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We're nearing the end of our global education marathon! Hooray!

This has been a truly inspirational week. Thank you to all who have shared their work and to our tireless volunteers. We are in awe of your dedication and grateful for your efforts.

We also want to call attention to the slew of fabulous keynoters that presented on Thursday. Many thanks to: June Lee, Louise Mares, Michael Lees, Jarmo Viteli, Anna Batchelder, Christopher Batchelder, Karen Fasimpaur, Esther Wojcicki, Matt Severson, Carrie Wagner and Tara Abrahams. Find all their session recordings in our Quick Links! 

Here are our final reminders for tomorrow:

• There are still approximately 25 general sessions after midnight in the central US through mid morning, so make sure you catch a presentation or two. 

• You have about 24 hours to view our two featured documentaries online. The films will close their virtual doors on Friday, November 18 at approximately 11:00 PM CST, 05:00:00 UTC. Details are located here: http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/virtual-film-screenings. We deeply appreciate the generosity of filmmakers Greg Jacobs, Jon Siskel, and Carol Black for making these screenings possible. Please continue to spread the word about their great work!

• Our two final keynotes are as follows:

7:00 AM PST 15:00:00 UTC  

In your time zone: http://goo.gl/NoqUl

Pam Allyn

Executive Director, LitWorld & LitLife

KEYNOTE TITLE:  Education Without Borders: Social Media, Mobile Technology, Global Literacy

Direct link to her session: http://goo.gl/Fvf0V

8:00 AM PST 16:00:00 UTC 

In your time zone: http://goo.gl/eblQQ 

 Ed Gragert

Executive Director, iEARN-USA

KEYNOTE TITLE:  Getting Teachers from Globally

Direct link to his session: http://goo.gl/rPr2m

• GEC Leadership Team Member and Latin America Coordiantor Tomas Chaskel has this invitation for our Spanish speaking members. (We are very grateful for Tomas' extensive efforts to connect the conference to Latin America!)

Llegamos al final de la Conferencia Mundial de Educación 2011- La colaboración ha sido el tema central. Para terminar esta semana, que ha sido increíble, hemos invitado a nuestro amigo de Aula 2.0 (www.aula20.com)  German Doin Campos. Un joven productor Argentino que ha logrado enseñarnos como realizar un trabajo colaborativo. La película "Educación Prohibida "cuestiona la escuela tal y como se entiende hoy en Occidente y plantea la necesidad de un “nuevo paradigma educativo”,una escuela que responda a las necesidades, los cambios que se están dando “en el mundo y en la humanidad”. Para escuchar a German, el link es : https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=GEC11Part235 . La sesión inicia a las 8:00 am (GMT-5) - 10.00 am Argentina (GMT-3). Queremos agradecer a Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon por habernos permitido participar en este evento que ha unido educadores de todo el mundo. "No vemos el próximo año."

• Finally, you all are cordially invited to attend our virtual closing party where we will reflect upon the week and share some of our finer moments. Here are the details:

9:00 AM PST 17:00:00 UTC

In your time zone: http://goo.gl/HMVU

Closing Party!

Direct link to the fun: http://goo.gl/tlAiT

Thank you again for making this a truly memorable week. We can't wait to start planning for GlobalEdCon12!

Sincerely, 

Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon

Co-Chairs

Old News in case you need this info:

Here are a few links to help you navigate. Please share with interested colleagues:

• View the conference schedule here. Make sure to scroll down to select your time zone: http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/2011-sessions-and-schedule
• If you are looking for a particular presenter, check out our Quick Links. Recordings are available here, too: http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/2011-conference-quick-links
• If you need help, visit the conference lounge: http://goo.gl/eTdXC
• Spanish materials are available here: http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/spanish-espanol-globaledcon
• Training materials are here: http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/training. Make sure your computer is configured to run Blackboard Collaborate.
• Help is available in our conference lounge: http://goo.gl/eTdXC
• Tech support: Mac users running the latest Apple updates may want to take a look at this documentation. 
• Tech support: Chrome users, please read this. 
• Tech support: Apple's Keynote program is not supported by whiteboards. Export slides to .JPEGs and upload instead.

Make sure you check out our guides to help you with the conference experience.

Conference Guide (ENGLISH)

Conference Guide (SPANISH)

Don't forget to follow the conference conversation on Twitter! We're using the hashtag #globaled11!