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Success in college and the workplace now require global knowledge and skills. Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning strives to ensure that all students graduate both college-ready and globally competent. 

Themed “Engage the World,” the 2013 conference will feature presentations on educational practice from people who are shaping the world; will have 50+ workshops with get hands-on pedagogical techniques for teachers, by teachers; and highlight students talking about the global innovation age—and the education they need. 

A Special Invitation during ISTE from ePals

The Director of the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access invites you to

Worlds of Discovery, Imagination and Invention

An interactive evening celebrating the role of culture, collaboration and community on learning in a connected world

Presented by

 ePals

Join us for drinks and hors d'oeuvres

Monday, June 24th, 2013, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Institute of Texan Cultures

In association with the Smithsonian Institution

801 E. Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard

San Antonio, TX 78205

Featuring Elia Saikaly, world adventurer, and

Tricia Edwards, Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for 

the Study of Invention and Innovation

RSVP by Tuesday, June 18, 2013

www.epals.com/ISTE2013

WE DO NOT SUPPLY FUNDING FOR TRAVEL TO THIS EVENT. MANY GEC MEMBERS ALREADY ARE GOING TO ISTE, SO THIS IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR ATTENDANCE. 

We're hosting a free face to face meeting for educators interested in global collaboration at the International Society for Technology in Education Conference. This event will take place from 2-5 PM on Sunday, June 23 in the San Antonio Convention Center, Room TBD. If you are already planning on attending ISTE 2013, we hope you will join us for this special event focused on global collaboration.

Please make sure to check out our agenda and sign up to facilitate a small group on a topic, organization or project of your choice. Details are available here: http://tinyurl.com/2013globaledsummit

The Creativity Workshop in Crete will help you be more creative in your personal and professional life. To this end, the Workshop uses the tools of creative writing, memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, and guided visualization.

The Workshop will take place near the cafe-lined harbor of old Chania, the Island of Crete's most picturesque town. You will have time after class to swim in clear waters, sit in sunny cafes, and sight-see this magnificent island.

The Workshop meets for 3 1/2 hours a day. You will have the rest of the time free to swim in clear waters, sit in sunny cafes, and sight-see this magnificent island.

The Creativity Workshop is attended by people from many different countries and professions, including business, education, psychology, the sciences and the arts. Experts agree that creativity is key to success in all professions. It also helps individuals feel more fulfilled, relaxed, and happier. Travel outside our own culture is known to be one of the greate

Julie Lindsay, co-founder and Director of Flat Classroom, award winning global collaborative projects, and Flat Classroom Conference and Live Events Inc., unique collaborative live events for teachers and students, announces the June 20 & 21, 2-day 'Flat Classroom Workshop - Seven Steps to Global Collaboration'.

Educators who want to transform their learning and embrace global collaboration in their curriculum are invited to join Julie for a unique professional development experience at International School of the Americas in San Antonio, Texas.

Apply Now! Places are limited. This is a rare opportunity to work in the USA with global educator, innovator and leader and one of the co-founders of Flat Classroom, Julie Lindsay (who is based in Australia), in a carefully designed collaborative environment.

In This Session Get a sneak peek at what ePals will be unveiling June 24-26 in San Antonio at ISTE 2013!  Stephanie Cohen will show coming attractions in the free ePals global community: the new McGraw-Hill Learning Center; the ePals on Everest Challenge (and plans for future Explorer Series), Worlds of Learning: Spotlight Series, and Museums of the World/Smithsonian Urban Waterways/Folk Life.  Daniel English will share how teachers can easily sell the high quality, classroom-tested resources they have created for their own students through a new service created by ePals. (It will launch Friday, June 21.) Teachers can also discover free and premium teacher-created preK-12 curriculum materials to help build better lessons. As with the ePals community, there are no membership fees and content is moderated for meaningful projects, activities and resources that inspire students Join Stephanie and Daniel on June 19 to get a sneak peek at what’s new (and free) at ePals!  

To Participate in th

The third edition of The Future of Education International Conference will take place in Florence, Italy,  on 13 - 14 June 2013.

The objective 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 should be written in English (between 200 and 500 words) and sent via e-mail to foe@pixel-online.net no later than 28 February 2013.

Important dates

• 28 February 2013: Deadline for submi

The Creativity Workshop in New York City will help you be more creative in your personal and professional life. To this end, the Workshop uses the tools of creative writing, memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, and guided visualization. New York City is famous for its museums, cultural life, shopping and restaurants. It is a great place to recharge your energy and find inspiration.

The Workshop meets for 3 hours a day. You will have the rest of the time to wander around the city.

The Creativity Workshop is attended by people from many different countries and professions, including business, education, psychology, the sciences and the arts.

Experts agree that creativity is key to success in all professions. It also helps individuals feel more fulfilled, relaxed, and happier.

Call for entries to the MY HERO International FIlm Festival. Now accepting submissions of short films under 10 minutes in the theme of heroism in these categories: Animation, Documentary, Music Video, Experimental, Narrative, Excerpt, Trailer, PSA & Experimental.

Early Deadline: June 1, 2013

Late Deadline: Sept. 1, 2013

Entry Fee waived for International Submissions!

Wendy Kopp will keynote the first ever New York City Global Education Forum at the Avenues World School on May 29th at 6:30pm. UClass and the Asia Society are co-hosting this event to, for once, unite the visions of teachers, school leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and students (yes, students!) around global education.

If you are a teacher looking to open your classroom walls, a school leader looking to develop 21st century skills in your school or a systems level education innovator looking to reach a more global audience - we challenge you to join this dialogue. 

Join us for an evening of keynotes, a panel discussion, breakout sessions and light snacks. Walk away with a book and an action plan to support your role in a more globally focused education. 

