Friday, January 16, 2015

OZeLive Presenter!

I am fortunate to be selected to present for OZeLive with Australian Educators who are keen to share their innovative ideas and projects with the world. This three day virtual conference takes place on February 27, 28 and March 1.  

Friday, November 7, 2014

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Global Ed Symposium Presenter

Presenter at World View's 

K-12 Global Education Symposium 2014: 

 Moving North Carolina Forward

Fall Symposium 

Go and Smell the Roses – Technology Goes Global

Technology can help your students travel!
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrowmindedness.” (Mark  Twain)
In this hands-on session, explore webtools and apps to promote global learning, as well as many resources to make global connections.  One device, blended learning or  1-1, you will find resources to create real world global experiences for real world learning.

http://worldview.unc.edu/

 

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Get Ready for the Global Read Aloud

The Global Read Aloud 2014 starts next week.   
October 6 - November 14.  
For Further Information go to: Global Read Aloud 2014

What is the Global Read Aloud? 

The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. Now with four years under our belt and more than 200,000 connections made, we realize we are on to something larger than us so we look forward to continuing the global connections.

The premise is simple; we pick a book to read aloud to our students during a set 6-week period and during that time we try to make as many global connections as possible. Each teacher decides how much time they would like to dedicate and how involved they would like to be. Some people choose to connect with just one class, while others go for as many as possible. The scope and depth of the project is up to you. In the past we have used Twitter, Skype, Edmodo, our wiki, email, regular mail, Kidblog, and any other tools we can think of to make these connections. Teachers get a community of other educators to do a global project with, hopefully inspiring them to continue these connections through the year.