Thanks to Dan Ellison for making me aware of a new teaching resource and programme called ACT GLOBAL.
Dan says:
I am one of a team from Relief International and the Citizenship Foundation working on a DFID funded project at its pilot stage called Act Global. The purpose of the project is to engage young people with issues relating to global poverty. Where students want to, they can also go a step further and take action on them.
The Act Global project includes:
Act Global
A social network for students in Year 9 to think, talk and act on global issues starting with violent conflict. The site includes bespoke videos that we will be constantly updating as well as through provoking photography. There is space for students to discuss and act on issues they care about. This is an ideal space for students to link with children in partner schools abroad or elsewhere in the UK.
Teach Act Global
This social network mirrors the Act Global network, but instead of the conversations being for learning, they are about teaching using the Act Global materials.
Teach Act Global Toolkit
This guide and lessons describes how to go about working with students on Act Global. The project comes from a community of enquiry approach and is very flexible.
After school club
I am very aware of how after teaching 'development' or 'inequalities' to Year 9 students many feel they want to go a step further and do something about the injustice they have learnt about. We are providing materials for an after school club in which students choose a global issue relating to poverty and then take action on it. We have designed this so that as a teacher there is very little planning needed.. all your need is a computer room for some sessions.
London schools
If you are a London school and get directly in contact we may be able to offer you some physical support. Just get in touch through the Ning and we can come out and offer training or other help.
Residential training
We have space for 50 enthusiastic students to attend a residential training course this June (repeated next year) to develop campaigning skills. Focusing on global issues the young people involved will learn about how to work in a team, different types of campaigning and then go on to take an action of their choice within your community.
International links
Act Global is an ideal way to support any of your efforts towards the International Schools Award.
Maintaining meaningful links with schools outside of the UK can be a real challenge. Act Global offers resources for teaching, means of communicating and over time a community of schools that reduces the pressure on individual relationships.
Social cohesion
Recent Ofsted reporting has said that schools in England are getting better at international linking but need to create more links with other parts of the UK. We hope that Act Global will be a space for children across the UK to discuss global issues.
We will be introducing more resources over time, but I do hope that you see the value in the project and will join us.
You can join now at:
http://www.teachactglobal.org
Feedback is very welcome.
The Act Global project includes:
Act Global
A social network for students in Year 9 to think, talk and act on global issues starting with violent conflict. The site includes bespoke videos that we will be constantly updating as well as through provoking photography. There is space for students to discuss and act on issues they care about. This is an ideal space for students to link with children in partner schools abroad or elsewhere in the UK.
Teach Act Global
This social network mirrors the Act Global network, but instead of the conversations being for learning, they are about teaching using the Act Global materials.
Teach Act Global Toolkit
This guide and lessons describes how to go about working with students on Act Global. The project comes from a community of enquiry approach and is very flexible.
After school club
I am very aware of how after teaching 'development' or 'inequalities' to Year 9 students many feel they want to go a step further and do something about the injustice they have learnt about. We are providing materials for an after school club in which students choose a global issue relating to poverty and then take action on it. We have designed this so that as a teacher there is very little planning needed.. all your need is a computer room for some sessions.
London schools
If you are a London school and get directly in contact we may be able to offer you some physical support. Just get in touch through the Ning and we can come out and offer training or other help.
Residential training
We have space for 50 enthusiastic students to attend a residential training course this June (repeated next year) to develop campaigning skills. Focusing on global issues the young people involved will learn about how to work in a team, different types of campaigning and then go on to take an action of their choice within your community.
International links
Act Global is an ideal way to support any of your efforts towards the International Schools Award.
Maintaining meaningful links with schools outside of the UK can be a real challenge. Act Global offers resources for teaching, means of communicating and over time a community of schools that reduces the pressure on individual relationships.
Social cohesion
Recent Ofsted reporting has said that schools in England are getting better at international linking but need to create more links with other parts of the UK. We hope that Act Global will be a space for children across the UK to discuss global issues.
We will be introducing more resources over time, but I do hope that you see the value in the project and will join us.
You can join now at:
http://www.teachactglobal.org
Feedback is very welcome.
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