Global Education Conference Archives - Discussions - Actionable Innovations Global2024-03-29T07:48:50Zhttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/feed/category/Global+Education+Conference+ArchivesGrow as a Globally Connected Educator through the Power of Twitter Chats!https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/grow-as-a-globally-connected-educator-through-the-power-of2018-10-02T17:51:56.000Z2018-10-02T17:51:56.000ZCyndi Williamshttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/CyndiWilliams<div><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong></span> Dr. Cyndi Williams, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>School or Organization Name:</strong></span> Radford University</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</strong></span>: Virginia, United States of America</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Language in Which You Will Present</strong></span>: English</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Target Audience(s)</strong></span>: PK-12 Educators, Students, School Leaders, Higher Education</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Short Session Description:</strong></span> Grow as a Globally Connected Educator through the Power of Twitter Chats!</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Full Session Description</strong></span>: Are you looking to grow and to be inspired as a connected educator? Are you seeking professional learning that meets your specific needs? Would you like to connect your classroom, school, or school division to students and educators across the world? If so, join this session and experience 5 ways to connect to educators through Twitter. Participants will learn how to use a Tweetdeck, participate in a Twitter chat, experience the power of a hashtag, and have the opportunity to join a variety of professional learning communities!</p>
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<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/NqJkkVkhYYijY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Cyndi Williams Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.scoop.it/t/twitter-for-educators-cyndiwms5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sparks for Learning - Resources for Today’s Educators</a></li>
<li><a href="https://paper.li/CyndiWms5/1514725357#/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Weekly Sparks for Learning ePaper</a></li>
<li><a href="https://goo.gl/Zs7tjj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Weekly Newsletter: Highlighting Innovative Teaching & Learning Practices</a></li>
</ul></div>Building Cultural Awareness, Recognizing Diversity, and Engaging Students in High Impact Practiceshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/building-cultural-awareness-recognizing-diversity-and-engaging2018-09-26T18:46:08.000Z2018-09-26T18:46:08.000ZKate E. O'Harahttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/KateEOHara<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong></p>
<p>Kate E. O'Hara, Ph.D. </p>
<p>Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies <br/> <br/> <strong>School or Organization Name:</strong></p>
<p>New York Institute of Technology <br/> <br/> <strong>Co-Presenter Name(s): </strong></p>
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<p>This session (presentation and discussion) aims to share the successes and challenges of implementing high impact practices in higher education learning environments, while building cultural awareness and recognizing diversity among students.</p>
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<p>This session aims to share the successes and challenges of implementing high impact practices in higher education <span style="background-color: #f6d5d9;">learning environments, </span>while building cultural awareness and recognizing diversity among students.</p>
<p>The presentation will begin with an overview of teaching experiences of a full-time faculty member at an American private urban university, with a student population representing 90 countries and 44 states.</p>
<p>Examples of high impact practices will include critical inquiry, sustained collaborative discussion, and experiential learning. Both faculty and student perspectives will be shared. The session will conclude with participants engaging in discussion. Question prompts may include, “How do we create an engaged classroom community of learners in a standardized system?” and/or “Are the high impact practices discussed conflicting with the life experiences and worldviews of students?” </p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Fountain Valley School’s (FVS) partnership with Colorado Springs Food Rescue (CSFR) sprouted from a post-program project through the Experiment in International Living Leadership Institute (<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.experiment.org/">https://www.experiment.org/</a>), where Izzy Nunez ‘17 studied public health in northern India. Nunez chose to reach out to CSFR because she had begun to see food rescue’s unique potential to reduce waste, help disadvantaged people, connect all types of organizations, and provide a local, relevant outlet for youth in a school setting. Juliet Chi '19 now runs the program with the help of Dr. Amber Gar, Director of Sustainability and Toni Olivieri-Barton.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17g4SaJWQ6SMsAHsHgMGyNPEDTxm6gTLJCDPZjLtqWoM/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17g4SaJWQ6SMsAHsHgMGyNPEDTxm6gTLJCDPZjLtqWoM/edit?usp=sharing</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jennifer Schneider</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Curriculum Developer, Instructional Designer (The Akilah Institute for Women)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Team Lead and Adjunct Instructor (Southern New Hampshire University)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Akilah Institute for Women</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Southern New Hampshire University</span></p>
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<p>United States</p>
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<p>Faculty, Teachers, Curriculum Developers, Instructional Designers<br/><br/><strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gollnick & Chinn (2017) write that “[m]ulticultural education is a construct that acknowledges the diversity of students and their families and builds on the diversity to promote equality and social justice in education” (p. 19). For multicultural education “to become a reality in the formal school situation, the total environment must reflect a commitment to multicultural education" (Gollnick & Chinn, 2017, p. 25). For the online educator who often works off-site with a diverse, international student population, this might seem challenging. Thankfully, Gollnick & Chinn (2017) provide a framework from which the online educator and the online institution can actively work to acknowledge and build upon student diversity in order to promote equity, equality, and social justice in all educational environments.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This session shares practical strategies for promoting a mindfully multicultural classroom in the online classroom and university. In order to best support the ultimate goal of improving the online learning experience, we explore the challenges and share strategies from a dual-sided lens. The session explores both student-focused and faculty-focused perspectives, tools, and strategies.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gollnick, D.M., & Chinn, P.C. (2017). Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (10th Ed). Pearson Education: Boston, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong></p></div>We Need More Makershttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/we-need-more-makers2018-09-16T16:51:07.000Z2018-09-16T16:51:07.000ZPopi Makrishttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/PopiMakris<div><p><span>Your Name and Title: Popi Makris</span><br/><br/><span>School or Organization Name: STEM Kids NC</span><br/><br/><span>Co-Presenter Name(s):</span><br/><br/><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: USA</span><br/><br/><span>Language in Which You Will Present: English</span><br/><br/><span>Target Audience(s): Community Leaders, Educators, Corporate Citizens</span><br/><br/><span>Short Session Description (one line): This session focuses on the need to introduce more makerspaces to young children to enhance their critical thinking skills.</span><br/><br/><span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): The ability to use our hands to build metaphors helps us with problem solving and critical thinking skills. This session focuses on how maker space accessibility for young children (K-5) helps fuel and inspire their natural curiosities and helps build a foundation for soft skills, problem solving, entrepreneurship and enhanced decision making, setting them up to have the skills to be work ready as they near graduation</span><br/><br/><span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</span></p></div>Mommy/Daddy & Me: Learn to Code Togetherhttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/mommy-daddy-me-learn-to-code-together2018-09-16T16:39:12.000Z2018-09-16T16:39:12.000ZPopi Makrishttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/PopiMakris<div><p><span>Your Name and Title: Popi Makris</span><br/><br/><span>School or Organization Name: STEM Kids NC</span><br/><br/><span>Co-Presenter Name(s):</span><br/><br/><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: USA</span></p>
<p><br/><span>Language in Which You Will Present: English (if interested, can also present in French or Greek)</span><br/><br/><span>Target Audience(s): Teahers, Community Leaders, Corporate Citizens, Parents</span><br/><br/><span>Short Session Description (one line): Techniques to empower parents to support their children's STEM learning</span><br/><br/><span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):,</span></p>
