Global Education Conference 2014 Post 3

Last week I attended several sessions of the Global Education Conference 2014 webinars held on the Blackboard Collaborate platform http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

The annual Global Education Conference is a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world.

The entire conference is virtual and takes place online in webinar format. Sessions are held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones.

The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all.
The sessions were recorded and can be accessed from links at http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2014-conference-recordings

These are the sessions I attended on Friday 21 November 2014

Links given during the session

http://www.effdebate.org/  

http://www.brookings.edu/ 

http://youtu.be/B7w3KFdFRcM

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/reports/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1pi4dia

Links given during the session

http://dreamflags.org/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1tr4lY9

Global Education Conference 2014 Post 2

Last week I attended several sessions of the Global Education Conference 2014 webinars held on the Blackboard Collaborate platform http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

The annual Global Education Conference is a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world.

The entire conference is virtual and takes place online in webinar format. Sessions are held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones. 

The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. 

The sessions were recorded and can be accessed from links at http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2014-conference-recordings

These are the sessions I attended on Thursday 20 November 2014

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/11SjnQg

Links given during the session

http://www.k12blueprint.com/personalized-learning-guide

http://www.k12blueprint.com/personalized-learning

https://engage.intel.com/welcome

https://www.clarity-innovations.com/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1HE04LA

Links given during the session

http://www.adinkra.org/htmls/adinkra_index.htm

http://bookclub.realelibrary.com/index.php/RealeBooks/latest/ 

http://www.tstars.org

http://fundforteachers.org

http://bookclubint.org/

http://akomasfghanacollaboration.wordpress.com

Global Education Conference 2014

Last week I attended several sessions of the Global Education Conference 2014 webinars held on the Blackboard Collaborate platform http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

The annual Global Education Conference is a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world.

The entire conference is virtual and takes place online in webinar format. Sessions are held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones. 

The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. 

The sessions were recorded and can be accessed from links at http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2014-conference-recordings

These are the sessions I attended on Wednesday 19 November 2014

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1r6bcvZ

Links given during the session

http://resources.primarysource.org

www.myhistro.com

www.dipity.com

www.easel.ly

http://www.google.com.au/publicdata/directory

http://www.gapminder.org/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1rlMnqi

Links given during the session
http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic

http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic/global-citizenship

http://teachunicef.org/global-citizenship-brief-special-edition-stop-ebola

http://teachunicef.org/global-citizenship-brief-philippines

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1r6Se8v

Links for the session
http://www.storybird.com/

http://www.showbie.com/

http://i-am-the-story.ning.com

http://www.zimmertwins.com/

http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx

http://bookbuilder.cast.org/

http://www.worldreader.org/

http://edtechteacher.org/tools/multimedia/digital-storytelling/

http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html

http://www.bookdesigntemplates.com/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1C8uCF5

Links given during the session

http://www.postcrossing.com/

www.worldvuze.com

https://www.smore.com/k1p78

http://tinyurl.com/globalequity

http://www.pinterest.com/globaledcon

http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/07/10/curriculum-21-global-partnership-site/

http://studenttechnologyconference.com/

RSCON 5 July 2014

Last month I participated in RSCON 5 The future of education, an online symposium on the Blackboard Collaborate platform with presenters and attendees from around the world. The times of the sessions were not really Australia friendly and I was the only Australian in most of the sessions I joined. But it was certainly worthwhile to attend and it provides valuable PD for educators.

Website NING http://www.futureofeducation.com/

Those who missed RSCON 5 can still listen to recordings of the sessions here

Recordings http://www.futureofeducation.com/page/recordings-2014

Peggy George has compiled a collection of the tools and programs that were shared in the Swapalooza in a Livebinder at http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1399927

A participant’s badge was given for each session attended. Here is my collection of participant badges.

Here are some highlights, images, quotes and links from one of the keynote sessions I attended

Keynote Session Dean Shareski:  Whatever happened to joy?

http://www.futureofeducation.com/page/rscondeanshareski  

In a data driven, achievement focused system, does joy in learning matter anymore? Not that these are mutually exclusive but in our attempts to see results we often forget that joy should not be a means to an end but a worthy and important goal on its own. So how do we insure our students experience joy and wonder everyday? Let’s examine some practical ways that take advantage of new tools and affordances to be intentional and make our schools places of joy.

Moment 1 Why does Christina never smile?

Moment 2 Hearing a child singing when not in a formal music lesson – just for happiness

Link to trailer for The Happy Movie http://www.thehappymovie.com/

Wonder
Awe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QyVZrV3d3o&feature=youtu.be

How often do your students get to wonder?
What if each day your students left school with a great question?

All of Dean’s slides for the presentation are here
http://www.slideshare.net/shareski/what-about-joy-rscon-5

I am sorry that it has taken me so long to write this post but I do encourage you to visit the RSCON 5 NING and catch up with the excellent sessions that were presented on a wide range of education topics.

Details of future online conferences in the series can be found on the NING at http://www.futureofeducation.com/

 

GLOBALEDCON 12

The free, online Global Education Conference starts Monday, November 12 and runs around the clock for five days. No registration is required you are encouraged to join the network for email updates and to connect with presenters and participants.
http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

The conference schedule can be found here
http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-sessions-and-schedule

This is the conference schedule for Victoria Australia
http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/globaledcon-schedule-gmt-11-1

To get you started there is a ‘How to do it’ prezi by Shamblesguru Chris Smith at
http://prezi.com/ws-gofk52o3w/global-education-conference-2012/

He has also posted a video about Finding a session and connecting on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FippJek0MyY&feature=youtu.be 

The conference presentations will be given in Blackboard Collaborate webinar rooms and you can keep up to date with news of the conference by using the #globaled12 hashtag on Twitter.