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GEC members are welcome to participate in Global Collaboration Day on September 17, 2015 in your own time zone. Companies, non-profits, and schools will be coming together in a global demonstration of global collaboration. There are activities available for individuals and for classrooms. If you browse our separate site for Global Collaboration Day, you'll find something for everyone!
To get started, we recommend that you take a look at our overview page.
- We also have new videos that will help you understand this event.
- Activities are posted in our calendars and event directory. More will be posted soon.
- It is NOT too late to host a simple collaboration online for participants. Check out our host page for details.
- We are sending out updates via text and email using the free Remind app. Sign up here.
- A few GlobalEdCon (our November online conference) keynotes will be announced on Thursday! Stay tuned!
New items for GCD include:
- Severalnew partner organizations including the World's Largest Lesson and the Gates Foundation's Teacher2Teacher initiative
- An Edutopia blog post co-authored by Julie Lindsay
- A Hangout on Air with Vance Stevens on GCD
- GCD forum with GCD updates
- Resource page on the GCD site (still in progress_
Finally, many, many thanks to our sponsors for making this day possible. We encourage you to explore their resources for connecting your classroom to the world.
- AFS-USA
- The Global Campaign for Education - US Chapter
- Flat Connections
- iEARN-USA
- Learning Bird
- TES
- VIF International Education
Looking forward to September 17th! Hope you all can join us!
Lucy Gray & Steve Hargadon
@GlobalEdCon on Twitter
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