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End: Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Their timezone: America/Sao_Paulo Their start time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:00 PM Their end time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:00 PM Title of event/project: Apps for learning languages **Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point:** zoom.us/j/515242669 Project/event description: We'll share a bit about our award-winning project "Why learn a second language", in which students searched about great APPS for learning languages. You'll learn about these apps and possibly share about your favorite apps too. By the end of this videoconference, you'll have the chance to develop an app from scratch, which is a great to learn a new language and coding. Project/event directions for participation: 1. Look for nice apps for learning languages. 2. Join us at zoom.us/j/515242669 and learn about how apps can help you learn another language. 3. If you want to, develop your app and share it with us. This event can be categorized as a: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Gaming Experience 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, administrators, parents, organization leaders Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event: English Contact First Name: Athalo Contact Last Name: Carrão Contact Email: athalorc@gmail.com Host school or organization: GLOBAL English School Host School or Organization Website URL: globalingles.com Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): Lagoa Santa, MG - Brazil (GMT-3) This event is organized by: An educator or educators at a non-profit school Start: Thursday, September 21, 2017 5:00 PM
End: Thursday, September 21, 2017 6:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Their timezone: UTC Their start time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:00 PM Their end time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:00 PM Title of event/project: Food for Thought **Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point:** zoom.us/j/371745179 Project/event description: Share recipes and culture through typical dishes from your area. Also, take a look at some apps that allow you learning a new language while reading recipes and information about typical foods from other countries. We are also looking for our second group of 100 high school or middle school teachers to sign up for a curriculum based classroom project - Food For Thought. For the past decade we have run video conferences on sharing food and cultures. My grandmother always said, "The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach." Now we have put a new twist, "The way to learn a language is through your stomach." Everyone eats. Everyone has a fun, and most of all, everyone gets to learn a great deal more about other people and cultures. Project/event directions for participation: 1. Think about typical foods from your area and pick some pictures to show us. 2. Join us at zoom.us/j/371745179, learn about languages and foods. 3. Participate in the Q&A session. 4. Talk about food from your place too. This event can be categorized as a: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Synchronous Long Term Project, Informational Session, Lecture This event is intended for the following audience(s): intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event: English Contact First Name: Athalo Contact Last Name: Carrão Contact Email: athalorc@gmail.com Host school or organization: GLOBAL English School Host School or Organization Website URL: globalingles.com Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): Lagoa Santa, MG - Brazil (GMT-3) This event is organized by: An educator or educators at a non-profit school Booking: 2017 Global Collaboration Day
Start: Thursday, September 21, 2017 3:30 PM End: Thursday, September 21, 2017 4:30 PM Duration: 1 hour Their timezone: UTC Their start time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:30 PM Their end time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:30 PM Title of event/project: Idioms - When Language and Culture hit off **Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point:** zoom.us/j/124606595 Project/event description: We will talk with schools in other countries --with different languages -- and learn about idioms. According to Cambridge School Dictionary, IDIOM is a group of words used together with a meaning that you cannot guess from the meanings of the separate words. We'll take a look at some challenges automatic translation tools face with such idioms. Therefore, in this videoconference, we will have fun sharing some of our language's idioms and meanings. Project/event directions for participation: 1. Think or research about interesting idioms from your language. a) What is the word-by-word translation to English? b) If you translate word-by-word, does it have the same meaning in English? c) How would you translate or explain the meaning? 2. Join us at zoom.us/j/124606595 and share your thoughts. We can make a dictionary of idioms discussed on this event. This event can be categorized as a: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Informational Session This event is intended for the following audience(s): intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, organization leaders Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event: English Contact First Name: Athalo Contact Last Name: Carrão Contact Email: athalorc@gmail.com Host school or organization: GLOBAL English School Host School or Organization Website URL: globalingles.com Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): Lagoa Santa, MG - Brazil (GMT-3) This event is organized by: An educator or educators at a non-profit school Start: Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:00 PM
End: Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Their timezone: UTC Their start time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 5:00 PM Their end time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 6:00 PM Title of event/project: All About Africa * *Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point:** zoom.us/j/182262130 Project/event description: Some of our students will take a trip to South Africa in May/18. On GCD, we want to talk about countries in Africa and play games/quizzes about it. We will have an interview with an expert from Africa and play a Kahoot quiz about it. We will also take a look at some volunteer work students can possibly engage, either online or when they visit Africa. Project/event directions for participation: 1. Join us at zoom.us/j/182262130 and enjoy the interview. 2. Feel free to ask any questions during the interview. This event can be categorized as a: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Gaming Experience, Guided Virtual Tour, Interview with an Expert 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 Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event: English Contact First Name: Athalo Contact Last Name: Carrão Contact Email: athalorc@gmail.com Host school or organization: GLOBAL English School Host School or Organization Website URL: globalingles.com Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): Lagoa Santa, MG - Brazil (GMT-3) This event is organized by: An educator or educators at a non-profit school Start: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:30 AM
End: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:30 AM Duration: 1 hour Their timezone: America/Sao_Paulo Their start time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:30 PM Their end time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:30 PM Title of event/project: The Life of a Teenager - Cultural Exchange **Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point:** http://zoom.us/j/954340270 Project/event description: Join students from Colorado and Brazil talk about life as a teenager in their area. Feel free to join with your students or by yourself to talk about teenagers' lives in your area too. What is the best advice you could give to a teenager growing up in your culture? What is it like to be a teenager in your society? What is the difference between the teenagers of 20th century and the teenagers of the 21st century? What do you think are some of the greatest problems facing teenagers today? These are some of the issues we can address in this videoconference. Project/event directions for participation: 1. Think about the questions above and what to share during the discussion. Questions like these can be found here: http://iteslj.org/questions/teenagers.html 2. Invite teenagers and other people you know to join. 3. Go to zoom.us/j/954340270 and join the live discussion at the time scheduled. This event can be categorized as a: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Birds-of-a-Feather Virtual Meet Up, Debate, Focus Group 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, administrators, parents, organization leaders Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event: English Contact First Name: Athalo Contact Last Name: Carrão Contact Email: athalorc@gmail.com Host school or organization: GLOBAL English School Host School or Organization Website URL: globalingles.com Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): Lagoa Santa, MG - Brazil (GMT-3) This event is organized by: An educator or educators at a non-profit school This event is being held twice on Global Collaboration Day. See a calendar in your time zone on this page.
