I want to suggest some corrections in terminology of Global Education and Global Thinking to avoid possible missunderstandings.
As Global Education for many people means just international education with any content, I suggest that we rename an educa
Read more…I am a graduate student in the state of Ohio. I work at a career technical center, which has approximately 8oo students, all in the 11th and 12th grade. I work in the In-School Suspension room, in charge of enforcing discipline. I am currently enrol
Read more…There are a number of ways to teach critical thinking in the online world. An exciting way to teach students high level thinking skills is to have teachers and students do interactive online/real-world learning experiences. This type of teaching give
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Hello,
My name is Kader Adjout. I am the head of the global history department at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
Anyone interested in Skyping with 11th and 12th grade history students (16-16 -year old) about topics such as confl
Read more…Happy New Year to all members of our global community!
This is a quick message regarding one of the documentaries that was featured at the 2011 Global Education Conference, Louder Than a Bomb. LTAB is an inspirational film that celebrates the univers
Read more…I'm hosting a FREE, online global ed book club event on November 10th at 3 pm EST. The first book will be Carrie Wagner's "Village Wisdom" which chronicles her 3 years in Uganda serving with Habitat for Humanity Int'l. Carrie returned to Uganda appx
Read more…As an educator, I am wondering what tools/artifacts you have found useful to capture the diversity of cultures from around the world. I am thinking that it would be great if we could share photos, videos, and other rich cultural artifacts in an open
Read more…The idea of education reform, to me, is inherently flawed. And that is because it does not look at education from a fundamental level but from a level of, “This is the system. So how do we rearrange it while keeping it intact?”
But if the system
Read more…Visit Second Life (http://secondlife.com). Register. Log in. Teleport to anywhere in Second Life. Take a picture of you with someone from a different country and I will personally send you 100 Linden dollars. Here is a video to help you learn how to
Read more…Join the live webcasts being held on the tundra in Churchill, Manitoba with live polar bears outside a tundra buggy with scientists, and zoologists!
Below is the link to the Tundra Connections schedule.
http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/progr
Greetings to the Global Education Collaborative Community -
On behalf of myself and my conference co-chair, let me extend a warm hello to all members of our professional learning network. It's amazing that almost 1000 people have joined this space
Hello All,
I recently wrote a post sharing a few ideas about reinventing language education in our schools. I am hoping to create a positive conversation that will generate new and creative ideas for reshaping the foriegn language education environm
Read more…Hello everyone,
I wonder if you may be interested in learning about Hodges' knowledge domains model as a means to further policy, leadership, the curriculum and engaging students - as a reflective resource?
Although developed in health and social car
Read more…Might help if I spelled my co-chair's name correctly! This is what happens when one is rushing to get things done....here's a re-post of the news that I sent earlier tonight!
Lucy Gray
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Greetings GEC members from Augusta, Maine where I've been c
Hi Everyone -
Steve and I are thrilled about the 60+ proposals that have been submitted thus far for the 2011 Global Education Conference. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to participate!
This is a very inclusive conference in that we
Read more…Education today is more concentrated on Matter, as a result evolution of human mind is distorted inviting more and more problems and making the world inhabitable.Science of Spirituality must be embedded in education to produce quality human resource
Read more…Hi,
I recently tried to start a project with a school in Shandong Province, China, where Qingdao beer is from.
However, I realised my partner teacher in China can't connect to most websites I proposed. Like wikispaces and my own Moodle set up in a
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