<p>Parents are a child's first teacher. Many parents are intimidated, or don't fully understand, available technologies. What started as a small experiment has received immense traction: create mommy/daddy & me coding classes. Pair and partner parents with children and have them learn and embrace technology together. This session focuses on how we can make accessible learning even more available and fun and how we can shift current thinking so that we can all embrace the technologies that are disrupting and changing our world.<br/><br/><span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="https://www.stemkidsnc.com/events/mommy-daddy-me-learn-to-code-k-5">https://www.stemkidsnc.com/events/mommy-daddy-me-learn-to-code-k-5</a></span></p></div>OnEdMentors Connect: Personalized Professional Mentorships to Build Capacity in Educationhttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/onedmentors-connect-personalized-professional-mentorships-to2018-09-20T18:30:26.000Z2018-09-20T18:30:26.000ZNoa Danielhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/NoaDaniel<div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your Name and Title: Noa Daniel, Teacher, Consultant, Coach</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">School or Organization Name: OnEdMentors Connect</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Co-Presenter Name(s): Leigh Cassell</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Ontario, Canada</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Language in Which You Will Present: English</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Target Audience(s): Pre service, new and experienced educators</span></p>
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<p><b>OnEdMentors Connect: Personalized Professional Mentorships to Build Capacity in Education</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">- This session is a collaborative inquiry into personalized professional mentorships with educators from around the world.</span></p>
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<p><b>OnEdMentors Connect: Personalized Professional Mentorships to Build Capacity in Education</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Quality education rests on many factors. As a Global Goal, teacher lifelong learning is a key contributor to cultivating skill and building capacity. In a global world, equity and inclusivity can come from people’s access to others for the purpose of collaboration, idea sharing and building, skill development, reflection, and much more. The goal of ONEdMentors Connect is to help improve teacher capacity by giving educators opportunities for personalized and self-directed mentorships without borders.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In February 2017, when voicEd Radio was just beginning, Noa Daniel was invited to become part of a panel of educators interested in diving deeply into educational trends and issues on a weekly radio show called OnEdMentors. The show began with a focus on supporting preservice teachers and has evolved to be a place where a variety of aspects of education are discussed in order to support preservice, new and seasoned teachers alike. This has become the longest running show in the growing community and a hub of educational conversation, resources and springboards. The hosts, Stephen Hurley (chief catalyst and founder), Derek Rhodenizer and Noa Daniel, wanted to find a way to extend this climate of collaboration beyond the radio.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leigh Cassell, an educational change maker and innovator, founded Digital Human Library (dHL) in 2011 to address the urban and rural gap in education by providing students with digital access to people, places and ideas from around the world. Today, Digital Human Library creates opportunities for thousands of K-12 teachers and students to learn with the world through social innovation projects, interactive 1:1 video conferences, engaging live streamed educational programs, and the largest collection of educational virtual tours and virtual reality of the web. dHL is a resource that provides teachers and students with unlimited access to the field trip experience, anytime, anywhere at no cost.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In January, Noa and Leigh started talking about how they could use the dHL and voicEd Radio spaces to extend the OnEdMentors offering. Over many months, they have developed a collaborative inquiry to explore how they could create a framework for teacher self-directed learning through mentorships called OnEdMentors Connect.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join us to learn more about the OnEdMentors Connect mentors and mentees, and how OnEdMentors Connect has evolved to become a collaborative inquiry project in the making. Our presentation will showcase each phase of the project—from the pilot leading to full open access for educators in Ontario and beyond beginning September 2019. Our goal is connect and collaborate with other educators so we can extend our understanding of how to iterate this offering in order to make it accessible to educators from across the globe and populate the OnEdMentors Connect Catalogue in Digital Human Library. Let’s work together to improve teacher agency and efficacy and to promote quality personalized professional learning for all.</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.digitalhumanlibrary.org/onedmentors-connect/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.digitalhumanlibrary.org/onedmentors-connect/</span></a></p></div>Digging Beneath the Fs for Deeper Global Learninghttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/digging-beneath-the-fs-for-deeper-global-learning2017-11-06T15:17:27.000Z2017-11-06T15:17:27.000ZJennifer D. Kleinhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/JenniferDKlein<div><div>Your Name and Title:</div>
<div>Jennifer D. Klein</div>
<div>Author, Speaker, Facilitator and Coach</div>
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<div>Principled Learning Strategies</div>
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<div><div>Colombia, South America</div>
<div>Language in Which You Will Present: English</div>
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<div>Teachers, Curriculum Director, Global Education Directors</div>
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<div>This session will explore effective ways to dig beneath the Fs of Global Education in order to elicit deeper learning and global experiences that offer a more nuanced look at what lies beneath the surface of culture.</div>
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<div><div><span>Most global educators have a challenging relationship with the “Fs of Global Education.” The Fs, which include cultural facets like Food, Festivals, Flags and Fashion, are those elements of culture we can see most easily. There’s nothing wrong with exploring the observable aspects of culture, of course, but staying there can create superficial learning experiences, even leading to</span> cultural misrepresentation <span>and stereotypical assumptions about other cultures. This session will offer practical strategies for using the Fs as an entry point for investigations and engagement which dig beneath the surface and develop a more nuanced sense of culture for students.</span></div>
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<div>Blog on the topic: <a href="https://www.solutiontree.com/blog/moving-beyond-visible-culture/">https://www.solutiontree.com/blog/moving-beyond-visible-culture/</a></div>
<div>Principled Learning Strategies: <a href="http://principledlearning.org/">http://principledlearning.org</a></div></div>Online Personalized Professional Learning for Educatorshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/online-personalized-professional-learning-for-educators2017-11-06T06:47:44.000Z2017-11-06T06:47:44.000ZDr. Erin Englishhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/DrErinEnglish<div><p><span>Your Name and Title: Erin English, Ed.D Director of 21st Century Teaching and Learning, @eenglished</span><br/><br/><span>School or Organization Name: Oceanside Unified School District</span><br/><br/><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Oceanside, California, USA</span><br/><br/><span>Language in Which You Will Present: English</span><br/><br/><span>Target Audience(s): Teachers and Administrators</span><br/><br/><span>Short Session Description (one line): Personalizes professional learning opportunities for all school staff using free online resources. </span><br/><br/><span>Full Session Description: There are many ways to motivate and engage educators. One way is to offer them personalized professional learning opportunities where they have voice and choice over the content, place, and time. In an effort to model best practices, the presenter will demonstrate ways in which she organized online courses for her teachers and classified staff. Teachers were compensated for their time and earned certificates. They also had an opportunity to earn college credit for some of the courses. This college credit could be applied for salary advancement. Different models will be demonstrated and different resources will be shared.</span><br/><br/><span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: KQED TEACH -<a href="https://teach.kqed.org/" target="_blank">https://teach.kqed.org/</a> and Digital Promise Micro-credentials - <a href="http://digitalpromise.org/initiative/educator-micro-credentials/" target="_blank">http://digitalpromise.org/initiative/educator-micro-credentials/</a></span></p></div>Developing Students Skillshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/developing-students-skills2018-09-08T20:01:44.000Z2018-09-08T20:01:44.000ZSarahttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/Sara165<div><p>Your Name and Title: <strong>Sara Abou Afach</strong></p>
<p>School or Organization Name: <strong>Lebanese University</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: <strong>Lebanon - Middle East</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p>Target Audience(s): <strong>K-12 Teachers<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p>
<p>Short Session Description (one line): <strong>There are many tools around us that we can make use of to help us facilitate our teaching in the classroom. These tools can also be used to develop students skills to strive in their future. This session will help you see how we can use technology to develop students 21st century skills.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p>
