Global Collaboration Week is a series of free online education events taking place during the week of September 23 - 27, 2019. Students, teachers, and organizations will get online to celebrate global collaboration as back-to-school season begins in the northern hemisphere.
During this week (and beyond), experienced global educators and other professionals will host connective projects and events and invite public participation. The primary goals of this event are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources, projects, and networks that are available to educators today.
A current listing of events you can join is below. To see an updated calendar of events, go to https://www.globalcollaborationweek.org/join-an-event.html and scroll to the bottom to find your time zone. Register here to get updates and information. If you would like to HOST an event for Global Collaboration Week (it's not too late, but hurry!), follow the directions here. Interactive tutorials are here.
Here is a flyer you can share: https://www.smore.com/nvgs6-global-collaboration-week-2019. Please let others know about this free set of events! You can also follow the event on Twitter @GlobalEdCon and using the hashtag #globaled19.
The Global Education Conference Network believes in the power of connected, globally competent learners of all ages. During Global Collaboration Week you can show others what connected learning looks like around the clock. This event is brought to you by GlobalEd Events and TakingITGlobal.
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Informational Session, Interview with an Expert, Panel Discussion
AUDIENCE: intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 30M | 2019-09-23 15:00 - 2019-09-23 15:30 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: You know that connecting with teachers and students around the world is an awesome experience but how do you start? In this session, Dr. Oldham will provide you with some quick start ideas to get your students excited about connecting with the world with people around the world!
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Ste Genevieve High School and Middle School - Central Standard Time
ORGANIZED BY: Rhett Oldham, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time
AUDIENCE: intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: In this asynchronous collaborative short term project and debate, my students and their families ,as well as global guests will be expressing themselves through a collaborative Zeetings session with a Google Slides presentation among many other embeds. We will reflect on the importance of understanding global issues as a way of directing our personal and professional projects based on collaboration, tolerance, mutual respect and protection
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Academia de Inglés Internacional - Quemú Quemú , La Pampa, Argentina (GMT-3)
ORGANIZED BY: Stella Maris Berdaxagar, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Informational Session, Panel Discussion
AUDIENCE: intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-27 19:00 - 2019-09-27 20:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Students, teachers, and people from anywhere in the world can enhance their knowledge about Amazon and environmental issues with this panel made by students from Greece and Brazil. English language learners are welcome, too.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: GLOBAL English School - Lagoa Santa, MG - Brazil (GMT-3)
ORGANIZED BY: Athalo Carrão, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Tool Demo, Webinar
AUDIENCE: teachers
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 30M | 2019-09-23 13:30 - 2019-09-23 14:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Are you ready to connect everyday lesson plans and activities to the SDGs? Do you want to inspire and encourage your students to take action and make the world a better place? During this project we’ll work through how to design SDG research projects, build partnerships with community organizations and collaborate with other educators passionate about the SDGs. Using the Teach the Global Goals community as a framework, we’ll connect around the goals and explore new ways we can bring relevancy to students.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Participate - EST
ORGANIZED BY: Kimm Murfitt, A for profit company
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Informational Session, Tool Demo
AUDIENCE: primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: This event is asynchronous, multilingual, interactive and open to K-12 teachers and students from around the world. Teachers and students may participate ANY TIME during or after Global Collaboration Week. Through the event, hosted in a VoiceThread, teachers and students will Asynchronously interact with each other by posting text, audio or video greetings and/or multimedia content that informs other participants about their class, school, town or cultures.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: OneWorld Classrooms - Andover, MA
ORGANIZED BY: Paul Hurteau, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Birds-of-a-Feather Virtual Meet Up
AUDIENCE: college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-26 18:00 - 2019-09-26 19:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: This global meet-up is designed for teacher educators and their future teachers who would to develop global collaborations. Professor David Stoloff at Eastern Connecticut State University will briefly discuss his experiences connecting with other global teacher education programs as archived at http://interconescu.wordpress.com . Participants will be encouraged to discuss their experiences with global collaborations and their aspirations for future project. We will also discuss the uses of Google Hangouts, Google Forms for gathering information, and wordpress for establishing a web presence for a project.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Eastern Connecticut State University - Willimantic, CT USA Eastern Coast (GMT-4)
ORGANIZED BY: David Stoloff, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Long Term Project, Synchronous Long Term Project, Guided Virtual Tour, Informational Session, Panel Discussion, Tool Demo, Webinar
AUDIENCE: college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-26 15:00 - 2019-09-26 16:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Learning2 gether, let’s talk online, Electronic Village (EVO), TESOL and IATEFL interest sections, Global Education Conference Network, and other online communities of practice have been connecting thousands of teachers and students through their overlapping networks to create significant change in themselves and their students via the Internet. Looking back on these two decades of connectivism, educators have been bringing to the table their know-how to bring peace to this planet, to reverse climate change, to reduce plastic waste and to reverse this warfare against nature.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Learning2gether.net - UTC + 8
ORGANIZED BY: Vance Stevens, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Focus Group, Survey
AUDIENCE: college or university students, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-25 21:30 - 2019-09-25 22:30 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: I am making a documentary film on globalizing education. I sometimes refer to the process as decolonizing education. The film is intended to be research and the interviews is data collection. I am interesting in discovering how people define globalizing/decolonizing education as well as how they think we can move in this direction.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Harold Washington College - Chicago Central UTC -5
ORGANIZED BY: Dana Cole, An educator or educators at a for-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Survey
AUDIENCE: secondary grade students (14-19)
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Using the Climate Action, Affordable and Clean Energy, Clean Water + Sanitation, Life Below Water, Life on Land Global Goals for Sustainable Development, students from different countries are invited to share which environmental issue(s) are the most prevalent in their communities and how their community is addressing these issue(s).
