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The State of Global Education: Learning with the World and its People
Edited by Brad Maguth & Jeremy Hilburn
This book, to be published by Routledge, will include peer-reviewed manuscripts of research on ways in wh
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Greetings,
Know My World™ is a global education organization linking teachers, students, and individual learners by going BEYOND curriculum standards through digital media and project -based collaborations. We work with schools, universities, afte
Read more…If you are planning on attending in person the 2013 International Society for Technology, you are invited to join this group and potentially help plan our summit scheduled for June 23rd from 2 - 5 PM.
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Greetings,
KMW is seeking teachers to participate in a cross-cultural video exchange.
This exchange requires a 5-20 minute video clip of your students playing interactive, cultural games with their peers. Some examples are Rock, Paper, Scissors, T
FolkDC live concert in 5 cities and resources for schools
Music has been shown to have a very positive impact on language learning and the EU Comenius, FolkDC project utilizes this perfectly. The project uses European folk songs in 10 languages to
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Transcript from the Today's Meet Chat
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thanks Lucy
Maureen at 01:23 AM, 05 Apr 2013 via
Let's see if this works better. Very odd problem with the chat.
Lucy at 01:23 AM, 05 Apr 2013 via
Hi Everyone!
Lucy at 01:23 AM, 05 Apr 2013 via
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Read more…UGAFreeLMS is a Google+ community with over 400 members (as of 5 April 2013) working together to create professional development for one another.
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Read more…We're gathering online later today to share our work and discuss plans for a face to face summit at ISTE 2013. Please join us to either watch the hangout on our Google+ page or join in the actual video conferencing room (aka the hangout).
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Read more…As part of my masters class, I would like to have a discussion with other teachers about standardized testing and what it measures. In the United States, we do a lot of standardized testing to measure achievement at certain grade levels. We currently
Read more…Last year I presented at the GEC on education for the 21st Century. During this conference, I briefly mentioned the work that I do at the UPEACE Centre for Executive Education in Costa Rica and would like to invite you all to spend a week with us at
Read more…Hello Everyone,
I'm Jamie Cohen, a Grade 9 English teacher at a school just outside of Toronto.
My purpose in posting is to connect with international teachers who are interested in creating
21st Century learning experiences for their students.
Read more…I'm scheduling a series of Google Hangouts on Air for April in which GEC members can drop in to share favorite resources and projects. We'll also do some planning for our face to face event, the Global Education Summit, which will take place at the I
Read more…On World Water Day on last Friday, a new mobile game called, Get Water!, was launched by Decode Global, a Montreal-based startup that specializes in mobile games for social impact.
Jordan Shapiro’s positive review in Forbes touches on a powerful aspe
Read more…BrainPOP is excited to present Global educator Lisa Parisi for the first a three-part webinar series entitled “Exploring Possibilities." The first installment will focus on Global Learning. This year, Lisa's 5th graders have connected with students a
Read more…Earlier this month we celebrated iEARN’s 25th Anniversary with a Teddy Bear Picnic. This week, we celebrate another iEARN project that uses a favorite childhood object to connect classrooms worldwide: kites.
Beginning March 20, iEARN continues its an
Read more…I am reminded of an interview with the late John Lennon where he identified the different sections of Lennon/McCartney songs by the Beatles as ...Paul's bit, my bit. While songs such as "A Day in the Life"
may be thought of as a mystical blend of mus
Read more…Dear GEC Members -
This is a spontaneous, last minute invitation to participate virtually in an event where I'll be tomorrow (Wednesday, March 20) , and if you have the time and inclination, we'd love for you join us via the Internet.
Specifically,
Read more…The New Jersey Minority Educational Development (NJMED) has released an international ranking poll that tracks 260 nations. The poll is called the World Top 20 Education Poll that ranks this year's top 20 systems.
The data for the poll was gathered f
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