<p>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): <strong>Developing students skills is the major important thing any teacher can do to help students be able to transfer their knowledge into real world. There are many tools around us that we can make use of to help us facilitate our teaching in the classroom. These tools can also be used to develop students skills to strive in their future. This session will help you see how we can use technology to develop students 21st century skills.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p>
<p>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p></div>Calling on Music Teachers & Local Musicians To Help Puerto Ricohttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/calling-on-music-teachers-local-musicians-to-help-puerto-rico2017-11-05T18:28:33.000Z2017-11-05T18:28:33.000ZBob Barbozahttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/BobBarboza<div><p>We have written a new song called "Light On Puerto Rico". We need your help singing in our worldwide virtual choir. Our goal is to keep Puerto Rico in your conversation as we all find creative ways to help. We would love for the same song to be sung in different languages. </p>
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<p>I am happy to explore with you all the creative ways that we can sing and use science and engineering to help people in need anywhere in the world. Today we are helping Puerto Rico but tomorrow we may need to come together again to help you.</p>
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<p>I am happy to communicate with you.</p>
<p>Bob Barboza</p>
<p>Kids Talk Radio Science</p>
<p>Suprschool@aol.com</p>
<p><a href="http://www.KidsTalkRadioPuertoRico.WordPress.com">www.KidsTalkRadioPuertoRico.WordPress.com</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153814494?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Puerto Rico STEM Projects JPEG.jpg</a></p></div>Proposed Session Title- Participatory Spontaneity: What Is It and How Can We Achieve It with Global Audiences Online?https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/proposed-session-title-participatory-spontaneity-what-is-it-and2017-11-03T19:40:59.000Z2017-11-03T19:40:59.000ZDr. Helen Teaguehttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/DrHelenTeague<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> <span style="color: #003300;"><font size="3">Helen Teague, EdD--- Educational Technology and PD Specialist, working in a university research center and as an online course facilitator PBS TeacherLine. Happy Silo-buster</font></span></p>
<p><br/> <strong>School or Organization Name:</strong> <span style="color: #003300;"><font size="3">Non-profit university center, PBS TeacherLine, 4OOPS consulting</font></span><br/> <br/> Co-Presenter Name(s):<br/> <br/> <strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong> <span style="color: #003300;">Abilene, Texas</span> <br/> <br/> <strong>Language in Which You Will Present</strong>: <span style="color: #003300;">English</span></p>
<p><br/> <strong>Target Audience(s):</strong> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #003300;">Teachers, HigherEd <font size="3">Professors</font>, Administrators, Technology Specialists</span><br/> <br/> <strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #003300;">Learn key characteristics of participatory spontaneity and how you can achieve it!</span></p>
<p><br/> <strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #003300;"><font size="3">New media encourages innovative opportunities for agile engagement in global collaborative discussion. Achieving this level of collaborative engagement can occur with global connectivity and collaborative discussions in a new construct called participatory spontaneity. Participatory spontaneity is the constructivist interplay among many voices and viewpoints. Participatory spontaneity has application to global citizenship’s approach to “understand, see, and act” (Brigham, 2011). The spontaneity of participatory discussion among audiences across the globe is necessary to engender global interconnections, interdependence, and collegial understanding for global problem-solving. Participatory spontaneity encourages perspective sharing, interconnections, diversity, critical thinking, and social justice. What does participatory spontaneity look like in online global areas? How do we know when it is achieved? In this session we’ll discuss key characteristics and emerging research-based best practices of participatory spontaneity and how you can achieve it with global audiences to positively impact teaching and learning.</font></span><br/> <font size="3"><br/></font></p>
<p><span style="color: #003300;">Brigham, M. (2011). <b>Creating</b> <b>citizens</b> <b>and</b> <b>assessing</b> <b>outcomes</b>. Journal of Global Citizenship & Equity Education, 1(1), 15-43.</span></p>
<p><br/> <br/> <strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong> <span style="color: #003300;">(draft) <a href="https://sway.com/icStwFqjE2q6G7fm?ref=Link"><span style="color: #003300;">https://sway.com/icStwFqjE2q6G7fm?ref=Link</span></a>,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003300;"><a href="http://4oops.edublogs.org/tag/participatory-partnerships-2/"><span style="color: #003300;">http://4oops.edublogs.org/tag/participatory-partnerships-2/</span></a></span></p></div>Fostering Global Citizenship Through Literature and Arthttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/fostering-global-citizenship-through-literature-and-art2017-11-06T03:29:33.000Z2017-11-06T03:29:33.000ZNadia Kalmanhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/NadiaKalman<div><p>Your Name and Title: Nadia Kalman, Editor and Curriculum Designer<br/> <br/> School or Organization Name: Words Without Borders Campus<br/> <br/> Co-Presenter Name(s):<br/> <br/> Area of the World from Which You Will Present: US<br/> <br/> Language in Which You Will Present: English<br/> <br/> Target Audience(s): college and high school educators <br/> <br/> Short Session Description (one line): Bringing contemporary international literature to the classroom…free of cost.</p>
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<p>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): In an increasingly globalized world, college and career success requires excellent communication, empathy, and an understanding of complexity. Reading contemporary world literature fosters these skills and engages students as global actors. This workshop will help participants get the most out of free online resources, such as Words Without Borders Campus (wwb-campus.org), to bring contemporary world literature into their classrooms. We will discuss how to "pair up" canonical and international works, engage in a sample learning activity, and look at artistic, musical, cultural and historical resources that deepen students' understandings of literary contexts.</p>
<p><br/> <br/> Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="https://www.wwb-campus.org/">https://www.wwb-campus.org/</a></p></div>The Impact of a Cultural Immersion Program on Student Perceptions of the “Other”: A Pilot Studyhttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/the-impact-of-a-cultural-immersion-program-on-student-perceptions2017-11-06T03:16:55.000Z2017-11-06T03:16:55.000ZSarah Thomashttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/SarahThomas49<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> Sarah Thomas, Assistant Professor<br/> <br/> <strong>School or Organization Name:</strong> Bridgewater State University<br/> <br/> Co-Presenter Name(s):<br/> <br/> <strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong> United States, Boston<br/> <br/> <strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong> English<br/> <br/> <strong>Target Audience(s)</strong>: Individuals curious about the impact a study tour can have on perception as well as learn how a study tour can have a life of its own!</p>
<p><br/> <strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong> The impact a short study tour to Jordan had on students' perceptions of themselves and of "others"<br/> <br/> <strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong> This sessions examines how a one-week study tour provided a cultural immersion experience for a group of undergraduate and graduate students from a public university in Massachusetts. Through an online questionnaire, the study found four areas influenced by a cultural immersion experience: an increased awareness of social justice, a changed worldview, empathy for others and personal growth. Results suggest individuals who participated in an overseas immersion tour may have more cultural empathy for individuals from the Middle East and who practice Islam. <br/><br/><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong> <a href="https://www.weebly.com/home/">https://www.weebly.com/home/</a></p></div>Globally Responsive Teaching Practice: Overcoming Social Disparitieshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/globally-responsive-teaching-practice-overcoming-social2017-11-05T14:16:02.000Z2017-11-05T14:16:02.000ZSajdah Ali Georgehttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/SajdahAliGeorge<div><p dir="ltr"><span>Your Name and Title:</span> <span>Sajdah Ali George- Special Education Consultant</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>School or Organization Name:</span> <span>SA Education Consulting, LLC</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Co-Presenter Name(s): N/A</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</span> <span>Durham, North Carolina, United States</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Language in Which You Will Present:</span> <span>English</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Target Audience(s):</span> <span>Teachers, Students, Study Abroad Exchange Programs</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Short Session Description (one line):</span> <span>Globally Responsive Teaching Practice: Overcoming Social Disparitie</span><span>s</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/><br class="kix-line-break"/></span></p>
