Your Name and Title: Heidi Hutchison, 5th grade teacher
School or Organization Name: Friends School of Baltimore
Co-Presenter Name(s):
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience(s): K-12 Educators, K-12 Administrators
Short Session Description (one line): This session discusses the benefits and challenges of creating a global project based learning project that is responsive to current events.
Full Session Description (as long as you would like): This session describes the process of creating The #Malala Project, a Global Classroom Project. The session will include the steps of initiating a global PBL, how to enlist support from other classrooms around the world, the challenges that can arise from responding to a highly visible world current event, and take-aways learned from completing such a project.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:
http://www.haikudeck.com/p/6ik6FBIKgq/the-malala-project
http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-malala-project/
https://themalalaproject.wikispaces.com/
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