Education World Book Day & Copyright : Read... so never feel alone !

 

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"The power of books must be fully harnessed. We must ensure their access so that everyone can take refuge in reading, and by doing so, be able to dream, learn and reflect"

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO

World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. 

23 April is a symbolic date in world literature. It is the date on which several prominent authors, William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. This date was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone to access books.

St Georges Day 

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• Google Doodle: St Georges

St. Georges became a heroic figure of legend who was declared Patron Saint of England in 1348. 

Today’s Doodle, illustrated by U.K.-based guest artist Ruby Fresson, honors England’s celebration of St. George’s Day and the legend behind this special day that has captured the imagination of generations. 

• Legend (England):

The legend of St. George traces its roots back to the Middle Ages when 11th-century Crusaders returned to England and shared his venerable story of valor and sacrifice. Accounts lauded St. George as a hero who rescued not only a princess but an entire city under siege from a fire-breathing dragon! Upon his valiant horseback arrival, St. George slew the dragon, a battle scene recreated in today’s Doodle artwork. Rose bushes are said to have grown across the village after the dragon’s defeat and St. George picked a fresh rose to give to the rescued princess. 

Following his success, the villagers held a massive feast in St. George’s honor—a tradition which has been passed down through the ages—as has giving a rose to a loved one in some cultures.

San Jordi

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• San Jordi festivity (Catalonia)

World Book Day and Copyright takes place today, with festivities such as the Catalan Sant Jordi – to mark Saint George's day, in honour of Catalonia's patron saint. 

World Book and Copyright Day is an opportunity to recognize the power of books to change our lives for the better and to support books and those who produce them.

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During the last year when most countries have seen periods of confinement and people have had to limit their time spent outside, books have proved to be powerful tools to combat isolation, reinforce ties between people, expand our horizons, while stimulating our minds and creativity. In some countries the number of books read has doubled.  

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During the month of April and all year round, it is critical to take the time to read on your own or with your children. It is a time to celebrate the importance of reading, foster children's growth as readers and promote a lifelong love of literature and integration into the world of work. 

Through reading and the celebration of World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April, we can open ourselves to others despite distance, and we can travel thanks to imagination. 

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Education:

April is a month full of good things to celebrate about literature.

April 23 Shakespeare death and April 22 Cervantes death. It's a day where books are the center of activities in schools and at home and virtual events all around the world. 

April 2nd was Christian Andersen's birthday and International Children's Book Day. 

Reading a book is in our days a large concept to adults and to children. All formats are available for those who love to read.

The goal is to engage people in reading, and to have fun doing so! 

The book covers are incredibly important and play a vital role in our buying decisions. We’re all extremely judgmental about covers. 

The pandemic has also reminded us all of the importance of books and reading for comfort and escapism, we’ve all needed it this past year. We're always glad to see when a title has been well presented, as a good cover can make or break a title. 

• Resources

Edith Ngaio Marsh: crime fiction

Edith Ngaio Marsh

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Edith Ngaio Marsh was born on 23 April 1895 in Merivale, Christchurch. Marsh worked within the classic detective story form, enlivening it with the high quality of her writing and a range of erudite references. 

A crime writer and theatre director, she was internationally known for her creation Inspector Roderick Alleyn, a gentleman detective who works for the Metropolitan Police in London. She had 32 detective novels published between 1934 and 1982.

When in Rome

Roderick Alleyn series #26

Ngaio Marsh

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Several works use theatre as a narrative context. Four have New Zealand settings – Vintage murder (1937), Colour scheme (1943), Died in the wool (1944) and Photo-finish (1980) – and there are many New Zealand references and characters. Her detective, Roderick Alleyn, who appears in all her fiction, displays the standard aristocratic confidence and a rational scepticism about human nature, but is notable, in the age of Peter Wimsey and Hercule Poirot, for his lack of eccentricity. 

Children's books:

Luci's Light

Margarita del Mazo

Illustration: Silvia Álvarez

https://www.amazon.com/

A tale all about how important it is to shine as brightly as you can, with the light that we all carry within us and makes us unique.

