copy and paste, and more:

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Idealist.org/a06b68e8e0/906fb2ff33/8258879b9e

Thanks in advance for bringing a friend or two! We are already 18,000
strong, and the more the merrier.

As always, if you have any questions I am here at
ami.dar@idealist.org

Thanks again!

Ami Dar
Idealist.org