Filed under: ESD tools
Robert Steele, an AtKisson consultant, facilitated a Tools4ESD conference in Hanoi on 11 December 2007. A wealth of information was given to the participants on ESD. Ofcourse, he gave an introduction on the Accelerator Toolkit developed by AtKisson but also introduced tools on the UK teachernet
You can download a lot of information for free on the UK Teachernet:
a. s3: Sustainable School Self-evaluation Tool
b. Chronos for Schools e-Learning Tool
c. Think Leadership Auditing & Benchmarking Tool
d. Leading for the future Professional Development Course
e. WWF Whole-school Pathway Tool
f. LTL Schools Grounds Evaluation Toolkit
g. Waste Watch School Auditing Tool
Just have a look.
Filed under: Your say...
Do you know the world wide peace initiative launched by AFS formerly know as American Field Service? It is a global network with activities in five continents, each year giving 12.000 young people an opportunity to experience a different culture by going to school in a far away country, while staying with a local host family.
A peace petition was launched in April 2007 in the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo/Norway. AFS aims at collecting no less than 1 million signatures in a period of one year. The list will be handed over to Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. They have reached the half way mark and count 350.000 signatures, a fantastic result, but not enough. So they are making an extra effort to boost our petition!
This is a worth while initiative, with which they hope to spread a symbolic message in the year 2008, the Year of Intercultural Dialogue (as announced by the European Union).
Every supporter of this initiative should send an email to the secretary general and ask for the petition: paul.claes@afs.org
Filed under: ESD tools
For some years now I have been receiving newsletters from educators who hold a blog. One of my favourite blogs is elearnspace from George Siemens. Indeed, he is a microcelebrity or a very well-known person to a small number of people.
In the educational blog space, called edublogs, a post can cause a serious discussion/debat, and more importantly a network spiral effect of ideas built on other ideas. If you are still not sure what a blog can do in the broader context of our ESDNET,check out this video.
