Marilyn Singer wrote a children's book "On The Same Day In March" that describes the weather and climate for countries around the world. I would like to give elementary classrooms an opportunity to compare the climate and weather in your area with ot
Read more…You are cordially invited to get an update on current affairs in Bahrain from Ambassador (Ms.) Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo, and get an overview of the educational system from the Cultural Attache, Ms. Aysha Murad. Learn about resources for recruiting st
Read more…Happy New Year to all members of our global community!
This is a quick message regarding one of the documentaries that was featured at the 2011 Global Education Conference, Louder Than a Bomb. LTAB is an inspirational film that celebrates the univers
Read more…In many of the programs I've coordinated finding a way to work virtually has always been a challenge. I've used may one off tools and combinations of tools to get the job done. Most recently I discovered a great resource set of tools all encompassed
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Web2.0ERC is an European Union education project to help educators who find ICT and Web2.0 confusing and difficult to access.
The project has built a simple web site and a set of the most popular tools (Wikis, Blogs, commun
Read more…Fourth graders in our school are singing 'Light the Candles All Around the World' by Teresa Jennings for their holiday concert on December 15th. I have invited interested teachers, students and friends to share a photo of a candle from wherever they
Read more…Let's develop badges to demonstrate progress towards global competency! View Connect All Schools's proposal and add your comments here: http://ow.ly/7Plcz
Global competence is an imperative skill for st
Read more…Anyone interested in collaborating on a project involving the novel A Wrinkle in Time? I'm starting it next month and would love to work with other classes in a way that involves students creating content collaboratively (a la Flat classroom) using w
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Are you, or do you know of, teachers in China (with internet access) who want to join our new online penpal exchange project with 7th-12th grade students from Boston? This exchange will take place in a blog format rather than involving indiv
Read more…Time for some real virtual action!
The projects for 2012 have now been announced:
These are global collaborative projects with the aim of changing
Read more…Wow! This week has been quite a learning experience! Personally, I think it will take me weeks, if not months, to truly process everything that I took in this week. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the conference. Please add your comments here or li
Read more…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 a
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My name is Joa McClain. I am part of a team putting together an education startup call Nerdi.
We ask everyone who visits us "What would you love to learn today?" and "What would you love to teach today?". These two simple questions effectivel
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HASTAC Announces New Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition
HASTAC is proud to announce a new Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition. The new Competition—held in conjunction with the HASTAC/Ma
Greetings GEC Members -
We're about 36 hours away from the conference finale! Can you believe it?!?!
Don't forget to watch two amazing documentaries featured at the conference this week. You can view these films online for approximately 48 more hou
Hi, I just made a huge discovery. If you are looking for the presentation time of a certain presenter, you can use the search feature in Google calendar. This is assuming you've loaded the conference schedule into your Google calendar for your time
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We're half way through the conference and still going strong! Thanks to presenters and volunteers for keeping this entire production running smoothly. You are the best !
Did you know that our conference is featuring two amazing document
We're almost half way through our week of global education presentations, and I'm wondering about your reactions to event thus far. Respond in the comments and address one or any of the following questions:
