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Early Childhood Reflections (May #globalclassroom Archives)

Skype Connections in Grade 3/4 via @RobynThiessen

The May #globalclassroom chats were some of the liveliest and productive we’ve had in some time. With contributions from leading early childhood educators around the world, it is hard to sum up the true impact of these chats …

I highly recommend exploring the archives for great links, resources, and ideas for integrarating global perspectives into the early years.

Archives

Thank you to our moderators – @WarwickLanguage, @learningmurd, @MrsMorgansClass, and first time #globalclassroom moderators @tashacowdy & @tori1074.


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Connecting & Collaborating in Early Childhood (May #globalclassroom Chat)

To celebrate the publication of our first Global Classroom Project feature article, in the K-3 Class Ideas magazine here in Australia, this month’s #globalclassroom chat is dedicated to exploring the possibilities for global connections and collaboration in Early Childhood (K-3). (You can read the article here.)

K-3 Class Ideas

Guiding Questions

We are lucky enough to have some amazing early childhood educators in the #globalclassroom community, and its time to give their stories and experiences centre stage. If you know of an early childhood educator, please let them know about these chats! We’d always enjoy meeting new faces!

  • What online communities and projects do early childhood teachers find useful for connecting and collaborating globally?

  • How do we ensure that our students have the skills and understanding necessary to participate in a global collaboration project?

  • What strategies and tools can we use to support very young children’s participation in global projects?

  • Can you share your stories and advice for K-3 teachers interested in exploring the possibilities of global connections?

  • What options are there for K-3 classrooms without reliable Internet connections to get involved in global projects?

Chat Schedule & Times

Chat 1 ~ Saturday, May 11th, 10:00 – 11:00 UTC

  • 11:00 London, 12:00 (noon) Cape Town, 15:30 New Delhi, 18:00 Perth, 20:00 Sydney, 22:00 Auckland
  • Click here to find out when this is in YOUR timezone.

Chat 2 ~ Saturday, May 11th, 18:00 – 19:00 UTC

  • 11:00 Los Angeles, 14:00 New York, 19:00 London, 20:00 Cape Town, 06:00 SUNDAY – Auckland
  • Click here to find out when this is in YOUR timezone.

Chat 3 ~ Sunday, May 12th, 01:00 – 02:00 UTC (Saturday in N & S America!)

  • Saturday night – 18:00 Los Angeles, 21:00 New York
  • Sunday – 06:30 New Dehli, 09:00 Perth, 11:00 Sydney, 13:00 Auckland
  • Click here to find out when this is in YOUR timezone.


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KNOCK Those Classroom Walls DOWN!

WAIT a minute … before you take that TOO seriously, PLEASE continue reading. Put that sledge hammer down … we’re not talking demolition … we’re talking global connections! That’s right … you can’t BUILD global connections without FLATTENING those CLASSROOM walls!

There is something SO empowering when students feel personally invested in their learning journey!

There is something SO empowering when students feel personally invested in their learning journey!

This month, our #globalclassroom chat will focus on the POWER of blogging with your students. We are SO fortunate to be teaching in an age when the SKY is the LIMIT with technology. Skype has become a staple in MANY classrooms. No longer are BOOKS our sole way of learning about the world … and, while relying on Google to enrich our inquiries is STILL important, we are NOW able to connect in REAL time with others around the world. This ability to connect synchronously and asynchronously, collaborating with other classes on the other side of the WORLD, has changed our learning FOREVER. We are NO longer just learning ABOUT the world. We are in an age where we are learning WITH the world.

Writing for authentic reasons create magic moments when your students chant "We should BLOG about this!"

Writing for authentic reasons creates MAGIC moments when your students chant “We should BLOG about this!”

Some things to think about PRIOR to our February chat:

  • Why is blogging a valuable tool for connecting and sharing global inquiries with a global audience?
  • What skills can students develop by sharing their learning with a global audience?
  • If you don’t have access to an NGO, (Non-Government Organization), where do you find collaboration opportunities? How can you find projects to join?
  • How can you create you OWN inquiry to share?
  • How do you fit it into EVERYTHING else you need to accomplish in a day?
  • How do you come up with “post” ideas for your blog?
  • What are some resources you use? Books? Sources of inspiration?
  • How do you address digital citizenship? Global citizenship? Online safety?
  • How do you attract readers to your classroom blog?

If you are interested in learning more about flattening YOUR walls and creating a global classroom for your students, you should DEFINITELY check out the Global Classroom Wiki and the Global Classroom Blog! This learning community is ALL about sharing and mentoring, and there are projects already on the go to help you get your feet wet or to continue to enrich you and your students’ learning journeys! TRUST me … once you START blogging with you students, connecting and learning WITH the world and no longer just ABOUT the world, you will NEVER look back!

After you’re done checking out THOSE awesome resources, mark the February #globalclassroom chat on your CALENDAR! See the times below … we’re looking forward to CONNECTING with you!

Chat 1 – Saturday – February 9th (10:00 GMT)

  • 10AM London, 3.30PM New Delhi, 6PM Perth, 9PM Sydney (AEDT), 11PM Auckland
  • Click here to find out when this is in YOUR timezone. 

Chat 2 – Saturday – February 9th (19:00 GMT) 

  • 11AM Los Angeles, 2PM New York, 7PM London, 9PM Cape Town,
  • 8AM SUNDAY – Auckland
  • Click here to find out when this is in YOUR timezone.

Chat 3 – Saturday – February 9th / Sunday – February 10th (02:00 GMT) 

  • Saturday night – 6PM Los Angeles, 9PM New York
  • Sunday – 7.30AM New Dehli, 10AM Perth, 1PM Sydney, 3PM Auckland
  • Click here to find out when this is in YOUR timezone


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January #globalclassroom Chat Reflections: a HUGE Celebration of Collaboration and Community!

Photo shared by the Global Grade 3s.

Photo shared by the Global Grade 3s.

It’s hard to believe that the January #globalclassroom chats have already come and gone! The new schedule proved to be a huge success, with all three chats occurring within a 24 hour period. Although it was certainly a celebration, it was a powerful work party as well.

It was a WONDERFUL opportunity for participants to share their  highlights and SUCCESSES in a #globalclassroom as well as some of the FROGS that @iEARNUSA got us thinking about and sharing during the December “Eat that Frog” discussion. This specific “frog” chat was a highlight for MANY!

Several fantastic suggestions were shared for future chats and have been saved in order to guide our journey going forward. Please remember that this is ALWAYS a working “document” of sorts, morphing and changing with the needs of our #globalclassroom participants. If you think of a topic that you would like to see explored you are urged to share it on the wiki or to contact @mgraffin!

The #globalclassroom community is a vibrant, collaborative and generous one. People share willingly and eagerly. Even if you do NOT have a #globalclassroom, this is the place to begin discovering how EASY it is to bring the WORLD to your students, within the supportive #globalclassroom environment! After all, learning WITH the world, not just ABOUT the world, makes our learning authentic, personalized and meaningful!

Be sure to check the archives of these chats. Each contains a WEALTH of information, links and on-going projects! Thank you to EVERYONE for making this January chat a HUGE success! We COULDN’T do it WITHOUT you! We are looking forward to seeing you at the FEBRUARY #globalclassroom chats!


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Global Perspectives in Inquiry – #globalclassroom Chat (November 2012)

This month marks the ONE YEAR anniversary of the #globalclassroom chats. From humble beginnings, these chats have become a major monthly event on the global education calendar, and truly taken on a life of their own.

This month’s chat sees a slew of time changes in response to the start / end of daylight saving in various parts of the world, and an adjustment to the start time of Chat #3 in response to poor attendance over the past few months. We have tried to bring it into a more friendly time for our growing #globalclassroom community in the United Kingdom.


cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by quinn.anya

This month’s topic comes to us courtesy of Aimee Gale (@aimee_gale) in Australia. 

When I was asked by Michael Graffin to submit a question for the next global classroom chat, my thoughts went straight to inquiry. I am very passionate about creating authentic inquiries that help develop the whole student.

I believe it is important that inquiries are developed around rich concepts and essential questions that can inspire a child or an adult. Often one of the hardest elements in developing rich inquiries is making sure that they go further than just a theme. When planning for inquiry units I want them to involve students developing empathy and compassion and a deeper understanding of the world.

To further explore this idea this months #globalclassroom chat topic is:

How can we support students to inquire into global issues that help develop empathy and compassion?

Some of the specific questions we will be exploring include:

  • Why is it important to use inquiry to help develop the whole child?
  • What are some global issues that could be explored through a rich inquiry?
  • How can making global connections help students develop empathy and compassion?
  • Where could teachers find connections that can help their students explore global perspectives?
  • How do you convince your planning team that exploring global perspectives is essential?

