Learning With the World: A Slow Twitter Chat

Booking details:

Booking: Global Collaboration Day 
Start: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 9:00 AM 
End: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 10:00 AM 
Duration: 1 hour 
Their timezone: Australia/Sydney 
Their start time: Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:00 AM 
Their end time: Thursday, September 17, 2015 1:00 AM 
Ref: BHME-ERDF-KCBD 
Units: 1 
Calendar: 2015 Global Collaboration Day Calendar

Host school or organization:

Skype Master Teachers - Skype in Education

Title of event/project:

Learning with the world - a slow twitter chat

URL to project/event starting point:

https://sway.com/TGlus9OVqafowsZL

Project/event description:

This will be a slow twitter chat embracing the 48 global hours of Sept 17th. Questions around where they live, interests, passions and dreams for the world will be tweeted out ever one or two hours. People are encouraged to respond in their own language. The questions will be repeated after 24 hours so that all time zones can be included and the twitter chat will be archived in storify for use in education.

Project/event directions for participation:

Make sure you have a twitter username. Use the hashtags #skype2learn and #globaled15 to respond to questions. Use A1 A2 A3 etc to respond to the questions tweeted. Both classes, educators and community memebers are encouraged to participate.

Contact First Name:

Anne

Contact Last Name:

Mirtschin

Contact Email:

mirtschin@gmail.com

Contact Skype Name:

anne.mirtschin

Host School or Organization URL:

https://education.skype.com/

Host Location and Time Zone (UTC):

UTC+10 but global across the whole of Sept 17th

This organization is:

not for profit

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

English but all languages are encouraged.

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

early childhood students (0-4), primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, parents

This event can be categorized as a:

Twitter Chat