E-Learning Journeys: Global Collaboration Day - September 17! tags: education globalcollaboration globaled15 Technology Ideas and Tools to Connect Students to the World - EdTechReview™ (ETR) tags: education connectingeducators global Join the Celebration for Global Collaboration | Edutopia Read all about Global Collaboration Day September 17, 2015. tags: education globalcollaboration globaled15 jul Wearable Technology Sonya Van Schaijik shares her challenges of starting to use a FitBit to get fitter and healthier. She asks some pertinent questions of other educators. read and learn! tags: education wearabletechnology fitness Julia Gillard on STEM, diversity, and how dragons and sharks encourage Aussies to be entrepreneurs tags: entrepreneur education Global Collaboration Day Join on September 17! Right now, we have 117 participating schools and organizations from 23 US states and 27 different countries! We have 3 countries represented from North America, 3 countries from South America, 9 countries represented from Europe, 7 countries represented from Australasia, and 10 countries from Africa! tags: globaled globalcollaboration education Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration

New approach needed to deliver on technology’s potential in schools - OECD tags: research statistics education digitaldivide CIC: The Future of Learning. Learning Analytics - YouTube tags: learninganalytics education INF537 How technology is helping me learn | Teaching using Web Tools for Educators Join this global collaboration initiated by Ann Michaelsen in Norway tags: globalcollaboration education globalproject Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration

1cK-12 Global Art Exchange | 40OneWorld Classrooms @julielindsay K-12 Global Art Exchange - going global in the classroom! #OneWorldClass http://t.co/miBIPCxIhz http://t.co/wNHwLUDu0C tags: OneWorldClass global globalcollaboration education Maker Education: Reaching All Learners - YouTube Well-crafted video about different pathways to learning via makerspace opportunities in school tags: education maker makerspace Edutopia video Let´s Talk About Collaborating Globally - YouTube tags: globalcollaboration education globaled15 The 4Cs Research Series - P21 "In collaboration with research partners at the University of Connecticut, P21 has just released a research series on key aspects of conceptualizing, developing, and assessing each of the 4Cs of Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. The briefs outline findings from research about what we already know, what we need to know, and what we can do to embed 4Cs into practice." tags: creativity collaboration criticalthinking communication education 21stcenturylearning Collaboration - P21 In collaboration with research partners at the University of Connecticut, P21 has just released a research series on key aspects of conceptualizing, developing, and assessing each of the 4Cs of Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. The briefs outline findings from research about what we already know, what we need to know, and what we can do to embed 4Cs into practice. tags: collaboration education 21stcenturylearning 21stcenturyskills Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration

IMS Guide 201516 - Innovate My School This unique publication explores the potential benefits, pitfalls, future trends and learning outcomes for 10 hot topics in education, providing you with a warts-and-all view of how they can impact a school and, ultimately, the learning experience of the pupil. tags: education innovation emergingtechnologies download Library 2.0 - the future of libraries in the digital age Join Oct 19 for Teacher Librarian Day all free and online - awesome lineup #tlday15 http://www.teacherlibrarian.org #lib2015 tags: education library future online free conference a1About | The Global Youth Wellbeing Index @julielindsay http://t.co/3Bup9zSZBe Global Youth Well Being Index, you might have seen this Julie tags: awl15-2 education health China Youth Index tags: education China chinaconnects PowToon - Brings Awesomeness to Your Presentations tags: education handshake fcge15-2 J Stephens Digital Handshake - YouTube tags: fcge15-2 education handshake Participate | Connected Educator 2015 Connected Educator Aotearoa New Zealand (CENZ) offers a range of ways for you, your colleagues, staff or organisation to get involved, from attending sessions to running one of your own. tags: education CE15 CENZ15 connected At What Age Can You Teach a Global Mindset? "Developing a global mindset is a journey, not a destination" tags: global education globalmindset What Is 'Global Citizenship Education'? | Asia Society tags: globalcitizenship education global Mr J @ Newmarket School: Flat Connections Veni - a new teacher to global collaboration - writes about his first online meeting with the A Week in the Life project. tags: blog Education awl15-2 globalcollaboration Digital Learning Community | Turning ideas into practice. Scotland "The Community brings together all those involved in learning and teaching from Early Years through to Higher and Further Education. It is open to anyone who has an interest in improving outcomes for learners through the use of digital technologies." tags: education digitallearning Looking for online globally collaborative educators K-12 - Invitation to join EdD research - The Global Education Conference Network tags: education EdD research 4 Projects for Building Global Connections | Getting Smart tags: education global globalcollaboration Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration