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Pascack Valley Regional HS District - Montvale, NJ (EST)
ORGANIZED BY: Noemi Rodriguez, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Debate, Focus Group, Panel Discussion, Asynchronous Collaborative Long Term Project - you can participate at any time, Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Survey
AUDIENCE: early childhood students (0-4), primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), teachers, parents
LANGUAGE: Italian, English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-23 13:00 - 2019-09-23 14:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: To celebrate the 200 years since the birth of Gianni Rodari (born John), born in Omegna October 23, 1920 and died in Rome on 14 April 1980 since he has been one of the best Italian writers (and educationist, journalist and poet), specializing in children's literature, were dedicated many streets, squares and schools (by the way is even the only Italian winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award and one of the greatest theorists of the art of inventing stories ), I decided to create this page which has been inserted a presentation in which all the other schools so teachers can collaborate freely and, specifically, the teachers of the province of Palermo (Villabate in particular).
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Rodari - Italy (Rome UTC +1)
ORGANIZED BY: Massimiliano Minaudo, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Informational Session, Tool Demo, Other
AUDIENCE: primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), teachers, administrators, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 30M | 2019-09-26 19:30 - 2019-09-26 20:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Check out last year's first ever Global Buncee Book project that kicked off as part of World Read Aloud Day 2019 (https://michaeldrezek.com/2019/01/30/something-different-for-world-read-aloud-day/). Back by popular demand, Vol. 2 will launch as part of Global Collaboration Week. This year's book will again focus on creativity, imagination and digital storytelling where classes around the globe can create a page and bring it to life with Buncee. In the end, each page will be read aloud by the participating class and stitched into a single digital book.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Lake Shore CSD - Angola, NY, USA (EST)
ORGANIZED BY: Michael Drezek, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Survey
AUDIENCE: primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19)
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: This project is an asynchronous event. We are baking chocolate chip cookies in class, and want to learn more about cookies from around the world! This project will show the submitted favorite cookies on a map so participants can compare and contrast cookies from around the world.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Fort Worth Academy - Fort Worth, Texas UTC -5:00
ORGANIZED BY: Lauren Parker, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Other
AUDIENCE: primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), teachers, administrators
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Teachers and students nationally and internationally will discuss global issues from social and political perspective through social media.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Eduproject - Louisiana. CT
ORGANIZED BY: Rochelle Scott, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Focus Group, Informational Session
AUDIENCE: primary grade students (5-10), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-23 13:00 - 2019-09-23 14:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Global Kitchen Project (GKP) is for educators who would like to integrate global education, media education, 21st Century teaching skills (http://www.p21.org/) into their curriculum. It outlines innovative and interdisciplinary projects using social interaction media; offers creative strategies for producing media with elementary students and developing global education projects integrating media and health skills.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: New York Institute of Technology - Eastern Standard Time
ORGANIZED BY: Melda Yildiz, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Birds-of-a-Feather Virtual Meet Up, Mystery Hangout, Mystery Skype Call, Survey, Other
AUDIENCE: teachers, administrators, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Classroom teachers are looking to use technology to connect their students to other classrooms around the world. The educational benefits of globally connected teaching and learning are many; students learn about cultures, practice language skills, and develop collaborative skills through project-based learning.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: GlobalEd Events - UTC/GMT-6 (Central Standard Time)
ORGANIZED BY: Lucy Gray, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Synchronous Long Term Project
AUDIENCE: intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), teachers, administrators, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 3H | 2019-09-23 12:30 - 2019-09-23 15:30 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: The World Affairs Council of Austin offers a Global Scholars Diploma program for qualifying high school students. A Project Based Learning System Possessing the knowledge, skills, and mindset to thrive in our global society is no longer an optional component of responsible citizenship or successful employment.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: World Affairs Council of Austin - Del Valle, TX Central
ORGANIZED BY: Michael Cunningham, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Long Term Project, Mystery Skype Call
AUDIENCE: secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-21 9:30 - 2019-09-21 10:30 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Learning Partners at 'Skype in the Classroom' plant a sapling each honoring Learning Partners at each end. Everyone becomes an 'AgriMentor'. Each sapling is twinned with a fully grown tree named after the learner, thus Global Teacher Gardens honor knowledge sharers all over the world, rewilding the world.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: GeoGebra Institute of eSchool Kerala - India GMT + 5 hours 30 minutes
