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
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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
Turkey 101: Introduction for Teachers
- May 5, 2011 from 5:00pm to 7:30pm CDT
- Location: Turkish Center
- Description:
The American Turkish Society and Turkish Women’s League of America are pleased to invite elementary and secondary school U.S. teachers to “Turkey 101: An Introduction for Teachers”. The session aims to give American educators, teaching in all subject areas and grade levels, an understanding about Turkey and provide an opportunity to explore topics and materials to include in their classes.
The evening will also include Turkish food and a chance to win a trip to Turkey. The event is free, but RSVP by Friday, 04/29 is required. You may see the details here: http://www.americanturkishsociety.org/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=230
The presentation will be a particularly timely introduction for teachers who are considering applying for The American Turkish Society's Fall 2011 Curriculum Development Grants (deadline: May 20), a program that supports innovative curricula and other classroom projects related to Turkey. http://www.americanturkishsociety.org/announcements.aspx?#announcement228 - Created by: Doga Kayalar Polat