Any day now our new website will open. We are all very excited as it will launch us into the next step – building the lessons. Meanwhile, we have begun a “small: fund raiser. When you visit our site you will see a video presentation of the vision of NGGE along with written explanations. Come – visit us, like us, join us. Together we will make a…

Apple Distinguished Educator Kristi Meeuwse joins the Core to discuss the advantages of integrating technology into a Kindergarten classroom in South Carolina. Kristi shares her…

How Teachers can introduce Amazing People to Students…

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It's difficult for me to believe, on occasions, that it was back in 2010 when I started dabbling in getting students to contact experts outside of the school to support their own inquiry learning. Fast forward to 2013, and from Castlemaine via Maryborough I find myself at Crusoe College.

When innovating, the structures of a secondary school can make things more difficult than at a…

I'd be grateful if you could spread the word (especially to careers/counselling colleagues and students) about these upcoming virtual student fairs designed to help students who are applying for entrance to USA Colleges (Universities) in 2013.

They are free and online with the opportunity to win one of several scholarships available.

Register before the event at http://hobsonsevents.com/

For Asia Students :…

I'm back!

India is an incredible place to travel to. Several years ago, my wife and I spent a month travelling through the well-beaten path of Delhi, Agra and Rajasthan. The Mughal architecture is astounding, the sheer rhythm of life on the streets is almost overwhelming, and the food is, quite simply, glorious. While it's not an easy place to travel, it is certainly one of the most memorable places you could ever visit.

So it was with considerable excitement…

Hello Global Ed Conference Members! Happy 2013! I hope that all of you are enjoying the new year so far. I know that many of you have wonderful collaborative global projects planned with your classrooms already. I look forward to hearing all about them in upcoming events that Lucy and Steve have in the works. I'm posting today to let you know about professional development e-courses that…

Interview

National School Choice Week President Andrew Campanella joins the Core to discuss the 2013 campaign. Andrew shares how he got started in education and the growing swell for school choice in this country. According to Andrew, parents number one desire for their…

Interview with Wade Roberts! The founder of Educreations, joins the Core to discuss his work and the response he has gotten from the ed community at-large. Check out Educreations on Twitter and learn how teachers are using…

Two graduate students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education are exploring the use of social media by school leaders to build relationships within their school community as well as to deepen and extend their connections to other leaders outside of their school community.  We are looking for school leaders who would be willing to share their use of social media and their participation in communities of practice. Would you be willing to have a 15-20 minute conversation with us? Please…

What week of wonderful experiences this year at the Global Education Conference. Many thanks to Lucy, Steve, all the amazing volunteers, moderators, presenters & sponsors! 

I shared my reflections on the conference in a post called How can they know? on the Cooperative Catalyst blog. I would love to hear what you got out of the conference and what ideas you have for next steps.

A great question was asked in the Presenters Group by Kristina Stoney on Promoting Your Session for the Global Education conference. An audience or even any participants at all, can never be guaranteed as there is no need to pre-book. Often the most popular global times have two other simultaneous sessions against it. The sessions…

Teachers are always looking for ways to expose their students to other children, communities and cultures from around the world. Many schools have a similar social studies curriculum in grades K-8 where they learn about urban, suburban, and rural communities. I developed a collaborative wiki as a place where teachers and students can share…

There are tons of pull and push resources in which I gather to share with my staff.  I pull information from places like Twitter, FB, various nings, and even Google Reader.  I am able to decide which materials are relevant to me, ones that I could share with others, and those that I…

21st Century Education

Recently as a staff we were asked to read the book Out of Our Minds by Sir Ken Robinson.  I have to say the book supported the idea of keeping creativity in school, but also ignited the inspiration I needed to start to think more out of the box.  I need to develop a shape for myself and how it will define me.  Do I want to inspire others by my actions or try to be innovated in creating something so amazing for my…

I have four new projects any interest let me know Shark Reef Project with Mandalay Bay, Garden Project, Project Imagine (arts and music) for critically ill children , and Eagle Restoration Project. 

The Center for Curriculum Redesign just launched a global teacher survey, to collect opinions from around the world about its fundamental question: "What should students learn in the 21st century?".  The survey can be taken at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ccrglobalopinionsteachers.  We hope you will participate and cascade down to your networks of teachers. …