K12 Online Conference schedule - starts this week! Online, free, asynchronous - great teacher PD - make sure you view some if not all! Starts this week. tags: education k12online15 professionaldevelopment online free Yong Zhao - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? - YouTube tags: education China yongzhao video TakingITGlobal - TakingITGlobal Annual Report 2014 tags: tiged education takingitglobal Best Student Collaboration Tools tags: collaboration education tools 7 Top Tips for Live Tweeting | Blog | Social Driver is an Innovation Agency Some points here relevant to education tags: twitter live education Southern African Virtual School Running the American curriculum with a virtual diploma program. Interesting option. tags: virtual school education All Things Chinese | View of China A visual introduction to all things Chinese! tags: China chinaconnects education Intercultural understanding | Asia Education Foundation Love this new toolkit developed for AEF on intercultural understanding. Includes definitions, curriculum and pedagogy. tags: interculturalunderstanding toolkit education AEF Australia-China BRIDGE launches in Chengdu | Asia Education Foundation tags: China AEF education BRIDGEproject Chipeta Elementary, Colorado Springs - Digital handshake For the A Week in the Life project 15-2 tags: education handshake globalcollaboration awl15-2 Animoto - Flat Connections Handshake New Hope Christian Academy, Memphis, USA created this digital handshake to introduce themselves to the A Week in the Life 15-2 online global project tags: handshake education awl15-2 globalcollaboration SAS Grade 3 Digital Handshake Wonderful class digital handshake from Grade 3 at Singapore American School for the 'A Week in the Life' project September-December 2015 tags: handshake education awl15-2 globalcollaboration Colloquium 5 | Digitalli Blog post from Margaret Simkin, CSU Masters degree student. The fifth and final visitor led presentation came from Cathie Howe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathiehowe) who spoke to us about her work as Professional Learning and Leadership Coordinator, NSW DEC, & Manager Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre http://www.macict.edu.au/ . @cathie_h @julielindsay @heyjudeonline @hbailie with link! http://t.co/0wujPy46PV tags: INF537 education How to Evaluate Web Resources tags: education web_evaluation Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration

Exemplars | Jisc Digital Student we have identified almost 50 exemplars of effective practice in support of students’ digital experiences. The exemplars have been written up with the support of the staff (and in some cases students) involved. They can be accessed via the seven challenges for institutions, or you can browse the whole set below. They are organised according to the main challenge addressed. tags: education digitalliteracy digitallearning byod socialmedia The ideal job candidate for global corporations | The Australian tags: education global business future employment research Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration

Pedagogy and School Libraries: Developing agile approaches in a digit… tags: education library digitallearning Webinar Series launches October 28! ISTE Global Collaboration PLN - ISTE In recent years the Berea District in Ohio have been on a mission to change ‘local’ into ‘global’. This presentation will share the steps taken to move one high school and a district toward true collaboration. The journey of starting small and growing over time will be addressed as specific examples of technology integration and collaboration are shared. In addition, participants will gain practical strategies, learn more about resources, and take away a deeper understanding of how to connect and collaborate within and beyond their own learning environment. tags: education ISTE isteglobalpln globalcollaboration Social Media and its role in establishing a ‘successful’ classroom | Mr Kemp tags: education socialmedia pedagogy research Digital Sparks | Student Technology Design Challenge & Expo See more from Rob McTaggart https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RobMcTaggart/posts/f86YicRoZfq?cfem=1 and http://www.theherald.com.au/story/3436340/expo-sets-challenge-for-hunter-digi-kids/ tags: moonshot education designthinking Reinventing Mathematics Education Constructing Modern Knowledge and The Willows Community School are producing a very special event at The Willows Community School in Culver City, CA this January 4th, 2016. Reinventing Mathematics Education features three of the world's leading scholar/practitioner/visionaries in lecture, workshop, and discussion settings about how to teach yesterday's "math" better and prepare kids to love and use the mathematics of the future. http://reinventingmath.com The event features: Computer scientist, CEO, physicist, and mathematician Conrad Wolfram Piagetian and expert in how children construct arithmetic knowledge, Dr. Constance Kamii Vanderbilt professor and authority on creating a culture for mathematics learning, Dr. Ilana Horn tags: education mathematics ACCELN (Australian Council for Computers in Education Learning Network) - Google+ tags: acceln education Australia Designing Digital Media for Teaching & Learning | An Open Online Course for Educators This 4-week course is open to all educators for free. tags: education digitalmedia free online ISTE Stay on Top of Teaching Trends with These 36 Hashtags | Articles | Noodle tags: education hashtag Twitter Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration

