15.11.2010

Invitation: Online Global Education Conference

The 2010 Global Education Conference is a collaborative effort to significantly increase opportunities for globally-connecting education activities and initiatives. That is why, Earth Charter International is joining this effort, which will be held from 15-19 November 2010.  

On Tuesday 16 November, at 3:00pm GMT, Mirian Vilela, Executive Director of Earth Charter International Director will offer a keynote address.  CLICK HERE to listen this key note address.  
More information on keynote speeches here.

On Wednesday 17 November, at 5:00pm GMT will take place a 1-hour session about the Earth Charter. The session is called “Bringing Values and Principles of Sustainability into Education“, Alicia Jimenez and Marina Bakhnova.  It is under the Teacher track.
CLICK HERE to participate in this session. 
More information on the sessions here.

For general information about the activities on this conference, please check this site:
www.globaleducationconference.com  

Conference presentations have been categorized in five tracks:  Teacher, Student, Curricular, Policy and Leadership, and Global Issues. 

The conference co-chairs are Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon.  Lucy Gray is an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Teacher, and founder of the Global Education Collaborative network (http://globaleducation.ning.com).  Steve Hargadon is Elluminate’s Social Learning Consultant, founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network, and host of the Future of Education interview series.  

Additional Information:
•    The Twitter/Social Media hashtag for the conference is “#GlobalEd10”.