1) Start: Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:00 AM End: Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:00 AM Duration: 1 hour Their timezone: UTC Their start time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:00 PM Their end time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 2:00 PM 2) Start: Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:00 PM End: Thursday, September 21, 2017 2:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Their timezone: UTC Their start time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 6:00 PM Their end time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:00 PM Title of event/project: Karaoke - Global Sing Along **Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point:** zoom.us/j/961398321 Project/event description: Sing along with us... This activity is connected to "Share a song" project. Classes globally share a song using Flipgrid. Before the live session, our teachers will work on the lyrics with the students, and then, at the time schedule here everyone can join us in videoconference for a global sing along. We'll record the session and post the video on flipgrid.com/global17. Project/event directions for participation: 1. Check if your camera and mic are working properly. 2. In advance, download and install Zoom, since it can take a while. Zoom is a free software for videoconferencing. 3. Join us at zoom.us/j/961398321 and sing along! This event can be categorized as a: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Film Screening 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 Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event: English Contact First Name: Athalo Contact Last Name: Carrão Contact Email: athalorc@gmail.com Host school or organization: GLOBAL English School Host School or Organization Website URL: globalingles.com Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): Lagoa Santa, MG - Brazil (GMT-3) This event is organized by: An educator or educators at a non-profit school Title of event/project:
Tanzania Pen Pals **Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point:** https://zoom.us/j/140636731 Project/event description: We have sister schools in Tanzania, and recently we got more than 100 letters from them. Before replying, we would like to rise awareness in our students, learn about this country, and talk to you about it. We will have an interview with an expert from Opportunity Education, the institution that keeps in touch with schools there and in many other countries throughout Africa and Asia. We would like to invite you and your students to discuss online, collaborate with your questions and answers and then play a Kahoot game with us. Project/event directions for participation: 1. Software: Download and install Zoom in advance at www.zoom.us. It's a free sofware for videoconferencing. 2. Room: At the event time, access the link https://zoom.us/j/140636731 and join us in the online interview with an expert. 3. Q&A: Feel free to ask questions and make comments. 4. Game: Open Kahoot.it and play a game with us. If students have their own devices to play, it's even better, but not necessary since students can play in groups too. This event can be categorized as a: Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Asynchronous Long Term Project, Gaming Experience, Interview with an Expert This event is intended for the following audience(s): intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event: English Contact First Name: Athalo Contact Last Name: Carrão Contact Email: athalorc@gmail.com Host school or organization: GLOBAL English School Host School or Organization Website URL: globalingles.com Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): BRT = GMT-3 This event is organized by: An educator or educators at a non-profit school This host is holding two sessions.
1) Start: Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:00 PM End: Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Their timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Their start time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:00 PM Their end time: Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:00 PM 2) Start: Saturday, September 23, 2017 7:00 PM End: Saturday, September 23, 2017 8:00 PM Duration: 1 hour Their timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires Their start time: Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:00 PM Their end time: Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:00 PM Title of event/project: Plastic Pollution. How can we Go and Save Greener? **Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point:** Google Slides Project/event description: In an asynchronous collaborative short term project and debate students and their families ,as well as global guests who request access , will be expressing themselves through a collaborative Google Slides Presentation. We will 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. We chose a global issue that somehow affects us all: Pollution in all its forms .We will concentrate on one of them : Plastic Pollution. Project/event directions for participation: Participants are invited to read , watch and listen to multimedia resources and to add their thoughts , reflections, insights or questions in a slide corresponding to their place of origin. Participants who request edit access can add slides ,texts and visuals. Their feedback will help us improve our production in future events. This event can be categorized as a: Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project This event is intended for the following audience(s): intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, administrators, parents, organization leaders Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event: English Contact First Name: Stella Maris Contact Last Name: Berdaxagar Contact Email: smberdaxagar@gmail.com Contact Skype Name: stella.maris.berdaxagar Host school or organization: Academia de Inglés Internacional Host School or Organization Website URL: https://smberdaxagar2010.wordpress.com/ Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): UTC -3 ART – Argentina Time (Standard Time) This event is organized by: An educator or educator at a non-profit school Optional field for additional pertinent information: Participants are allowed to use their language if English is a barrier. As a host , I expect their contributions will be respectable and respected . I will do my best to moderate them and thus we will learn from one another and everybody will be greener and more globally aware and literate. |
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