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Tuesday 11 February 2014

New sites that I learned about recently and am exploring

Hi
We had a great bull session the other day and I tried to jot down the plethora of ideas bouncing around the room. Here are a few sites that might be of interest. I will try to categorize them once I have finished checking out their possibilities.

Big History An amazing site by the way if you want to get a perspective on our planet that covers it from the first Bang to the last Whimper.

Blessed Unrest
Wiser Earth
Watermark

There were quite a few videos mentioned as resources. Some of them, like The Take, are online in full, and I am looking for the others. If you have links, or sources that you would like me to add to the list, please let me know. I have nothing better to do.

Sunday 9 February 2014

Small Is Beautiful

I was reminded by Matt's tweet the other day, how powerful these ideas can be. Check out the film on Schumacher here: https://www.nfb.ca/film/small_is_beautiful 

Friday 24 January 2014

Here are two sites that I am exploring

I know that we have all been busy. Me too. Over the last month as I brought my class to a close I have been relying on two sites for some ideas on Systems Thinking. The first is Vanessa Timmer's site on ST and Sustainability. She and her sister Dagmar have a truckload of good ideas to share. They also helped out with the ST in our new curriculum.
http://www.oneearthweb.org 

The other site that might interest some of you is the Global Peace Index. A great conversation starter in class. I have also used it in my Grade 12 English classes. A good way to start the discussion on how statistics are used as well. The site is run by Vision of Humanity and they focus on positive aspects of what makes a peaceful society.
http://visionofhumanity.org

On a side note, here is a site that I have just started to explore. It might be a keeper. It focus on ecoliteracy and has articles that can be used in the classroom.

http://www.ecoliteracy.org/about-us/what-we-do 

If these sites prove worthwhile I will move them to the sidebar. Drop me a note if you are finding these useful.