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A great example of a fairly simple global project that involved 33 classes in 17 countries around the world.International Dot Day encourages creativity in people around the world on Sept 15th. Students drew a dot using an iPad app. These dots were shared via dropbox, flickr or email to Chrissy Hellier who created the project. She put this great little video together.

World reporting. For students, by students. An exciting initiative by the Washington International School that now includes schools all over the world. Journalism and other students writing blog posts and sharing images of news events globally.

It'S Back To School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around The World [Ellen Jackson, Jan Davey Ellis] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In easy-to-read text, describes what the first day of school might be like for a child in Kenya, Kazakhstan, Canada

It'S Back To School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around The World [Ellen Jackson, Jan Davey Ellis] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In easy-to-read text, describes what the first day of school might be like for a child in Kenya, Kazakhstan, Canada

Five minutes of the Best of WISE 2012! World Innovation Summit in Education, held in Doha Qatar November 13-15, 2012

Honor Morman, a Flat Classroom Certified Teacher, shares her thoughts about introducing global collaboration into the curriculum. "Here's what two of my students said about our participation in the Flat Classroom Project, a 12-week project in which we collaborated with 15 other classes in seven different countries to create a vision for the future of education and society based on emerging technologies and the characteristics of the net generation: "[I learned] how important it is to be a member of a global society-communicating globally and working together as a global community is the only way we can solve global issues and improve the lives of all of us. Communicating and collaborating via the web with global partners is how we will do it in future." -Lara "[Participating in this project helped me become] a global leader, able to communicate important global ideas and different perspectives across cultures and borders and share those ideas for the betterment of my community and the world." -Katherine"

Yong Zhao's new book in 2012 - "The book is about preparing global, creative, and entrepreneurial talents. It is my attempt to answer a number of pressing questions facing education today. These questions are exemplified by two new stories that have dominated the media recently, one around the Facebook IPO and the other the debt and jobs of college graduate"

"MARK YOUR CALENDARS for May 2, 2013!! Megaconference Jr., now in its 10th year, is an international program designed to give students in elementary through secondary schools around the world the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and contribute to each other's learning in real time, using advanced multi-point video conferencing technology. Megaconference Jr. addresses local and national curriculum standards in multiple subject areas. It will also help students and teachers develop the capacity to effectively utilize high-speed networks, videoconferencing and other emerging technologies to enhance learning experiences."

@langwitches, Silvia Tolisano reviews the wonderful book written by @kathycassidy for elementary level classrooms to being connecting with the world. Excellent review! Excellent book!

Interesting opportunities for classrooms to connect with the world via Skype.