tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31113474699063616012024-02-06T21:04:15.391-05:00Global Virtual Classroom NewsGlobal Virtual Classroom is an free online educational program to promote communication, collaboration and understanding among students around the world.Andrew Ezzellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263996975923524933noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-48435030270814178652017-06-08T10:46:00.000-04:002017-06-08T10:46:39.481-04:00Afghanistan Award CeremonyStudents and teachers in Afghanistan at Tajorbawi Girls High School celebrate their first place award in this year's Global Virtual Classroom web contest. Officials from the town were there also, acknowledging the work done by the school. Along with St Marks, Janikpuri, they created the site "21st Century Skills".
jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-57577605721868805062017-05-16T11:16:00.002-04:002017-05-18T09:31:15.317-04:00Food for allSchools in Mississippi, Pennsylvania and India created the website "Food for All" a merit award winner in the GVC contest. View the site here: https://sites.google.com/a/gsbi.org/gvc1601/
Students in India receive their award certificates
jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-8424523342805374662017-05-16T11:11:00.001-04:002017-05-18T09:32:32.629-04:00Love is all around youStudents from Rome, working with Russia and India created an award winning site about love.
http://www.liceogiuliocesare.it/pagina.asp?pagina=virtualclassroom
View the site here: https://sites.google.com/a/gsbi.org/gvc1613/
Partners from India proudly display their certificates.
Student leader Tanmay received a special award.
jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-71418427042819687602017-05-05T14:47:00.004-04:002017-05-05T14:47:38.453-04:00District 97 Schools Earn Top Awards in Global Virtual Classroom Contest
May 3, 2017
Students from Mann and Lincoln elementary schools recently competed in the Global Virtual Classroom Contest, which is a free online collaborative learning project that fosters creativity, cross cultural understanding and helping others. It also teaches IT and Web site design skills to students from around the world.
The student teams who participated in this project had their jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-60359523521644038902017-01-08T12:55:00.003-05:002017-01-08T12:56:25.262-05:00Mini GVC Contest 2 Starts Soon
World Collaboration - Program for K-12 Schools
Mini Web Contest Period 2 Feb. 1 - April 15
The Mini GVC contest is open for approximately 10 weeks. Teacher guided K-12 classes and youth groups around the world that have access to the Internet and know or are willing to learn Google Sites are eligible. Groups are assigned by GVC, and may consist of anywhere from 2-4 schools.
Here is a link to jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-50256717721012147162016-12-06T12:13:00.001-05:002016-12-06T12:22:46.217-05:00Mini Contest Winners
GVCM1 - 2016 September 5 to November 25has been completed and the WINNERS can be found here: http://virtualclassroom.org/miniwin1-16.htmlMini Contest 2 begins February 1 and runs through Apri 15. If you wish to participate check out the information in our Wiki: http://minigvc.wikispaces.com/ Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-36607371735268745702016-07-21T14:49:00.000-04:002016-07-21T14:49:11.698-04:00GVC Adds More Collaborations
Introducing our new GVC Mini Contest. Three different time periods during the US school year to encourage more southern hemisphere participation and teachers with many curricular pressures and little time. Cover all of the ISTE standards with one semester-long project!Check it out: http://virtualclassroom.org/GVCMiniContest.pdfFor a quick summary.
http://minigvc.wikispaces.com/ for jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-39677945926870865412016-07-21T14:47:00.000-04:002016-07-21T14:47:00.286-04:00Indian Students in the News
Times of India.com
jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-80916299620412624082016-06-13T09:30:00.000-04:002016-06-13T09:30:09.311-04:00Lakeside Student Winners in the News
Pompton Lakes News Articlejbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-7637429482397669302016-05-01T15:42:00.001-04:002016-05-01T15:48:50.521-04:00Press Release - 2015-16 Web Contest
The 2015-16 contest concludes with the press release and announcement of winners: http://virtualclassroom.org/GVC%2015-16%20Press%20Release.pdf
Be sure to also go to http://www.virtualclassroom.org/win15.html to see a listing of the individual sites.
The photos are just a few participants; to see all go to https://goo.gl/photos/Qszj7h1pgzXDWu479
jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-10779476748826963132015-12-17T15:40:00.000-05:002015-12-17T15:40:39.247-05:00Completed Haitian School Projeccthttp://www.virtualclassroom.org/2015%20Haiti.pdf will take you to a PDF of the completed project. Note the community involvement in the work and the educational opportunities for both boys and girls!jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-25424070233823012822015-09-01T10:50:00.002-04:002015-09-01T10:52:37.612-04:00Haitian School Project
The school you so generously helped fund is nearly built! The hard working people of Franchipagne have all but completed construction of the school in three months!
Erin runs all of the buildOn school chapters in the South and West in the US and so yay for being in Florida! She's going to provide the logistical support, guidance and leadership to get our three high schools up and jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-72621673142243145462015-07-19T09:35:00.003-04:002015-07-20T09:23:00.583-04:00GVC Winners Honored by SchoolStudents at Kulachi Hansraj Model School in India, received awards from their school administrators. They are school Principal Ms. Sneh Verma; in the middle is school's manager Sh. R. Kumar and on the extreme right is school's chairman Shri Srideep Omcherry.