Chat Schedule – November 2012

Chat 1 - Saturday, November 10, 17:00 – 18:00 UTC – N America, S America, Europe, Africa

  •  New York: 12pm (noon), London: 5pm (17:00), Cape Town: 7pm (19:00), Bucharest: 7pm (20:00)
  • Or click here to find out when this chat runs in your time-zone.

Chat 2 - Sunday, November 11, 09:00 – 10:00 UTC – Europe, Asia, Australia

  •  London: 9am (9:00), Singapore: 5pm (17:00), Perth: 5pm (17:00), Tokyo: 6pm (18:00), Sydney: 8pm (20:00), Auckland: 10pm (22:00)
  • Or click here to find out when this chat runs in your time-zone.

Chat 3 - Monday November 12, 21:00 – 22:00 UTC – N America, S America / United Kingdom / Tuesday November 13 in Australia & Asia)

  • MONDAY New York: 4pm (16:00), London: 9pm (21:00)
  • TUESDAY Sydney: 8am (08:00), Auckland: 10am (10:00)
  • OR click here to find out when this chat runs in your timezone.


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Getting a global project started … Where do you begin, and how do you make it meaningful and sustainable?

The May #globalclassroom chats are upon us, and this month’s question and discussion post comes to us courtesy of Laurie Renton, a Grade Three teacher working in Alberta, Canada. (@RentonL)

In her own words … this is how her global inquiry began:

I have been blessed with the opportunity to work closely with a not-for-profit organization working in Peru.  Our Library Project was a global inquiry that essentially “fell into our lap” and took on a life of its own because we allowed our children to wonder, to clarify, and to ask further questions after participating in a Video Conference experience to “enhance” our understanding of the customs and culture in Peru.  What we thought would be a “one time only” has grown into an amazing partnership with our Grade Threes and this organization – working to build a library in a small rural weaving village – Q’enqo Peru.

This is our second year in the project.  This year, we’ve been given permission to pilot a classroom blog in order to connect with experts and to share our learning journey.  The blog has added another incredible layer to our global inquiry.  Although our inquiry is tied to our Social Studies curriculum, it is interwoven into all other curricula in ways we would have never predicted.

Thoughts:

  • A global project is easiest and most meaningful when it is directly connected to your curriculum – not an add on that isn’t found within your grade SLOs (often the engagement and “buy in” is not there when it isn’t directly connected to the learning taking place within the classroom), especially if you want it to be long term and sustainable.
  • It can occur naturally when you allow children the opportunity to extend their understanding of concepts and personalize meaning by asking questions.
  • When you are able to connect with experts in the field and ask student questions, this often further extends the inquiry.
  • Being able to weave the inquiry into all aspect of the curriculum enriches the exploration and deepen the connections.

What do you think?

  • Finding an inquiry to take to the “next level” is challenging … what would you suggest for people who are interested and just not sure where to begin?
  • Do you have examples of authentic global inquiry projects that you could share with us?
  • How do you make these connections with “experts in the field”?
  • How do you make your inquiry “manageable” so that you are able to get ALL curricular “responsibilities” addressed AND find time to pursue your global project?
  • What tools are you using to share your global inquiry with others?  Blogging? Video? Skype? Wiki?
  • How do you generate global interest in your inquiry? Twitter?

May Chat Details

Saturday, May 12 - USA, Europe, Africa (17:00 – 18:00 GMT)

  • 1PM (13:00) New York, 6PM (18:00) London, 7PM (19:00) Cape Town, 8PM (20:00) Bucharest
  • Or click here to find out when this chat runs in your timezone.

Sunday, May 13 - Asia / Europe ( 9:00 – 10:00 GMT)

  • 10AM (10:00) London, 5PM (17:00) Singapore, 6PM (18:00) Tokyo, 7PM (19:00) Sydney, 9PM (21:00) Wellington
  • Or click here to find out when this chat runs in your timezone.

Monday / Tuesday May 14 / 15 (22:00 – 23:00 GMT)

  • 6PM (18:00) New York, 11PM (23:00) London – Monday
  • 6AM (6:00) Hong Kong, 8AM (8:00) Sydney, 10AM (10:00) Auckland – Tuesday
  • OR click here to find out when this chat runs in your timezone.

Can you help?