Entrepreneurship Education | www.wise-qatar.org tags: entrepreneur education WISE 2015 WISE Research | www.wise-qatar.org The WISE Research Reports bring key topics to the forefront of the global education debate, and reflect the priorities of the Qatar National Research Strategy. In collaboration with recognized experts, researchers and thought-leaders, WISE has produced timely, comprehensive reports featuring concrete, improved practices from around the world, as well as recommendations for policy-makers, educators and change-makers. The WISE Research Reports focus on system-level innovation, teacher education, early-childhood education, new ways of financing education, entrepreneurship education, wellbeing, twenty-first century skills, and managing education reform in the Gulf Corporation Council countries. tags: WISE education research How to innovate in education to achieve the SDGs? "This discussion aims to explore the implications of the recently published Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for project holders and entrepreneurs working in the field of education. " with Michael Furdyk, Boris Bulayev, Michael Khoury Produced by WISE tags: education sdg sustainability future Connect with China - Skyping Harry | Flattening the World One Classroom at a Time Another example of connecting across the world for intercultural understanding between Grade 7 students in Australia and a post-secondary student in Beijing currently studying Chinese language at Tsinghua University. Blog on Connecting with China our second skype https://t.co/w8RGzS2VwT @julielindsay @jess_heysen #chinaconnects #flatconnections tags: flatconnections education ChinaConnects Skype globalcollaboration The Global Educator - YouTube Presenter: Julie LindsayDo you know how to take your learning global? Embedding global understandings, connected learning and global collaborative activities across the curriculum within a digital learning environment is an imperative objective for all educators today. It must become 'virtually unstoppable. But how?The Global Educator shares what attributes, skills and mindset need to be adopted by educators in order to embrace connected and collaborative learning that is global in concept and practice. This presentation is a journey we will take together as we create our own stories of global connectedness. The attributes of a global educator are shared as are essential objectives to do with online global collaboration. Become a virtually unstoppable global educator by learning new strategies and approaches to global learning. tags: education globaleducator k12online15 Learning spaces that welcome and inspire - we visit Carlton libraries | Melbourne High School Library Interesting blog post with lots of pic from @taniatorikova tags: learningspaces education library A Peek Inside Three Cutting-Edge Schools — Bright — Medium tags: education future INF537 innovation technology Modeling Constructive Online Behavior | Edutopia tags: digitalcitizenship education onlinelearning Ways to Cultivate Your Emotional Resilience This Year | Edutopia Good article on how to sustain resilience as a teacher. tags: teacherburnout education This Will Revolutionize Education - YouTube Worth watching - review of how technology has been claimed to possobly revolutionize education..... tags: viralvideo futureofeducation education The First Connection… Immanuel and China | Jess Heysen's Journey Jess from Immanuel College in Adelaide Australia shares exciting experiences during the Connect with China Project (Flatconnections.com) this term. tags: flatconnections education chinaconnects Global Collaboration - Student Prespective - YouTube Students from Berea District Ohio, USA share their perspectives on being part of the Flat Connections Global Project tags: education flatconnections fcgp15-2 globalcollaboration Smart List: 360 Global Innovators, Networks, Resources, and Champions | Getting Smart A significant list of global educators, resources, organisations and initiatives to support global learning across the curriculum and across the world. Global Voices #Globaled360 https://t.co/GnIvQQFqPs @egragert @jcasap @growingupglobal @kidworldcitizen @julielindsay @SuzieBoss @langwitches tags: Globaled360 education globallearning globalcollaboration globaled TalkAbroad - Conversation practice with native speakers tags: education globalawareness language Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration

