Presentation for the Chicago Education Festival

1. PROFESSIONAL GENEROSITY IN ACTION
LUCY GRAY
THE CHICAGO EDUCATION FESTIVAL
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2. “…the Global Education Conference community is organized around
people rather than tech or content. Although happiness is definitely part
of the community, the better description might be that the community is
focused on ‘optimizing for professional generosity’.
Professional generosity drives Twitter chats, from #edchat to #kinderchat,
as well as community like Steve’s Classroom 2.0, Edmodo, and most
online educator communities. It acts as the antithesis of the outcompete-the-
world, zero-sum message US educational system promotes at all
levels. Steve and Lucy have a bootstrapped community built for an
‘infinite runway’ for teaching and learning, rather than quick success or
quick failure. Although it may not seem like a community that will garner
much attention from super angels, Lucy and Steve’s 365/24/7 “anytime,
anywhere” global teaching and learning community is the right model—
scalable, sustainable, impactful, and with a killer ROI, if you want to wait a
generation to measure it.”
–David Potter (iEARN)
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3. Photo via the Clinton Global Initiatve
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5. OUR MISSION
The Global Education Conference is a
collaborative, world-wide community initiative
involving students, educators, and organizations at
all levels.
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6. OUR MISSION
It is designed to significantly increase
opportunities for building education-related
connections around the globe while supporting
cultural awareness, recognition of diversity, and
educational access for all.
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7. OUR MISSION
The conference seeks to present ideas, examples,
and projects related to connecting educators and
classrooms with a strong emphasis on promoting
global awareness, fostering global competency,
and inspiring action towards solving real–world
problems.
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9. 2005
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11. 2006
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12. MY DEFINITION
Professional generosity is the act of freely
sharing information and supporting colleagues
in the interest of the common good. It is fueled
by serendipity, and results in multiple
opportunities to exponentially learn from and
collaborate with each other.
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14. 2007
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16. 2010
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18. PRESENT DAY
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20. 19,000 MEMBERS
167 COUNTRIES
3220 DISCUSSIONS
1198 BLOG POSTS
439 EVENTS
156 GROUPS
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22. FREE
ONLINE
INT’L EDU WEEK
AROUND THE CLOCK
ALL SESSIONS RECORDED
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23. PRESENTER PERSPECTIVE
• Call for proposals opens in June.
• Presenters submit proposals. Most are approved.
• Presenters self-schedule their presentations.
• Presenters prepare for their talks.
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24. PARTICIPANT PERSPECTIVE
• People join our community.
• Members browse accepted proposals.
• Participants access a schedule in their own time
zone.
• A direct link is provided in the Google Calendar
schedule to the Blackboard Collaborate vroom.
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25. VOLUNTEER PERSPECTIVE
• Many volunteers are members of our advisory
board.
• Join our volunteer group to receive instructions.
• Hang out in our virtual lounge and wait for
moderation assignments.
• Support presenters by moderating sessions.
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34. POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL
STEVEN AMSTRUP AND LANCE ROUGEAUX
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35. POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL
JULENE REED
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36. BRANDON WILEY • ASIA SOCIETY
SIX SCHOOL-WIDE STRATEGIES TO
GLOBALIZE YOUR SCHOOL
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37. RANA DAJANI
A LIBRARY IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
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38. SERGIO BOSIO
LOS CAMINOS DEL CONECTIVISMO', DE LA
ESCUELA MEDIA HACIA LA UNIVERSIDAD
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39. MARY CLISBEE
ECOLE DE CHOIX: LEVERAGING
PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHOICE
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40. ANNE MIRTSCHIN
HOW TO GET STARTED WITH GLOBAL
PROJECTS
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41. KIM COFINO
ADVENTURES IN INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION
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42. ARAB ISRAEL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
VICKI DAVIS, JEFF STANZLER, & STUDENTS
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43. ARAB ISRAEL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
WESTWOOD SCHOOL STUDENTS
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44. APPLE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATORS
GREG ALCHIN, DANIELA RUBIO, AND LUIS
PEREZ
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45. JENNIFER HANSON • PRIMARY SOURCE
LATIN AMERICAN & LATINO LITERATURE FOR
K-12 CLASSROOMS
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46. “Every single moment for me has been magical.
It is almost impossible to pick one. The
presenters have all been wonderful, but it is the
discussions from the participants that make each
session exciting as people bring their different
view points to the presentation, offer additional
insights and information to the discussion and
arrange to meet up (online) and collaborate
together. It is the personal global interaction and
connections that make me stay awake all night
(sometimes) or has me wake up at a crazy hour
in the morning to connect with an educator from
the other side of the world. “
–Anne Aherne-Daly (USA)
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47. EVERYDAY ACTS OF
PROFESSIONAL GENEROSITY
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48. “What would happen if all teachers and
educational leaders demonstrated Professional
Generosity? What if all school districts did? What
if all organizations and industries did? I wonder
where the tipping point would be…in my own
school, in my district, in my state, in my
profession, in my country…in our world. We have
the technology. We have the trailblazers. We
have living, breathing examples out there doing
it. I can easily do my part. All it takes is a little
Professional Generosity intention on the out-breath.”
–Donna Adams Román
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49. RADICAL GENEROSITY
GLOBAL ONENESS PROJECT
PAUL VAN SLAMBROUCK
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50. MANY THANKS
• iEARN USA
• Global Campaign for Education - US Chapter
• The GEC Leadership Team
• Countless volunteers including moderators and
presenters
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51. MORE INFORMATION
• http://globaleducationconference.com
• @GlobalEdCon on Twitter
• Email Lucy at elemenous@gmail.com
• Slides available at http://www.lucygray.org
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