Global Connections for Higher Education

Booking starts: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 1:30 PM(US/Central)
Booking ends: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 2:30 PM(US/Central)
For them starts:Tuesday, September 18, 2018 2:30 PM(US/Eastern)
Duration: 1 hour

Title of event/project: Global Connections for Higher Education

Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point: 
https://join.skype.com/invite/OljAKWm9DyUh

Project/event description: 
Via Skype, please come meet a classroom of first year undergraduates who are planning to become teachers. Explore with us opportunities for global connections to experience cultural exchanges and comparative education conversations.

Project/event directions for participation:
Please copy this link - https://join.skype.com/invite/OljAKWm9DyUh - to your browser and launch Skype. If you haven’t used Skype before, you will have to develop an account to participate.
We will be having an open discussion between 2:30 - 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time - east coast, North America - on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. If you have a camera attached your computer, please consider sharing video with us of students and classroom.

This event can be categorized as a: 
Synchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Birds-of-a-Feather Virtual Meet Up

This event is intended for the following audience(s):
college or university students, pre-service teachers, teachers, organization leaders

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

Contact First Name: 
David

Contact Last Name:
Stoloff

Contact Email: 
stoloffd@easternct.edu

Contact Twitter Handle: 
@davidstoloff

Host school or organization: 
Eastern Connecticut State University

Host School or Organization Website URL: 
Eastern Connecticut State University

Host Location and Time Zone (UTC): 
Willimantic, CT - Eastern USA EST

This event is organized by: 
An educator or educators at a non-profit school

Optional field for additional pertinent information:
Some goals for our meeting -

1. Practice developing global connections between higher education classrooms,
2. Discuss the potential to develop virtual cultural exchanges between these classrooms,
3. Explore how global connections may be useful for PK-12 learning as well as post-secondary curriculum.