We are always keen to recruit new chat moderators, and would love suggestions for future chat topics. Please tweet @mgraffin if interested or access the online form on the #globalclassroom chat wiki. We sincerely appreciate your support!


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Archives for February #globalclassroom chats

The February #globalclassroom chat archives are now available on our wiki.

Direct Link: February Archive Thankyou to @iEARNUSA and @murcha for moderating the lively discussions! Due to unforeseen circumstances, the February 14 chat did not run as planned. We look forward to seeing you for our March chats!


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“Visualising Global Collaboration” ~ February #globalclassroom Chat

Well, it’s time to announce the topic for the next #globalclassroom chats!

Kids Speak Map

Our February topic comes to use courtesy of @iEARNUSA, and promises to be our most visually engaging chat yet.

How do teachers use visual aids to share and celebrate their global connections and collaborations on their classroom walls, and within their school communities?

How do YOU celebrate your global connections with your students and local communities? Do you use flags? Photos? Toys? Skype?

It’s time to get the camera out, and take a few snaps around your classrooms!

This promises to be an interesting discussion! We hope you can join us!

 

Chat Details – February 2012:

February 2012 marks our second Asia / Australia chat – which runs on a Sunday afternoon / evening in Asia & Australia; and in the morning in Europe. If you’re online in Europe at that time, you’re more than welcome to join us!

February 11 / 12

  • 3PM New York, 8PM London – Saturday, February 11
  • 7AM Sydney, 9AM Auckland – Sunday, February 12
  • Or click here to find out when this chat runs in your timezone.

February 12 – Europe / Asia / Australia Chat – Sunday

February 13 / 14

  • 5PM New York, 10PM London – Monday, February 13
  • 9AM Sydney, 11AM Auckland – Tuesday, February 14
  • OR Click here to find out when this chat runs in your timezone

Thankyou!

The #globalclassroom chats are moderated by teachers around the world.

If you’d like to moderate a chat, or suggest a topic, please tweet @mgraffin, or leave your details here. We sincerely appreciate your support!

 


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Links & Archive for the January #globalclassroom Chats

The January Twitter Chat Archives are now available on the #globalclassroom wiki.

The monthly #globalclassroom discussions are becoming a valuable means for teachers around the world to connect, share, learn, and find partners for collaborative projects; and our recent January discussions about student collaboration were no exception.

We’d like to thank Sue Wyatt (@tasteach) for creating this Collaborative Projects Google Doc to share many of the links shared during the chats; and you can explore the Twitter Archives on our wiki.

We also HIGHLY recommend Anne Mirtschin’s (@murcha) response to a question posed in the Sunday #globalclassroom chat – 10 Ways to Take Skype beyond Meet and Greet. It was the icing on the cake after a successful chat.

The next #globalclassroom chats will begin in the second week of February, and we hope to see you there. Thankyou for your support.


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Enabling Student Collaboration: January #globalclassroom chat

Here’s some food for thought …

  • How can we create authentic opportunities for our students to talk, share, learn and collaborate with their classmates and other students around the world?
  • How can we enable our students to learn, communicate, and collaborate using 21st Century literacies and tools?
  • How can we inspire and motivate our students to practice their English / second language skills in authentic, natural, and spontaneous ways?

Through flattening our classroom walls, and engaging in global projects, we are creating opportunities for teachers and students to learn, share, and collaborate globally.

Yet, how can we make authentic student collaboration happen?  How can we adapt our existing curriculum to enable our students to learn with the world, not just about it?

We’re keen to tap into the collective thoughts, experiences, and expertise of teachers around the globe: which is why we’re putting these questions up for discussion in the #globalclassroom chats for January 2012:

“Ways and ideas to enable our students to collaborate globally”


Chat Details – January 2012:

January 2012 marks our inaugural Asia / Australia chat – which runs on a Sunday afternoon / evening in Asia & Australia; and in the morning in Europe. If you’re online in Europe at that time, you’re more than welcome to join in!

January 14 / 15

January 15 - NEW Asia / Australia Chat

January 16 / 17

The #globalclassroom chats are moderated by teachers around the world.

If you’d like to moderate a chat, or suggest a topic, please tweet @mgraffin, or leave your details here. We sincerely appreciate your support!


