CONNECTING EDUCATORS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE November 12-17, 2012

Global Education Conference Update October 2012

The 2012 worldwide virtual Global Education Conference as well as the iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit are slated to take place next month during International Education Week (November 12-16, 2012). We invite you to join our network of 13,000+ educators to participate in this global education extravaganza! The Global Education Conference (GEC) is a collaborative and world-wide community event designed to signicantly increase opportunities for globally-connecting educators (primary, secondary and tertiary levels), students, and organizations. General session strands will focus on teachers, students, curriculum, policies, professional development and leadership. Keynote speakers for this years conference are numerous and include Tony Wagner of Harvard, Andrew Revkin of the New York Times, Dale Dougherty of Make Magazine, and social media expert Beth Kanter. The conference will also be reprising its virtual lm exhibition and will feature the work of Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and his Global Oneness Project. These educational events are free of charge to all participants and will be held completely online in Blackboard Collaborate virtual rooms. Sessions are scheduled around the clock over the course of ve days to accommodate multiple time zones. The main conference website and network is located at: http://globaleducationconference.com. New to this years event will be two technology-related strands. BrainPOP is sponsoring a section on gaming and game design and GETideas.org is sponsoring another on global technology-driven innovation in cooperation with EdSurge. Both promise to highlight projects that leverage technology to promote global collaboration and understanding. Proposals to participate in all strands of the conference will be accepted through October 29, 2012. Please refer to the call for proposals for both the Global Education Conference and for the iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit for additional details. Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and help us to spread the word about this extraordinary free event. Our conference hashtag on Twitter is #globaled12.

Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon Conference Co-Chairs

Lucy Gray, Co-Chair lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com Steve Hargadon, Co-Chair hargadon@gmail.com