Friday, November 22, 2013

A Global Education Declaration

A Declaration of the Value of Global Education
Presented at the 2013 Global Education Conference
http://www.GlobalEducationDeclaration.com

Because we are citizens of our individual nations and also part of a larger human family;
Because it is important to learn about other cultures and to understand the similarities that unite us and the differences that define us;
Because global understanding, empathy, and compassion depend and are built on communication, shared experiences, and relationships;
Because we increasingly live in a "global village";
Because we increasingly work in geographically and culturally interconnected ways;
Because we are interconnected physically and our ecological and resource-use decisions impact others;
Because we share a world which appears to be increasingly fragile;
Because complex worldwide problems need collaborative, cooperative, and intelligent solutions;
Because wars, conflicts, abuse, slavery, misinformation, and other forms of oppression both exist and also exert powerful influences;
Because we live in a world that is increasingly "flat" and where Internet technologies have dramatically increased the global connectedness of individuals and cultures;
Because creation and sharing technologies of the Internet and the Web dramatically shift personal and community capacity;
Because the world increasingly is our classroom;
Therefore:
We affirm the universal and inherent worth of every child;
We affirm the deep importance of supporting learning opportunities for all people generally;
We affirm especially the importance of providing wholesome and healthy learning opportunities for all children;
We affirm the need to support the variety and uniqueness of learners, teachers, cultures, and circumstances;
We affirm the importance of independent intellectual inquiry and thought;
We affirm the value of connective technologies and their ability to provide broader learning and thinking experiences;
We affirm the individual, cultural, and worldwide benefits of students learning about, from, and with peoples from around the world;
Finally:
We declare the critical importance of helping our students, teachers, administrators, parents, and all others to connect globally and to learn from each other; we express appreciation for those who provide opportunities for such global learning activities; and we devote ourselves to furthering the cause of global education.

GlobalEdCon 13 - Final Day + Global Education Declaration

Today is the final day of our five-day 2013 Global Education Conference.  

Join us today for a great set of final presentations, as well as for our closing celebration: we'll hear a special message from US Congresswoman Nita Lowey, get reports on the five grassroots projects, announce dates for some special 2014 events, and issue the conference-created Global Education Declaration.
A summary of today's sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5). To see the schedule in your own time zone, with the full session descriptions and a link to enter each session, go to http://www.globaleducationconference.com. To receive the daily conference schedule, be sure to join the Global Education Conference network. Recordings of all sessions are available here.

Our free conference runs all week and is open to anyone to attend--spread the word with Twitter hashtag #globaled13.

Special Notes:
  • HUGE thanks to our amazing volunteers! You have been awesome!
  • General conference information is posted here. A step-by-step guide to getting started is also available here. If you are looking to extend your conference experience, here are some ideas.
  • Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here.
Friday, November 22
(US-Eastern Standard Time)

6:00am

  • ED4ALL - Creating Responsible Global Digital Citizens in the Technology Age - Melanie McCreary, Educator
  • Historical Role Play in Second Life for promoting Global Competencies - Dr. Chris Deason, Course Director (Associate Professor
  • SPOTLIGHT: Global Classroom 2013-14 Stories & Project Launch - Mr Michael Graffin (@mgraffin)

7:00am

  • ED4ALL - EU and the Albanian higher education system; What happens when they meet? - Malvina Tema, PhD Candidate
  • Global Project Based Learning and 21st Century Skills are dialectically connected - Ms Samah AlJundi
  • Global voices: International school students developing verbal fluency with audiobooks. - Sue Toms, Head of Libraries
  • Stories from Hello Little World Skypers - Anne Mirtschin

8:00am

  • Building a Global Culture of Accessibility with Mobile Devices - Dr. Luis Perez
  • ED4ALL - Educate Every Child on the Planet: The World Top 20 Education Poll - Albert N. Mitchell II, CEO/ Executive Director
  • The Olympic Games 2012, working collaboratively in a globalize world to develop cultural awareness.Connecting classroom programme. - Balda Marcia, Teacher of English
  • “ Window to the World” – a path for the school of the future - Effie Kyrikakis - Global Program Administrator

9:00am

  • ED4ALL - Understanding the Middle East through a Simulation: AIC Conflict Simulation - Vicki Davis & 9th Grade Students
  • Liderazgo del directivo docente y Docentes en la evaluation curricular de las Instituciones Educativas Oficiales en Colombia - Magister Luis Alberto Dávila Ramírez
  • Using Online Resources for Teaching EFL to Students from Under-served Communities - Muhammad Saleem Ibrahim

10:00am

  • KEYNOTE: Karen Armstrong - How to Change the World
  • ED4ALL - La Red Interamericana de Educación Docente (RIED) y el Colaboratorio Interamericano para la Profesión Docente (Co-PED): Herramientas Prácticas para la Colaboración entre Docentes en las Américas - Nathalia Khayat, Consultora de Educación y James Pa
  • ED4ALL - New Education Highway: Using Technology, Community Partnerships, OERs and Targeted Teacher-Training to Provide Access - Even in Areas Without Internet - to Free, Quality Education - Silvia Raithel, NEH Co-Founder and Co-President
  • Global Harvest Project: Connecting Community through Co-developing Transdisciplinary Curriculum - Melda N. Yildiz, Teacher Educator
  • The Online Model United Nations Movement: The Move Towards Global Community - Omar Eldarawy, Deputy Secretary General of Africa

11:00am

  • Attaining the Creative Classroom with practical projects - Joel Josephson
  • ED4ALL - The OER movement: Inspiring global Teacher & Student Participation and Creation - Frédéric Kastner, Programme Manager
  • Future Friendly Schools: living laboratories for 21st century teaching and learning - Michael Furdyk, Director of Innovation
  • RAINFOREST ARTLINK: Connecting with the rainforest 2013 - Miguel Barreto, Program Director

12:00pm

  • CONFERENCE CLOSING CELEBRATION AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS



Thursday, November 21, 2013

GlobalEdCon 2013 Day Four + Helping the New Grassroots Projects

Today is day four of the 2013 Global Education Conference.  Hard to believe we're almost at the end!

During the conference opening sessions we brainstormed as set of grassroots global education projects that we could bring to our personal learning networks to try to get started. Given that our combined network reach is probably in the millions, the idea is to turn our personal learning networks into a large personal action network to make a difference for students right now. We voted on five project to to focus on right away with a set of basic questions for each: "What do you want to do? How will you accomplish this? What help do you need from the community?" 

The five projects are listed below, and each links to a project group on the conference site--please join one or more and then let us know how Lucy and I can help turn these into realities!
A summary of today's sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5). To see the schedule in your own time zone, with the full session descriptions and a link to enter each session, go to http://www.globaleducationconference.com. To receive the daily conference schedule, be sure to join the Global Education Conference network. Recordings of all sessions are available here.

Our free conference runs all week and is open to anyone to attend--spread the word with Twitter hashtag #globaled13.