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Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach For America and Teach For All

Stephen Hodas, Executive Director of Innovate NYC Schools (NYC Dept. of Ed)

Chris Whittle, CEO of Avenues: The World School

Peter Gorman,  Former Superin

Twitter hashtag: #vrtwebcon

Come join us for the 6th Virtual Round Table Web Conference, 17-19 May 2013 for language educators held entirely online in a web conferencing solution called Adobe Connect, with the main sessions being livestreamed on facebook.

Some 60 guest-speakers look forward to presenting in 48 hours over a period of 3 days the latest in this field on teaching and learning a language with

*educational tools

*video

*learner resources

*mobile learning

*young learners

*virtual worlds

*online testing

*songs and much more.

Keynote speakers are Nicky Hockly and Gavin Dudeney, Thomas Strasser, Hayo Reinders, Shelly Terrell, Paul Driver, Sirin Soyoz, Angelika Guettl-Strahlhofer, Evelyn Izquierdo, Miguel Mendoza, Joe Dale and Steven Herder.

Highlights of the conference are...

*a Southamerican Symposium organised by Jennifer Verschoor

*an Asian Symposium organised by Steven Herder

*a panel discussion on CEFR 'Is your B1 my B1?'

*presentation by Disabled Access Friendly campaign

*presentation b

TakingITGlobal’s graduate level, accredited e-courses attract educators from around the world. Identifying practical ways to implement pedagogies that reinforce the development of 21st century skills in students is the primary focus of these offerings. Each course is designed to support educators' unique needs and curriculum requirements. e-Courses feature five weekly classes facilitated online, in real time, by an experienced global educator; and engaging readings, assignments and projects. These competitively priced e-courses will each be offered this May:

Project-based Learning for Global Citizenship

• May 22 – June 19, 2013

Education for Environmental Stewardship

• May 14 – June 11, 2013

Empowering Student Voice in Education

• May 22 – June 19, 2013

For more information about TIGed’s e-courses and to register today, visit tigurl.org/ecourses

To participate, please visit our Google+ invitation for more information: http://goo.gl/2Szpt.

This event will take place at 8 PM CDT (UTC-5) on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. . Use timeanddate.com to do the time conversion for your time zone: http://goo.gl/0bG0p. 

We will be holding an informal drop in session for GEC members interested in global collaboration. The focus of this particular session will be how to to build your global personal learning network. Bring ideas and questions for learning how to connect yourself professionally with other educators around the world. 

We wrote the book on problem students. And we teach the class. Classroom management
and behavior problems stop here. You name the problems and this conference delivers hundreds of immediate, problem-stopping student behavior management strategies. You will learn hundreds of innovative, effective interventions for school failure, bullying, poor academic performance, poor motivation, work refusal, school violence, gangs, ADHD and more. College credit and clock hours offered.

Free sample interventions, and free monthly Problem Student Problem-Solver magazine available at our web site, http://www.youthchg.com, or via email (dwells@youthchg.com), or call toll-free to 1-800-545-5736. Work-study financial aid available for all classes. Call for

details.

Seattle, WA: May 2-3, 2013
Portland, OR: Oct. 10-11, 2013
Online, webinar, and on-site presentations available

Workshop Flyer Available online at http://www.youthchg.com/flyf06all4pages.pdf
More Course Details at http://www.youthchg.com/live.html
Regi

Our fourth Google Hangout on Air will take place on April 22. Come share projects and ideas for going global. This event will be recorded. 

Additional details are available here: http://goo.gl/SLlYk

Looking for ways to increase rigor and challenge your students while keeping them engaged and motivated? Want to flatten your classroom walls and cultivate an environment of fearless learning and global connectedness?

Joli Barker, the TCEA 2013 Classroom Teacher of the Year, will offer practical ideas for lessons that challenge students to think for themselves, collaborate with others, and engage in real world learning experiences that level the playing field for learners with limited life experience. Joli, a second grade teacher, also will share her award-winning global literary project, a perpetual global collaborative writing project, a global cooperative learning project and resources for amping up problem-solving in math. Join her on April 18 at 4 pm ET to learn how you can add rigorous and engaging student projects to your classroom.

Joli Barker is a second grade teacher at Earl H. Slaughter Elementary School in McKinney, Texas.

Webinar hosted by edWeb. Sign up to get login info: ht

Join us for our weekly Google Hangout on Air. Share projects and resources for going global!

For additional details, visit our Google+ invitation: 

http://goo.gl/kY0aO

Conferencia Proyecto Colaborativo Ositos de Peluche- Relatos de experiencias. 

The Global Education Conference Network holds weekly Google+ Hangouts on Air events for educators who are interested finding out about opportunities for project-based learning and connecting to other schools around the world. This is an informal, drop in opportunity for educators to get to know one another and share. 

On April 11, interested participants are welcome to pitch any projects that they are organizing or share any valuable resources that they have used in their classrooms.

Learn how to participate by visiting: http://goo.gl/NLjwo

The international community acknowledges the increasing and persistent cases of mass

atrocities and crimes against humanity occurring on a vast scale.

Understanding the complexity in bringing these crimes to an end, the Reykjavík Congress on

Human Rights aims to argue and debate the notion of the responsibility to protect from a

human rights perspective, taking into account the divergent dimensions in restraining or

promoting international intervention.

Through the discussions and exchange of this conference, we aim to consider the current

most vehement cases of human rights violations, and further comprehend the varied issues

and approaches to these mass atrocities and crimes against humanity from a theoretical

perspective, analyzing the complex layers and structures, and taking into account the ethical

dilemma surrounding the responsibility to protect and international intervention.

The 2013 Congress will create and publish a discussion document that will be presented to

the international commun