Discussions

Evaluation of Authority and Credibility in New Media - How are you going about this?

I'm working on an issue of Knowledge Quest and, at the same time, a presentation for Charlotte AASL called Who Knows What and How Do We Know It? "Information evaluation is the single most important concept that we are responsible for teaching. Yet o

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ICT or not ICT that's the question!

ICT, Information, Communication, Technology, has become one of the most crucial educational concern in several countries these days. Thus, I would like to know the impact of this innovation, in the field of teaching, on students, teachers, administra

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January News Flash

Greetings, GEC Members -

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Video Recording through Skype

Does anyone have experience using a Skype Add-on that records the video conference? I'm looking to edit down the video that is recorded with files recoded from video cameras through MovieMaker or Adobe Premiere Pro. Any help you can give me would be

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February News

 

Greetings GEC Members -

Wow! We have almost 3000 members in the Global Education Collaborative. Do our community a favor and click on your INVITE tab to ask friends and colleagues to join us in this collaborative space. Our magic number is 58!

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Changes to the Front Page of the GEC

Because of problems with border-line spam, I've changed settings on our front page to show only featured items. As the administrator for this community, I can select posts and multimedia for this status. This will prevent members post multiple times

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Children who lack empathy...please help!

Dear fellow international collegues, please take the time to read the follwing: A collegue of mine is currently teaching a gr 3 boy (aged 8) who severly lacks empathy. I know for a fact that her classes are rather engaging and she is an outstanding

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Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge - U.S. Schools

Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge (Deadline: January 31 for Elementary Schools; March 15 for Middle Schools) The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge gives students the opportunity, tools and inspiration to become those agents of change

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Skype/voice-conferencing in classrooms...

Hi world! Unfortunately the school that i teach in blocks the Skype site in such a way that we are unable to download it. Upon investigating....i was told that Skype is too risky and that 'predators/nasty folks' could potentially 'hack' into when ki

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Global Awareness Panel Reminder

Please join GEC members tonight for an online discussion on global awareness. It will take place at 7 PM Central time on Thursday, September 10. To see what time it will be in your time zone, please visit http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/convert

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GEC June/July News

In case you missed the blast to the GEC community: A message to all members of The Global Education Collaborative Greetings, GEC members! State of the Community: 1857 members, at least 65 countries represented, 12 events listed and 95 projects in

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May News from the Global Education Collaborative

Welcome to the many new members who have joined our online community in the last couple of months! We are now 1700 members strong, and it's been exciting to see a variety of educators and organizations come together around global initiatives. Please

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2008 $2M HASTAC/MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition is now open!

(apologies for cross-posting!) Hello Global Education Collaborative, It is so fantastic to see all the great work being done on this site and all the interesting projects in which everyone is involved! I want to make sure that you all know about t

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Meeting Replays, Facebook Group, New Groups

Just wanted to bring your attention to new things here in the GEC.... First, you can view our online meeting replays here: http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/af1f33-15821 http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/0bfe31-15822 Secondly, I've started a new group for people intere

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Check out this video: Never Stop Learning

Check out this inspirational video advocating the importance of education to all of our futures. I'm especially pleased to see it spotlighted by the current administration. Have a Great weekend!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDfew0YcDTo

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Examples of Successful Education Collaboration Initiatives Across Borders

Hello. I am currently involved in a number of education collaboration initiatives and research projects. As part of this work, my colleagues and I are always interested in learning and sharing: 1) Successful examples/case studies of schools doing c

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just to inspire all of us a bit through our "hard" days ...

Benjamin Zander - Pop!Tech 2008. See the link: http://www.poptech.org/popcasts/?viewcastid=211 Enjoy, NMS

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Online writing: what really changes?

This project was the first of many in an attempt to characterize the differences between online writing and more traditional formats. Students in my Dual-Credit Biology course were divided into two groups upon culmination of a biochemistry unit. Half

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Untitled

Textbooks, Chalk boards and brick and mortar schools are so 19th century! Let's discuss completely new learning options for our youth using the technology and the venues of 21st century society.

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GEC May News

In case you didn't see this email: Hi All - Can you believe we now have over 600 members in the Global Education Collaborative?!?! It's very exciting to see that we have many new members from around the globe including China, India, Australia, Sing

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