Special Notes:
  • Thanks to our GREAT volunteer group! We're always looking for volunteer session moderators--join us here. Today we again need help particularly with the early morning and then the evening sessions.
  • General conference information is posted here. A step-by-step guide to getting started is also available here. If you are looking to extend your conference experience, here are some ideas.
  • Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here.
Thursday, November 21
(US-Eastern Standard Time)
6:00am

  • Towards sustainable development together with ENO - Irina Volynets
  • Use of Media Arts and Performing Arts for Cross Cultural Understanding - Alema Nasim

7:00am

  • Learning through online educational games - Tania Rashid, Education Support Coordinator
  • SPOTLIGHT: Knowledge to Action: From global awareness to global citizenship - Honor Moorman, Implementation Team Leader
  • The Connected Educator in Progress, A Beginner´s Journey - Maria Colussa, Teacher
  • The Impact of Physical Exchanges on West African Students - Aqeela Jogee Cutter, Program Manager

8:00am

  • Connecting Classrooms in the U.S., Middle East and North Africa through Online Projects - Jennifer Russell, Program Coordinator
  • Developing and sustaining communities of practice in elementary history education: Doing history in the classroom with limited professional development support - Katherine Ireland, B. Ed. Instructor and Ph. D. student
  • ED4ALL - U-Learning: Hacía un nuevo paradigma educativo - Gustavo Beltrami

9:00am

  • Designation for the Global Ready Teacher! - Mark Otter, Chief Product Officer
  • Earth E/mergent - Global Virtual Sensing Networks for Gaian Educational Emergence - Marna Hauk, Graduate Faculty
  • Multicultural Game Design Teams as an Intro to Computer Science - Mark Suter, Teacher

10:00am

  • ED4ALL - The Inter-American Teacher Education Network (ITEN) and the Inter-American Collaboratory on the Teaching Profession (Co-TEP): Practical Tools for Teacher Collaboration in the Americas - Nathalia Khayat, Education Consultant and James Parr, Education
  • ED4ALL - Uniting Youth Through the Power of Music and Technology - Kirsten Bunch, Executive Director
  • IEARN Local History project as a tool to develop the 21st century skills and enhance cross cultural dialogue - Rimma Zhukova

11:00am

  • Connecting Students & Teachers Online, Across Continents - Dounia Bredes, Youth Outreach Coordinator
  • ED4ALL - Every Wall is a Classroom: Using Locally Created Video and Cordless Projectors to Improve Learning Outcomes - Matthew York, Founder & Executive Director
  • Rethinking and resetting horizons of education: creating the skills of the road to employment - Dimitrios Salampasis, Doctoral Researcher
  • Think Globally, Look Locally - Will Piper, 5th grade world geography teacher

12:00pm

  • KEYNOTE: Julene Reed - Polar Bears, Global Connections, and Citizen Science

1:00pm

  • In Our Global Village - Barbara Cervone, Ed.D., President
  • One Montessori World: Connecting Elementary Students and Teachers from around the Globe - Jennifer Williams, Director of Education
  • Teaching with Africa - Emily Karem, Associate Vice President, International

2:00pm

  • 21st Century Collaborative Language Learning - Dana Bar-or, Hebrew Department Head
  • ED4ALL - Esplori: a platform to teach and learn anything, in any language, on video - Federico Pistono
  • Modern Day Slavery - Modern Day Slavery - Halyn Valley
  • Student Driven Environmental Projects - Kathy Bosiak Classroom Teacher

3:00pm

  • International School Award - Mr. Tariq Refaat Bahi Eldin
  • Navigating the Needs of A State Multicultural Education Association - Lorie Cook-Benjamin, KS-NAME President
  • Spreading Day of Innovation Globally, Sparking Infinite Possibilities - Clyde Mann, Elementary Science Teacher

4:00pm

  • KEYNOTE: Justin Van Fleet - Putting Global Education First: How to Achieve A World at School

5:00pm

  • Building Upon Your Physical Exchange Experience - Bethany Kreider, Assistant Grants Administrator
  • Daffodils and Tulips project and Talking kites on the footsteps of J. Korczak - Ruty Hotzen
  • ED4ALL - Introducing Global Perspectives on Disability in the Classroom - Ashley Holben, Project Coordinator
  • International Service Learning Projects - Best Practices - Matthew Rudisi - Faculty

6:00pm

  • Creating a Global Project - Brian Kayser, Teacher
  • ED4ALL - World Museum Scratch Projects - Prof. José Manuel Sáez López
  • Global Celebrations of Learning - Jenny Lussier - Library Media Specialist
  • Twitter for Educators: An Introduction to the Global Collaboration Network - Ashley Cross, Educator and Doctoral Student

7:00pm

  • KEYNOTE: Antonio Delgado - DRAP: Diseño de Recursos de Aprendizaje Personalizados

8:00pm

  • KEYNOTE: Sergio Bosio - Los caminos del conectivismo', De la escuela media hacia la Universidad
  • 13 year old Trilingual Pioneer in Global Education - World as Classroom- LITERALLY - Mozart Dee - student, world traveler, linguist, musician, entrepreneur
  • EduMachinima Fest: Assessing 21st Century Skills - Kae Novak
  • GlobalEdCon Smackdown, A Sharing of Resources and Tools from the Week - Heidi Hutchison, 5th grade teacher

9:00pm

  • New Maps in Higher Education: Interdisciplinary Education & Global Competency - Salena Coller, MLS, Academic Librarian
  • Research Says...” Best Practices in Global Collaboration - Rita Oates, president
  • Travel as an alternative form of Education – Life Learning on the Road - Lainie Liberti

10:00pm

  • Bring the World to Your Walls: Engaging Learners with Global GraffitiWalls - Jessica Chung, Training and Outreach Manager
  • El Uso De Dispositivos Móviles Para La Creación De Entornos Personalizados De Aprendizaje (PLE) En La República Dominicana - Version en Español - Alfonso Sintjago, IT Fellow, PhD Student
  • Prepare, Practice, Produce and Present - Paulino Brener, educator/performer/Social Media Mana

11:00pm

  • Hip Hop Educational Pedagogy - a globally growing field - Joshua Sneideman - Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow
  • One stop shop: TIGed Thematic Classrooms - Tania Rashid, Education Support Coordinator
  • Prepara, Practica, Produce y Presenta - Paulino Brener, educador/actor/Social Media Mana

12:00am (Friday)

  • TIC para enseñar y aprender - L.I. Alma Delia Chávez Rojas

1:00am

  • 15,000 students in Run This Way program for Peace and Nonviolence - Anne Farrell, School Manager Program
  • Plus World Technology , Change in Education - Hani Hamed Ezeldin

2:00am

  • Global institutional partnership framework for achieving academic excellence: Facilitating the implementation of quality education programs at postgraduate level - Rozina Jumani - Associate Professor

3:00am

  • ED4ALL - Opportunities and obstacles of using Quranic schools to achieve EFA goals in Nigeria - Nasir Baba, Lecturer

4:00am

  • A Glimpse Into The Life of a Connected EFL Teacher - Tatyana Chernaya, EFL Teacher

5:00am

  • A discussion of the impact of energy around the world, focussing on how to use energy in education as an interdisciplinary tool to bring teachers together, with a final discussion of the principles 5,6,7 of the Energy Literacy Framework as an example
  • DeforestACTION: Monitoring the Rainforest from your Classrooms - Sara Hassan - Education Program Officer


Wednesday, November 20, 2013

GlobalEdCon 2013 - Day Three Schedule

Today is day three of the 2013 Global Education Conference.  

A summary of today's sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5). To see the schedule in your own time zone, with the full session descriptions and a link to enter each session, go to http://www.globaleducationconference.com. To receive the daily conference schedule, be sure to join the Global Education Conference network. Recordings of all sessions are available here.

Our free conference runs all week and is open to anyone to attend--spread the word with Twitter hashtag #globaled13.