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-194189a1-8c86-a5be-9870-d3a1a7e58034"><span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</span> <span>Idea of culturally responsive practitioners incorporates the understanding and awareness of how culture strongly influences education. By doing so, we, as educators, learn to see the student as a whole and not in fragments. We begin to piece together the connectors that enable or disable learning.</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span></span></p>
<p><span><span>My discussion will highlight 4 components points of overcoming social disparities as a Global Responsive Educator: 1.Identifying the idea of culturally responsive education. 2. Connecting with culturally diverse learners. 3. Connecting with the education support community. 4.How to utilize the components in the classroom.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Workshop attendees will learn how <span id="docs-internal-guid-297ebd80-8c99-1093-e46c-e9d13dbe0007"><span>social disparities affect the acquisition of education. By applying the components of a Global Responsive Educator, they can address necessary elements to change and improve the educational advancement of students in the classroom.</span></span> </span></span></p></div>High Quality Career Counselling as a Push for the Global Development – presenting best practices from the Erasmus+ Career Tree Projecthttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/high-quality-career-counselling-as-a-push-for-the-global2017-11-04T11:38:21.000Z2017-11-04T11:38:21.000ZEdyta Woźniakhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/EdytaWozniak<div><p><b><u>Your Name and Title</u></b>: Grzegorz Kata, PhD<br/> <br/> <b><u>School or Organization Name</u></b>: University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin<br/> <br/> <b><u>Co-Presenter Name(s)</u></b>: Robert Porzak, PhD; Jacek Łukasiewicz, PhD<br/> <br/> <b><u>Area of the World from Which You Will Present</u></b>: Poland, Central Europe<br/> <br/> <b><u>Language in Which You Will Present</u></b>: English<br/> <br/> <b><u>Target Audience(s)</u></b>: educators, career counsellors<br/> <br/> <b><u>Short Session Description (one line)</u></b>: High Quality Career Counselling as a Push for the Global Development – presenting best practices from the Erasmus+ Career Tree Project<br/> <br/> <b><u>Full Session Description (as long as you would like)</u></b>:</p>
<p><u>Session idea</u>:</p>
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<p>Due to the gradual globalisation process, people all around the world often face similar challenges in many different realms. This is equally true for the employment and education. The unemployment, and especially the youth unemployment, is a serious issue in many countries around the globe. In Europe itself, it is a pressing problem that needs to be addressed by proper policies, initiatives, education and support measures.</p>
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<p>Youth unemployment as a global issue hinders the development not only by its negative effect on economic growth and productivity, but, predominantly, by wasting the potential of young people and limiting their chances to develop necessary skills and competences, as well as gather experience. Youth unemployment may cause deskilling, social exclusion and raises the risk of poverty. For this reason, many young people may feel trapped in the vicious circle finding themselves lacking experience to enter into long-time employment and in desperate need of support.</p>
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<p>This loss of talent and skills hampers the development of whole regions and countries globally. The University of Economics and Innovation WSEI in Lublin has recognized the need to face this challenge. The University has addressed the issue in its numerous regional, national and international projects and initiatives raising the quality of education, adjusting it to the current labour market needs and promoting the entrepreneurial spirit among the young.</p>
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<p>Nevertheless, apart from projects of a purely educational character, the University has also become the leader of the CaT – the Career Tree Project addressing career decision making and career indecision, work adjustment, and career education. WSEI together with partners worked on a set of concrete solutions aimed at increasing the quality of career counselling that may significantly improve the chances of young people on the labour market making them more likely to enter into long-term, high quality employment.</p>
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<p>One of the issues, the project consortium has raised, was the need to assist young people in making the career-related decisions at the early stage. The career guidance existing at schools is still often insufficient not providing necessary knowledge on characteristics of various occupations and personal predispositions students may possess. This in turn, leads to misrepresentation and complete misunderstanding of the career planning concept among young people, who base essential career related and education decisions on information from the Internet, media and recommendations of their peers. As young people may face difficulties assessing their strengths and predispositions, making career-related decisions proves to be difficult for them causing a high level of stress. The support often comes too late, preventing young people from making well-informed decisions concerning their education, skills development and, eventually, career path. Knowing how important this kind of decision is, often shaping young people’s further choices and the whole professional development, the project consortium recognised a demand to ensure a high quality level of counselling and support career counsellors’ in their work.</p>
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<p>The solutions we have provided are mainly dedicated to the secondary school students, as well as career counsellors and advisors. CaT aimed at creating a <strong>modern tool</strong> enabling diagnosis and analysis of future career, as well as an appropriate education guidance. Our goal was to raise the quality of the process aimed to define capacities, aptitudes and professional interests of <strong>secondary/vocational</strong> <strong>schools students and adults</strong>, and conducting career guidance and career planning through creation of a modern (standardised on a representative group) modular system for analysis, diagnosis and education guidance of career that would support the work of <strong>career counsellors</strong><b>.</b></p>
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<p>The project resulted in five main outputs. The first one was the model of predispositions and leading competencies for professions. The model contains the description of knowledge, skills and competences necessary for fulfilling professional tasks. It addresses around 200 professions, which makes the model extremely efficient and constitutes a vital source of knowledge on the professional competences mostly in need contemporarily.</p>
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<p>The second project outcome was a modular system for diagnosis, analysis and education guidance of career. The system consist of 8 modules:</p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Module of professional interests</li>
<li>Module of structure and values of aims</li>
<li>Module of personal capacities,</li>
<li>Module of temperamental aptitudes,</li>
<li>Cognitive module,</li>
<li>Interpersonal module,</li>
<li>Module of business and enterprise skills,</li>
<li>Module of possessed qualifications.</li>
</ol>
<p>This set of categories make is a basis for the right diagnosis and analysis of one’s predispositions and potential. As such it plays a significant role in the career guidance process and make the approach as personalized as possible.</p>
<p>The set of modules have been complemented by the handbook for diagnostic. The handbook enables the proper usage of the diagnostics tool and contains theoretical basics leading to development of the tool aimed and diagnosis beneficiaries. By development of the handbook the consortium tried to raise the reliability and accuracy of methods. The handbook consists in the description of the way of running the examination, procedure of calculating results and interpreting those results, as well as the description of professional competences types with regard to norms. As such the handbook is an instruction on how to implement the tool both dedicated to its technical and substantive part.</p>
<p>In order to help young people in planning of their career and education, the project developed also the personal portfolio for participant career. The portfolio is connected with Europass supplement and aims at presenting the learning outcomes gained during formal, informal and non-formal education. It is a crucial tool for young people to be used while their personal assessment of their achievements and realization of their future education targets.</p>
<p>Finally, the project has resulted in development of the methodical guidebook for career counsellors. The guidebook makes use of the modular system developed within the project. It includes assumptions and basics of method developed as well as practical guidelines on how to run the counselling process.</p>
<p>The project’s outcomes embrace the set of solutions for high quality career counselling. The central outputs are the model of predispositions and leading competences for occupations, the modular system for diagnosis, analysis and education guidance, as well as the personal portfolio creator that are to assist the young people in making the career-related choices. The solutions have been complemented by instructions and guidance for counsellors themselves on how to properly use the diagnostic tool and the modular system. By introducing these solutions the project team intended to make the career counselling process much more accurate and efficient by equipping counsellors with right tools supporting their everyday work.</p>
