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10,000 students worldwide designing the solutions to our greatest challenges - get involved!

Hi everyone - along with my colleague Ewan McIntosh we are supporting the UN agency for ICT's ITU conference with a project that involves students all over the world.

#world11kids

The Metaconference 2011 will, for the first time, open the doors to yo

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H2O for Life-providing a transformational service learning opportunity to study the global water crisis while taking action to make a difference for a global partner school.

Your Name and Title:

Patty Hall

H2O for Life

President-Co-founder



School or Organization Name:
H2O for Life


Co-Presenter Name:

Patty Hall

Area of the World from Which You Will Present:

Minnesota, USA



Language in Which You Will Present:

Eng

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Global Education Initiative in Washington State: Community Conversations & Global Education Summit

 

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS & SUMMIT ON GLOBAL EDUCATION IN WASHINGTON STATE!

 

Exciting opportunities for you to help shape recommendations for the future of global education in Washington State!

 

Global Washington would love to hear your thoughts on

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A Better World

We have starteed the project again this year with Our 6th grade students. They will be working in six week rotations(the second one starts on Monday) on a multimedia project  which has focused their attention on global issues. This is a collaborative

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Join Our Global "Hello" Project!

Friends, teachers and students!

 

Another teacher at my school and I wanted to put together a project that would connect people of all cultures to say "hello" in different languages.  Please visit our wiki and see if you would consider joining our pr

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Introduction to Global Education and Global Project-Based Learning--TakingITGlobal e-Courses

My name is Jennifer and I am the professor for TIGed's e-courses in global education. I invite you to join me and teachers around the world in exploring how to employ online tools to build transformative global learning experiences for your students.

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Newly Retired Elementary School Teacher

I am a newly retired elementary school teacher, eager to consult with teachers to help them integrate global education with literacy, keeping in mind the core standards.  In 2009, I won the Social Studies Teacher of the Year from the National Council

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Looking for Podcasts Related to Global Education

Hi Everyone -

 

I'm working on a project with fellow educators in the Apple Distinguished Educator Program that hopefully will be published in iTunes U for all to use. We're looking for global education resources, specifically podcasts that could be

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Pledge to take classrooms global this term

GEC members are committed to global connections and learning. You know as an educator: 1) Students become better readers and writers when they practice authentically. 2) Preparing them for success in global society starts today. That’s why we want yo

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Award Opportunity from Global Explorers

Just read about this award...we have lots of great global citizens in this community. Consider nominating someone whom you think is making a difference!

 

http://www.globalexplorers.org/news/global_explorers_educator_of_the_year_award

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Developing World Scholarships

Hi Everyone,

Looking forward to hearing thoughts from community members on topics around Developing World Education!

I work for Education Generation http://educationgeneration.org/, an online community providing access to education for students aroun

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A Request and a Resource

Greetings GEC Members -

Survey

http://tinyurl.com/4uzknna

 

I'm in the process of preparing for several events and publications and your help is needed. Most notably, I'll be speaking at the TEDxNYED conference (http://tedxnyed.com/2011/) in March o

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Dialogues on Global Education

I want to invite members of this community to read and comment on a blog series on global education called Harvard Dialogues on Global Education. It has just gotten started with a first post by HGSE professor Fernando Reimers, and in the coming weeks

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A Better World Project

I would like to share a project that we have been working on with two schools in the United States.

 

ICT Project-A Better World- Creating Global Connections through Global Issues

 

Our 6th grade students have teamed up with two other schools in the

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A Better World Project

 

I am about to embark on a project with my 6th grade which I have called A Better World. The students are going to compose their own rap songs based on global issue, using GarageBand. These rap songs will then be used in the creation of short "splic

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Looking to for a Class in the Australia/New Zealand Area to Collaborate

Greetings All,

I am looking for a class to work with my group of middle school students on the NAIS Challenge 20/20 project this year. The objective of the project is to have students from different countries to explore the issues in each of their com

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Progressive Story Project (Fall 2010)

Looking for classes (Kindergarten through 5th grade) to participate in a Progressive Story Project. Classes will be placed in groups to create a story together using shared writing. Each story will be published using Voicethread. We would love for yo

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Rock Our World and Peter Reynolds

Hi Rockers!

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Seeking high schools (9th,10th and 11 grade) to collaborate on MODERN SLAVERY / TRAFFICKING

I am a teacher in Sydney, Australia.  I have been planning a project on modern slavery for a Year 10 class and would love to connect with any Year 9-11 classeson this issue.  It is not a big project.  It would only take about six lessons.  However,

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Lighthouses Around the World

This is a primary, elementary school project. The West Tisbury School's multiage class (6-8 year olds) are studying lighthouse around the world. They have a wiki here. The students are looking for partners who have lighthouses in their community or a

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