InkTober

Every October, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. Jake Parker created InkTober in 2009 as a challenge to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. It has since grown into a worldwide endeavour with thousands of artists taking on the challenge every year. Read all about the rules of InkTober and the materials to use at the website http://mrjakeparker.com/inktober

I took the InkTober challenge last year and joined in with INKed, a group of ink artists on Facebook where I have a folder of my ink drawings. We had a list of suggested topics which we could use if we wished. I used the daily prompts but also used the month to make ink portraits of the characters on Sprite’s Site blog http://spritessite.wordpress.com/

Image Jo Freitag

The topics suggested by the INKed group for this year
There are no themes for INKtober but if you are stuck and can’t think of anything to draw, please feel free to use these prompts to help you with ideas.

1.Zodiac
2.Birds
3.City
4.Hare/hair/hairy
5.Ship
6.Moon
7.Sea Creatures
8.Collection
9.Exaggerated perspective
10.Something from space
11.Balloons
12.Elephant
13.Shoes
14.Lions, Tigers and Bears
15.House
16.Pirate
17.Family Portrait
18.Movie/Book Title
19.Mythical Creatures
20.Happiness
21.Clocks
22.Fence
23.Cemetery
24.Weather
25.Butcher
26.Bugs
27.Green
28.Carriage
29.M
30.Camera
31.Halloween

INK includes pens (fountain, dip, rapidograph, technical, ball point, gel, felt tip, fibre tip, calligraphy) markers, quills, ink blocks, brush, wash, liquid inks, Inktense pencils, Inktense blocks, stamp pads.
But most importantly HAVE FUN!!

I intend to participate in InkTober again this year.

This post completes the September challenge to write 10 blog posts for each of my 3 blogs to make up the 30 posts for September for Lisa Rivero’s #30PostsHathSept challenge.
To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

Featured flyer

For details about Historicool magazine including a free download of a calendar of historical topics that you can use to inspire conversations about history see the website at http://www.historicool.com.au/ 

This is a post for Lisa Rivero’s challenge to write 30 blog posts for the month of September. To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

 

Connected Educator Month October 2015

October is Connected Educator Month
All the details of the events can be found at http://connectededucators.org/

The calendar of events is found at http://connectededucators.org/calendar/

See the themes of this year’s activities at http://connectededucators.org/2015-themes/

Here are some practical suggestions for preparation

http://connectededucators.org/10-things-to-do-before-connected-educator-month-2015-launches/

It includes a free Starter Kit as a PDF download

This is a post for Lisa Rivero’s challenge to write 30 blog posts for the month of September. To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

Global Education Conference November 2015

Global Collaboration Day on 17 September 2015 was a great success with approx 325 schools and organizations and 36 outreach partners from 51 different countries participating in 149 collaborative online events. Many projects were categorized as requiring asynchronous participation, so you may find a few are still running See http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/  

Now our attention shifts to the annual Global Education Conference online conference which will take place in Blackboard Collaborate on 16-19 November 2015.
For full details see http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

The sixth annual Global Education Conference will be a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world. This year’s conference will take place Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015. The entire conference is virtual and will take place online in webinar format. Sessions are held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones.

Proposals are now being accepted until 1 November 2015.
If you plan to submit a proposal make sure you understand the mission of the community and conference. This is not a general education conference. Read the call for proposals and follow directions carefully.

This is a post for Lisa Rivero’s challenge to write 30 blog posts for the month of September. To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

Featured flyer

The above flyer is to publicize an event organised by active community members living in central victoria partnering with Local Futures/International Society for Ecology and Culture, OASES Graduate School, Borderlands Cooperative, New Community Journal and a number of regional community groups to be held in Castlemaine Victoria 16-18 October 2015.

This is a post for Lisa Rivero’s challenge to write 30 blog posts for the month of September. To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

Global Collaboration Day Sept 2015

Global Collaboration Day Sept 2015
http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/  

I only managed to participate in two sessions of the conference this time.

One was a session of #globaledchat on Twitter which I observed and favourited some of the Tweets which presented interesting viewpoints or links to resources.

The other session was

Best Approaches to Global Collaboration with Anne Mirtschin
Host school or organization: Tech Talk Tuesdays
Title of event/project: Best Approaches to Global Collaboration

Project/event description: It is hoped to capture a global audience, especially Asian participants as the time is friendly to them. Open discussions will take place re the Best Approaches to Global Collaboration – where to get started, why should we collaborate globally? What do we need for true global collaboration? How do we get started? Where can we find others? What can we do together? Share stories etc.
Host School or Organization URL: Hawkesdale P12 College
Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): Melbourne, Australia, UTC+10

Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event: English but other languages encouraged
This event is intended for the following audience(s): college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders
This event can be categorized as a: Webinar
Optional field for additional pertinent information: Bring a photo of where you live, what is outside your window to share the world we live in.

Details of the session can be found at
http://techtalktuesdays.global2.vic.edu.au/2015/09/09/best-approaches-to-global-collaboration/

including a link to the recording at https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2015-09-16.2316.M.E58F6EDFFA5FA3EDE727DCFB80FBD8.vcr&sid=2008350

It proved to be an interesting session with participants from Japan, U.S.A., Dubai, Kazakhstan and Australia.

