Events

Saturday, April 9, 2011 (4)

Apr 9, 2011
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
March 5, 2011
Saturday

  • Global Media Literacy Network

  • Mar 5, 2011 to Mar 1, 2016
  • Location: Global, Online & Belgrade
  • Description:

    MEDIA LITERACY NETWORK IS ONE NEW DIGITAL MOVEMENT WILL DEVELOP ONLINE PLATFORM FOR THE MULTILEVEL CROSS SECTORS INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN MEDIA LITERACY

     

    • The main goal of the Platform will be the collection, promotion and dissemination of the mew methodologies, projects and audio visual tools in new and traditional media.
    • Everybody working in media literacy is welcome to become a member of the Platform without membership fee if accepted to promote the Platform and give to the Platform one or more creative projects application.
    • The Platform will offer to the members wide online visibility, events, workshops and seminars and large list of potential partners for international cooperation and projects.
    • The Platform will offer to every member online space and editorial rights for providing information, audio visual promotion of multimedia productions and call for participation through easy and user friendly online software.
    • Open a Media Literacy Market to trade expertise and profit from th
  • Created by: Miomir Rajcevic
April 7, 2011
Thursday

  • Global Issues Service Summit - Africa 2011

  • Apr 7, 2011 to Apr 9, 2011
  • Location: Maputo Mozambique / Elluminate
  • Description:

    Conference Goals:

    Join us in Elluminate!

    • Bring together like-minded individuals from local and international schools, NGO’s and socially responsible corporations for the purpose of affecting positive change in their communities, both local and global.
    • Empower today’s students - tomorrow leaders - to take on the challenges of our future world.
    • Encourage networking between individuals and organizations working in similar areas in order to enhance opportunities for partnership.
    • Focus on global issues that most directly impact the African continent.
    • Build lasting relationships and networks between students and faculty as they work together toward sustainable solutions for solving global issues.
    • Celebrate the accomplishments of local youth in addressing local or global issues
  • Created by: Sharon Brown-Peters