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The #globalclassroom Twitter Chats

Do you enjoy meeting teachers around the world?
Are you interested in global education or global collaboration?
Have you heard about global projects, but don’t know where to start?
Would you like your students to have opportunities to practice their language skills with authentic speakers?
Are you on Twitter?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, why not join us for the the monthly  #globalclassroom Twitter chats in 2012?

How It All Began …

The monthly #globalclassroom chats were born out of the Global Classroom Project: 2011-12, and first ran in November 2011. Proving to be the first of their kind, the chats generated significant excitement in the #globaled community; and covered topics relating to global collaboration in education, ICT, and authentic cultural connections. You can find our archives here.

Where to from here?

The unexpected interest in a global education / collaboration themed chat has forced a rethink of our chat times, which were (and perhaps still are) very American-centric. Over the course of 2012, we hope to enable teachers around the world to connect, share, learn and collaborate globally via our Twitter chats.

For our January chat, we will be trialling a third time – targeting teachers in Asia (e.g. India, Russia, China, Japan, etc), and Australia (depending on DST). If you haven’t already voted in our Asia/Australia poll, please do so ASAP – http://twtpoll.com/4wb9of.

We are painfully aware that many European teachers find it difficult to participate in the chats as the times currently stand, and we hope to address this later in the year.

We appreciate YOUR suggestions & support!

The #globalclassroom Twitter chat is a work in progress, and we’d sincerely appreciate YOUR feedback and suggestions for future topics. We are also keen to involve guest moderators from the #globaled community. If please leave your details here if interested!

Dates and Times for the January 2012 chats will be published HERE on January 8, and they will commence on Jan 14/15th, depending on your timezone


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New Project Announcement: Learning About the Holocaust through Children’s Literature (Grade 5) 2 – 6 January 2012

ImageMiss Cherry, a teacher from Virginia, USA, will be teaching her fifth-grade (ages 10-11) class about the Holocaust using children’s literature, including the book, Number the Stars, in the first week of January 2012. She would love her students to connect with another class or group of classes in another state or country (or countries) and hopes to have exchanges via Edmodo, Voice Thread, Skype, or maybe Twitter during the week (Jan. 2-6) , using Number the Stars and the events of the Holocaust (elementary-friendly) as discussion starters.  Ultimately, Miss Cherry’s purpose is to build a context for her students of the roots of the Holocaust in prejudice, to begin paving the way for true global understanding and respect; so that as members of the future generation, they can prevent such prejudice from ever taking hold again!

Please email Miss Cherry at Katherine.cherry@acps.k12.va.us or tweet her @MsKCherry if you might be interested in participating in this global learning project, or if you have similar ideas or tips to share.


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“Below the Tip of the Iceberg” #globalclassroom Chat – December 2011

As teachers engaged in global projects, we are opening up our classrooms to the world; and exposing our students to different lives and cultures around the world. We are building opportunities for kids to talk to kids, to learn from eachother, … yet this is just the beginning.

We want our students to relate to the children they meet around the world … to understand “we share more things than make us different”. As posed by @brettelockyer in our first #globalclassroom chat:

“Our biggest challenge is making deep connections of co-inquiry, that don’t trivialise culture n don’t just swap facts. #globalclassroom.”


As Edna Sackson so eloquently writes; “there’s more to culture than the 3 F’s: food, flags and festivals!” (June 2011). In her blog post, Below the Tip of the Iceberg, she gives teachers significant food for thought …

“Culture is often compared to an iceberg which has both visible and invisible parts. The tip of the iceberg represents the elements of culture which we can see, such as food, language and customs. Those elements which are less obvious, such as values, beliefs and world view, comprise the much larger portion of the iceberg underwater.”

… By starting with the human qualities, finding what we have in common, we can more easily relate to and connect with people of different cultures.

Edna Sackson (@whatedsaid)

 

So, our question for our December #globalclassroom discussion is this:

“How can we take our students’ global connections beyond the tip of the iceberg?
How can we help them make authentic, personal connections with children around the world?”

We’d love to have you join us.

Dates & Times

Chat #1: Saturday, December 9 (Europe, Africa, Americas)
12PM Los Angeles, 3PM New York, 8PM London, 10PM Cape Town

(This chat is ideal for early risers in Eastern Australia & New Zealand –> it runs on Sunday morning at 7AM Sydney, 9 AM Auckland)


Chat #2: Tuesday, December 13 (Asia/Pacific)

This chat crosses the day/night meridian, and is held on a Monday night  in the Americas, which equates to Tuesday morning in the Asia/Pacific. (Please note the earlier time!)

