Friday, November 26, 2010 (2)

Nov 26, 2010
October 9, 2010
Saturday
  • Food and Culture - a Global, Collaborative Classrooms Project

  • Oct 9, 2010 to Dec 31, 2013
  • Location: Online and in your classrooms
  • Description: Let your students learn with the world, not just about the world!The purpose of this project is the development of a global, collaborative classrooms project which will provide a context for students to:* Develop knowledge, skills and habits conducive to excellent health* Practice habits of responsible citizenship - locally to globally* Develop Global Competencies by studying "with" the world instead of "about" the world* Develop critical 21st Century Skills* Become engaged in a rigorous, relevant and real-world project* Engage the knowledge within the disciplines through research, problem solving and application* Learn - as opposed to memorizing then forgetting discrete factsThe initial sources of inspiration for this project were the book, Hungry Planet - What the World Eats, which is both a beautiful and profound essay on the people of our planet and the food they eat; the Edible Schoolyard Project where students grow and cook their own food, as many of the content standards are tau
  • Created by: Anne Shaw
November 9, 2010
Tuesday
  • Recruitment for EWB's Teacher Champion Program

  • Nov 9, 2010 at 6:00pm to Nov 26, 2010 at 5:00pm
  • Location: Ontario
  • Description: Five individuals are being sought for the creation of EWB’s Teacher Champion Program. This program aims to empower Canadian youth to learn about development and take action against global poverty. To accomplish this, the selected group of teacher champions will work with EWB’s vibrant National Youth Engagement team, learn and liaise with various other global education initiatives, and develop resources for high school students that will be used in classrooms across Canada.Participants will also be funded to participate in the 10th Anniversary National Conference for Engineers Without Borders from January 14 - 15, 2011 in Toronto. What’s more, participants will play a direct role in shaping conference programming as contributors to the Symposium of Global Education, a new and exciting addition to the conference.Program participants will be contributing an average of 3-5 volunteer hours per week beginning in December 2010, and ending in June 2011. In doing so, these teachers will be part
  • Created by: Erin Aylward