Global Education Conference 2010

The Global Education Conference 2010 took place from  Monday, Nov 15th to Friday Nov, 17th and ran literally round the clock with several sessions starting on the hour every hour! It was a truly global event with an amazing 392 sessions from 62 different countries. All presentations were online and totally free with no registration required. More information can be found at the conference website: http://www.globaleducationconference.com

The sessions were hosted using a programme called Elluminate and all sessions were recorded, archived and are now available for viewing here: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/recordings.html

One of the great things about these online events is that you can 'attend' without having to leave home! You just need your computer and an internet connection and you are set to go. When else can you attend a conference while making yourself some tea and wearing your pyjamas? No travel, no need to give up an entire weekend to attend: just log on and listen. :)

Did you attend any of the events or listen to any of the recordings? If so, please share your thoughts by either editing this page or writing a comment below.

David's Presentation

As part of  those 317 sessions, I had the chance to present my first ever online session. My talk, entitled Directing Young Leaners Towards Effective Self-Assessment, went smoothly with the only hic-cup being an interruption from my son, Jason about halfway though (one disadvantage of being involved in a conference from home!). The event was truly global as I had an audience that stretched from South America to Australia. We were also joined by Andrea meaning I not only had attendees from thousands of kilometres away but also from just a floor up as well!

If you'd like to watch the recording of my session, you can access it by clicking on this link.

Here is my PowerPoint presentation, uploaded to Slideshare and embedded here:

Other sessions which may be of interest

Below are a list of those most relevant to the Primary education & ELT fields:

Monday 15th November

9pm – Kids, Parents & Technology: Raising a successful digital family

Tuesday 16th November

2am – Understanding tough kids: Meeting the needs of challenging students

10pm – Students share 6 powerful ways to motivate them

Wednesday 17th November

3am – The Global Read Aloud

12pm – Connecting Modern Language Classes Around the Globe

3pm – Directing young learners towards effective self-assessment (That’s me!)

Thursday 18th November

4am – Connecting kids around the world

Friday 19th November

1am – The effect of the IB Middle Years Programme on IB Diploma Pro

I will be adding links to the recordings of these sessions over the next few days.