Past Events (584)

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September 5, 2012
Wednesday
  • Webinar: How to Use ePals for Global Collaboration

  • Sep 5, 2012 at 1:00pm to Sep 26, 2012 at 2:00pm
  • Location: http://bit.ly/ePalsGCwebinar
  • Description:

    Free webinar gives an overview of how to collaborate with another classroom in another district, state, or across the globe.
    * How do you find these classrooms, using the ePals Global Community of 25 million users in 200 countries and territories?

    * What are some easy, free projects to use with global partner classrooms, provided by National Geographic and other ePals partners?
     * Once you have found a match, how can you use the free, safe and secure ePals SchoolMail for communication?
    By the end of this one-hour webinar, you will know how to find a match, how to set up safe email accounts for your students, and whether you want to participate in a free ePals project.

     
    When would you like a webinar? Sign up for a time:

    http://bit.ly/ePalsGCwebinar


    Newest global project on water is in English, Spanish and French, ONE DROP, from the founder of Cirque du Soleil. http://www.epals.com/onedrop

    acttr?v=1&a=new_trck%3A%09false%092%091491%09undefined%09true%09CSS1Compat%09RG&t=1328271885104Scheduled in next four weeks:

    Sept. 5 (Wed.) 1 pm ET (noon Central, 11 am Mountain, 10 am Pacific)

    Sept.

  • Created by: Dr. Rita Oates
August 29, 2012
Wednesday
  • GEC Drop In Help Session #6

  • Aug 29, 2012 from 9:00pm to 10:00pm
  • Location: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC
  • Description:

    Please drop by our Blackboard Collaborate meeting room to ask questions about the 2012 Global Education Conference and Network. A volunteer will be present to guide you through the proposal process, point you towards global education resources, and/or answer any questions you may have. This is not a training session for Blackboard Collaborate; those will be scheduled at a later day. 

    Six training sessions will be offered in August. If you are planning on attending any, please respond to this event invitation.

    All meetings will take place virtually. Click on this link to launch our Blackboard Collaborate room:

    https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC

    Meeting times are indicated in the US Central Time Zone (CDT) which is  GMT-5 UTC. Please use http://timeanddate.com to do the time zone conversions relevant to your part of the world. 

  • Created by: Lucy Gray
August 27, 2012
Monday
  • GEC Drop In Help Session #5

  • Aug 27, 2012 from 9:00pm to 10:00pm
  • Location: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC
  • Description:

    Please drop by our Blackboard Collaborate meeting room to ask questions about the 2012 Global Education Conference and Network. A volunteer will be present to guide you through the proposal process, point you towards global education resources, and/or answer any questions you may have. This is not a training session for Blackboard Collaborate; those will be scheduled at a later day. 

    Six training sessions will be offered in August. If you are planning on attending any, please respond to this event invitation.

    All meetings will take place virtually. Click on this link to launch our Blackboard Collaborate room:

    https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC

    Meeting times are indicated in the US Central Time Zone (CDT) which is  GMT-5 UTC. Please use http://timeanddate.com to do the time zone conversions relevant to your part of the world. 

  • Created by: Lucy Gray
August 26, 2012
Sunday
  • GEC Drop In Help Session #4

  • Aug 26, 2012 from 10:00am to 11:00am
  • Location: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC
  • Description:

    Please drop by our Blackboard Collaborate meeting room to ask questions about the 2012 Global Education Conference and Network. A volunteer will be present to guide you through the proposal process, point you towards global education resources, and/or answer any questions you may have. This is not a training session for Blackboard Collaborate; those will be scheduled at a later day. 

    Six training sessions will be offered in August. If you are planning on attending any, please respond to this event invitation.

    All meetings will take place virtually. Click on this link to launch our Blackboard Collaborate room:

    https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC

    Meeting times are indicated in the US Central Time Zone (CDT) which is  GMT-5 UTC. Please use http://timeanddate.com to do the time zone conversions relevant to your part of the world. 

  • Created by: Lucy Gray
August 24, 2012
Friday
  • GEC Drop In Help Session #3

  • Aug 24, 2012 from 11:00am to 12:00pm
  • Location: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC
  • Description:

    Please drop by our Blackboard Collaborate meeting room to ask questions about the 2012 Global Education Conference and Network. A volunteer will be present to guide you through the proposal process, point you towards global education resources, and/or answer any questions you may have. This is not a training session for Blackboard Collaborate; those will be scheduled at a later day. 

