Global Greetings

​This event is asynchronous. Teachers and students may participate ANY TIME during Global Collaboration Week.

Booking starts: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00 AM(US/Central)
Booking ends: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:30 AM(US/Central)
For them starts:Monday, September 17, 2018 9:00 AM(US/Eastern)

Title of event/project:
Global Greetings

Participants should go to this link to start the project. URL to project/event starting point: http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org/global-education-week-global-greetings/

Project/event description:
Say “hello” to the world! In this event, participating teachers and students will meet and greet students from around the world, and learn how to say “hello” in a variety of world languages. The event takes place in a VoiceThread and offers an interactive preview of OneWorld Classrooms’ FREE Global Greetings program, which is available year-round.

Project/event directions for participation:
4-Step Instructions for Participating in this Event

1. Sign up on the event page listed above, or send an an Email to paul@oneworldclassrooms.org with your name, Email address, school name, grade level, city/town, state/province and country.
2. Upon sign up, we will send you an Email invitation to access the event’s VoiceThread. The Email will be from OneWorld Classrooms and the subject will be ‘Join OneWorld Classrooms’ VoiceThread discussion, Global Education Week – Global Greetings.’ Save this Email for future reference. It will allow you to access and participate in the VoiceThread ANY TIME (even after the event).
3. Click the JOIN button in the Email you receive. This will open the event’s VoiceThread in your browser. You will be on the first page of the VoiceThread.
4. Teachers and students may OBSERVE (view only) or PARTICIPATE in (contribute by making posts and/or adding video greetings) the VoiceThread. To observe, you need not register separately for VoiceThread.To participate, sign in to your VoiceThread account (if you already have one) or sign up for a FREE account. To sign up for a free account, click SIGN IN at the top right of the event VoiceThread (or go to www.voicethread.com and click Register at the top right). Click ‘Register now’ (under the SIGN IN button where it says, ‘Don’t have an account.Register now.’) and complete the form.
5. Follow the instructions in the VoiceThread for making posts, contributing video greetings and interacting with your global peers.

Additional Instructions

• These instructions also appear in the context of the event VoiceThread, so you need not read them here.
• Navigate the VoiceThread using the forward and back buttons (bottom right) and clicking on embedded text, audio and video posts (left column). Click on the double square (bottom right) to view all slides.
• Make your own text, audio or video posts or ask questions using the COMMENT button (bottom center).
• Keep checking back into the VoiceThread to contribute or see new greetings, to read responses to your comments and questions, and to meet new teachers and students. (New teachers and students will continuously be visiting the VoiceThread and adding new greetings.)
• To add video greetings to the VoiceThread:
• For each different language (or dialect) that your students speak, choose one student (for whom you have permission to share a video) to say the greeting.
• For each student selected, using any type of recording device, make one video of 5 seconds or less in which the student says “hello” (or a common greeting that is used when meeting people) in his or her language. (Only one student per video, please. Only the greeting, please – for example “hello” only, not “hello, how are you?”)
• Add the video to the Global Greetings event VoiceThread: In the All Slides View (which you can access by clicking the double square on the bottom right), click the large + sign, then the Upload File button (middle). Then select the video from your computer. This will create a new slide/page in the VoiceThread. Identify your greeting by posting the following information on its VoiceThread page.
  • Student First Name (to protect the students’ identities, we will only use first names and we will not list the school names or towns/cities)
  • Country
  • Language (or Dialect) of Greeting
  • Greeting in Latin Script (ABC’s) – For example: Namaste or Ni hao.
  • Greeting in Original Script (if applicable) – For example: नमस्ते or 你好.

By submitting videos, you are giving OneWorld Classrooms permission to edit them and share them publicly. To protect students’ identities, we will only list their first names and their countries (not their last names, school names or cities).
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This event can be categorized as a:
Asynchronous Collaborative Short Term Project, Asynchronous Long Term Project

This event is intended for the following audience(s):
primary grade students (5-10), intermediate grade students (10-13), secondary grade students (14-19), teachers, administrators, parents

Primary language(s) to be spoken at this event:
English (but students will greet each other in their first or learned languages)

Contact First Name:
Paul

Contact Last Name:
Hurteau

Contact Email:
paul@oneworldclassrooms.org

Contact Twitter Handle:
@OneWorldClass

Host school or organization:
OneWorld Classrooms

Host School or Organization Website URL:
www.oneworldclassrooms.org

Host Location and Time Zone (UTC):
Andover, MA USA UTC-4

This event is organized by:
A non-profit organization

Optional field for additional pertinent information:
This event is asynchronous. Teachers and students may participate ANY TIME during Global Education Week.