Wednesday, April 4, 2012 (6)

Apr 4, 2012
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
September 30, 2011
Friday
  • The International Class

  • Sep 30, 2011 at 6:00pm to Jun 18, 2012 at 7:00pm
  • Location: East Side Institute
  • Description:

    "The activity based-theory, the performative approach, and the emphasis in community building are the key elements of a psychology that blurs the distinctions between clinic, politics and the arts."

    --Murilo Moscheta, psychologist and therapist, Brazil
     
    IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THIS PSYCHOLOGY
     
    APPLY NOW FOR 2011-2012
     
    The International Class
    of the East Side Institute for Group 
    and Short Term Psychotherapy

    A Global Learning Community

     

    Since 2004, more than 60 community and university based practitioners from across the US and 16 other countries have enrolled in The International Class of the East Side Institute.
     
    Among them are psychologists from India, Brazil and Denmark; applied theatre practitioners from Kenya and Canada; educators, scientists and doctors from Pakistan, Serbia and the United States; community organizers from Uganda and Taiwan; psychotherapists from South Africa and Argentina; and youth workers from Nicaragua and Mexico.
     
    Coming from different places and professions, they share

  • Created by: Melissa Meyer
February 15, 2012
Wednesday
  • Save Our Schools

  • Feb 15, 2012 to Sep 30, 2012
  • Location: Nationwide
  • Description:

    Save Our Schools is an ongoing philanthropic initiative operated and managed by a local civic organization and a collaboration of community stakeholders for the purpose of providing emergency funds and resources to schools.

    The fiscal challenge facing our nation is having a significant impact on North Carolina Schools. The impact we are experiencing in the marketplace has trickled down to a reduction in public services.

    Our schools are now being forced to make dramatic changes in their budgets, which will result in deferred maintenance, a deficiency in teaching resources, and the loss of educators. In the end, we are hurting our children. While there are parents, individuals, and organizations who are working hard to support our schools, it is clear that there is a need for more.

    Recently, an alliance of community leaders and socially responsible companies committed to launch a unified effort to “Save our Schools”. This effort will utilize entrepreneurial creativity and proven strategies

  • Created by: Bob Winstead
March 31, 2012
Saturday
  • Haiti: Beyond Disaster March 31- April 7, 2012; June 9-16, 2012

  • Mar 31, 2012 to Apr 7, 2012
  • Location: Haiti
  • Description:

    After the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, over a billion dollars in aid was promised to the struggling island. The world stepped up, empathized and donated. Yet much of the funds pledged to post-quake relief for has not been received for redevelopment and very little has been done to rebuild.

    Haiti is the world's oldest black republic and one of the oldest republics in the Western Hemisphere, a cultural and historical gem. But why did it take over 5 decades for the US government to recognize the free black nation of Haiti? Why has the aid promised to Haiti by international aid agencies, not reached the Haitian public? Why has the US sponsored coup de tats against Haiti's democratically elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide? The world has turned its focus away and promises to the Haitians are unfulfilled.

    Explore these issues with us as we learn how the island nation struggles to rebuild. From the health care crises (like cholera and malaria), to the need

  • Created by: Global Exchange Reality Tours
April 4, 2012
Wednesday
  • Creativity Workshop in Dubai

  • Apr 4, 2012 at 10:00am to Apr 10, 2012 at 1:00pm
  • Location: Arabian Courtyard Hotel & Spa
  • Description:

    The Creativity Workshop teaches individuals in all disciplines ways to develop their unique creativity  and use it in their lives and work. The Creativity Workshop achieves this through a specially designed series of techniques  in creative writing, memoir, free-form drawing, collage, and storytelling. The Workshop helps its participants to: tap into their innate creativity,  get over creative blocks,  use memories to spark the imagination, and develop a daily practice to accomplish these goals. 

    University credits available.

  • Created by: Ceci Glusman