    Six training sessions will be offered in August. If you are planning on attending any, please respond to this event invitation.

    All meetings will take place virtually. Click on this link to launch our Blackboard Collaborate room:

    https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC

    Meeting times are indicated in the US Central Time Zone (CDT) which is  GMT-5 UTC. Please use http://timeanddate.com to do the time zone conversions relevant to your part of the world. 

  • Created by: Lucy Gray
August 19, 2012
Sunday
  • GEC Drop In Help Session #2

  • Aug 19, 2012 from 10:00am to 11:00am
  • Location: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC
  • Description:

    Please drop by our Blackboard Collaborate meeting room to ask questions about the 2012 Global Education Conference and Network. A volunteer will be present to guide you through the proposal process, point you towards global education resources, and/or answer any questions you may have. This is not a training session for Blackboard Collaborate; those will be scheduled at a later day. 

    Six training sessions will be offered in August. If you are planning on attending any, please respond to this event invitation.

    All meetings will take place virtually. Click on this link to launch our Blackboard Collaborate room:

    https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC

    Meeting times are indicated in the US Central Time Zone (CDT) which is  GMT-5 UTC. Please use http://timeanddate.com to do the time zone conversions relevant to your part of the world. 

  • Created by: Lucy Gray
August 17, 2012
Friday
  • Creativity Workshop in New York City Summer

  • Aug 17, 2012 at 10:00am to Aug 20, 2012 at 1:30pm
  • Location: Meta Center
  • Description:

    The Creativity Workshop teaches individuals in all disciplines ways to develop their unique creativity  and use it in their lives and work. The Creativity Workshop achieves this through a specially designed series of techniques  in creative writing, memoir, free-form drawing, collage, and storytelling. The Workshop helps its participants to: tap into their innate creativity,  get over creative blocks,  use memories to spark the imagination, and develop a daily practice to accomplish these goals. 

    University credits available.

  • Created by: Ceci Glusman
August 15, 2012
Wednesday
  • GEC Drop In Help Session #1

  • Aug 15, 2012 from 11:00am to 12:00pm
  • Location: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC
  • Description:

    Please drop by our Blackboard Collaborate meeting room to ask questions about the 2012 Global Education Conference and Network. A volunteer will be present to guide you through the proposal process, point you towards global education resources, and/or answer any questions you may have. This is not a training session for Blackboard Collaborate; those will be scheduled at a later day. 

    Six training sessions will be offered in August. If you are planning on attending any, please respond to this event invitation.

    All meetings will take place virtually. Click on this link to launch our Blackboard Collaborate room:

    https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.F33CE31C0ECB37DA8EC830769573BC

    Meeting times are indicated in the US Central Time Zone (CDT) which is  GMT-5 UTC. Please use http://timeanddate.com to do the time zone conversions relevant to your part of the world. 

  • Created by: Lucy Gray
August 14, 2012
Tuesday
August 13, 2012
Monday
August 12, 2012
Sunday
August 3, 2012
Friday
July 24, 2012
Tuesday
  • Creativity Workshop in Florence, Italy

  • Jul 24, 2012 at 10:00am to Jul 31, 2012 at 1:30pm
  • Location: Hotel Montebello
  • Description:

    The Creativity Workshop teaches individuals in all disciplines ways to develop their unique creativity  and use it in their lives and work. The Creativity Workshop achieves this through a specially designed series of techniques  in creative writing, memoir, free-form drawing, collage, and storytelling. The Workshop helps its participants to: tap into their innate creativity,  get over creative blocks,  use memories to spark the imagination, and develop a daily practice to accomplish these goals. 

    University credits available.

  • Created by: Ceci Glusman
July 19, 2012
Thursday
  • Workshops can experience the project of iEARN Japan

  • Jul 19, 2012 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: Workshop held in the conference room of Serbia Belgrade, Hotel plug
  • Description:

    iEARN Japan will hold a workshop of the project of Japan in Belgrade in Serbia.