Some links and programs mentioned were

World Museums Project http://wmuseum.weebly.com
Scratch Project  https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/74456110/

Higher Colleges of Technology http://www.hct.ac.ae/

A Global Education Summit #iste13 Workshop notes

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pV-aVVaaiVn3GvpR5WdxYEevpEkOzBhkiXbHu-qsrFI/edit?pli=1

Appear In https://appear.in/

This is a post for Lisa Rivero’s challenge to write 30 blog posts for the month of September. To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

Global Collaboration Day

As well as conducting their excellent conference in November, members of the Global Education Conference http://www.globaleducationconference.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network  are welcome to participate in Global Collaboration Day on September 17, 2015 in your own time zone. http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/

Companies, non-profits, and schools will be coming together in a global demonstration of global collaboration. There are activities available for individuals and for classrooms.

To get started, take a look at the overview page. http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/participate.html

There are videos that will help you understand the event at http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/video-tutorials.html

Activities are posted in the calendars and event directory. More will be posted soon.
http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/join-an-event.html
http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/event-directory

It is NOT too late to host a simple collaboration online for participants. Check out the host page for details. http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/host-an-event.html

Partners and sponsors of the event include
The World’s Largest Lesson https://www.tes.com/worldslargestlesson/

The Gates Foundation’s Teacher2Teacherinitiative http://www.teacher2teacher.education/

AFS-USA http://www.afsusa.org/

The Global Campaign for Education – US Chapter http://campaignforeducationusa.org/

Flat Connections http://www.flatconnections.com/

iEARN-USA  http://www.iearn.org/

Learning Bird https://www.learningbird.com/index

VIF International Education https://www.viflearn.com/

There is a helpful Resources page at http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/resources.html

There is a Flyer for sharing at https://tackk.com/gcd2015

This is also a post for Lisa Rivero’s challenge to write 30 blog posts for the month of September. To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

Coming Gifted Conferences

Image Jo Freitag

Major Gifted conferences will be held in Australia in 2016 and 2017

The 2016 AAEGT National Gifted Conference will be hosted by GFSG Inc. and UNSW in Sydney.
It will be held from the 29th of September to the 1st of October, 2016 at the UNSW Campus in Kensington. The theme for the conference is: ‘BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES IN GIFTED EDUCATION’ and is already shaping up to be an amazing conference. Stay tuned for news of the release of the conference website detailing keynote speakers, call for papers, sponsorship and accommodation options, as well as details on how to register for this not-to-be-missed event!

Share this announcement with your colleagues, family, friends and educational professionals and set aside the date.

In 2017 The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC) will hold its 22nd WCGTC Biennial World Conference in Sydney, Australia. The event will be hosted by UNSW School of Education and held on the campus of UNSW from 20 to 23 July 2017. The theme for the conference will be ‘GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES IN GIFTED EDUCATION

The agreement has been signed
and the countdown in days, hours, minutes and seconds has begun on the Conference website at http://www.worldgifted2017.com/
Sign up on the website to receive news and updates about the event.

This is a post for Lisa Rivero’s challenge to write 30 blog posts for the month of September. To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

Australian Blogs on the Topic of Giftedness

Image Jo Freitag

Recently I received a query from Jodi Brown who is compiling a list of Australian blogs on the topic of giftedness.
I searched my lists and could only find these blogs but I am sure there must be many more.

Defying gravity – Ingi
http://www.defyinggravity.com.au/

Gifted Resources Blog – Jo Freitag
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/

Gluten-free Mum – Kathleen Humble
http://yellowreadis.blogspot.com.au/

Mermaids and mermen
http://www.mermaidsandmermen.com.au/blog/

NSWAGTC Blogs
http://www.nswagtc.org.au/blogs.html

NTAEGT Blog
http://ntaegt2014.wix.com/ntaegt#!blog/c1rgx

Personas, Profiles and Portraits – Jo Freitag
https://jofreitag.wordpress.com/

Sprite’s Site – Jo Freitag
http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/

Thinking Ahead – Derrin Cramer
http://www.thinkingahead.com.au/index.php/blog/

If you are an Australian who writes a blog about giftedness or enjoy reading an Australian blog about giftedness which I have not mentioned here please could you tell me about it in the comments section.

This is a post for Lisa Rivero’s challenge to write 30 blog posts for the month of September. To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

Thirty Posts Hath September 1

I have decided to accept Lisa Rivero’s challenge to write 30 blog posts for the month of September. To read all about her challenge see http://www.lisarivero.com/30postshathsept/

The Americans have just finished their long summer holiday and this is Lisa’s way of getting back into the swing of blogging.
In Australia we are approaching the three quarter mark in our school year and a spring holiday. I have not had time away from blogging but would like to accept the challenge anyway.

But I am going to approach it in a slightly different manner. I have three blogs – Gifted Resources Blog, Sprite’s Site and Personas, Profiles and Portraits.
So I intend to try to add 10 posts to each of them during the month of September.

Gifted Resources Blog posts may be flyers for coming events or programs.
The posts for Personas, Profiles and Portraits will probably relate to the creation and use of my persona dolls and their accessories.
And for Sprite’s Site I will endeavour to post about posts!