Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project and Debate about Global Issues

NOTE: This collaborative project has been started days before GCD and will go on for some days afterwards.

Duration: 1 hour 
Their timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires 
Their start time: Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:00 AM 
Their end time: Thursday, September 17, 2015 1:00 AM 
Ref: SAKK-QWFM-QFZK 
Units: 1 
Calendar: 2015 Global Collaboration Day Calendar

Host school or organization:

Academia de Inglés Internacional

Title of event/project:

Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project and Debate about Global Issues

URL to project/event starting point:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tNQgE0TJIOYpkPHPWkBx95YAJus-1Y3bSD-M03EGG-o/edit?usp=sharing

Project/event description:

Students and their families ,as well as global guests who request access , will be expressing themselves through a collaborative Google Slides Presentation.They have to choose from different topics : Culture, Ecology, Ethical values, Health, Science, Digital Citizenship, Cooperative Principles, Economy, Cooking and Nutrition, Arts , Civics and others that participants may suggest.They are given an outline of what it is all about since this will be the first time they participate in global events and their level of English is Beginner and Pre Intermediate.. We reflect on the importance of understanding global issues as a way of directing our personal and professional projects based on collaboration, tolerance , mutual respect and protection.

Project/event directions for participation:

Participants will request permission to edit and participate with their ideas about the topics that are suggested or some others they may choose to discuss about.

Contact First Name:

Stella Maris

Contact Last Name:

Berdaxagar

Contact Email:

smberdaxagar@gmail.com

Contact Skype Name:

stella.maris.berdaxagar

Host School or Organization URL:

http://smberdaxagar2010.wordpress.com/

Host Location and Time Zone (UTC):

Argentina

This organization is:

not for profit

Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event:

English and Spanish

This event is intended for the following audience(s):

primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19)

This event can be categorized as a:

Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project

Optional field for additional pertinent information:

This collaborative project has been started days before GCD and will go on for some days afterwards.