Changing Normal: A (W)holistic Collaborative Learning Project

I'd like to invite you all into a dialog here that discusses education's place in a larger system of world design. - First, have we defined an agreed upon description of what 'collaboration' and w...

Started by Vic Desotelle in Collaborative Projects Jun 20.

GEC June/July News

In case you missed the blast to the GEC community: A message to all members of The Global Education Collaborative Greetings, GEC members! State of the Community: 1857 members, at least 65 countr...

Tagged: News, July, June

Started by Lucy Gray in Hot Topics Jun 20.

Building a Comprehensive Global Education Bibliography 2 Replies

Tonight, while leafing through my disintegrating childhood copy of Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World now beloved by my own children, I had an idea. Perhaps this has been done elsewhere, but I thoug...

Tagged: journal, articles, resources, lists, bibliography

Started by Lucy Gray in Web 2.0 Resource Sharing. Last reply by Lucy Gray Jun 19.

Music Technology Collaboration

I am seeking a global partner(s) for a project with my gr. 8 (age 13) students. They are taking "music technology" for 12 weeks. I would love to use web collab tools to engage the students in a dis...

Tagged: world, cross-cultural, technology, 13, age

Started by Sarah Barton Thomas in Collaborative Projects Jun 11.

Designing and Managing Collaborative Projects

Thomas Cooper posted this document on Twitter this morning, outlining the steps he believes are necessary to conducting projects with kids. I think this is enormously helpful to teachers who are ju...

Tagged: guides, steps, documents, planning, project

Started by Lucy Gray in Global Education Resources Jun 11.

PYP Teacher Seeks Comments on VoiceThread Project

This teacher contacted me via Twitter seeking comments on a VoiceThread project created her year 4 PYP students:

Tagged: PYP, Australia, VoiceThread

Started by Lucy Gray in Collaborative Projects Jun 10.

On "Uniqueness" in Education

This presentation was given in an international seminar on "Special Education". It critically examines the present education system & concludes that the ancient system based on the 'uniqueness'...

Tagged: online, unique, education

Started by Sukhpreet Kaur in Global Education Resources Jun 4.

UNICEF Voices of Youth Video Contest

Check out this video contest on children's rights. Looks like a great opportunity for GEC members. Participants must be under 25 and entries are due August 1, 2009. http://www.unicef.org/voy/takea...

Tagged: voice, youth, video, contests, UNICEF

Started by Lucy Gray in Global Education Resources May 31.

From the Future of Education Ning....

Steve Hargadon started another online community this year, and he's organized a slew of interesting talks. I noticed that GEC member Maya Frost will be the the guest on a podcast hosted by Chris Wa...

Tagged: KnowledgeWorks_Foundation, interviews, podcasts, Future_of_Education, Maya_Frost

Started by Lucy Gray in Conferences and Professional Development Resources May 29.

Discovery Student Adventures

I'm envious of GEC members Ken Shelton and Carol Anne McGuire who are off globe trotting with students via Discovery Student Adventures! You can follow their adventures through their blog, complete...

Tagged: students, teachers, travel, Discovery_Education

Started by Lucy Gray in Global Education Resources May 28.

Engineering Project for Primary Students

Hi, We are a year 3 class in New Zealand undertaking an engineering project with a local engineer from our community. You can visit our blog here: http://juniorengineers.wordpress.com It is a cr...

Started by Jonathan O'Neill in Collaborative Projects May 27.

Global Collaboration 1 Reply

I am looking to do a collaboration with another primary classroom (low elementary) during the next school year. I would like to do this using web 2.0 tools. I also would love to do it with a school...

Started by Matthew Stark in Collaborative Projects. Last reply by Mike Boulanger May 28.

Enhancing Global Education, Peace and Diplomacy through Youth Exchange Programs

Find more videos like this on ExchangesConnect The U.S. State Department provides more than 2000 scholarships to international high school students to learn about American society, traditions ...

Tagged: global, education., youth, exchanges

Started by Anna in Global Education Resources May 24.

Survey Opportunity for Middle and High School Students

Hi All - Perhaps Alice Barr posted this already, and I missed it, but I received an email this AM from Bette Manchester, who has been active in the state of Maine's laptop program for students. Sh...

Tagged: laptops, students, Maine

Started by Lucy Gray in Collaborative Projects May 22.

Connecting students all over the world

Hello, My name is Kader Adjout. I am the Head of the History Department at Beaver Country Daay School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Next year, we are planning on connecting our c...

Started by Kader Adjout in Collaborative Projects May 21.

Request for students to respond to a survey

Qatar Academy, Doha, is a PYP school. Grade 5 students have as their field of investigation for the PYP Exhibition the essential understanding and belief that “ A balance of work and recreation co...

Started by Nerine Chalmers in Collaborative Projects May 21.

Free Poster on Civic Engagement

Check out this lovely poster for kids on civic engagement from noted author and illustrator Peter Reynolds. http://www.fablevision.com/posters/Shap

Tagged: Peter_Reynolds, fablevision, free, poster

Started by Lucy Gray in Global Education Resources May 20.

Connecting classrooms 9 Replies

Hello, My name is Kader Adjout. I am the Head of the History Department at Beaver Country Daay School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Next year, we are planning on connecting our c...

Started by Kader Adjout in Introductions. Last reply by Anna May 23.

Kindersite Project Global resource

The Kindersite Project is a global education resource that has received registrations from 18,000 schools in 157 countries. Founded in 2003 it is used for: Introduction of technology to very young...

Tagged: educational, games, technology, ICT, language

Started by Joel Josephson in Global Education Resources May 14.

Early language learning project - Webkinz "Hat Competition"

The Multilingual video project allows teachers to bring their own children to narrate the same video in their own language and for it to be placed on the Internet. The project will interweave, lang...

Started by Joel Josephson in Collaborative Projects May 14.