2PM Los Angeles, 5PM New York (EST) – Monday, December 12
6AM – Beijing, 9AM Sydney, 11AM Auckland – Tuesday, December 13


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Announcing the Inaugural #globalclassroom Twitter Chats

Well, we are finally in a position to announce our inaugural Global Classroom Project Twitter Chats. Thankyou to everyone who voted in our Twitter polls!

We will be running two monthly chats using the #globalclassroom hashtag. These chats will be held at different times to try and cater to as many of our teachers as possible. Don’t worry if you can’t attend in person! The chats will be archived on our wiki for future reference.

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The Topic?

The theme of the inaugural #globalclassroom Twitter Chats will be “Connecting Teachers”

Participant teachers will have the opportunity to introduce themselves, and share their teaching backgrounds, interests, projects, blogs, etc with the #globalclassroom community and the world!

We expect future chat topics will be nominated and voted upon by our #globalclassroom teachers.

When and Where?

Are you in Europe, Africa, or the Americas?

The inaugural #globalclassroom chat will be held THIS Saturday (November 12), at:

12PM Los Angeles, 3PM New York, 8PM London, 10PM Cape Town

Are you in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and the Americas?

The second #globalclassroom chat will cross the day/night meridian, and will be held on a Monday night in the Americas, which will be Tuesday morning in the Asia/Pacific.

This inaugural Asia/Pacific chat will be held on November 14/15, at:

4PM Los Angeles, 7PM New York – Monday night
8AM – Beijing, 11AM Sydney, 1PM – Auckland – Tuesday morning

Can you help with moderation and archiving of the #globalclassroom chats?

We are still looking for people to help moderate and archive our Twitter chats over the coming months! We are sharing the load across an international group of teachers, and no experience is necessary! We’ll provide you with all the information & training you need!

We plan to use The Archivist – Desktop Version (Windows) to archive our chats, and export tweets to an Excel file – which we will edit & share on the Global Classroom Project Wiki. If you are able to keep a backup archive on our behalf, please email it to us!

If you can help, please tweet @mgraffin or
Email globalclassroomorganisers@gmail.com!

Together, we can make these chats a vibrant, central feature of our #globalclassroom community. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!


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Please Support the “Hana’s Suitcase” Twitter Chat (Nov 10)

This important, upcoming event came to us via Heidi Siwak (@HeidiSiwak) in Canada; and we’d love to see some of our #globalclassroom teachers & students contribute to this amazing initiative!

Heidi Siwak’s Grade 6 class, @class62siwak, is preparing to host it’s first GLOBAL Twitter Chat on November 10, in time for Remembrance Day 2011.

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We bring you a guest post by Megan, a student in Heidi’s class, explaining the purpose of the #hana62 chat. It was originally published here.

On November 10th 2011, something amazing is going to happen.

It will be a major event on Twitter! Class 62 at Dundas Central will be hosting a global twitter chat on World War Two. But there is one little girl we will be focusing on, her name is Hana Brady. Hana Brady had a wonderful life before war. She had a loving family and a house. When World War Two struck this little girl’s life changed.

We will be honoring her on November 10th, 2011 on Twitter at #hana62. Our class has read her book and we have learned lots about her and we would love to share our knowledge about her with you.

Also if you know anything about Peace, World War Two, Refugees, Survivors and Of course, Hana Brady and her family, we are always willing to know more.

Our global chat will start November 10th, 2011 at midnight and go for 24 hours straight. Anyone or any class out there please join us to honor her life and family on twitter at #hana62.

Thanks, Dundas Central


How can you get involved?

Teachers, students, and interested people are invited to share their thoughts on peace, war, WWII, or the holocaust; contributing links, songs, poems, artwork, blogs using the #hana62 hashtag.

Please add your location to the map!

“If you’ve read about this project or will be participating on the day, please pin your location on our #hana62 Google Map. Simply click on edit and drag a pin marker to your location.

In Grade 6 Ontario, our Social Studies unit is “Canada’s Links to the World” and rather than just learning about the world, we are going to link to the world! We’d really like to see what your area looks like so if you could add a picture or video that would be fabulous!”

You can find out about this student-run, real-world project at 21st Century Classroom: The Amaryllis. If you have any questions, please tweet @class62siwak, or @HeidiSiwak.

We wish Class 62 all the best for their impressive initiative!

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