Special Notes:
  • Thanks to our GREAT volunteer group! We're always looking for volunteer session moderators--join us here. Today we need help particularly with the early morning and then the evening sessions.
  • General conference information is posted here. A step-by-step guide to getting started is also available here. If you are looking to extend your conference experience, here are some ideas.
  • Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here.
Wednesday, November 20
(US-Eastern Standard Time)
7:00am

  • Join Radijojo World Children's Media Network: Award-winning global competency empowerment for your students! - Dipl.-Soz. Thomas Röhlinger, MBA Founder & Editor in Chief of Radijojo World Children's Media Network
  • Take Your Classroom Global! - Tania Rashid, Education Support Coordinator
  • The Art/Science Connection: How to build Successful Collaborations - Mary Jo Allegra, Artist and Lower School Art Teacher

8:00am

  • Complex World, Simple Strategies: Towards Deeper Global Understanding in the Classroom - Emily Longenecker, Program Officer
  • Disadvantaged English Language Learners Connecting With Their Home Countries - Tony Erben, Ph.d. Associate Professor (Director of ESOL Endorsement)
  • ED4ALL - Photojournalism 2.01 & 2.014: Engaging Educators and Youth in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and the United States - Nicole Weitzner, Coordinator of Programs & Digital Content

9:00am

  • Connecting Student Dreams Around The World - Jeffrey Harlan, Director and Co-Founder of The Dream Flag Project
  • ED4ALL - How to Use Your Personal Story to Advocate for Access to Education" - Carly Pildis Outreach and Advocacy Associate
  • Video Blogging as a Resource for Language Learning Enhancement - Curtis Young

10:00am

  • A collaborative, cross curricular, skills and habits of mind based language for all - A must in personalized learning - Dr. Nitzan Resnick - Co-Head at KSA
  • ED4ALL - A Library in every neighborhood - Rana Dajani Founder and Director
  • The Power of Story - Susan Jacques Pierson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Education
  • Why my experience as a Cultural Exchange Educator helped bridge the gap between my community and others. - Mrs Fabiana Casella

11:00am

  • 10+ Techniques for Empowering Students to Becoming Globally Connected Educators and Content Creators - Noel Feria
  • Creativity in Education: Critical, Global, and Engaging - Laura Feeney, Education Advocate
  • ED4ALL - Infusing Global and Technology Education into Teacher Education - Eva Brown, Instructor
  • Internationalization of learning in experiences of collaborative project 'Our Rivers, Our World' - Rajib Lochan Das, Co-coordinator
  • Virtual Study Abroad: Leveraging Technology to Foster Cross-Cultural Competence Among U.S. and Macedonian University Students - Carine Ullom, Director Office of Academic Technology Ottawa University Ottawa, Kansas

12:00pm

  • KEYNOTE: Jaime Casap - The Transformation of Education

1:00pm

  • A Semester of Service - Shayne A. Swift, International Baccalaureate Coordinator
  • ED4ALL - Learning English Grammar by Writing - Mr. Paul Hartman
  • From the USA to Africa: A Unique Primary STEM Global Partnership Emerges - Your Name and Title: Maria D. Shaheen: Assistant Professor of Elementary & Early Childhood Education

2:00pm

  • Designing for a Global Eye: Helping Commercial Design Students Develop Global Awareness - Christina Inge, Adjunct Instructor
  • SPOTLIGHT: Latin American & Latino Literature for K-12 Classrooms - Jennifer Hanson, Librarian
  • The Student Experience in a Global, Online Classroom - Jake Clapp, Academic Dean

3:00pm

  • "From Theory to Praxis: The Integration of Multicultural Content & Pedagogical Practice" - Dr. O'Shan D. Gadsden, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
  • Improve learning and teaching – Finnish it? - Nina Smith
  • Walking a Mile in Another's Moccasins: Purposefully Developing Empathy - Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology

4:00pm

  • KEYNOTE: Karen Blumberg and Rekha Puri - LINEglobal - Gateway to India

5:00pm

  • ED4ALL - Educational safaris in rural villages in South Africa on the edge of the Kruger National Park - Peter Evans
  • Passport to the World - Susie Oh - Technology Instructor
  • Teaching and Learning Across the Globe - Anne Mirtshin, Lorraine Leo

6:00pm

  • Global Competencies for 21st Century High School Science Curriculum: Integrated, Student-centered & Content-rich - Catherine Saldutti, President
  • Globalizing the High School U.S. History Survey Course: Free, Collaborative, and Self-Paced Professional Development - Craig J. Perrier - High School Specialist, Social Studies; Adjunct Professor
  • The Dream Flag Project: Connecting Student Dreams Around the World - Jeffrey Harlan, Director and Co-Founder of The Dream Flag Project

7:00pm

  • KEYNOTE: Margaret Riel - Improving your Skills as a Global Educator through Action Research

8:00pm

  • ED4ALL - Re-Envisioning the Education System - Global Communication and Collaboration - Maxie Alexandra Gluckman
  • ED4ALL - Towards personalising learning in a global world - Dr Gail Casey
  • Tools and Strategies for Global Education in your Classroom - Samantha Reynolds - Social Studies Teacher

9:00pm

  • Beyond Geography: Team Teaching From Across the Country - Cheryl Morris, English Teacher
  • La importancia de las tecnologías libres como herramientas docente en el proceso de enseñanza. - Linda Martinez - Coordinadora de Venezuela
  • SPOTLIGHT: How to Foster Student Innovators with “Unreasonable Vision” to Promote Social Change - Sharon Brown-Peters, High School Tech Coordinator

10:00pm

  • KEYNOTE: Anne Mirtschin - The World is My Classroom

11:00pm

  • Connecting Classrooms through Global Project Based Learning Activities and Resources - Kim Caise, NBCT, M. Ed.
  • The Use of Mobile Devices For The Development of Personalized Learning Environments (PLE) In The Dominican Republic (Case Study) - English Version - Alfonso Sintjago, IT Fellow, PhD Student

12:00am (Thursday)

  • Teaching global challenges with Solution Focus to increase engagement and inspire action - Kristina Stoney, Director

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

GlobalEdCon - Day 2 Schedule + Toward a Global Education Declaration

Today is day two of the 2013 Global Education Conference.  

A summary of today's sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5). To see the schedule in your own time zone, with the full session descriptions and a link to enter each session, go to http://www.globaleducationconference.com. To receive the daily conference schedule, be sure to join the Global Education Conference network. Recordings of all sessions are available here.

Our free conference runs all week and is open to anyone to attend--spread the word with Twitter hashtag #globaled13.

Yesterday in our opening session we started to build the language for a "global education declaration," which we hope to release at the end of the conference and which we also hope will reflect the critical need for global education in our world today. In the session we asked the question, "Why is global education so important?" Amy Brinkley has transcribed the answers and posted them as the start of a discussion forum--please keep that conversation going here. The text of the initial responses is also shown below the schedule.

