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UNAAWA is developing curriculum packages for four phases of schooling based on the UNESCO model for Global Citizenship Education and the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The packages will feature opportunities for students to:
Integrate learning across different syllabuses
Develop the General Capabilities of Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding, Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social Capability
Collaborate to address challenges related to the 2030 Global Goals
Apply the design process and entrepreneurship skills
Engage in practical activities contributing to community development
So the last few weeks have been… something. Many of us found ourselves in the rush to get entire institutions online, often with incredibly limited resources to do so. I’ve been in the thick of this as well. Recently I shared some thoughts about institutions going online, as well as an emergency guide to taking a week of a class online quickly. I would like to add some more resources to the list that we have been developing since those posts.
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Learning from home
Learning from home refers to the ways schools will maintain teaching and learning in the event of a prolonged school closure or student absence.
You can enrol as many students from your school as you wish. All students will need to pair up with a classmate or someone they know at school or in their community, so they can work side-by-side. Each pair will then meet and join up with a pair of students from anywhere else in the world. Ideally all teams should have 4 students. Teams can have as many advisors and helpers as they wish, but only four students will be the officially recognised team.
Khan Academy is a free resource for students, teachers, and parents.
We offer free lessons in math, science and humanities from kindergarten through the early years of college. Students can use our exercises, quizzes, and instructional videos to learn and master skills. They will get immediate feedback and encouragement.
Smithsonian Science for Global Goals project has new freely available community research guides developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) in partnership with the InterAcademy Partnership. These Smithsonian Science for Global Goals community research guides use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework to focus on sustainable actions that are student-defined and implemented.
New Information for Hello World Learning Circles beginning in April:
The Hello World: Learning Circles are for teachers and students who are new to iEARN or who have never participated in a Learning Circle. This 5-week experience will introduce teachers and students to the basics of Learning Circles including Teacher Introductions, Class Surveys, and the Exchange of Information. If you have never participated in an online collaborative learning experience before and you would like to know what it is like, this is the place to begin your experience.
Resources, activities and information to help children and young people continue to learn while at home.
A temporary hub of information and tools to help teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
Discover how to teach online in this free course designed to help educators teach and support their students online in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
The Drama Teacher is a blog created and maintained by Justin Cash and is packed with resources for drama and theatre teachers at all levels of education.
Here you’ll find posts that are reflective, academic and personal. If you love teaching drama, then make The Drama Teacher your home away from home. You can read about the joys and frustrations of teaching the best subject in the world and share stories with others by commenting on posts on this blog.
Whether you’re a graduate drama teacher, a highly experienced educator or someone in-between, we never stop learning. On this site you’ll find:
- definitions to dozens of theatrical genres and styles from farce to naturalism and everything in-between - drama and theatre lesson plan ideas for the classroom - industry news from Broadway, West End theatre and Australia - casual musings about the joys and frustrations of teaching Drama - additional resources such as Theatresports™ games, the elements of drama and stagecraft ideas - links to great theatre websites from across the globe
About the Digital Schools Network Cisco, a global technology leader in education, understands how to help schools innovate to drive higher levels of student engagement and improve learning outcomes. We also understand the power of networks. That’s why we’ve applied our knowledge and expertise to create the Digital Schools Network, a community-based program designed to enable educators and students to connect, collaborate, learn and share experiences and resources within a secure digital collaboration platform – to transform traditional schools into Digital Schools.
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UNAAWA develops education resources (such as Teachers’ Notes and PowerPoint presentations) that reflect the work and ideals of the UN for use by its members.
Click here for a list of current resources and how they link to the Western Australian curriculum.
Click here to access the dropbox containing the resources. These can be previewed directly or downloaded to your computer.
The Game Changer Awards is an opportunity for teachers and their students who are interested in STEM, to create solutions to the worlds challenges, and compete at a state level for amazing prizes. There are four age categories for Year 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, and 9 and 10 students. In each age group, there are then prizes for students and their teachers for Best use of STEM, Best overall Project and Best Presentation. Students work on their projects throughout the year, with the support of their Teachers, and come together on Game Day, to present them to the judges. The teams are also given the opportunity to showcase their projects to the families and other teachers, as well as industry and government representatives. In the tradition of science fairs, we encourage students to unleash their inner innovator to create projects aimed at developing and utilising STEM skills, including project based learning, organisation, teamwork and presentation skills. We currently have 78 teams registered to take part in 2019, and we plan to expand even further in 2020, to take the awards to all parts on WA.
Advances UN Sustainable Development Goals via an innovative high schools program using business management principles
The list of educational applications, platforms and resources below aim to help parents, teachers, schools and school administrators facilitate student learning and provide social care and interaction during periods of school closure. Most of the solutions curated are free and many cater to multiple languages. While these solutions do not carry UNESCO’s explicit endorsement, they tend to have a wide reach, a strong user-base and evidence of impact. They are categorized based on distance learning needs, but most of them offer functionalities across multiple categories.
This library of online learning resources is intended for educators and can be filtered by type, grade, and subject. All of the included resources are free and meet student privacy criteria.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a powerful platform to deliver a fully integrated inquiry and problem-based learning program. This website is designed to support / supplement not only a program of this nature but also the Global Goals Challenge and the UNESCO Global Education First Initiatives.
As well as an extensive collection of resources that relate to the UN Sustainable Development Goals there is also a Digital Passport Challenge which is designed to encourage students to explore the 17 Sustainable Development Goals using a range of technology tools.
As students complete the Challenges they can be awarded digital badges that showcase their learning.
This is a long-term project that will not only teach students about key topics that impact every human being on the planet, but will also help them develop important Transversal Competencies like critical and creative thinking, persistence, and inquiry and problem solving.
New Information for Hello World Learning Circles beginning in April:
The Hello World: Learning Circles are for teachers and students who are new to iEARN or who have never participated in a Learning Circle. This 5-week experience will introduce teachers and students to the basics of Learning Circles including Teacher Introductions, Class Surveys, and the Exchange of Information. If you have never participated in an online collaborative learning experience before and you would like to know what it is like, this is the place to begin your experience.
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As schools around the world close their buildings and families find themselves at home, we want to ensure that learning together continues. We're working to bring parents & families resources to make the coming days as educational and fun as possible.
From Dr Paul Swan:
"I want to draw your attention to the new support page on the site: drpaulswan.com.au/teaching-at-home It's designed to help both parents and teachers in finding quality activities. Currently flat out developing new content to go on there too so watch this space! Please share with anyone currently tearing out their hair out trying to figure out what they'll be doing!!! There's hundreds of activities right there to take your pick from."
Introduction This is a guest post written for students by students Matty Trueman, Kai Ackroyd, Curtis Alexis-Jones and Gagan Warinch to highlight the free collaboration tools available and how they…
Announcing our plans to create free theatre and arts learning resources with learners, families, teachers and communities around the world. Find out how you can collaborate online with C&T and Prospero’s global network of drama educators.
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