TEDxNYED, an all-day conference focusing on empowering innovation in education, is being held in New York City on Saturday, March 5, 2011.

The first four talks at this event will focus on global education. Alan November, Homa Tavangar, Lucy Gray, and John Ellrodt and Maria Fico are featured during this particular section of the event. 

It will be streaming online starting at 10 AM ET (GMT-5) until 5 PM ET. 

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

In 2008, Webster University published a revised mission statement:

Webster University, a worldwide institution, ensures high quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

http://www.mlti.org/ricebowl

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share with you a project that we just announced here in Maine. The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme is hosting the first annual Rice Bowl athttp://www.freerice.com/ricebowl. The Rice Bowl is built upon the freerice.com online game where students (or anyone) can answer vocabulary and other questions in order to donate rice to the World Food Programme. Each correct answer donates 10 grains to WFP paid for by advertising displayed on the site. It is adaptive, so answer questions correctly, and the questions get harder!

The Rice Bowl will take place during the week after the Super Bowl. There are two teams, and we invite you to join either team. The "Student" team is being sponsored by MLTI, but welcomes students and adults alike. Our opposition will be sponsored by an as-yet-to-be announced celebrity...we are hoping to make a public ann

• Connecting online to improve instruction and learning: Online lea

Driving School Achievement Through Technology!

Register now to attend FETC 2011, the country’s premier K-12 education technology conference. This unique event has earned an international reputation for the excellence of its conference content, and unparalleled opportunities to meet, problem-solve and be inspired by education technology pioneers.

Introduction to participatory photography
February 28 2011

This one day workshop provides an introduction to participatory photography.  It is aimed at those with visual backgrounds who already have an understanding of working with photography and are keen to gain an overview of the processes, principles and key elements of participatory photography methodology, with a focus on participation and facilitation.

The workshop will cover:
The field of participatory photography: background and overview
What can be achieved with participatory photography: looking at objectives
Core principles and processes
Elements of a photo workshop and photo workshop techniques

More information, price list and booking form

Alternatively e mail silvie@photovoice.org

Highlights in International Books & Films for the K-12 Classroom
Webinar
Date: Jan. 25, 2011
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST
Fee: $15

Register now!

In this webinar, Primary Source Librarian Jennifer Hanson will introduce a host of resources suitable for K-12 classrooms and ideal for globalizing the curriculum. Fiction and non-fiction books as well as feature and documentary films from around the world will be presented.

Primary Source is proud to announce a unique global reading opportunity.Responding to requests from educators, Primary Source will facilitate a FREE worldwide book discussion,or "Global Read," featuring an online discussion forum followed by a"live" web-based session. You are invited to join us for a discussion ofthe young adult novel, Bamboo People, by Mitali Perkins— a compelling coming-of-age story about child soldiers in modernBurma. The online discussion forum will begin on Wednesday, January12th. Then join the author for a live chat on January 19th.

Register early to guarantee your spot! Registration is free but participants are responsible for obtaining their own copy of the book.

High School Mock Trials

H 323 International Video Conferences

Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm 
Host: University of Pennsylvania National Resource Centers: South Asia Center, African Studies Center, Center for East Asian Studies, and the Middle East Center

The Global Education Lab

is an information-packed full-day workshop on global education for teachers and administrators.  The Workshop is a hands-on intensive that provides you with everything from global perspectives to lesson plans and supplementary materials for the next day’s classroom— delivered by educators with over 60 years of global education experience.

The Purpose

of the Global Education Lab is to provide teachers and administrators with the information and experience they need to establish a new global education program, deepen and enrich existing programs, and to provide an inspiring and invigorating intellectual experience.

Deliverables

By attending the Global Education Lab you will get:

• Continuing professional development credits from the University of Pennsylvania.
• A DVD pa