The Global Education Conference (GlobalEdCon) is a collaborative, inclusive community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to increase opportunities for building worldwide education-related connections while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity. 

Last year’s conference featured 340 general sessions and 18 keynote addresses, with more 10,000 participant log-ins worldwide. This year’s third annual GlobalEdCon is a free week-long online event sponsored by the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN), which runs its annual international conference in conjunction with GlobalEdCon.

Conference keynotes for 2012 include Sasha Barab, professor In the Teachers College at Arizona State University; Hassanatu Blake, cofounder of Focal Point Global; Jenny Buccos, director, producer, and series creator of ProjectExplorer.org; Gavin Dykes, senior director of international relations for the New Media Consortium, fellow of Education Fast Forward, and program director for the Education World Forum; Dale Dougherty, cofounder of O’Reilly Media; Larry Johnson, acknowledged expert, published author, and speaker on the topic of emerging technology; Beth Kanter, author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media; Michael Trucano, the World Bank’s senior ICT and education-policy specialist; and Tony Wagner, Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard University.

Conference strands include Innovation Perspectives, developed in partnership with EdSurge and GETideas.org to showcase technology-driven innovation that connects students, educators, and education leaders. This strand includes the following sessions, all times Pacific:

Mon, Nov 12

  •   9 am:  Long-Distance Learning and Collaboration with Huzefa Mehta, Rasa Tabula
  • 12 pm:  Trends in Ed-Tech Innovation with Elizabeth Corcoran, EdSurge

Tue, Nov 13

  •   8 am:  M-Learning Integration in Kindergartens for Developing Countries with Christelle Scharff, SenMobile
  •   9 am:  Personalized Learning Environments that Really Work with Rudi Lewis, Silverback Learning
  •   1 pm:  Making Learning Social – Election 2012 with Michael Bernstein, PenPal News

Wed, Nov 14

  •   8 am:  The Limits of My Language Means the Limits of My World with Robert Farazin, Dubjoy
  • 10 am:  Learning Digital Citizenship by Playing with Social Media with Ademar Aguiar, Tecla Colorida
  •   3 pm:  Engagement through Creation – California Schools with Dave Haberman, KlabLab
  •   5 pm:  Teaching Super Heroes – Game-based Learning with Jane Wu, Penyo Pal

Thu, Nov 15

  •   6 am:  ICTs and the Future of Education Quality in Latin America with Gabriel Sanchez Zinny, Kuepa
  •   7 am:  Technology and Critical Thinking for Children with Norah Goldman, International Preschool Raleigh
  •   8 am:  Integrating YouTube into the Classroom with David Schnurman, Teachem
  •   8 am:   Prelude to Collaboration – A Global Learning Game with Howard Esbin, Heliotrope / Saywire
  •   8 am:  Power to the Teacher – Rebuilding the Online Classroom with Pano Anthos, Gather Education
  •   9 am:  Raising Global Citizens in Our Schools and Homes with Zak Ringelstein, United Classroms
  • 10 am:  Improving Cross-Cultural Education to Drive Innovation with Mike Miller, Culture Adapt
  • 11 am:  Leveraging Video to Bring the World’s Best Teachers Everywhere with Ariel Braunstein, Knowmia
  •   1 pm:  Uniting Black Diasporan Youth, One Story at a Time with Kelechi Anyadiegwu, JELYPals
  •   3 pm:  How OpenMinds Practice-based Learning Helps Primary Students with Ketan Kothari, Root-1
  •   4 pm:  How Going Mobile Can Help Your School Go Global with Alefiya Bhatia, Crescerance
  •   5 pm:  Making Tutoring Social with Facebook and Tablets with Ethan Fieldman, Tutor Matching Service
  •   6 pm:  Arabic Courses Live via Videoconference with Sophie Aron, Critical Language Service
  •   7 pm:  Technology-supported Learning in the Urban Classroom with Tonia Lovejoy, ReachTheWorld
  •   8 pm: Online Education for the Bottom Billion Right Now with Rupal Nayar, Zaya

Fri, Nov 16

  •   7 am:  Eddefy with Evonne Heyning
  •   8 am:  Badges and Experiential Learning with James Sanders, ClassBadges
  •   9 am:  OER – Personalization + Flexibility with Hetav Sanghavi, CK-12 Foundation
  • 10 am:  Leveraging Open Content for Global Education with Joel Duffin, Open Tapestry
  • 11 am:  Education and Tech News for a Spanish-Speaking Audience with Catalina Valenzuela, Techcetera
Please check the master sessions schedule in case of last-minute scheduling changes.
 

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