ORGANIZED BY: Sebastian Panakal, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Birds-of-a-Feather Virtual Meet Up, Informational Session, Interview with an Expert, Lecture, Panel Discussion, Survey
AUDIENCE: intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-27 14:00 - 2019-09-27 15:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: HiGiFeel is a community which aims at spreading awareness about Women Health and Hygiene among the people. It aims at eliminating the myths about the women health from the society. Therefore, in this event we hope to connect to teachers and students from many parts of the world to understand and involve them in this important issue.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: HiGiFeel - New Delhi, India (UTC+5:30)
ORGANIZED BY: Prakshi Goel, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Survey, Other
AUDIENCE: early childhood students (0-4), primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: This is an asynchronous project in which any class can participate before, during, or after Global Collaboration Week (September 23-27, 2019). The goal is to provide a wide array of pictures of homes that can be used by classes as discussion prompts.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: North Shore Country Day School - Chicago, IL CST UTC/GMT-6
ORGANIZED BY: Lucy Gray, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Guided Virtual Tour, Tool Demo
AUDIENCE: secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 30M | 2019-09-24 0:30 - 2019-09-24 1:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: This is a virtual tour of the free educational resource - Globalizing US History. The preview will address the Why, How. and What of this approach to US History. Participants will learn how to navigate and utilize the resources provided- which are updated weekly. The link above is to our webinar room. See you there.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: NCHE/Longview Foundation - Virginia EST
ORGANIZED BY: Craig Perrier, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Other
AUDIENCE: teachers
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-25 19:00 - 2019-09-25 20:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: iEARN’s Global Educator Hangouts are virtual meetings open to K-12 educators around the world and across the iEARN network. Join these hangouts to connect with other like-minded educators, share your global project ideas and experiences, and find international partners to connect and collaborate with.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: iEARN-USA - New York, NY (EDT)
ORGANIZED BY: Rachel Manley, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Informational Session, Webinar
AUDIENCE: pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-24 13:00 - 2019-09-24 14:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: iEARN-USA is hosting two virtual webinars to celebrate another year of global collaboration. Join us to celebrate and learn about iEARN's 100+ global projects that you and your students can participate in this year!
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: iEARN-USA - New York (EDT)
ORGANIZED BY: Rachel Manley, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Performance
AUDIENCE: early childhood students (0-4), primary grade students (5-10)
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 3H | 2019-09-26 4:30 - 2019-09-26 7:30 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: A cultural exchange between countries so that students learn to appreciate and respect the culture and traditions of other countries.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: C.N.M School + N.D. Parekh Preprimary School - Mumbai GMT+5:30
ORGANIZED BY: Kavita SANGHVI, An educator or educators at a for-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Webinar
AUDIENCE: secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-25 14:00 - 2019-09-25 15:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: The National Security Language Initiative Program (NSLI-Y) sends around 800 high school students to study critical languages abroad every year. Students spend a summer or an academic year in Turkey, Jordan, Russia, Korea and more learning the language and engaging in the culture.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: iEARN-USA - New York, NY EDT
ORGANIZED BY: Meike Faber, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Long Term Project
AUDIENCE: secondary grade students (14-19)
LANGUAGE: English, French, German, Spanish, Any Indian Language
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-22 18:30 - 2019-09-22 19:30 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Creating a chance for students across the world to connect and learn about each other's culture and everyday experiences. Students will connect through Padlet, Instagram, YouTube and FlipGrid
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Sanskriti School - Delhi, India (GMT +5.30)
ORGANIZED BY: Sanchita Ghosh, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Informational Session
AUDIENCE: teachers, administrators, parents
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-26 20:00 - 2019-09-26 21:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: In our globally connected world, we have a great opportunity to learn from one another, to exchange stories, art, and films that honor those who are tackling the great challenges of our time and working to improve the quality of life for all. Learn how to integrated MY HERO with your students. We use media, art and technology on MY HERO to celebrate the best of humanity, one story at a time.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: MY HERO - United States EDT
ORGANIZED BY: Laura Nietzer, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Guided Virtual Tour, Informational Session
AUDIENCE: teachers
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: This session will give information on how to take part in a telecollaborative global project for students to see similarities and differences among students around the world.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Mother of Mercy School/ Escuela Madre de la Misericordia - GMT-3