Special Notes:
  • We're always looking for volunteer session moderators--join us here. We could really use some help today at 9am and 6pm US-Eastern Time.
  • General conference information is posted here. A step-by-step guide to getting started is also available here. If you are looking to extend your conference experience, here are some ideas.
  • Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here.
Tuesday, November 19
(US-Eastern Standard Time)
12:00am
  • How to get started with Global Projects - Anne Mirtschin
6:00am
  • Harry Potter Book Project in Edmodo: A Collaborative Initiative Between Students from Egypt and Canada - Ayat Tawel, EFL senior teacher
  • My Identity, Your Identity Culture Project: Global Online Collaboration in Action - Nicolle Boujaber-Diederichs, iEARN USA Master Trainer and Project Facilitator; Instructional Coach
7:00am
  • Modern Language Students Learn About Other Cultures Through Their Mobile Device - Harry Grover Tuttle, Ed.D.
8:00am
  • Our school, a planet! - Chryssanthe Sotiriou , High School EFL Coordinator
  • Playful Learning: Connecting Educators through Games - Peter Stidwill, Executive Producer
  • Using Immersive Environments to Connect Global Language Learners. - J.M. Grenier, Instructional Designer, Title III
9:00am
  • SPOTLIGHT: Tecnologías Aplicadas al Conocimiento TACs - Jorge Alberto Becerra Ramírez
  • Strategies for Infusing Global Concepts and Content into the K-5 classroom - Michelle Macumber, Learning Center Community Leader
  • Summer Abroad: Opening Youth up to a world of possibilities - Aileen Daly
10:00am
  • "Diversity, Learning Styles and Project Based Learning" Upgrading classroom methods for a global Personal Learning Framework - Richard C. Close CEO
  • Able-bodied People’s Perceptions of and Communication with Persons with Disabilities. - Dr. Jamal Din Slimani
  • ED4ALL - How a community of educators meets online using Google Hangout with unlimited participants - Vance Stevens, EFL teacher and coordinator of Webheads in Action
  • One Gesture At A Time: Knowledge and Action Hand in Hand - Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
11:00am
  • ED4ALL - Partnerships in Education: How Labor-Management Collaboration Is Transforming Public Schools - : Larry Specht, Senior Associate, International Affairs Department
  • ED4ALL - The Importance of Global Competence Education for Adults. - Shawn Mahoney, Board President
  • QUANDARY: Building creativity, empathy and ethical decision-making through play - Peter Stidwill, Executive Producer
  • Strategies for creating culturally inclusive online programs - Anita Samuel
12:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Dan Zanes - Communal Music-Making: What I've Learned So Far
1:00pm
  • ED4ALL - E-learning Challenges in a Multilingual and Rural Environment: the Case of Southwest Morocco - Jamila Bargach, Director
  • ED4ALL - Guarantee the right of high quality education to all American children - : Larry Specht, Senior Associate, International Affairs Department
  • Global Teacher Education: A Resource for Internationalizing Teacher Education in the United States - Caitlin Haugen, Executive Director
  • IFAW's Animal Action Education Program - Imogen Scott, Communications Consultant for IFAW
2:00pm
  • Learn how GNG's virtual exchange programs promote cross-cultural collaborations in your classroom - Rachel Kornhauser
  • Out My Window - Leslie Pralle Keehn, Instructional Technology Consultant
  • Using Instructional Technology to Accelerate Students into STEM Careers - Perri Robinson, Sales and Marketing
3:00pm
  • ED4ALL - Education in Action: Internship and Educational Programs at SeaTrust Institute as Global Capacity Building - Dr. Carolyn Stevenson, Director of Education and Special Project Lead, AWARE (Action Within a Resilient Environment)
  • Globalization of credentials by adopting skill driven badges instead of grades or degrees. - Szymon Machajewski, Affiliate Professor
  • How to Design and Implement a Global Citizenship Certificate Program - Kara Roth, Global Citizenship Program Coorindator
  • Inquiry Approaches to Integrating Environmental Literacy and 21st Century Skills - Miguel Fuentes, Curriculum and Evaluation Director
4:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Don Buckley - Design and Maker Thinking - how can they be part of our Everyday in Education
5:00pm
  • ED4ALL - Inspiring Life Long Stakeholders for International Education: From High School and College Students, to Corporate Executives, to Rural Villagers - Skyler Badenoch, Development Director
  • Helping Learners Develop Personal Learning Networks - Dr. Bernard Bull, Assistant Vice President of Academics & Associate Professor of Educational Design & Technology
  • Making a Better World Online for Children: Teaching Digital Literacy and Citizenship - Louisa Sullivan, Regional Program Manager
  • Proyecto "Celebraciones en la Red" - Prof. Cristina Velazquez
  • Sharing International Films - Susannah Wheelwright
6:00pm
  • Bringing The World to Your Classroom - Genevieve Murphy Global Development Director of Know My World
  • ED4ALL - Lessons from PISA for the United States - Larry Specht, Senior Associate, International Affairs Department
  • D4ALL - Using Advocacy to Empower Students - Lisa Glenn, Director of Programs
  • Intercultural Personhood Theory as a Framework for Global Competence - Stacy Shipman
7:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Brandon Wiley - Six School-Wide Strategies to Globalize Your School
8:00pm
  • 21st Century Pedagogies and Envisioning the Global Schoolhouse - Jennifer D. Klein, Global Educator
  • Natural Disasters and Us - Lisa Parisi 5th grade Teacher
  • Professional Development for a Global Audience - Amy Hollinger Director of Professional Development
9:00pm
  • Connect to the Global Family through Sister Cities - Gregory Adler Education Consultant
  • Las Mejores Prácticas en la Educación Global Basada en Proyectos - Jennifer D. Klein, Educadora Global
  • Work With What You Have - Louise Morgan
10:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Julie Lindsay - How to go Global - Lead, Learn, League
11:00pm
  • Integrating technology in primary classrooms: from the learning theories - Taru Malhotra, Masters in Education student
3:00am (Wednesday)
  • ED4ALL - Navigating the Cultural Side-effects of Global Education and the Compression of Change - Vera Saar, STEM Consultant/Facilitator



Because we live in a global village

Create a flat world!

Technology connects us all

To make light from a spark!

Learn about other cultures-also students see how similar they are in many ways

Global education is so important because global mass extinctions and life-support services are seriously stressed.  To solve these “wickedly” complex problems we need to work collaboratively to solve them.  Understanding and connection with others promotes peace.

To give students the chance to learn from people around the world.

Relationships and cultural understanding are critical in today’s world.

I think global education is really important because it helps us to connect our students with people all over the world.  We can have collaborative activities with people from other countries and give meaningful experience to our kids.

There are no boundaries.

We are all one great family, each one depending on the other.

We are part of a globalized world.

Global world.

We need to understand each other.

The next generation needs to be prepared to work with basically everyone else in the world.

Because the world today is so interconnected and interdependent.

Because the world is so vast with so many different kinds of people.  It is important that we learn from each other.  This allows us to work collaboratively, understand and learn as much as we can, and together we can help the world become a better place for all.

Essential because we need to work across borders to solve global problems.  It’s not about competition, it’s about collaboration.

Because WE CAN!

The world is our classroom

It helps to promote the idea of us all being a part of the human family

Students will need to be able to live with all people across the world.

Because our children need to be successful global citizens--need to interact with varied cultures, communities

Our entire world is interconnected and dependent on collaboration and cooperation.

So we can prepare our students for the global workforce.

It is important to be on the same page with the rest of the world.

It may help preserve our identity

Because we are interconnected and all have to be able to work together with synergy and great collaboration skills.

To prepare students for global workforce and to prepare teachers to integrate global activities into classroom instruction.

To be global citizens

Creating understanding and empathy.

SHARING EXPERIENCE

We want to live in peace

Global collaboration unites children from different countries, bringing cultures closer together.

Because we are not alone in our learning

Because the broader your connections, the broader your thinking

We are part of a global community

To understand how our world works! And to understand other cultures!

Growing empathy and compassion, seeking social justice and empowering students and educators through technology creation

We need to understand other cultures

Grow as a society!

Global education is imperative because we are living in a global society.  No longer does distance separate students in Joplin, MO from student in China, Chile, South Africa, anywhere!  It’s important that students know how to communicate and understand on a global level.

Monday, November 18, 2013

2013 Global Education Conference Kicks Off Today - List of Sessions

From the 2012 GlobalEdCon attendees:  

"This conference is a great example on what global means. Speakers, presenters and public from all over the world talking, showing and listening about education. The world is indeed flat." -Catalina Valenzuela

"Loved the chance to learn, share and grow both as an educator and as a person who wants to stay abreast of changes and innovation." -Effie Kyrikakis

"An awesome gathering of educators from all over the world with valuable contributions to improve education as a whole. A fantastic demonstration of a global learning event." -Almerinda Girabaldi

"Never before have I seen such an incredible array of resources - and inspiration. I only wish I didn't need to sleep, so I could attend them all live!" -Dr. Jessie Voigts

"Thanks for providing this global forum that truly flattens the world of learning." -Jerry Blumengarten

The 2013 Global Education Conference starts today! If you haven't attended our annual Global Education Conference, you are in for a treat! (More quotes from last year's event are at the bottom of this message.) We start today with a opening convocation on global education--come help us build a worldwide call to action around the critical importance of global education--after which we have a full day of great sessions, all of which are listed below. This free event runs all week and is open to anyone to attend: spread the word with Twitter hashtag #globaled13

Quick Notes:
  • We're also always looking for volunteer session moderators--join us here.
  • General information is posted here.
  • A step-by-step guide to getting started is also available here.
  • If you are looking to extend your conference experience, here are some ideas.
  • Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here.

