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"Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world." ~ Nelson Mandela

Yesterday marked the beginning of Global Action Week (GAW), an annual public mobilization campaign organized by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) in order to press towards the goal of Education for All.

The GCE is a civil society movement that aims to end the global education crisis by ensuring that governments deliver the right of every girl, boy, woman and man to a free quality public education. The GCE was instrumental in setting the Education for All agenda for 2015.

Every year in April, the GCE coordinates Global Action Week on education, an international campaign to tell politicians and journalists that we need to provide quality education to the 75 million children and 774 million adults who cannot currently access this basic human right.

Help get GAW 2009 off to a strong start by asking your Member of Parliament to speak up for Education for All by signing the online petition in English ou Français.

As the theme for Global Action Week 2009 is literacy, the GCE is running a campaign called the BIG READ. The GCE and its national partners are producing a special life-changing book - compiled of short stories written by remarkable people, about how education changes the world as we know it. Students around the world will read these stories, learn about the right to education using specially-produced curricula, and sign their name to a petition calling on the governments of the world to do more to provide everyone with their human right to a quality education.

To learn more about the BIG READ and how to organize a BIG READ event with your school or group, please visit the campaign website.

2009 Global Action Week on Education - 20-26 April
Translated into French by: Katherine Walraven
"Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world." ~ Nelson Mandela

Today marks the beginning of Global Action Week (GAW), an annual public mobilization campaign organized by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) in order to press towards the goal of Education for All.

The GCE is a civil society movement that aims to end the global education crisis by ensuring that governments deliver the right of every girl, boy, woman and man to a free quality public education. The GCE was instrumental in setting the Education for All agenda for 2015.

Every year in April, the GCE coordinates Global Action Week on education, an international campaign to tell politicians and journalists that we need to provide quality education to the 75 million children and 774 million adults who cannot currently access this basic human right.

Help get GAW 2009 off to a strong start by asking your Member of Parliament to speak up for Education for All by signing the online petition in English
ou Français.

As the theme for Global Action Week 2009 is literacy, the GCE is running a campaign called the BIG READ. The GCE and its national partners are producing a special life-changing book - compiled of short stories written by remarkable people, about how education changes the world as we know it. Students around the world will read these stories, learn about the right to education using specially-produced curricula, and sign their name to a petition calling on the governments of the world to do more to provide everyone with their human right to a quality education.

To learn more about the BIG READ and how to organize a BIG READ event with your school or group, please visit the campaign website.

kagawa

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The TIG server was down this morning and, consequently, I was about 20 minutes late starting today's office hour. Apologies to anyone who dropped in at 10 EST and missed me!

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Hi all,

Just a quick note to let you know that I am away on holidays and will return to work on Tuesday April 14th.

Cheers!

Kat

On Holidays - Back soon!
Translated into French by: Katherine Walraven
Hi all,

Just a quick note to let you know that I am away on holidays and will return to work on Tuesday April 14th.

Cheers!

Kat

kagawa

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TIGed will be holding the following virtual office hours over the next three weeks:

Friday April 17th, from 10-11 am EST (To join, please visit https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.57062E3BF6D1CFCA6293B5F7053C55.)

Thursday April 23rd, from 3-4pm EST (To join, please visit https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.8AE7FB2FD972725D3A7D7F6667A733.)

Tuesday April 28th, from 12-1pm EST (To join, please visit https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.B347A041AA73BA6BB8CF296DC593C2.)

We aim to hold virtual office hours about once a week so that educators can ask questions and seek support for using TIGed. Participants do not need to be members of the TIGed community or have TIGed virtual classroom licenses to take part.

If you plan on taking part in one of these sessions, please be sure to join at least 5-10 minutes before the scheduled start time in order to configure your audio settings and ensure that you have a compatible version (1.5 or higher) of Java (free download) installed on your computer. (You may join up to 30 minutes in advance of the scheduled start time.) Please note that you will need a working headset in order to participate.

For more information about the Elluminate platform, please visit: http://www.elluminate.com/support.

Thanks!

Upcoming Virtual Office Hours
Translated into French by: Katherine Walraven
TIGed will be holding the following virtual office hours over the next three weeks:

Friday April 17th, from 10-11 am EST (To join, please visit https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.57062E3BF6D1CFCA6293B5F7053C55.)

Thursday April 23rd, from 3-4pm EST (To join, please visit https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.8AE7FB2FD972725D3A7D7F6667A733.)

Tuesday April 28th, from 12-1pm EST (To join, please visit https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.B347A041AA73BA6BB8CF296DC593C2.)

We aim to hold virtual office hours about once a week so that educators can ask questions and seek support for using TIGed. Participants do not need to be members of the TIGed community or have TIGed virtual classroom licenses to take part.

If you plan on taking part in one of these sessions, please be sure to join at least 5-10 minutes before the scheduled start time in order to configure your audio settings and ensure that you have a compatible version (1.5 or higher) of Java (free download) installed on your computer. (You may join up to 30 minutes in advance of the scheduled start time.) Please note that you will need a working headset in order to participate.

For more information about the Elluminate platform, please visit: http://www.elluminate.com/support.

Thanks!