ORGANIZED BY: Silvana Carnicero, An educator or educators at a for-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Long Term Project
AUDIENCE: primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19)
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: The ONE DAY IN OUR WORLD project is suitable for grades K-12 as a starting point for global collaboration. The topics are student-generated to start the interactions, and are intended to promote discussion. We encourage teachers and students to return to the topics to see responses and respond to each other.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: William J. Johnston Middle School - EST
ORGANIZED BY: Laura Krenicki, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Survey, Tool Demo, Other
AUDIENCE: primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-26 14:00 - 2019-09-26 15:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Student teachers at Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada are preparing to design learning for their students. A huge part of this learning is for the pre-service teachers to experience global collaboration and to grow their passion for teaching and learning.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Red River College - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Central time zone
ORGANIZED BY: Eva Brown, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Guided Virtual Tour, Informational Session, Interview with an Expert, Other
AUDIENCE: early childhood students (0-4), primary grade students (5-10), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-27 17:30 - 2019-09-27 18:30 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Join us to view a distance learning program from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC). Our content provider, Fizzics Education in Sydney, AU, will be presenting a live, streamed program for both students and educators.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: CILC Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration - Louisville, KY USA . Eastern
ORGANIZED BY: janet zanetis, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Synchronous Long Term Project, Book Discussion, Informational Session, Poetry Slam or Reading, Other
AUDIENCE: intermediate grade students (10-13)
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 30M | 2019-09-23 13:30 - 2019-09-23 14:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: As every person has a story.This event is concerned with putting powerful ideas in the world through Story Telling. The purpose of story teller is not to tell you how to think but to give you questions to think upon. Its a simple activity where stories around the world are shared across the world.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Vidya Niketan Birla Public School, Pilani - +5:30 GMT
ORGANIZED BY: Poonam Sharma, An educator or educators at a for-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Webinar
AUDIENCE: secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, teachers, administrators, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 1H | 2019-09-26 17:00 - 2019-09-26 18:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Join the United Nations Association of the USA for Global Collaboration Week to discuss teaching the SDGs in the classroom. Learn about the resources UNA-USA offers through its Educator Affinity Group and share best practices with other educators.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: UNA-USA - Webinar, 1 pm EST
ORGANIZED BY: Anna Mahalak, A non-profit organization
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Synchronous Long Term Project, Birds-of-a-Feather Virtual Meet Up, Focus Group, Informational Session, Interview with an Expert, Panel Discussion, Performance, Survey, Webinar
AUDIENCE: intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, organization leaders
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 3H | 2019-09-22 19:00 - 2019-09-22 22:00, 2019-09-23 14:00 - 2019-09-23 17:00, 2019-09-23 17:00 - 2019-09-23 20:00, 2019-09-22 17:00 - 2019-09-22 20:00 (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: VOICES stands for Virtual Ongoing Interdisciplinary Collaboration of Educating with Song and our organization aims to create a collaboration between the fields of STEM and MUSIC. This is a VIRTUAL international conference that will provide a great opportunity for any educator or collaborator at the middle school, high school, or higher education level (students are also welcome!).
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: VOICES: Virtual Ongoing Interdisciplinary Collaboration of Educating with Song - Pennsylvania, United States (UTC - 4)
ORGANIZED BY: Tiffany Getty, An educator or educators at a for-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Debate
AUDIENCE: secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, parents
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: Under the premise of the Philippine government's 'War on Drugs' campaign, which has been criticized by many Human Rights Organizations worldwide but has been approved and supported by the majority of Filipinos, participants in this event will debate on whether or not they are in favor of 'War on Drugs' campaign to be implemented in their respective country.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Alternative Education Center - Odessa, TX and Central Time
ORGANIZED BY: Reynaldo Duran, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
ACTIVITY CATEGORY: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project - you can participate at any time, Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project
AUDIENCE: intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students
LANGUAGE: English
LENGTH | UTC/GMT TIMES: 120H | Monday - Friday (YOUR OWN TIME ZONE)
DESCRIPTION: This is a collaboration of language students around the World. The goal is to gather ideas on how to learn new languages the best way. We hope that many schools will participate in this project.
LINK TO FULL DESCRIPTION: www.globaleducationconference.org/page/gcw
HOST SCHOOL: Sequoyah High School - Madisonville, Tennessee, Eastern Time
ORGANIZED BY: Ruth Valle, An educator or educators at a non-profit school
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