Hello, I am the coordinator of the Integrated Global Studies School at New Trier High School in Winnetk, Illinois, USA. I have 60 students who will be studying Science, Social Studies, and English next year under the shared theme of "Justice on this
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My name is Rob Sbaglia and I am the ICT coordinator at Castlemaine North Primary School, a school of 163 students in Victoria, Australia. We have a strong focus on ICT, with all our Grade 5 and 6 students having their own netbooks, as well as de
I am a 5th grade teacher at a medium-size private school in Fort Worth, Texas. I have been challenged to make some international connections via technology for the coming school year. I am open to any and all suggestions -- collaborative story writ
In partnership with Elluminate, we are in the process of organizing a free virtual online global education conference to hopefully take place in November of 2010. Our conference strands are *tentatively* set to include: Teachers (professional develop
A colleague and I have started a website/blog for educators, in the middle grades, to help them find ways to use 21st century skills in the classroom. Give it a look. www.teachersfortomorrow.net Contact Garth Holman with questions at dgh@beachwood
Details are a bit sketchy, but "a major education company" is planning to sponsor Nings for primary and secondary educators in a new plan announced by Ning today. The official Ning pricing plan is in place for paying customers, and anoth
Educomicshttp://www.educomics.org/ is a European Union Comenius education project under the LifeLong Learning Program. It has built sets of resource materials for teachers based on research and piloting in EU schools, so that teachers will have
“You’re going to a lot of places where they don’t value human life like we do.” That was the reaction Gregg A. Granger received when sharing with other friends and relatives, his plans to sail around the world with his
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Hi,
My name is Rob Sbaglia and I am the ICT coordinator at Castlemaine North Primary School, a school of 163 students. We have a strong focus on ICT, with all our Grade 5 and 6 students having their own netbooks, as well as desktop and netbook acces
It really started as an academic discussion in my class in Iqra University last year. We were talking about underdevelopement and poverty in Pakistan. I challenged my students to do something nearby in an actual village. I promised them that I will arr
The Chicago Reader published a story by Ben Joravsky, Do as We Say, Not as We Do
about how the fat cats in Central Office led by Chicago Public Schools'
new CEO, Ron Huberman (Arne Duncan's successor), is asking for teachers
to increase class size, c
Do you know there isn't an international knowledge day celebrated by UN and all the world even knowledge is the well shared by humanity after air and light. Why can't be there an international knowledge day ? Like all other international days for wom
The Partners in Learning Network is a free global community of educators who value innovative uses of information & communication technology that improve learning outcomes. By joining the Partners in Learning Network, you can:
Our High school, Neveh Channah, in Israel has a history of collaborations with classes around the world. We would be interested in collaborating with a 9th grade classat the beginning of next school year (september-November, 2010 in a project of
Some of you may have seen this article in TechCrunch today, announcing layoffs at Ning. Ning is the company that runs the platform on which the Global Education Collaborative exists. Ning has also stated that they are going to stop allowing free netw
We have a sabbatical program at the school where I've been teaching for the last ten years. I am considering planning a major global program at my school and to do this work during a sabbatical. Does anyone know of any fellowship programs where I
My name is Rob Sbaglia and I am the ICT coordinator at Castlemaine North Primary School, a school of 163 students in regional Victoria, Australia. We have a strong focus on ICT, with all our Grade 5 and 6 students having their own netbooks, as well a