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<p>Due to the proper structuring and ensuring high quality of the career counselling it is possible to limit the risks of career indecision and predispositions and career mismatch, as well as increase employability among the youth. This approach is fully reflected in our project. Moreover, we believe that our projects and the solutions provided are, due to the global character of the challenges in question, transferable to other countries. Although, there are certainly some country specific aspects of the solution provided, it still can be adjusted and transferred basing the solutions on the overall ideas and developed best practices. Therefore, the University intended to present the experiences and practices resulting from the project CaT and the solutions we have provided together with partners. We think it is necessary to share such knowledge and know-how in order to allow mutual learning and good practices transfer, as well as commonly address the challenges we all face across the globe.</p>
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<p><u>The University information:</u></p>
<p>The University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin (WSEI) is a non-state higher education institution, funded in 2001, that offers full university degree programmes in a range of academic disciplines. With over 6 000 students, WSEI is a nationally recognized university, demonstrating a commitment to engage in partnerships with EU organizations and institutions to support education, training and research.</p>
<p>WSEI is perceived by independent institutions analysing quality of teaching in higher education as one of leading universities in Poland. For several years, the University has been recognized as the “Reliable School”, “The Academy of Leader” and distinguished with the“Good University – Good Work” label. WSEI has also been recognized as the most innovative and creative university in Poland in creating career prospects (competition organized by Academic Information Centre from Poznań) for three times. In educational rankings, WSEI receives highest marks in the country for: innovativeness, possessing funds from EU programmes, teaching conditions and scientific capacity. According to national ranking “Perspectives” 2017- WSEI is located on the 1<sup>st</sup> place among non-public universities in the region and on the 18<sup>th</sup> place in the general national list. For the 6 consecutive years WSEI has been certified as “The School of Leaders” by the Foundation of High Education Development. Furthermore, WSEI employees are also recognized with highest state awards as well as honorary titles of other universities.</p>
<p>All programs offered by WSEI are accredited by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The university is constantly broadening its education offer and raising its quality. It is developing and introducing innovative teaching and training methods and tools. Implementing a modular system of teaching at nearly all fields of studies may be a good example of this activity. The educational offer of the University is constantly modified by creating new programs and specialties to match the current demands of the labour market and respond to the needs of the students.</p>
<p>We owe our success mainly to a high level of education combining academic knowledge with a close relationship and practice of socio-economic life, which is very rare among higher education institutions. The high level of educational process is maintained by a diligently selected didactic staff with proper academic degrees and necessary academic experience. A great part of the staff has also significant practical experience derived from their non-academic activity. Such an excellent team is a guarantee for a high quality relating to economic realities of our region and meeting the EU requirements.</p>
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<p>The high level of educational process is maintained by almost 400 diligently selected didactic staff with proper academic degrees and necessary academic experience. WSEI also possesses excellent didactic facilities (11 laboratories, e.g. modern audio-visual and multimedia labs) to support teaching and learning experience, engage in disturbing research activity, as well as build bridges between education, business and industry.</p>
<p>Transfer of knowledge and innovation between business units, public institutions and academic bodies plays a crucial role, particularly in regional context. As one of the leading institutions in educational market, WSEI understands the value it brings to the city and the region; positioning itself as an "enterprise university" and embedding innovation and creativity in the heart of all its activities. By embracing fully its social and economic responsibilities, WSEI demonstrates the key role universities play in leading the development of the region. At the core of our enterprise-led approach there is the development of the enterprise culture, which is focused on providing opportunities for students to fully engage with business, the community and the public sector.</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <b><u>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</u></b></p>
<p><a href="https://careertreeproject.wordpress.com/whats-cat/">https://careertreeproject.wordpress.com/whats-cat/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://rekrutacja.wsei.lublin.pl/en/">http://rekrutacja.wsei.lublin.pl/en/</a></p>
<p> </p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153813297?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CAT prezentacja.pptx</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153814080?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CATandInnovation_2.doc</a></p></div>MEDIACIÓN EDUCATIVA: APORTES PARA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LA CONVIVENCIA Y PREVENCIÓN DE LA VIOLENCIA.https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/mediaci-n-educativa-aportes-para-la-construcci-n-de-la2017-11-05T15:19:04.000Z2017-11-05T15:19:04.000ZDANIEL FERNANDO MARTINEZ ZAMPAhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/DANIELFERNANDOMARTINEZZAMPA<div><p>Your Name and Title: DANIEL FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ ZAMPA- Profesor en Cs. Jurídicas. Abogado. Mediador. Magíster en Administración y Resolución de conflictos.</p>
<p> <br/> School or Organization Name:</p>
<p>Centro de MEDIACIÓN Y ABORDAJE DE LOS CONFLICTOS<br/> <br/> Co-Presenter Name(s): NONE<br/> <br/> Area of the World from Which You Will Present: RESISTENCIA- CHACO - ARGENTINA<br/> <br/> Language in Which You Will Present: Español. <br/> <br/> Target Audience(s): Cualquier docente o estudiante interesado. <br/> <br/> Short Session Description (one line): ¿Qué aportes puede realizar la mediación Educativa para la problemática de la violencia en las escuelas?<br/> <br/> Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ante el aumento de los episodios de violencia y la sensación de impotencia que invade en ocasiones al docente frente a la misma nos preguntamos ¿qué puede hacer la escuela?</p>
<p>Analizaremos los factores externos sobre los que la escuela no puede actuar y aquellos internos sobre los que sí puede hacerlo , pensando en los mensajes, actitudes que crean el clima institucional y en ocasiones ayudan a su aparición.</p>
<p>Luego de despejar el campo de acción de la escuela nos preguntaremos por el aporte de la Mediación Educativa al tema y el trabajo realizado hasta 2006 en el marco del Programa de Mediación Escolar de la Provincia del Chaco.</p>
<p><br/> <br/> Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.todosobremediacion.com.ar/">www.todosobremediacion.com.ar</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mediacioneducativa.com.ar/">www.mediacioneducativa.com.ar</a></p></div>Teaching the SDGs through experiential and service learninghttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/teaching-the-sdgs-through-experiential-and-service-learning2017-11-03T18:34:40.000Z2017-11-03T18:34:40.000ZCaroline Weekshttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/CarolineWeeks<div><div><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong></div>
<div>Caroline Weeks, marketing coordinator</div>
<div><strong>School or Organization Name:</strong></div>
<div>Participate</div>
<div><strong>Co-Presenter Name(s):</strong></div>
<div>Liz Radzicki, instructional designer at Participate, Kimm Murfitt, IB coordinator</div>
<div><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong></div>
<div>United States</div>
<div><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong></div>
<div>English</div>
<div><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong></div>
<div>Teachers</div>
<div><strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong></div>
<div>Learn how to integrate the Global Goals into your classroom instruction through inquiry-based and service learning, empowering your students to make the world a better place.</div>
<div><strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): </strong></div>
<div>The SDGs are a powerful and important initiative for global learning. Learn how free, online PD courses, activities and resources on Participate's platform can help you teach the SDGs, whether you teach a single lesson or embark on a large-scale project with your students. We will explore ways to virtually connect with other educators interested in these topics and explain ways to lesson plan and make academic connections to the SDGs. We will look at real classroom projects other educators have done and have time to answer your questions. We hope you will join us!</div>
<div><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong> </div>
<div><a href="http://www.participate.com/" target="_blank">www.participate.com</a></div></div>Flipped Learning in L2: How to Encourage Cross-Cultural Critical Thinking to Teach Global Problem-Solving Skillshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/flipped-learning-in-l2-how-to-encourage-cross-cultural-critical2017-11-05T15:14:29.000Z2017-11-05T15:14:29.000ZBirgit Jensenhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/BirgitJensen<div><p><b>Name and Title:</b></p>
<p>Birgit A. Jensen, PhD, Associate Professor of German<br/> <br/> <b>Organization</b>:</p>
<p>East Carolina University<br/> <br/> <b>Area of the World</b>:</p>
<p>United States<br/> <br/> <b>Language</b>:</p>
<p>English<br/> <br/> <b>Target Audience(s):</b></p>
<p>Instructors of world languages who are able to employ digital technology to enhance their instruction<br/> <br/> <b>Short Session Description</b>:</p>
<p>Learn how to stimulate deeper learning about globally important issues</p>
<p></p>
<p><b>Full Session Description</b>:</p>
<p>Flipped learning is an instructional approach in which instructor-centric lectures are moved out of the classroom into the individual learning space (“homework”). Pre-class content is successively enriched with L2 comparative information. Scaffolded tasks invite student groups to collaborate on analyzing and evaluating the content and to create responses in the target language. These three interactions (analysis, evaluation, creation) constitute the highest levels of Bloom’s revised taxonomy and are frequently neglected in standard L2 instruction, which concerns itself with memorization of vocabulary, understanding grammar, and applying grammar and lexical items. While such conventional instruction uses the foreign culture as a mere backdrop to the acquisition of a new language, flipped learning enables instruction that is explicitly based on exploring the L2 culture, employing grammar and vocabulary as tools in the process.</p>
<p>The session will provide practical examples to demonstrate the planning of a flipped unit with cross-cultural critical thinking content that promotes global competency and 21st century skills.</p></div>A World of #CollaborativePD: Build Your Global PLN Twitter Chathttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/a-world-of-collaborativepd-build-your-global-pln-twitter-chat2017-11-04T16:41:57.000Z2017-11-04T16:41:57.000ZJennifer Williamshttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/JenniferWilliams660<div><p><span>Your Name and Title: Dr. Jennifer Williams, Director of Education Strategy </span></p>
<p><br/> <span>School or Organization Name: Participate</span><br/> <br/> <span>Co-Presenter Name(s): Brad Spirrison</span><br/> <br/> <span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: USA</span><br/> <br/> <span>Language in Which You Will Present: English</span><br/> <br/> <span>Target Audience(s): All educators</span><br/> <br/> <span>Short Session Description (one line): Join for the #CollaborativePD Twitter Chat as we explore ideas for educators to grow and develop as professionals with their global PLNs. </span><br/> <br/> <span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): Ready to connect in real time with a community of global educators? <span>Join for an inspired worldwide #CollaborativePD conversation as we discuss ways to leverage blended learning tools and ideas derived from global educators into instruction and professional development. Together, we will explore the exponential power of collaborative learning environments and participatory learning practices, and then we will grow our PLNs through a celebration of educators and organizations that are impacting our instructional practices and helping us all advance the work needed for our world of students. </span></span>Let's take to Twitter and together amplify the voices of global educators! Be sure to follow @participate, @spirrison, and @JenWilliamsEdu for more information leading up to the chat, and visit the #CollaborativePD hashtag for ideas on customizing your PD path as a global educator 24/7. </p>
<p><br/> <span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="https://www.participate.com/chats/CollaborativePD">https://www.participate.com/chats/CollaborativePD</a></span></p></div>Challenge Based Learninghttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/challenge-based-learning-12017-11-05T01:41:29.000Z2017-11-05T01:41:29.000ZDavid Locketthttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/DavidLockett<div><p><span>Your Name and Title: David Lockett, STEM Teacher</span><br/> <br/> <span>School or Organization Name: Bok Academy</span><br/> <br/> <span>Co-Presenter Name(s): none</span><br/> <span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: United States</span><br/> <br/> <span>Language in Which You Will Present: English</span><br/> <br/> <span>Target Audience(s): K-12 Teacher</span><br/> <br/> <span>Short Session Description (one line): </span></p>
<p>A challenge-based learning experience is a learning experience where the learning takes places through the<br/> identification, analysis and design of a solution to a social or technical global problem.</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): </span></p>
<p>Challenge Based Learning (CBL) is an inductive pedagogy that allows students to identify a real-world problem that interests them and then learn what they need to know in order to solve the problem. Information gained from doing assignments and projects can result in long term retention of the information and make the student feel like their school work has a purpose. A challenge-based learning experience is a learning experience where the learning takes places through the identification, analysis and design of a solution to a sociotechnical problem. The learning experience is typically multidisciplinary in all core subjects, takes place in an international context and aims to find a collaboratively developed solution, which is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. Let's propose solutions to global problems, and take action. The approach asks students to reflect on their learning and the global impact of their actions and publish their solutions to a worldwide audience. </p>
<p><br/> <br/> <span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="http://cbl.digitalpromise.org/">http://cbl.digitalpromise.org/</a></span></p></div>Organize, innovate and manage your global projects with free ICT toolshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/organize-innovate-and-manage-your-global-projects-with-free-ict2017-11-04T15:38:06.000Z2017-11-04T15:38:06.000ZBarbara Anna Zielonkahttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/BarbaraAnnaZielonka<div><p><span><strong>Your Name and Title</strong>:Barbara Anna Zielonka</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>School or Organization Name</strong>: Nannestad High School</span><br/> <br/> <span>Co-Presenter Name(s):-</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong> Norway</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>Language in Which You Will Present</strong>: English</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong> Teachers interested in collaborative and connected learning</span><br/> <br/> <span><strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong> This session will explore the most effective and user-friendly ICT tools that teachers and students could use in order to organize, innovate and manage their projects.</span><br/> <br/> <strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong></p>
<p>A global collaboration project doesn't just happen overnight. Like any successful project, it requires excellent planning, innovative ideas, clear goal and must-have tools for digital collaboration and communication. In this session, we will explore the benefits of learning in a global classroom and becoming a global educator. We will also look at some of the digital tools that I have found beneficial to connecting with schools around the world. </p>
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<p>2.Creating a global classroom ( what are the benefits of learning in a global classroom?)</p>
<p>3.Becoming a global educator ( why teaching global competencies is a must?)</p>
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<p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153812063?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Global Education Conference 2017.ppt</a></p></div>E.I. and Humanitarianism in Classrooms - 21st Century Learning and Citizenship Essentialshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/e-i-and-humanitarianism-in-classrooms-21st-century-learning-and2017-11-04T21:30:16.000Z2017-11-04T21:30:16.000ZSania Green-Reynoldshttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/SaniaGreenReynolds<div><p>Your Name and Title: Sania S. Green-Reynolds ( Educator & School Leader in Training, Author, Professional Development Strategist)<br/> <br/> School or Organization Name: Education for Global Change<br/> <br/> Co-Presenter Name(s): None<br/> <br/> Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Dubai, UAE<br/> <br/> Language in Which You Will Present: English<br/> <br/> Target Audience(s): School Leaders, Educational Influencers, Teachers, Content Writers, Parents<br/> <br/> Short Session Description (one line): Emotional Intelligence is a buzzing topic in education these days. While we teach students to engage in more emotionally intelligent thought processes, are we giving them opportunities to act on those thoughts?<br/> <br/> Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</p>
<p>Mindfulness and empathy are two of the most popular buzz words in education these days. It is awesome that some educators are leading the charge in shaping the hearts, minds and emotional intelligence skills of today’s learners.<span> </span>While this is being done, greater focus must be placed on helping students actually become humanitarians on a mission to mitigate global crisis. In this session strategies and solutions will be shared with stakeholders – leaders, teachers and content designers that will inspire and prepare them to institute programs and opportunities for students to learn how to effectively and appropriately act on their E.I. thought processes, and take<span> inspiring action s towards solving real–world problems. </span></p>
<p>As we place greater focus on preparing students to be globally competent 21<sup>st</sup> Century citizens who are courageous to effect sustainable changes, we must provide them with opportunities to not merely think positively or be mindful, but to more importantly, be confident to translate their good thoughts into good deeds that will effect great change in society. We must challenge ourselves as educators to challenge students to become more active citizens of the world through learning, questioning, creating, and engaging in meaningful, authentic opportunities within a global context. This session will challenge, inspire and prepare stakeholders – school leaders, curriculum designers, teachers- to produce content and opportunities, and institute appropriate programs, opportunities and call to actions that will teach students how to be active humanitarians - psycho-socially fit and globally competent 21st Century citizens - who are prepared to make life-changing global impact in the world in which they live.</p>
