E-School News – Stephen Noonoo
“Mark your calendars — this September 17 schools around the world are going international for Global Collaboration Day, a first-of-its-kind event designed to raise awareness about the merits of participating in projects that cross borders. In addition to a handful of PD sessions for educators, there will be opportunities for mystery Skype calls, special Twitter chats, an international discussion conducted via WhatsApp, and a Q&A with a judge centered around the U.S. Constitution. (An updating calendar of events, arranged by time zone, is available online). The daylong event series is the brainchild of Steve Hargadon and Lucy Gray, who run the annual Global Education Conference, a traditional online conference which takes place in November. Global Collaboration Day, by contrast, has no central online hub where all events are hosted, as a conference might. Instead, individual educators and partner organizations will organize their own sessions using any online medium they choose, leading to a diverse roster of collaborative opportunities.”(more)