Times for today's sessions that are show below are US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5). To see the schedule in your own time zone, with the full session descriptions and a link to enter each session, go to http://www.globaleducationconference.com.To receive the daily conference schedule, be sure to join the Global Education Conference network.

Monday, November 18
12:00pm 
  • OPENING SESSION - Global Education Welcome and Opening Convocation
1:00pm
  • Are you ready for Conflict Analysis and Management Practice? Assessing Quality, Academic Rigor, and Innovation. - Amanda Coolidge instructional designer
  • Students as Creators or Makers: Tools to foster Higher-order Thinking Skills - Jeff Hoffart (@JeffHoffart) - TEDxYouth@BIS Team
  • Teaching in a school which sometimes becomes a hostile environment for a teacher or how to teach in an ex-conflict area - Attila Nagy, LLM International Business Law
2:00pm
  • Can MOOCs Really Make an Impact in the Developing World? - Ioana Literat
  • Making International Education for Everyone - David Potter, Chief Development Officer
  • TIC para enseñar y aprender - L.I. Alma Delia Chávez Rojas
3:00pm
  • From static to dynamic: engaging students with technology to teach global issues - Katharine Robinson
  • MY HERO Learning Circles & CALL TO ACTION - Wendy Milette, Director of Media Arts Education
  • The 9x9x25 Challenge: A Reflective and Open Model of Professional Development - Todd Conaway, instructional designer
4:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Michael Furdyk - Imagining Future Friendly Schools: Global Citizenship, Environmental Stewardship, and Student Voice
5:00pm
  • Global Perspectives on Grading and Assessment - Dr. Bernard Bull, Assistant VP of Academics & Associate Professor of Educational Design and Technology
  • Irish-American Project - Donna Román
  • Transforming professional learning through global collaboration - Kate Sutton Jones
6:00pm
  • Plataforma E-learning Chamilo como herramienta dinamizadora en procesos educativos a distancia - Linda L. Martinez H. - Fundadora Comunidad Chamilo Venezuela
  • The use of social media in teaching information literacy and global collaboration - Laura Loveday, Librarian
7:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Pam Allyn and Jennifer Estrada - Transformational Literacy for the 21st Century: Four Lessons from the LitWorld Model
8:00pm
  • ED4ALL - Lesson For All: the right of education and the barriers worldwide - Donna Adams Román
  • Fostering Global Citizenship in the English Classroom - Jennifer D. Klein, Global Educator
  • IIME develops 21st century skills through international collaborative learning - Atsuko Shiwaku
  • The #Malala Project, An attempt at a Global PBL - Heidi Hutchison, 5th grade teacher
9:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Natalia Gil de Fainschtein - La educación necesita más Realidad Aumentada, con o sin computadoras
  • Anime as a Catalyst for Global Collaboration: Media Literacy Projects for the Flat Classroom - Dr. Michele L. Haiken
  • Fostering Global Citizenship in Our Schoolhouses - Jennifer D. Klein, Global Educator
  • Key Issues in International Clinical Placements - Ann Gaudino, Ed.D.
10:00pm
  • KEYNOTE: Kim Cofino - Adventures in International Education
11:00pm
  • ePortfolios as Environments for Global Engagement, Deep Learning and Authentic Assessment - Betty Hurley-Dasgupta, Professor and HP Fellow
“In today's society, we no longer have to hold meetings in the confines of four walls, stay in expensive hotels, and nibble on gourmet food we can't pronounce. Advances in technology have fueled the growth of meeting virtually, giving people the ability to actively participate in team meetings no matter where they are in the world. We can voice our experiences and views to a much greater audience. Indeed, this is a great idea to to have virtual conferences to increase awareness and spread information." -Huma Shoukat
“This is one of the greatest professional development opportunities on global ed for teachers and education professionals I have come to know so far. Sadly, our Ministry of Education has completely cut off any financially supported opportunities for in -service teachers in our country or any leave of absence for them to pursue further education/professional development since two years ago. Technology works miracles, borders and other restrictions tend to vanish, and what a great networking and resources this conference offers! I'm definitely sharing this with my colleagues and networks on this side of the planet. Thank you, Steve, other partners in this project, speakers and volunteers for your time and efforts, big time congrats to all!" -Sofia from Greece
“I love digital media and the idea that we are all where we are actively engaging in the educational enterprise and charting new ways to develop education globally." -Dierdre Huger

“Wow -everything went so smoothly with so many presenters, webcams, locations, and people contributing and drawing -on the screen, in the chat screen, etc. Most impressive demonstration of the possibilities of the software and of engaging ways to interpret the conference theme! " -Anonymous

“This is a fantastic conference and I plan on using the recordings for my graduate student -professional teachers. Thank you for allowing educators to collaborate!" -Mary Liz Jones

“Excelente, gracias por hacer este tipo de eventos que fortifican el quehacer educativo.

"Excellent, thanks for doing this type of event that supports educational work." -Dayhana Sanchez Cuevas
“This is a very interesting way for people all around the world to participate in real time to develop ideas, strategies, perspectives, methods and direction in any aspect of education. It takes educational practices global. I think it is a way for teachers and all who are directly involved in education as well as others who are interested to collaborate and share. It could bring the level of discussion and collaboration to a whole new level throughout the world. " -Joseph Murphy

“Excelente, permite entender como impactar al estudiante con imágenes y tomando en consideración sus expectativas personales." -Jinmy

“I spent the day working as a librarian/media specialist in a middle school in Virginia, USA and spent the evening at an international conference sharing ideas with people all over the world. Absolutely amazing! Tomorrow I teach research skills to 7th graders -I will tell them the importance of 'information literacy' as these types of global connections will become part of their everyday lives " -Anonymous

“Great that I can pick and choose the learning that works best for me." -Kelli Holden

"Great experience. Exciting to have an opportunity to share and learn with the entire world right at the same time." -Allan Kakinda

“The Global Education conference is an opportunity to become educated on what is going on Globally. Consider participating in the future from wherever you are." -Anonymous

“A fantastic way for teachers from around the world to share ideas and to learn from teachers from other subject areas." -Fiona Luna

“I wish I could take the whole week off and just attend the workshops. I am so grateful for all of you who have organized this great opportunity for us teachers who often hunger for new ideas and techniques to do that which we love to do. Thank you!" -Mona Abinader

“It is a very rich resource of materials for teachers (like me) who is trying to navigate the digital world and use it for the benefit of her students." -Elma

“Great presentations so far. The conference has awesome information, new knowledge,and idea" -sharing is great. Motivating to hear from colleagues from all over the world." -Anonymous

“Glad to be able to participate from my little corner of the world... Opportunities I would never have had without this conference. " -Sherrilyn

“The conference did an excellent job of reaching out to everyone by going online. " -Melba Angni

“I'm so thankful that you have made this opportunity for learning available to everyone. " -Anonymous

"Excelente. Muy completa. Con ejemplos reales y aplicables del curriculum escolar. Actual y con un sinnúmero de posibilidades para trabajar." -Olga Schabb

“I love the format of this conference. I am at home convalescing from a broken shoulder and yet I was able to attend a session in Argentina this morning! Amazing!" -Lorissa Boxer