<p><br/></p></div>ReImagining the Future: A Scratch initiativehttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/reimagining-the-future-a-scratch-initiative2017-11-04T19:01:17.000Z2017-11-04T19:01:17.000ZSandra Thaxterhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/SandraThaxter<div><p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong> Sandra Thaxter Director of Education Programs Small Solutions<br/> <br/> <strong>School or Organization Name:</strong> Small Solutions Big Ideas<br/> <br/> <strong>Co-Presenter Name(s):</strong>Bonaventure Masika<br/> <br/> <strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong> US and Kenya<br/> <br/> <strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong> English<br/> <br/> <strong>Target Audience(s):</strong> Teachers and Students<br/> <br/> <strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong> How to be part of a world wide imagining of the future using Scratch to create your vision.<br/> <br/> <strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" align="center"><span class="font-size-2"><font color="#000080"><span xml:lang="zxx" lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org/"><font face="DejaVu Sans, serif"><font style="font-size: 14pt;" size="4">http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org</font></font></a></u></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" align="left"><span class="font-size-2"><font face="DejaVu Sans, serif"><font style="font-size: 14pt;" size="4"><b>Why This Initiative?</b></font></font> <font face="DejaVu Sans, serif"><font style="font-size: 14pt;" size="4">We are a Global Community. What happens on any continent, in any country has reverberations around the world. We are all connected by our technology and by the shared environment of the planet.</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" align="left"><span class="font-size-2"><font face="DejaVu Sans, serif"><font style="font-size: 14pt;" size="4">How can your school, your local community group, your church youth group contribute to envisioning and asking some questions about our future in the rich platform provided by Scratch.</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" align="left"><span class="font-size-2"><font face="DejaVu Sans, serif"><font style="font-size: 14pt;" size="4">Contact us at</font></font> <font color="#000080"><span xml:lang="zxx" lang="zxx"><u><a href="mailto:sandra@smallsolutionsbigideas.org"><font face="DejaVu Sans, serif"><font style="font-size: 14pt;" size="4">sandra@smallsolutionsbigideas.org</font></font></a></u></span></font> <font face="DejaVu Sans, serif"><font style="font-size: 14pt;" size="4">or Connect Kids Facebook page.</font></font></span></p>
<p><br/> <br/> Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153812265?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Re-Imagining the Future Scratch Initiative.docx</a></p></div>#IssuesInRealTime: Student conversation on World Religionshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/issuesinrealtime-student-conversation-on-world-religions2017-11-10T19:21:56.000Z2017-11-10T19:21:56.000ZSean Terwilligerhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/SeanTerwilliger<div><p dir="ltr"><span>Description</span><span>Session Title:</span> <span> #IssuesInRealTime: Student conversation on World Religions</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/><br class="kix-line-break"/></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Your Name and Title:</span> <span> Sean Terwilliger, Dean of Global Initiatives & CTO</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Your School, Library, or Organization Name:</span> <span> Chatham Hall School</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Your Twitter Handle (@name):</span> <span>@seanterwilliger</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Name(s) of Co-Presenter(s):</span> <span> Tica Simpson</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</span> <span> USA, Virginia</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Language in Which You Will Present:</span> <span> English</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Target Audience:</span> <span> Students Teachers and Interested parties.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Short Session Description:</span> <span> A student led conversation on World Religions</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Session Strand (use the "tag"):</span> <span> 2017students</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Full Session Description:</span> <span> Chatham Hall, an all-girls boarding school in Virginia, will facilitate a discussion, live on the internet, with any middle or highschool of any gender balance that wants to participate. This is a video conference session, so audio and video will be helpful. We can take chat requests, but those will be limited.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>This will be a student led conversation. The format will be conversational rather than ‘report-based’. The core topic will be 'Climate Change', but that can include any perspective on those words. The changing climate of the world (temperature, religion, gender, war, etc), the changing climate of our schools, the influx of technology, popular media, news etc. For this session (see schedule for others), the primary topics will be on the climate of world religion.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Our World Religions class has studied several of the major religions but we are an Episcopal school and want to better understand what part religion plays in the life of teenagers around the world. For example, does religion affect diet, education and/or access to education, ability to play sports or read books or question authority? Does it impact day to day life, or just holidays? How or does it affect what teenagers watch, how they respond to social media? And do the religious conflicts currently being played out on the world stage impact them, and if so how? Is there anything that teenagers can do now to lessen those conflicts or at least to help/support those impacted by them?</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>We invite you to join us, whenever you can and for however long you’d like! Our hope is to make this a monthly (or more) gathering, to facilitate relationship building and intercultural understanding.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>The overall purpose of these sessions is to give our students global insight into the workings and thoughts of those in other areas of the world. What do we think about and why? How does our place on the planet effect our thought process? Why do we fear that which is different?</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Link to GlobalEdCon Session Proposal (full URL with http://):</span> <span> <a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/conference-proposal-webday" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/conference-proposal-webday">http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/conference-proposal-webday</a></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Other Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</span> <span> </span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Your Bio:</span> <span> Sean Terwilliger has been working in boarding schools, both US and abroad for nearly 20 years. This year he's thrilled to add the global perspective to his litany of duties.</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Email: </span><span><a href="mailto:sterwilliger@chathamhall.org">sterwilliger@chathamhall.org</a></span></p></div>Grounding STEM Education Programs in NGSS Practiceshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/grounding-stem-education-programs-in-ngss-practices2017-11-04T15:35:37.000Z2017-11-04T15:35:37.000ZDavid Locketthttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/DavidLockett<div><p><span>Your Name and Title: David Lockett, STEM Teacher </span><br/><br/><span>School or Organization Name: Bok Academy</span><br/><br/><span>Co-Presenter Name(s): none</span><br/><br/><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: United States</span><br/><br/><span>Language in Which You Will Present: English </span><br/><br/><span>Target Audience(s): K-12 Teachers</span><br/><br/><span>Short Session Description (one line): Interested in exploring ways to support classroom teaching in integrating the NGSS practices? Want to move toward an inquiry-based approach in which students take more responsibility for their learning? </span><br/><br/><span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): Interested in exploring ways to support classroom teaching and integrating the NGSS practices? Want to move towards an inquiry-based approach in which students take more responsibility for their learning? Join us for "Grounding STEM Education Programs in NGSS Practices". Participants will learn how to shift their existing STEM curriculum to align with NGSS. Participants will also discuss and learn the fundamentals of inquiry-based instruction, how to ask investigable questions, planning, and sharing results. Discover and share a multitude of hands-on approaches, curriculum, and to activities to discover how the NGSS design process can be brought into the STEM classroom. Learn to provide more responsibility to your learners: Utilize student engagement, curiosity, excitement, inventiveness and joy of learning. Curriculum topics include indoor and outdoor activities, field work experiences, data collection and analysis. Takeaways include inquiry-based instruction, investigable questions, planning and sharing results. Learn how to “shift” or change existing science activities into authentic inquiry-based activities that integrate NGSS science practices.</span><br/><br/><span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: h<span>ttps://www.nextgenscience.org/</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><a href="http://ngss.nsta.org/">http://ngss.nsta.org/</a></span></span></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10153811871?