Flat Connections Global News
Updates and opportunities for online global collaboration
Welcome to another Flat Connections Global News!
We are trying a new format for this newsletter - using Smore. What do you think? Best results are when you 'View it in your browser' through selecting the link above - and you will need to do this to RSVP for events shared below.
The focus of this newsletter is K-12 education globally - resources, opportunities for collaboration, where to get help, and more! Please share with colleagues and across your networks.
Enjoy!
Julie Lindsay and the Flat Connections team
The focus of this newsletter is K-12 education globally - resources, opportunities for collaboration, where to get help, and more! Please share with colleagues and across your networks.
Enjoy!
Julie Lindsay and the Flat Connections team
'Open House' - Join Flat Connections online September 6
We are excited to invite all interested educators to an 'Open House' online session on September 6. We are offering this TWICE in the same 24-hour period so that educators from both sides of the world have an opportunity to attend.
At the Open House session, we will share exciting updates about Flat Connections online global projects and answer any questions you may have about joining the projects. Experienced Flat Connections Project Managers will also be there to share their goals and successes with online collaborative learning.
Check the TWO session offerings in your time zone and register to attend one - or both!
At the Open House session, we will share exciting updates about Flat Connections online global projects and answer any questions you may have about joining the projects. Experienced Flat Connections Project Managers will also be there to share their goals and successes with online collaborative learning.
Check the TWO session offerings in your time zone and register to attend one - or both!
Event Information
Flat Connections 'Open House' #1 - AEST/Sydney time
Time zone Australia, Sydney GMT+10. See your time zone HERE
Online meeting room will be sent to those who RSVP.
Online meeting room will be sent to those who RSVP.
When?
Wednesday, Sep 6, 2017, 08:00 PM
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Event Information
Flat Connections 'Open House' #2 - EDT/NewYork time
Tims zone USA, New York GMT-4. See your time zone HERE
Online meeting room will be sent to those who RSVP
Online meeting room will be sent to those who RSVP
When?
Wednesday, Sep 6, 2017, 08:00 PM
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Are you planning to go global? Watch this important message from Julie
An important message about online global collaboration
'K-2 Building Bridges to Tomorrow' global project
Students in grades K, 1 and 2 learn together while teachers embrace online collaborative tools and outcomes for young learners. A range of age-appropriate digital tools are used to connect learning.
'A Week in the Life' global project
With a focus on Sustainable Development Goals, students in mixed classroom teams explore global issues, share ideas and co-create understandings. See this Voicethread example from a past project of co-cerated outcomes.
'Digiteen/Digitween' global project
Are your students prepared to be digital citizens? global citizens? This project explores what it means to learn and collaborate online and how to build intercultural understanding. Mixed classroom teams and co-constructed outcomes.
Global Youth Debates
Students are challenged to debate online, virtually on a topic of global significance (aligned with Sustainable Development Goals). Project design accommodates asynchronous debating and community building for deeper understanding.
Flat Connections Global Project
High school students come together in the ultimate global collaborative online project. Emerging technologies as shared in the recent Horizon Report K-12 provide a catalyst for discussion, ideation and co-created outcomes.
Join a Flat Connections Global Project today!
Designed by global leaders and fully supported by experienced project managers who are in schools and know what it takes to implement collaborative learning globally! READ MORE on the Flat Connections website. APPLY to join today!
Look at these opportunities to connect and find NEW global collaborations!
- Global Collaboration Day - September 21
- Global Education Fair - Register to attend! Also on September 21
- The Global Education Conference - November 13-16 - REGISTER, SUBMIT a proposal
Brainwaves video - Educating Global Citizens
Dr. Fernando Reimers is the Director, International Education Policy Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education. In this video he shares ideas around educating global citizens.
Fernando M. Reimers - Educating Global Citizens
CEO and Founder, Julie Lindsay
Ask me how to embed online global collaboration into your curriculum.
Email: julie@flatconnections.com
Website: http://flatconnections.com
Phone: +61 449260590
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Twitter: @flatconnections