“Great opportunity to interact with quality presenters around the world. I couldn't take full days away to attend a face-to-face conference (not to mention the financial limitations there), but I can grab an hour or two a day to be part of this. Thank you." -Anonymous
“Globetrotting from home: Uganda, United States, Indonesia, Spain, Mexico, Brazil...It's been a wild, inspirational ride!" -Anonymous

“First online conference I attended, wonderful. " -Daniel Dillon

“I have loved every day of the conference, I have gained so many resources, contacts and an amazing amount of inspiration! Sheer brilliance!" -Denise Boyd

“Totally jazzed about GEC!" -Anonymous

“I liked reading other peoples’ comments and knowing that we are not alone in our struggles, but also knowing that others have found a way to make the changes that we wish to see." -Anonymous

“What a great opportunity to connect from home on our Vet's Day holiday!" -Anonymous

“Thank you for organizing this meaningful conference!" -Sharon Pei

“Seizing the opportunity presented by this Veteran's Day holiday, today is a great day for online conference...." -Craig Seasholes

“This is my first time doing an online conference! I am impressed with what is available and excited to check in daily and absorb new information!" -Cynthia

“Such a gift to learning and sharing!" -Anonymous

“Fantastic way to conference without leaving the classroom." -R. Carter

“Amid Dark Times, a brighter side of U.S Pakistan ties. Indeed a great platform to connect globally. Conference was great. We should do this very often." -Anonymous

“Love this concept....always watched webinars online never attended a conference.....boy look at what I've been missing." -Debbie Gaskins

“This is an inspiring conference and school districts should be telling their teachers about it and offering professional development for attending online and presenting in groups at school. Even 4min. for each teacher would be great and then the link for the archived recording could be shared." -Anonymous

Thursday, November 14, 2013

GlobalEdCon - "Education for All" Keynotes, Submission Extension, and Call for Volunteers

Our 2013 Global Education Conference starts this coming Monday, November 18th, and runs 24-hours a day for five days. It's online, awesome, free, and all about increasing opportunities for connecting classrooms, supporting cultural awareness, and recognizing diversity and educational access for all.

The call for proposals is being extended until November 17th, the day before the conference. Can you believe it?! It's just one more way that a virtual conference rocks the traditional conference model.

We've also issued our call for volunteers. If you haven't been a volunteer moderator at one of our virtual events before, you may not know what you're missing. Really, it's a blast. Do join us.

Finally, we're super-excited about our new "Education for All" conference strand, which is being coordinated by the Global Campaign for Education-US. Worldwide there are 57 million young people of elementary school age who are not in school, and many other young people who are in school, but are receiving a sub-par education and therefore reading and learning far below their grade level. Additionally, there are 70+ million adolescents who are also not in school--either having dropped (or been pulled) out to work, tend to siblings. or to be married at an early age. Teachers in many countries often have little more than a high school education and receive little or no professional development. Organizations and coalitions like the Global Campaign for Education are working to ensure that everyone has an equitable access to a quality education, and are advocating for additional financial resources, enhanced professional development, smaller classroom size, adequate educational materials, and access to technology that links students and teachers to information and collaboration with peers.   

As a part of his, we've just added three great new "Education for All" keynote sessions (and hopefully have one or two more surprises still up our sleeves):

  • Jennifer Estrada and Pam Allyn from LitWorld: "Transformational Literacy for the 21st Century: Four Lessons from the LitWorld Model."
  • Justin van Fleet from the UN Global Education First Initiative: "The Final Push to Achieve Education for All by 2015."
  • Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY): "25 Years working to Ensure Education for All."
Go to the conference site to see all of our great keynote speakers and the current schedule of sessions in your own time zone, since we have a listing page for each of the world's 36 time zones!


See you online!

Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!


Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference (http://www.globaleducationconference.com).

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium, Library 2.013, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!), but we're raring to go now, and we hope you are, too!

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. We've had 750 actual practitioner presentations since we started GlobalEdCon, all of which were recorded and are still available for free on the website to watch or listen to at any time. Join us this year to hear what your colleagues have been doing this past twelve months or to hear from our great lineup of keynotes (see below!).

We also really hope that you will consider presenting. There is still time to submit your presentation proposals. Try not to make our lives too hard, but you can submit to present all the way up until the end of day November 15th (we've gotten really good at this virtual conference thing, plus we have to make up for being so tardy ourselves). If you're a seasoned presenter, do share your wisdom with your worldwide colleagues! If you have never presented before, and are doing things your colleagues would benefit from knowing about, we invite you to expand your horizons in this amazing way. More information in presenting HERE.

We've got lots of training going on for presenters and volunteer moderators; we've got the amazing Nikki Ugalde doing special training sessions in both English and Spanish; we've got an awesome set of sponsors, partner organizations, and advisory board members (and we can always use more!); we've got logos (do you like our new logo!?), badges, a printable flyer, and a press release; we've got an awesome set of accepted presentations so far; we've kept our iEARN strand, as well as added a strand of sessions on the global "Education for All" campaign; and we have got a terrific set of keynote speakers--speaking of which...

We'll end here with this year's keynote speakers (but stay tuned--the amazing Lucy Gray is likely to add even more before the conference officially starts!).  Please join us! See you online!


Karen Armstrong

Charter for Compassion International

How to Change the World

Karen Armstrong, renowned and provocative writer about the nature of religion will speak about compassion as the common imperative in all world religions: Every single one of the world religions has developed this ethos of compassion, summed up in the ‘Golden Rule’ - which has arisen independently in all religions - ‘never treat others as you would not like to be treated yourself’. That is the test of true spirituality, rather than any doctrine or rules. Speaking about the Charter for Compassion, the global peace initiative of which she is the founder, posits that compassion is a force that can change politics, governments and communities, I am convinced that compassion is key to the survival of our world but urged us to begin with ourselves – what can I do to make my family or my workplace more compassionate? – and be gentle, it’s step by step. And it is a rewarding journey, don’t feel burdened by it: compassion can be a lot of fun.

BIO:
Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. A former nun, Armstrong has written two books about this experience: Through the Narrow Gate, about her seven years in the convent, and The Spiral Staircase, about her subsequent spiritual awakening, when she developed her iconoclastic take on the major monotheistic religions -- and on the strains of fundamentalism common to all. She is a powerful voice for ecumenical understanding. Armstrong's 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. In February 2009 the words of the world were collected and given to the Council of Conscience, a gathering of religious leaders and thinkers, who are now crafting the final document. The Charter was launched in November 2009.

Karen Blumberg

Technology Integrator
The School at Columbia University

BIO:
Karen Blumberg is an educational technologist at The School at Columbia University working with faculty and students to integrate technology academically, respectfully, and responsibly. On a daily basis, Karen reminds her students to make wises choices, especially in light of the fact that everything they put online is public, permanent, and traceable. Previously, she was a Technology Integrator at Sacred Heart teaching robotics and programming to 5th through 7th grades and supporting the faculty's technology and integration needs. Karen also taught 7th grade Math at The Dalton School and 7th/8th grade Math at LaBrum Middle School, a public school in Philadelphia. Karen is passionate about building community and creating opportunities for people to collaborate and communicate. An organizer of TEDxNYED, TEDxYouth@TheSchool, Robo Expo, EdCampNYC, and EdcampMumbai, Karen is also a former President of the New York Consortium of Independent School Technologists (NYCIST). She was recently chosen to be a Teacher of the Future by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and she has also been named a Top Education Influencer on Twitter. Karen has presented at conferences around the country about teaching students to navigate social media and working with teachers to develop digital projects that embrace new media literacies. In her spare time, Karen travels locally and globally in search of new sights, tastes, and absurdities. Karen earned her BA in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College and her MA in Instructional Technology and New Media from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Don Buckley

Co-founder
Tools At Schools

Design and Maker Thinking - how can they be part of our Everyday in Education

The focus of this presentation is to investigate the teaching and learning of design and maker thinking in schools. Design Thinking is a context-driven, human centered problem solving process that emphasizes ideation, learning from failure, prototyping and designing for real-world use. Maker Thinking is related to the DIY mindset and refers to a process of thinking through making, emphasizing tinkering resourcefulness. How and why is this thinking relevant? Should we be teaching these processes in our schools? Where does this type of problem solving fit in in the current education landscape? How can this thinking we integrated into education?

