Education for Peace: International Day of Peace

Credits: UNESCO

http://wa2.www.unesco.org/

"On this International Day of Peace, let us pledge to teach our children the value of tolerance and mutual respect.  Let us invest in the schools and teachers that will build a fair and inclusive world that embraces diversity.  Let us fight for peace and defend it with all our might."

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 

International Day of Peace is celebrated on 21 September every year. This year, 2013 is devoted to peace education.

The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by resolution 36/67 of the United Nations General Assembly to coincide with its opening session, which was held annually on the third Tuesday of September. 

The first Peace Day was observed in September 1982. Since wars begin in the minds of women and men, it in the minds of women and men that the defences of peace must be constructed. 

"Education is the foundation of any lasting peace. It is the driving force behind freedom and tolerance. It stems the tide of ignorance and mutual misunderstanding, the means by which disagreements all too often degenerate into violence. Education fosters the culture of dialogue that is necessary to resolve conflicts."

Irina Bokova, message

Credits: UN

http://www.un.org/

UNESCO campaigns for quality education for all going further than the basics of reading and writing. 

Education must encompass the teaching of human rights, living together and respect for others. 

Peace education is one of its key components. Every child in the world should know their rights, and learn their own history and that of other peoples, so as to be able to understand the equal dignity of cultures and draw lessons from the crimes and violence of the past.

The key to tolerant citizenship in a globalized world requires a widespread effort to train teachers and design suitable school curricula. 

These principles inspire UNESCO’s work, in particular through the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2013-2022), adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference and the United Nations General Assembly.

Credits: Peter H. Reynolds

https://www.facebook.com/peter.h.reynolds

Education:

Of course celebrating International Day of Peace is only a start to motivate students to practice a peace behaviour in the school and along adult life. So, we can develop this theme every moment of the curriculum we teach.

There's a new young generation of peace minds, believe me!

Ideas for activities with your students:

1. Designate a webpage on the website of the school to build a digital pledge on peace education;

2. A wall in the classroom or a space in the school - school library for  example - where students from different curricula can display their depictions of peace through works of art, photos, storytellings;

3. Organize exhibits of photos or drawings or texts/poems/news about peace in school or other public spaces near the school;

4. Set up information stands on Internet, social media (radio, television) or social networks (Twitter, Facebook, Google +) to raise school awareness on the issue;

5. Ask students to search on their tablets, smartphones about human rights in your country;

6. Ask students to choose a little theater piece to perform in the school library and invite parents, teachers, the maire, and students from another school;

7. Present a film on this theme in the classroom or in the school library, and invite teachers, parents, and other students to a round table discussion;

8. Make a film (if the school have a YouTube account) joining authentic documents (photos) and texts written by students, personal testimonies of violence and publish it;

9. Ask students to prepare information brochures, flyers, pins, to distribute in your school and community.

Credits: Vision of Humanity

Impressive this video about Global Peace in 2013!

We must not forget Peace One Day movement. Throughout the years, millions of people have been active on Peace Day in every country of the world, and hundreds of organisations have carried out life-saving activities in areas of conflict. Peace One Day’s Campaigns and activities in Education, Music, Film, Sport, Dance, Art and Online have proved that the day works.

http://peaceoneday.org/

If you are preparing some activities, fill out the short form here and Peace One Day will share your inspiring ideas and plans for the day with its worldwide community of supporters, and multiply the impact of your important work.

In a world in complete change, young people have a relevant voice to demonstrate their critical thinking and creative ideas about a new intercultural dialogue, interconnectedness, capacity building, in order to innovate the society and build a different world  through important values as Peace and Culture.

"We must give to future generations a culture of dialogue and build, through education, a world that is not only more connected, but also more compassionate."

Irina Bokova, message

G-Souto

20.09.2013
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Education for Peace Resources:

Education for Peace | UN
http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/2013/resources.shtml

Resources for Culture of Peace and Non-Violence | UNESCO
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/bureau-of-strategic-planning/themes/culture-of-peace-and-non-violence/selected-references/education-and-peace/

Education Resources | Peace One Day
http://peaceoneday.org/resources/


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Steve Jobs : my tribute as a teacher to Mr. Jobs !

Steve Jobs
https://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

Steve Jobs [1955-2011]

As an teacher, I would like to remember Steve Jobs as an innovative mind or a "visionary and creative genius" in the field of educational technology. This is my tribute.

With his creativity, Steve Jobs helped me and you, as teachers and practitioners to bring appealing digital devices and digital resources into school curriculum. 

Time

Steve Jobs

https://content.time.com/time/

He have inspired me to be great and better changing the way I teach, using educative technology.

Teaching and learning with smartphones, iPods and iPads has become  so exciting to students and teachers. School curricula become more captivating to  students and easier to teachers, enhancing digital skills in formal or informal learning.

iPad in Education
https://www.apple.com/education/

Mr. Jobs revolutionized completely the concept of education bringing a captivating technology in Education and help teachers igniting the creativity in students. Smartphones, and iPod were on the hands of all students. Why not include those devices into the classroom! So, I did it and my students were very enthusiastic and they really used them for learning. 

As an innovative educator since the 90's it was a joy to share my dreams and projects with my students: practicing formal learning and non formal learning. 

