Innovation Perspectives at the Global Education Conference
Nov. 12-17, 2012
Are you a small education company with an important innovation to share with educators from around the globe? If so, join the Global Education Conference and share your story on collaboration, innovation, and transforming the learning experience.
EdSurge along with Cisco’s GETIdeas is pleased to announce a special conference strand this year that will focus on innovative and collaborative technologies. This strand will focus on companies offering tools and resources that support the mission of the conference and showcase global collaboration between groups.
The third annual Global Education Conference is a virtual gathering of globally minded educators and organizations scheduled to take place online November 12-17, 2012. It is designed to connect students, teachers, leaders and organizations with the goals of increasing communication, fostering collaboration, and promoting innovative ideas for inspiring action around the globe.
Each participating company will have the opportunity to conduct a 60 minute virtual presentation within the 2012 Global Education Conference. In addition, they will post a featured blog in GETIdeas.org about their work and success story. With a network of over 12,000 members from approximately 160 countries, the Global Education Conference provides an opportunity to increase the visibility of participating companies by giving them exposure to a variety of educators and other interested parties from around the world.
To participate, first create a conference proposal tagged 2012GETideas (click here for the call for proposals).
Next, submit the following by November 1, 2012 to Tony Wan of EdSurge:
- a one paragraph description of your company (150 words max.)
- a high resolution company logo
- a blog post to be published in GETIdeas.org (500-1000 words)
- a bio and high resolution photo of presenter or presenters
- a PowerPoint slide deck to be used during your webinar for the Global Education Conference
Entrants will be notified of acceptance by November 5, 2012 .
All Global Education Conference sessions are recorded under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License and are archived for asynchronous viewing.
About GETideas.org
GETideas.org is the incubator where education leaders can develop their professional learning networks. Think of this space as a professional idea generator – a place where education leaders can be inspired to make change happen in their school, district, or university. Our goal is to bring people together to exchange ideas toward solving education challenges.
Community participation offers the following benefits:
- Professional development customized to the needs of education leaders
- Trusted, timely news about hot topics and events in education aggregated in one place
- Profiles of exemplar educational institutions
- Thematically curated collections of information on topics important to education leaders
- Rich multimedia content provided by respected thought leaders
- Opportunities to engage with forward-thinking leaders during real-time events focused on best practices in education
Our online community of practice is geared toward system-level education leaders at all levels. Primary, secondary, and tertiary leaders can identify valuable resources that will help them inform professional practices, network with thought leaders, and, in turn, share their ideas for improving education globally.
GETIdeas.org is a Corporate Social Responsibility project of Cisco. Their core CSR philosophy is that impact multiplies whenever human and technology networks combine to solve a problem. They believe that one way to improve the well-being of people and communities around the world is through education. GETideas.org brings education leaders from various perspectives together in a community of practice where all can learn and benefit.
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