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4. Our Agenda
Overview
The Global Education Conference
Tips for Global Project Success
Rationale for Going Global
Learning Spaces and Tools
PLCs and Orgs You Should Know
For Educators and Students
Demos
Google Hangout on Air
Skype
Steps to Getting Connected
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5. Lucy Gray
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Consultant
Co-Founder of the Global
Education Collaborative
and Conference
Apple Distinguished
Educator
Google Certified Teacher
Middle School Computer
Science
Primary Grades
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6. The Global Education Conference and Network
http://globaleducationconference.com
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7. Mission
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The Global Education Conference Network is a community of practice
where people connect and build the professional relationships necessary
for effective collaboration across borders. Via this social network,
educators and organizations from all over the world share conversations,
resources, projects, and initiatives with a strong emphasis on promoting
global awareness, fostering global competency, and inspiring action
towards solving real-world problems. Our ultimate goal is to help prepare
students for a rapidly changing and complex world.
10. GEC Network Features
Groups
Searchable member list
Latest activity
Discussion forums and blogs
Links to resources
Events
Project database
Videos and photos
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12. Conference Basics
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Free
No registration required
The conference takes place around the clock for 5 days during International Education
Week (November 12 - 17, 2012)
All presentations are webinars given in an easy-to-use video conferencing tool called
Blackboard Collaborate
Sessions are recorded and archived indefinitely
Participants can chat in a backchannel and ask questions of the presenters
Volunteers help plan the conference and moderate sessions
The entire conference is designed to empower teachers.
13. 2012 Keynotes
Sasha Barab
Hassantu Blake
Hussainatu Blake
Jenny Buccos
Karen Cator
Chua Chor Huat
Mary Clisbee
Dale Dougherty
Ilona Dougherty
Gavin Dykes
Jeremy Gilley
Beth Kanter
William Kist
Bobbi Kurshan
Larry Johnson
Dana Mortenson
Héla Nafti
Liz Nealon
Andrew Revkin
Dan Russell
Seymour Simon
Bron Stuckey
Michael Trucano
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Narcis Vives
Tony Wagner
Doris Wu
Randi Weingarten
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16. We have urgent problems that need to be
addressed and, in order to prepare our students to
work on these problems, we must connect them
globally. We must teach them how networked
learning leads to networked problem solving.
We must connect ourselves in order to understand
this process.
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18. CCSSO and
Asia Society’s Partnership for Global Learning
Comprehensive
resource addressing
global competence
Download a copy here.
Attend the PGL
conference
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19. From Educating for Global Competence:
Preparing our Youth to Engage the World
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21. Additional Resources
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Esther Wojcicki and Michael Levine
Teaching for a Shared Future: American Educators Need to Think Globally
EdWeek: Global Learning blog by Tony Jackson
51. Step 2: Follow and Lurk
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Search for organizations and people that you know in all of these
communities.
Check out Lucy’s global education Twitter list:
https://twitter.com/elemenous/global-education/members
Join Lucy’s Global Education Google+ Community:
http://tinyurl.com/globaledgoogle
52. Step 3: Add to the Conversation
Be generous with your knowledge and resources, and you’ll find that you
will reap rewards.
In Facebook, use the @ symbol to refer to pages or people that you
follow.
In Google+, use the + sign for the same purpose.
In Twitter and Google+, use hashtags such as #globaled, #edchat,
#fourthchat.
For more on hashtags, check Cybraryman’s collection:
http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html
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53. Step 4: Join a PLC & Explore
Global Education Conference
Future of Education
Classroom 2.0
EdReach
EdWeb
GETideas.org
Skype in the Classroom
Others?
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54. Step 5: Think About Your Students
How are you going to connect them to other classrooms?
Are they going to participate individually or as a whole class?
What projects are authentic and relate to your curriculum?
Are you going to join an existing community and/or project?
Are you going to design a project and build a collaborative space
yourself ?
What 21st century skills will your student developing by participating?
How will digital citizenship be addressed?
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55. Final Recommendations
Learn to network; network to learn.
Jump into social media when you can.
Develop professional relationships with virtual
colleagues in PLCs and through social media.
Keep projects and experiences authentic.
Join an existing group project OR
Start small and design very structured projects.
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