Later, I include tablets/iPads when they arrived to Portugal. And I wrote How I love iPad2 in the classroom: "So, as a teacher, I can say that iPad will "change the learning landscape"! iPad 2 will change completely the way educators and students will move in the classroom!"

Steve Jobs

iPad in Education
https://www.apple.com/education/

I was fascinated about it! Still  am...

In 2009 I explained on my blog post Digital Schools versus Digital Teachers: " I did not grow up with Technology. It grew up with me, and I was there every step of the way. A "digital pioneer" who is doing a enthusiastic job infusing technology meaningfully into teaching and learning."

And Now Alice for the iPad, iPad features & Education?, Some apps for iPad helping education and other posts about iPad or other devices in the classroom.  You will find different posts on technology enhancing education on my blog along the years.

tribute Steve Jobs

credits: Matt Luschek

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/

If you visit Apple website you can go directly to Apple in Education and you will realize that you have a gorgeous world about iPad apps to include into the school curriculum (some are free).

credits: illustration by Charis Tsevis

https://tsevis.com/steve-jobs-and-apples-dna

"Every child is born full of creativity. Nurturing it is one of the most important things educators do. Creativity makes your students better communicators and problem solvers. It prepares them to thrive in today’s world — and to shape tomorrow’s."

Teachers as us are always thinking how can we captivating students to a better school performance. So, students understood immediately how the iPad could help their creativity and learning in the classroom. And they did incredible experiences. You have a lot of videos on YouTube about the iPad in Education.

"You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle".

Steve Jobs, I to live before you die

at Stanford University

Steve Jobs

http://i.imgur.com/18UqD.jp

So sad! Steve Jobs has passed away. Thank you dear Mr. Jobs for your genius and remarkable strides in all fields, especially in Education.

G-Souto

06.10.2011

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iPad-enhanced eBooks by Iinking

Education:

Inkling books for iPad, iPhone, and the web include interactive features. Test yourself and your students for sharing notes, highlighting, annotating, watching video, searching the text.

Just a fantastic resource to use in school for learning!

G-Souto

11.03.2011

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Credits: video Mc Grow Hill Education

http://www.mheducation.com

Let’s use video to reinvent education: Salman Khan

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. 

He shows the power of interactive exercises - and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script - give students video lectures to watch at home, and do you “homework” in the classroom with the teacher available to help. 

(Recorded at TED2011, March 2011, in Long Beach, California)

Social media allows anyone to become a video producer. The result is an explosion of high-quality teaching videos. 

Some years ago a teacher might show video in class every once in a while, as a motivation. But today there are teachers who really use videos in the classroom, between other digital resources, to enrich school time. There are a lot of videos from which to choose. The students love to evolve in their skills using different data.

A teacher’s value is not in the information stored in their head, I'm always  writing that. Teachers must have the ability to pull together the best learning resources to produce a desired outcome. 

G-Souto

09.03.2011

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Credits: TED Blog

http://blog.ted.com

References:

Souto, Gina, "Anatomy of Digital Resources Millenium Learners" - ICTE 2009, 20.10.2009

http://gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com

Souto, Gina, "Digtital Schools versus Digital Teachers", 07.09.2009

http://gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com

Gender Equality II: European girls drawing competition for ICT

http://www.asszisztencia.hu

As I wrote on Gender Equality I, I began publishing some thematic posts about Gender Equality until March 7, 2011.

Today, my post is about the "European drawing competion to reward girls' creativity about the future technologies." announced by the National Innovation Office (Hungary), the European Commission’s Directorate General for Information Society and Media (DG INFSO) and the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT) under the Hungarian EU Presidency 2011.

http://www.asszisztencia.hu

The aim of the competition was to encourage creativity in the field of new technologies and highlight the importance of developing innovative skills at an early age. 

Girls aged 6-16 from all schools in the 27 EU member states could participate in the  competition. There was two age categories: one for 6-12 and another for 13-16 years old girls.

Diana R, Romania (13 years old)

http://www.asszisztencia.hu

Entries could focus on two issues:  

• What would be interesting or fun to do on your computer / Internet that you cannot do right now? 

• What type of new ICT (information and communication technology) tool would you like to see to help you and your family’s life? 

The deadline of submission was 20th February 2011. And the winners and runners up of the competition have been informed by the organizers the 25th February. Read more here

Marina T., Slovenia (10 years old)

http://www.asszisztencia.hu

The winning contributions are already published on the competition's website "Women im Science, Innovation and Technologie in the Digital Age" conference, March 6-8, 2011 in Budapest, Hungary.

The organization received 672 drawings from Romania, Slovakia, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Malta and Hungary. 

Anastasia V., Greece (13 years old)

http://www.asszisztencia.hu

The drawing competition award ceremony with Commissioner Neelie Kroes will take place on Monday the 7th of March 2011 in Budapest at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 

Natalia A., Slovakia (11 years old)

http://www.asszisztencia.hu

The winners drawing will be exhibited on 7-8 March 2011 in the building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the  venue of the high-level conference hosting the Prize-Award Ceremony.

The winners and the runners-up will be invited together with one adult (to accompany them to Budapest) to participate in the Prize-Award Ceremony.

G-Souto

28.02.2011

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References:

Women in Science, Innovation and Technologie in the Digital Age Conference

http://www.asszisztencia.hu