    <NDYS, Taisho Koto, Origami, Kabuki>

    Hello, everyone, do you  want to experience any Japanese culture?
    Where are you staying  on July 19 ?
    We open the Japan workshop in Hotel Prag.
    Please  join us in doing the workshop.
    If you have your free time then.

    Hotel Prag

    iEARN members you want to join, please let me know.

    taishokoto@jearn.jp

    Motoko Hirota

     

  • Created by: Motoko Hirota
July 15, 2012
Sunday
  • Creativity Workshop in Porto, Portugal

  • Jul 15, 2012 at 10:00am to Jul 22, 2012 at 1:30pm
  • Location: Hotel Infante Sagres
  • Description:

    The Creativity Workshop teaches individuals in all disciplines ways to develop their unique creativity  and use it in their lives and work. The Creativity Workshop achieves this through a specially designed series of techniques  in creative writing, memoir, free-form drawing, collage, and storytelling. The Workshop helps its participants to: tap into their innate creativity,  get over creative blocks,  use memories to spark the imagination, and develop a daily practice to accomplish these goals. 

    University credits available.

  • Created by: Ceci Glusman
June 29, 2012
Friday
June 28, 2012
Thursday
  • Living in a Flat World: Global Education for Educators

  • Jun 28, 2012 at 6:00pm to Jun 30, 2012 at 7:00pm
  • Location: Brown University
  • Description:
    Living in a Flat World:
    Global Education for Educators
     
    June 28 – June 30

     

    Click Here to Register

    GYLI and Brown University are delighted to announce the 2012 "Living in a Flat World" experiential conference in Providence Rhode Island, on the Brown University Campus and surrounding areas.  The conference will feature speakers and presenters from Brown University Department of Continuing Education, The Choices Curriculum, GYLI and other organizations. Based on the success of the 2011 "Living in a Flat World" Conference in Costa Rica, we know this will be an event to remember. This conference will be RESIDENTIAL, EXPERIENTIAL, and INSPIRATIONAL.  


    RESIDENTIAL: participants will stay in two hotels near the Brown Campus to build community and reflect on the experience as it is happening.  GYLI fill faclitate evening reflection and networking sessions at both hotels, so participants have ample opportunity to meet, learn, and take away as much as possible.  We will limit the number of attendees

  • Created by: Matt Nink
 
  • International 3rd Conference on “Global Trends in Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Peace Education”

  • Jun 28, 2012 all day
  • Location: Nepal Academy , Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Description:

    World Without Anger announces the 3rd “International Conference on Global Trends in Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Peace Education to be held on June 28, 2012.

    WWA has been working to create societies without anger and fear using emotional and behavioral skills and techniques. In furtherance of this goal, WWA is presenting an International Conference on EI and its evolution, and Peace Education which is being jointly organizing by The Global Peace Association (GPA) Nepal, and endorsed by Lumbini Buddhist University.

    Peace Education (PE) is being implemented in Nepal’s schools and colleges through Emotional Literacy Education. These training programs teach individuals to take control of their thinking and feeling so that they can make the transformation to a joyful and peaceful life in order to experience the life that they desire.

    The objective of the Conference is to stimulate interest in Emotional Intelligence and Peace Education for the management of various problems afflicting indivi

  • Created by: DrSubhash Chandra
June 25, 2012
Monday
  • Summer Instiute on International Affairs for Educators June 25-29 2012

  • Jun 25, 2012 to Jun 29, 2012
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Description:

    In the twenty-first century, countries are becoming increasingly interdependent. With the rise of the international community, the demands of globalization are being felt throughout the United States. As a result, it is imperative that today’s students are educated, global citizens that are aware of the world outside their borders.

    The World Affairs Council—Washington, DC convenes its 22nd annual Summer Institute on International Affairs for high school educators and administrators July 23-July 27. This intensive, week-long seminar will include site visits and classroom resources. Focus will be on several global themes, including:

    Global economics

    Nuclear proliferation

    Global warming

    Failed states and democratization

    Classroom resources

    Join us for a fascinating survey of the most pertinent global issues and themes of today.

    Seminar participants can choose to earn 3 graduate credits through the

    Catholic University of America.

    This program qualifies for continuing

    education credits (40 hours).

    July

  • Created by: Amanda Stamp