Working with Students from Walton Middle School in Virginia the students presented for the world a great website on "Sports andjbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-16249237493467464482015-06-06T11:23:00.000-04:002015-06-06T11:26:14.513-04:00Italian Students HonoredStudents from Rome were honored by their school. Liceo Giulio Cesare, for their winning sites created during the Global Virtual Classroom Web Contest. Year 1 students received an Award of Merit for their work on the site "Military Families". [Read PDF] Years 2, 3, and 4 students won a Gold Award for their "Rhyme and Rhythm" site. [Read PDF] With encouragement from teacher Maria Pia jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-27190786799382977772015-05-01T11:12:00.000-04:002015-05-01T11:15:23.415-04:00GVC Web Contest Winners Announced
May 1, 2015 – The Give Something Back International Foundation (GSBI) has announced the winners of the 2014/2015 Global Virtual Classroom Contest (GVC) -- a free online collaborative learning project that fosters creativity, cross cultural understanding, helping others and teaches IT and website design skills amongst students working together from around the world.
Sponsored by GSBI, the GVC jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-63775248562360842792015-04-08T10:52:00.005-04:002015-04-08T15:38:52.756-04:00Andrew Ezzell and JoAnn Patrick-Ezzell
Andrew Ezzell and JoAnn Patrick-Ezzell are co-founders of the Give Something Back International Foundation (GSBI) and both serve on the GSBI Board. Through their enduring efforts, GSBI provides life changing, quality education and assistance to children, young adults, and teachers around the world that have had a lasting impact on their lives and families. The overarching mission of GSBI jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-34994165875016928692015-02-20T10:32:00.000-05:002015-02-20T10:33:15.051-05:00GSBI foundation's beginnings
Andrew Ezzell, founder of GSBI was featured in the St. Meinrad Alumni Association newsletter. Read more about him and the dream of giving back.jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-62137184750324504102014-12-08T09:54:00.000-05:002015-04-08T10:54:13.901-04:00One World AwardAndrew Ezzell and JoAnn Patrick-Ezzell are recipients of the 2015 One World Award for their "contributions to enhancing, understanding and respect among peoples of other countries through Give Something Back Foundation and The Global Virtual classroom." The award was presented March 29, 2015 at the 2015 One-World Gala. http://sarasotasistercities.org/en/blog/jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-2465821860485427052014-11-26T10:44:00.002-05:002014-11-26T10:44:28.154-05:00Awards Arrive!It was a long journey for the award plaques to get to the winners in Afghanistan! The team from Tajrobawi Girls High School won awards in both divisions of the Global Virtual Classroom web contest during the 2013-14 competition. The final travels of the awards were accomplished through assistance from the US and Afghan Embassies. (Thanks!)
Left to right Mr. Atarpoor, Mr. Taheri jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-33708568029461951022014-09-30T15:21:00.003-04:002014-09-30T15:21:59.927-04:002014-2015 Web Contest Begins!Thirty six primary division classes and thirty three secondary classes have received their team assignments and are ready to start the six month journey getting to know each other, choose a collaborative topic and perhaps be ones to change the world. They are from many countries, with many from the USA and India. See where our classes are located!jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-72640354991979874402014-08-02T11:17:00.001-04:002014-08-21T10:42:59.190-04:00
Connect & Collaborate Through Global Virtual Classroom
Some 2013-14 GVC Participants
Connect & Collaborate Through Global Virtual Classroom
The Global Virtual Classroom vision is to empower, enable, and connect students around the world using Internet technology. Teacher and students must be willing to make a serious commitment to collaborating with their partner schools jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-67510269647360501562014-07-12T09:58:00.001-04:002014-07-12T10:05:29.090-04:002014-15 Contest Registration Open
The registration for the 2014-15 contest is formally open. You can access the registration form at: https://docs.google.com/a/gsbi.org/forms/d/1b9cw1_Iko_zevNL5bMcpbWdA9QzF-aoVR-txXGCSR54/viewform
There are a few changes in the prize structure for this year's contest.
Every participating school still get a downloadable certificate.
Every winning school receives a plaque.
jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-35963050175596179992014-05-03T15:32:00.003-04:002014-05-04T10:32:49.559-04:00Official Press Release - GVC Awards
GLOBAL VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
2013/2014 AWARD WINNING WEBSITES ANNOUNCED
May 5, 2013 – The Give Something Back International Foundation (GSBI) has announced the winners of the 2013/2014 Global Virtual Classroom Contest (GVC) -- a free online collaborative learning project that fosters creativity, cross cultural understanding, helping others and teaches IT and website design skills amongst jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-80836631274236739872014-05-03T15:30:00.003-04:002014-05-03T18:35:46.682-04:00GVC Award Announcement
Results are in for the Global Virtual Classroom 2013 - 14 Contest, in which 21 teams of schools around the world built and submitted websites - an exercise aimed at enhancing abilities required for the 21st century -- cross-cultural communication, collaboration, social awareness and computer skills.
10 teams participated in the primary school category and 11 teams participated in the jbarnstablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121608462094304440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111347469906361601.post-58060399216893082052013-08-05T15:04:00.002-04:002013-08-09T11:00:27.562-04:00GVC Contest Registration OpenNew in the 2013 contest, the primary division will use GVC's Google Sites as the default program, the secondary division will be given server space and design their own site. In each division, if all three schools on a a team agree, that team may request the other division's website creation method.
Register soon! http://p0.vresp.com/89Q57e
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