Digital Learning Strategies: How do I assign and assess 21st century work? - Digital_Learning_Strategies_ASCD_Arias_Ebook_2015.pdf tags: ETL523 CSU assessment 21centurylearning education Shifting From Pedagogy To Heutagogy In Education Shifting From Pedagogy To Heutagogy In Education https://t.co/2jBL6B4rO2 tags: pedagogy heutagogy education How To Design A 21st Century Assessment - tags: assessment education 21centurylearning Why Your Kids Love Snapchat, and Why You Should Let Them - NYTimes.com A look at how young people are using new technologies to communicate and share. tags: digitalcitizenship education Talk of the School! - #CHINACONNECTS Promoting intercultural understanding through direct connection bw Australian students students in China. "Emmerson: I enjoyed this session because we got to link up with kids the same age as us and they lived in a different country. I think this is a good way to learn about China because we get to learn new facts about the country from people that live in china." tags: education chinaconnects globalcollaboration Skype handshake 25 Disruptive Technology trends - Odgers Berndtson "Generation Z is mobile first and mobile only and they’re nothing like Millennials" tags: education future technology disruptive What Neuroscience Reveals About Bullying by Educators | Edutopia tags: neuroscience bullying education The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens | Common Sense Media This is a large-scale study that explores young people’s use of the full range of media and technology. It offers a comprehensive picture of the use of media by kids, ages 8 to 18 in the U.S., including the level of enjoyment, frequency of use, and amount of time devoted to a wide array of media activities and devices. tags: #ETL523 digitalcitizenship education socialmedia research commonsensemedia Skype with China | Tim's Blog Student from Hawkesdale school shares his thoughts about connecting in real time with China tags: chinaconnects education globalcollaboration 20 Web-Based Writing Tools You May Not Know About Have you tried all of these tools for self-publishing, editing, writing, brainstorming and more? tags: Web2.0 tools education 7 Best Practices for Giving Student Feedback tags: reflection feedback education Sonya Van Schaijik - Flat Connections Global Project: ‘A week in the life' - YouTube Flat Connections Global Educator, Sonya Van Schaijik shares her experiences the the A Week in the Life project and encourages other educators to collaborate globally. tags: education flatconnections AWL15-2 globalcollaboration Edbooknz terms 2015 by Sonya Van Schaijik A collaboratively produced eBook bu educators from New Zealand under the leadership of Sonya Van Schaijik. Excellent reading - contemporary, inspiring and relevant. tags: education edbooknz ebook innovation 2015 Keynotes & Distinguished Speakers - The Global Education Conference Network Look at the outstanding keynotes for the Global Education Conference 2015 - Online, free - November 16-19 http://globaleducationconference.com tags: education globaled15 conference Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration

Walk2School Campaign | Flat Connections educator, Sonya Van Schaijik from New Zealand shares developments kin the 'Walk2School' campaign this past year. She shares how this is now linking with the A Week in the Life global project tags: education globalproject flatconnections Future Learning | Mini Documentary | GOOD - YouTube Students are the future, but what's the future for students? To arm them with the relevant, timeless skills for our rapidly changing world, we need to revolutionize what it means to learn. Education innovators like Dr. Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at MIT; Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy; and Dr. Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean of Education at UCSF, are redefining how we engage young minds for a creatively and technologically-advanced future. Which of these educators holds the key for unlocking the learning potential inside every student? tags: future futureofeducation education viralvideo The Global Collaborators | K12 Online ConferenceK12 Online Conference Presentation by Steve Sherman, South Africa for K12 Online Conference 2015. @livingmaths tags: globalcollaboration education k12online15 The Global Educator - YouTube Created for the K12 Online Conference 2015. What does it mean to be a 'global 'educator'? How can we foster global connections and collaborations? tags: education jul k12online15 Language Learning Space Australian Government funded and provided by Education Services Australia. Access is via membership to Scootle - the closed online community for Australian educators. @LottieDowlingNZ @BRIDGEschools @Katiegrubby @julielindsay @chincomms @AsiaEducation https://t.co/WQdhCl0GAr + https://t.co/r3DQSvoJkY tags: education language globalawareness Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog: Learning How to Comment! tags: edmodo edmodochat Blogging education onlinelearning AWL15-2 ConnectED | Mr. C's SharesEase Connected teacher training with classroom learning tags: education connected highered indospired - LANGUAGE - TRAVEL - ART Created by https://twitter.com/indospired Excellent Indonesian resources for global awareness and more! tags: education Indonesia Asia The rise of China: a threat or opportunity for Australian universities? tags: China education highered Brand of Me Personal branding program for high school students - developed a few years ago - resources still valid. tags: personalbranding education digitalfootprint 9 Easy IFTTT DO Button Tricks to Quickly Automate Your Life Good ideas to simplify your life online! tags: IFTTT education RSS Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.Innovation, Leadership, Creativity, Collaboration