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TheThreeDimensions.pdf</a></p></div># IssuesInRealTime: Student conversation on GS/A mattershttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/issuesinrealtime-student-conversation-on-gs-a-matters2017-11-10T19:20:12.000Z2017-11-10T19:20:12.000ZSean Terwilligerhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/SeanTerwilliger<div><p dir="ltr"><span>Description</span><span>Session Title:</span> <span> # IssuesInRealTime: Student conversation on GS/A matters</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/><br class="kix-line-break"/></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Your Name and Title:</span> <span> Sean Terwilliger, Dean of Global Initiatives & CTO</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Your School, Library, or Organization Name:</span> <span> Chatham Hall School</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Your Twitter Handle (@name):</span> <span>@seanterwilliger</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Name(s) of Co-Presenter(s):</span> <span> </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</span> <span> USA, Virginia</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Language in Which You Will Present:</span> <span> English</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Target Audience:</span> <span> students, teachers and otherwise interested parties</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Short Session Description:</span> <span> A student led conversation on how schools are handling issues in the LBGTQI arena.</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Session Strand (use the "tag"):</span> <span> 2017students</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Full Session Description:</span> <span> Chatham Hall, an all-girls boarding school in Virginia, will facilitate a discussion, live on the internet, with any middle or highschool of any gender balance that wants to participate. This is a video conference session, so audio and video will be helpful. We can take chat requests, but those will be limited.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>This will be a student led conversation. The format will be conversational rather than ‘report-based’. The core topic will be 'Climate Change', but that can include any perspective on those words. The changing climate of the world (temperature, religion, gender, war, etc), the changing climate of our schools, the influx of technology, popular media, news etc. For this session (see schedule for others), the primary topics will be on the climate of gender and sexuality.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>We invite you to join us, whenever you can and for however long you’d like! Our hope is to make this a monthly (or more) gathering, to facilitate relationship building and intercultural understanding.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>The overall purpose of these sessions is to give our students global insight into the workings and thoughts of those in other areas of the world. What do we think about and why? How does our place on the planet effect our thought process? Why do we fear that which is different?</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Link to GlobalEdCon Session Proposal (full URL with http://):</span> <span> <a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/conference-proposal-webday" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/conference-proposal-webday">http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/conference-proposal-webday</a></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Other Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</span> <span> </span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Your Bio:</span> <span> Sean Terwilliger has been working in boarding schools, both US and abroad for nearly 20 years. This year he's thrilled to add the global perspective to his litany of duties.</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Email: </span><span><a href="mailto:sterwilliger@chathamhall.org">sterwilliger@chathamhall.org</a></span></p></div>#IssuesInRealTime: Student conversation on Gender and Ethicshttps://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/issuesinrealtime-student-conversation-on-gender-and-ethics2017-11-10T19:23:06.000Z2017-11-10T19:23:06.000ZSean Terwilligerhttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/SeanTerwilliger<div><p dir="ltr"><span>Description</span><span>Session Title:</span><span> #IssuesInRealTime: Student conversation on Gender and Ethics</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Your Name and Title:</span> <span> Sean Terwilliger, Dean of Global Initiatives & CTO</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Your School, Library, or Organization Name:</span> <span> Chatham Hall School</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Your Twitter Handle (@name):</span> <span>@seanterwilliger</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Name(s) of Co-Presenter(s):</span> <span> Deborah Glymph</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</span> <span> USA, Virginia</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Language in Which You Will Present:</span> <span> English</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Target Audience:</span> <span> students, teachers and otherwise interested parties</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>Short Session Description:</span> <span> A student led conversation on the state of gender, ethics and equity in the world.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Session Strand (use the "tag"):</span> <span> 2017students</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Full Session Description:</span> <span> Chatham Hall, an all-girls boarding school in Virginia, will facilitate a discussion, live on the internet, with any middle or highschool of any gender balance that wants to participate. This is a video conference session, so audio and video will be helpful. We can take chat requests, but those will be limited.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>This will be a student led conversation. The format will be conversational rather than ‘report-based’. The core topic will be 'Climate Change', but that can include any perspective on those words. The changing climate of the world (temperature, religion, gender, war, etc), the changing climate of our schools, the influx of technology, popular media, news etc. For this session (see schedule for others), the primary topics will be on the climate of gender relations and global ethics.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>We invite you to join us, whenever you can and for however long you’d like! Our hope is to make this a monthly (or more) gathering, to facilitate relationship building and intercultural understanding.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span>The overall purpose of these sessions is to give our students global insight into the workings and thoughts of those in other areas of the world. What do we think about and why? How does our place on the planet effect our thought process? Why do we fear that which is different?</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Link to GlobalEdCon Session Proposal (full URL with http://):</span> <span> <a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/conference-proposal-webday" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/conference-proposal-webday">http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/conference-proposal-webday</a></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Other Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</span> <span> </span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Your Bio:</span> <span> Sean Terwilliger has been working in boarding schools, both US and abroad for nearly 20 years. This year he's thrilled to add the global perspective to his litany of duties.</span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span><br class="kix-line-break"/></span><span>Email: </span><span><a href="mailto:sterwilliger@chathamhall.org">sterwilliger@chathamhall.org</a></span></p></div>GEC Connect - The Game!https://actionableinnovations.global/forum/topics/gec-connect-the-game2017-11-08T20:55:54.000Z2017-11-08T20:55:54.000ZJulia Francishttps://actionableinnovations.global/members/JuliaFrancis<div><p></p>
<p><span>Your Name and Title: Julia Francis, Program Management</span><br/><br/><span>School or Organization Name: Alludo Learning</span><br/><br/><span>Area of the World from Which You Will Present: United States</span><br/><br/><span>Language in Which You Will Present: English</span><br/><br/><span>Target Audience(s): Any educators</span><br/><br/><span>Short Session Description (one line): During the GEC event, we will be hosting an online badging game to engage, inspire, and promote collaboration during the week of the conference.</span><br/><br/><span>Full Session Description (as long as you would like): <span>We are partnering with Alludo Learning </span><span>and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for Global Education Conference attendees.</span></span></p>
<p>In this session, we will share with you how to get started in the game, review the activity and mission requirements and how to achieve completion of the game. Additionally, we will share with you how this blended and online approach to learning is gaining momentum as a tool for global learning across multiple locations, organizations and sites to further communication, collaboration and FUN!</p>
<p>To get started you will:</p>
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<li>Visit <a href="http://gec.alludolearning.com" target="_blank">http://gec.alludolearning.com</a> and sign up with your Google, FB, Twitter or Outlook account.</li>
<li>Once in Select Play GEC Connect.</li>
<li>Three are three missions: 1) GEC Connections 2) GEC Sessions and 3) GEC Explorations. </li>
<li>You choose the activities you want to complete in addition to any required activities.</li>
<li>Once you achieve the GEC Champion Points you will be eligible for a special digital badge and a personalized certificate of participation from the GEC.</li>
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<p><br/><span>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session: <a href="http://gec.alludolearning.com/" target="_blank">http://gec.alludolearning.com</a>, <a href="http://www.alludolearning.com" target="_blank">www.alludolearning.com</a></span></p>
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