BIO:
Don Buckley has transformed learning spaces so they work for teachers and students and not just architects, he has transformed textbooks so that they work for students and teachers and not just publishers, and transformed new media resources so that they work for students and teachers and not just programmers. He has advanced degrees from leading European universities, is a former industrial chemist, published photographer, and consultant to MOMA. As well as teaching a graduate course at Columbia Teacher's College in Educational Technology and directing the Technology and Innovation at The School, he is an author for Pearson's Interactive Science Program (a K-8 Science series for 21st century schools). Most recently Don has just co-founded Tools at Schools with design partner aruliden, who's mission is to make design thinking our everyday. Don is passionate about Travel, Architecture, Design, Change, The Future and Innovation. He is a scientist, technologist, educator, author, traveler, design thinker, innovator and dual citizen of Ireland and the United States.

Jaime Casap

Global Education Evangelist
www.google.com/edu

The Transformation of Education
Those entering school this year do not know a world without technology or the web. Our students are children of technology and the web. It is where and how they manage their resources, where and how they manage their relationships, where and how they collaborate with each other, and most importantly, where and how they learn. Think about what we do with technology and the web today and try to imagine what we will be able to do in two years, ten years, or 20 years. We will examine what the transformation of education needs to look like to take advantage of new learning models, and in the process, transform “students” into lifelong “learners.”

BIO:
Jaime Casap is the Global Education Evangelist at Google, Inc. Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of the web, technology, and Google tools in education. He helps educational organizations across the world find ways to utilize these tools in support of new learning models. His team is responsible for bringing Google tools to millions of administrators, teachers, and students across the globe. Jaime serves on the Science Foundation Arizona Board of Directors, on the Board of Directors for New Global Citizens, is a member of the Digital Learning Council, and a member of the South by Southwest EDU advisory Board. You can follow Jaime on Google+ at +Jaime Casap and Twitter @jcasap

Kim Cofino

Technology and Learning Coach
Yokohama International School

Adventures in International Education
For the last 13 years I've been living and teaching in international schools around the world. From Munich, Germany to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Bangkok, Thailand, and now Yokohama, Japan, teaching internationally has been an amazing and fantastic adventure. Every country, school and community has taught me something new, and every day I am envious of my students who have grown up in this ever-changing environment. During this presentation, I'll share some of the key highlights (for me) of teaching in international schools. I hope this will encourage you to start your own adventure in a new country too!

BIO:
Originally from the US, Kim is an enthusiastic and innovative globally-minded educator. Kim has been teaching internationally for over 10 years, first in Munich, Germany, then in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, next at the International School Bangkok in Thailand, and currently at Yokohama International School in Japan. An Apple Distinguished Educator, her work focuses on helping core subject teachers authentically embed current and emerging technologies in the classroom to create a global and collaborative learning environment. Her inquiry-based, constructivist approach to teaching utilizes project-based learning experiences developed using the Understanding by Design process combined with the MYP Technology Design Cycle. Kim regularly consults with other international schools interested in implementing 21st century learning, has been profiled on a number of educational websites and journals, is a member of the K12 Horizon Report Advisory Board 2008 – present, and is a regular presenter and keynote speaker at conferences and professional development sessions throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. Her professional blog, Always Learning, is an invaluable resource for teachers seeking examples of authentic student engagement.

Michael Furdyk

Co-founder
TakingITGlobal.org

Imagining Future Friendly Schools: Global Citizenship, Environmental Stewardship, and Student Voice
Michael Furdyk will take us through his decade-long journey with TakingITGlobal (TIG), creating an online network engaging millions of youth in taking action on the world’s greatest challenges. TIG has engaged more than 40 million young people in 13 languages in informal learning, and has a growing community of more than 4,000 schools in 140 countries taking their classrooms global. He will share stories of educators collaborating to engage their students in challenge-based learning, and explore what it means to be a Future Friendly School in this complex, rapidly-changing world.

BIO:
Michael Furdyk is the Co-founder of TakingITGlobal (www.tigweb.org), which provides innovative global education programs that empower youth to understand and act on the world's greatest challenges. In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. In 2008, he was named by Contribute Magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy. Michael has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, presented at TED, and was named one of Teen People's Twenty Teens that will Change the World. Over the last decade, he has keynoted over 100 events across sectors, sharing his social media expertise and insights on youth engagement and educational reform to audiences in over 30 countries. He sits on several non-profit boards, including the Re-Inventing Schools Coalition, and on the International Advisory Council for Microsoft's Partners in Learning program.

Julie Lindsay

Director
Learning Confluence

How to go Global - Lead, Learn, League
Emerging technologies and increased access across the world is the catalyst to embed global awareness, interaction and understanding into all learning opportunities, but has this really happened yet? What positive social change needs to take place to fully realize the goal of a connected and 'flattened' environment that supports personalized learning? Join Julie for 'How to Go Global' as she describes, and shows through current examples, how leadership, collaborative learning that leads to true co-creation, and building 'leagues' of designers, innovators and communities can take learning to the next level. Our future is important, let's articulate and plan now to go global now.

BIO:
Julie is an enthusiastic, global educator, leader and innovator who has led the way in global education and technology-infused connections and collaborations across six countries including Africa, Asia and the Middle East. As an IT Director in international schools she implemented 1:1 learning and worked with teachers from K-12 on pedagogical applications for mobile and ubiquitous computing. Worldwide she is recognized for innovative programs using a wide array of Web 2.0 tools to transform learning for the emerging digital, “world-is-flat” educational landscape. Her experiences in education have included International Baccalaureate schools including MYP & DP implementation, leadership and management. Now based back in Australia as a consultant, presenter and workshop leader she is kept busy as Director of Learning Confluence, Director and co-founder of Flat Classroom® and Global Collaboration Consultant for THINK Global School. She is also co-author of Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time, Pearson 2012, and an ADE (Apple Distinguished Educator).

Anne Mirtschin

Teacher
Hawkesdale P12 College, Department of Education Early Childhood Development, Victoria Australia

The World is My Classroom
Although the classroom may be our world, the world can by our classroom. Students need to be equipped with the skills, knowledge and understanding that will enable them to engage effectively with and prosper in an increasingly globalised world. Technology provides students and teachers with an amazing power and opportunity to gain knowledge and experiences beyond the textbook. It breaks down all physical and social barriers. We can connect, collaborate and create in both synchronous and asynchronous time globally with students, classes, teachers, experts and community members. This presentation will share some stories from an innovative, practising classroom teacher and will provide a glimpse into what can be achieved, how it can be achieved and the amazing resultant outcomes that are now possible when learning extends beyond the classroom walls. It will also cover an array of useful tools for global interactions, the challenges faced and means for overcoming these challenges and provide useful resources. Teaching and learning globally will create the need for new competencies. What might these be? Please join this session and join in the conversations.

