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It’s now Thursday in the South Pacific–and that means Global Collaboration Day has arrived! One day, September 15th, all around the world = 48 actual hours to share.

Over the next two of days, students, classrooms, teachers, administrators, parents and organizations will be either attending and/or hosting events online that are designed to showcase and promote global collaboration. We (Lucy Gray + Steve Hargadon, co-chairs of the Global Education Conference) are the calendar coordinators but not the direct conveners: that is, over 135 groups from 25 countries have designed and planned their own events which we have then organized into a directory and in special calendars to allow these events to be seen in any time zone in the world.

The second-annual Global Collaboration Day is a huge worldwide demonstration of the power of globally-connected learning.

We encourage you to browse the event directory or the calendar and choose a compelling event to attend! Read directions and our website carefully to prepare. While events can still be added until tonight at 9 PM GMT-6 (instructions here), a current list of the events is at the bottom of this post.
Here are some important links for you to keep handy:

• How to Join an Event
• How to Host an Event
• FAQ
• Event Calendars
• Event Directory
• List of Participating Schools and Organizations
• Forum
• Social Media
• Video Tutorials

AND, please take a moment to learn about the new GREAT GLOBAL PROJECT CHALLENGE: Between now and October 1, 2016,  global educators will design collaborative projects in which other students and teachers may participate during the course of the 2016-2017 school year.

Special thanks to our partners and sponsors, shown beneath the events. Kudos to them!

See you online,

Lucy and Steve

Wednesday, September 14

3:00pm

• How can we learn about the world through math story problems?

5:00pm – 11:00pm

• Northern Collegiate Project Samoa at Helensvale

11:00pm

• Data analysis and plotting on graph
• Northern Collegiate Project Samoa at Helensvale

Thursday, September 15

12:00am

• Speaking Walls- Historical monuments and buildings across the globe
• Northern Collegiate Project Samoa at Helensvale

1:00am

• Medicinal Plants in my garden
• Northern Collegiate Project Samoa at Helensvale

2:00am

• iMagzz-Making Myself Heard
• Northern Collegiate Project Samoa at Helensvale
• Seasons around the globe

3:00am

• So Different Yet So Alike
• Northern Collegiate Project Samoa at Helensvale
• Poetry Magic

6:00am

• Teaching US History in Global Context: Let’s Make it Happen!
• GLOBAL EDUCATION AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES
• Solidarity Radio Online Friend

7:00am

• experience learning communities : Solidarity Ràdio Friend Online

8:00am

• Eleven Days of Peace
• The Time Train

9:00am

• Amazing Race Global Project
• Global Schools for Local Action
• worldpeacemuseum
• Educators-Professionals or Not
• Gardening Globally!
• Learn with the World through iEARN Global Projects

10:00am

• PokemonGo Connect
• We Stand #WithRefugees
• Unicollaboration: global student connections
• Global School Leaders Network Launch Party
• Matone de Chiwit (Drops of Life) Working to End Water Scarcity in Latin America

11:00am

• 3D Printed Prosthetics – A Gateway to Authentic Student Design and Problem Solving
• Challenge Accepted
• Using Technology to Improve Access to Education
• Where Do the Children Play

12:00pm

• Back to School Traditions Around the World
• Getting Started: Connecting to a World of Perspectives on WorldVuze!
• International Dot Day

1:00pm

• Daffodils and Tulips
• GEC Periscope Poetry Slam
• Healthy Living Tips

2:00pm

• Future Global Teachers Meet and Greet GCD 2016
• One Wish For the School Year
• Talking Kites in the footsteps of J. Korczak

3:00pm

• 2nd Graders of the World Unite!
• Edmodo Small Groups & Badges
• Excursions in Mathematics

4:00pm

• How much water do you use?

5:00pm

• Global Geography Exchange
• Theory Meets Practice: Transforming education one student at at time
• You are a global educator, it’s time to start thinking like one!

6:00pm

• Clase invertida (o flipped classroom)
• Open Educational Resources and eLearning: A Global Focus

8:00pm

• Assessment that promotes learning
• International Book Club through iEARN

9:00pm

• EveryWorld Initiative: Digital Cross-Cultural Exchanges
• Let’s Explore Africa
• What it Means to Be a Global Citizen

11:00pm

• Partner with us on Global STEM project

Friday, September 16

2:00pm

• Discussion on mobile apps and web sites developed by K12 students

Saturday, September 17

8:00am

• Zero to Hero