BIO:
Anne Mirtschin is an award winning teacher from Victoria, Australia whose most recent major awards are ICT in Education Victoria Educator of the Year 2012 and Australian Council for Computer Education Educator of the Year 2012. She is passionate about rural and global education, immersing technology in the classroom, eLearning and loves collaborating, teaching and learning online with students, educators and community members across the world. These global connections have brought the world beyond the textbook into the classroom. She teaches ICT from grade 3 through to year 12 at Hawkesdale P12 College, a small rural prep to year 12 school. Anne is host of Tech Talk Tuesdays, a weekly online webinar, is a virtual conference coach for Digital Learning, Victorian Education Department, an Australasian Co-ordinator for the Global Education Conference, an active member of the Flat Classroom Projects and is a lead teacher for the Global Classroom projects. A recent and exciting challenge transpired as co-facilitator of the virtual participants in the 2013 Flat Classroom Conference in Yokohama, Japan. She has presented locally, nationally and globally, both face to face and virtually.

Rekha Puri

Founder and President, LINEglobal
LINEglobal

LINEglobal - Gateway to India
LINEglobal connects educators in the USA with educators in India to promote cultural understanding, curriculum development, school reform, innovation and professional growth. LINEglobal aims to refine and expand American perceptions about India and help advance the way schools in the US view and integrate India in their curriculums. This exchange focuses on the imperative need to understand India and for our students to develop the cross-cultural competencies needed to live in our global society. LINEglobal strongly believes that personal relationships between our schools will result in us being more cognizant of social justice issues, more knowledgeable about teaching and learning, and more reflective about education practice. Come hear about our start-up and LINEglobal’s commitment to building an enhanced India-U.S. partnership in education. After more than a year of planning, our team was recently in Mumbai, India, for our first visit and personal interactions with schools and educators there. And we also organized India's first edcamp, EdcampMumbai. Join the conversation about dreaming up a project, taking the steps to turn ideas into reality, building a community around a shared passion, and planning future steps…

BIO:
Rekha Puri is the Founder and President of LINEglobal, a non-profit organization that creates cross-cultural awareness and provides professional development opportunities by connecting educators in the USA and India. Inspired by her dad’s incredible personal journey, LINEglobal is a serendipitous culmination of Rekha’s focus on the cross-cultural competencies, empathy and understanding needed to live in our global society. Rekha is currently the Director of Admissions at The School at Columbia University, NYC, known for its innovative curriculum and extraordinary diversity. Rekha has worked in schools in the US and India. She holds a BFA degree from the JJ School of Art, Bombay University, and a Masters degree in School Leadership from the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. Rekha was awarded a NAIS fellowship as an Aspiring Head of School. Growing up in India and Malaysia, and having lived in the US for more than twenty years, Rekha claims to be an Indian, a New Yorker and a “global soul” as defined by Pico Iyer, one of her favorite authors. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Anuj, and their son, Siddhartha.

Julene Reed

Director of Academic Technology
St. George's Independent School

Polar Bears, Global Connections, and Citizen Science
What do polar bears have to do with the forests of Borneo, the Galapagos Islands, and other ecosystems around the world? How do photos and satellite imagery help to document change over time around the world? In what ways is technology providing us with educational opportunities to learn more about different animal species and ecosystems? How can you and your students become scientists—citizen scientists—who can contribute to authentic, real–world scientific research?

Each fall, Polar Bears International's Tundra Connections program broadcasts live from the shores of the Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, the Polar Bear Capital of the World, to document the effects of climate change on polar bears. Join us to learn how we are using scientific technology, educational webcasts, photos, maps, and satellite imagery to provide authentic, real–world learning experiences…in the Arctic and other places around the world. We will make connections between what is happening to polar bears in the Arctic with what is happening globally. Making a difference with education and technology—this is a great example of how we can all work together to make change happen.

BIO:
Julene Reed is an educator with twenty–three years of experience. She is currently the Director of Academic Technology for St. George's Independent School in Memphis, TN. Julene an Apple Distinguished Educator, Discovery Education Leadership Council member, Google Certified Teacher/Administrator, CUE Lead Learner, Senior Collaborator with Educational Collaborators, AppoLearning Consultant, EdTech Team Member, Instructional Designer for ISTE and the HP Catalyst Academy, and Apple education author.

Julene has been involved in global education throughout her career, traveling internationally through her professional and philantrophical endeavors. She serves on the advisory council of both Dr. Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots and Polar Bears International where she is the director of their Tundra Connections program. Julene travels to Churchill, Canada annually to observe polar bears in the wild and conduct live educational videoconferences and webcasts with scientists. Julene also works with Suumu Secondary School and Roots & Shoots in Tanzania. Her passion to make a difference in the world through education and technology are clearly evident in her work.

Brandon Wiley

Executive Director, ISSN
Asia Society

Six School-Wide Strategies to Globalize Your School
Understanding how to prepare students to succeed in an increasingly global society takes careful planning. Explore six school-wide strategies that can be employed by school leaders and teachers to globalize the curriculum and learning experience of your students. Hear how schools across the United States are developing students' global competence through the use of authentic, project-based learning experiences and portfolio assessment. Participants will leave the session with practical tools and frameworks to identify ways they can develop a more globally-focused school.

BIO:
Dr. Brandon Wiley is the Executive Director of Asia Society’s International Studies Schools Network (ISSN), a design-driven network of over 30 public, charter and independent schools, located in eight states across the U.S. The ISSN is focused on supporting the development of internationally focused schools that foster students to be globally competent and college/career ready. Brandon coordinates the efforts of a national team of consultants, while assisting district and school leaders to implement the ISSN school model and Graduation Performance System. Before joining Asia Society, Brandon served as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction in the West Seneca Central School District. With experience as a classroom teacher, Director of Staff Development and district-level administrator, Brandon offers practical experience to implementing school and district reforms and innovative programs. He is a frequent blogger and sought after speaker focusing on school reform, globalization and school innovation. Brandon holds degrees from the State University of New York at Fredonia in elementary education, curriculum and instruction, and educational administration. He recently earned his doctorate degree in educational and organizational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dan Zanes

Singer of All-ages Music
festival five records

Communal Music-Making: What I've Learned So Far.
In this key note I'll talk about my evolution from rock and roller to all-ages music-maker highlighting lessons that I've learned along the way about participation, inclusion, race, education, and singing with gusto...

BIO:
For the record, Zanes was born in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1961. He was a member of the Del Fuegos from the beginning to the end of the eighties and with them made The Longest Day (1984), Boston, Mass (1985), Stand Up(1987), Smoking in the Fields (1989), and the hit single, “Don’t Run Wild.” In 1994, he released a solo CD, Cool Down Time, shortly after which he moved to Brooklyn, New York with his wife and daughter, where he then released Rocket Ship Beach (2000) which became an immediate hit with families around America as well as with The New York Times Magazine, which said, “Zanes’ kids music works because it is not kids music; it’s just music—music that’s unsanitized, unpasteurized, that’s organic even.” His next CD, Family Dance (2001) features Loudon Wainwright III, Roseanne Cash and a lot of dancing that you can’t actually see but you can imagine. Next in the Festival Five family series came Night Time! (2002) featuring collaborations with Aimee Mann and Lou Reed, followed by the Grammy-nominated House Party (2003), a rambunctious 20-song collection that includes Deborah Harry, Bob Weir, and Philip Glass, as well as the Rubí Theater Company and Rankin Don (a.k.a. Father Goose).Sea Music, a collection of maritime songs that was the first CD in the Festival Five Folk Series and was cited inRolling Stone’s Hot Issue in the category of Hot Maritime Sounds. The next CD in the folk series—Parades and Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected by Carl Sandburg for the American Songbag—is the disc on which Zanes’ scruffy troupe of musicians dragged the poet’s 1927 collection of songs kicking and screaming into this century, with traditional instruments, tuba-driven electric guitars, whatever it takes. And while no one was looking Zanes co-authored two picture book collaborations with the artist Donald Saaf: Jump Up! and Hello Hello (Little, Brown and Company Books), and appeared in the Dan Zanes and Friends concert DVD, All Around the Kitchen! (2005), recorded at the Knitting Factory in New York City.