Luci's Light

Margarita del Mazo

Illustration: Silvia Álvarez

https://www.amazon.com/

Winner at the 2016 Gellet Burgess Award - Society & Culture

My Neighbor

Ignacio Sanz

illustration: Eva Poyato

https://www.cuentodeluz.com/

Synopsis:

Childhood and old age go hand in hand in this beautiful poetic text.

My Neighbor

Ignacio Sanz

illustration: Eva Poyato

https://www.cuentodeluz.com/

Age-related increases in wisdom and life experiences, is a drive to give to children in a meaningful way. The aging population has “distinctive qualities” to meet the needs of youth. 

Older adults are exceptionally suited to meet these needs in part because they welcome meaningful, productive activity and engagement. They seek – and need – purpose in their lives. 

As for older adults they benefit as well, experiencing emotional satisfaction in relationships with young people. One way to achieve such contact is through volunteer service, which is associated with better physical health and cognitive performance for aging people. From a societal view, these interactions are positive, too.

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UNESCO encourages us to challenge ourself, to explore new topics, formats, or genres that out of our ordinary. 

The goal? To engage people in reading, and to have fun doing so! Now is the opportunity to: As a celebration for this year's World's Book and Copyright Day, UNESCO has created a Bookfacechallenge

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Inviting students, teachers, readers from around the world to testify and express their love for reading by participating to this challenge.

"Books  are  a  means  of  accessing  the  deepest  places in our minds. Page by page, books light a path for us to roam, unbound by time or borders. In other words, books give us freedom." 

G-Souto

23.04.2021

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Happy Easter ! Let us have Hope !

 

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When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d,

And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night,

I mourn’d, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

Ever-returning spring, trinity sure to me you bring,

Lilac blooming perennial and drooping star in the west,

And thought of him I love.(...)

Walt Whitman, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d

Spring is back!  On a Easter morning it's a poem we can repeat that makes Spring seem more intensely itself.

Today is Easter, the most important Christian religious holiday and widely regarded as the second most popular holiday in general after Christmas.

Students and teachers got Easter school break in European countries where the schools are not closed.

But more or less all around the world, most of students are at home, on remote learning due the pandemic time that continues unfortunately.

It’s impossible to overstate what this crisis will mean for the pandemic generation.

There is no doubt that persistent lockdowns and school closings have affected children everywhere.

Extensive surveys conducted by Save the Children also found that nearly half of all children said they were “worried” and a third reported feeling “scared.”

The sudden closing of schools and elimination of educational summer activities in many communities might have lifelong consequences for children who already live with severe social and economic adversities, impairing even further their ability to read at grade level, graduate from high school on time and have equitable access to post-education opportunities generally. - wrote Irwin Redlener on The Washington Post.

However, we should acknowledge that some children have exhibited unexpectedly high levels of resiliency and independence while dealing with the restrictions and disruptions imposed by the pandemic. 

I would like to share with you a message of hope. 

Life can toss us down and make us fall out of the blue, but the hope inside us will pick us up again and again!

We do not lose heart when we fail in life, as it is only the start of our journey. In the end, we will be the one to achieve our goals.

“Happy Easter

May the renewal of life

At Easter bring new

Blessings of love, hope,

Peace, good health &

Happiness to you and

Your loved ones..

Embrace the renewal of life.” 

unknown 

Happy Easter ! Be safe !

G-Souto

04.04.2021

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Education : Best of 2020 : Semester #2

 

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Looking back 2020 I've come up with a roundup of what's been the best posts of my blog The Digital Teacher G-Souto, semester #2. 

I'm respecting lockdown since December. Yes, like the most European countries and other countries around the world. Not easy to survive without seeing family and friends. And no culture at all. 

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Teachers continue in the frontlines of enabling the sudden shift to remote learning. Within a matter of months, educators have had to quickly adapt their engaging, aligned, in-person lessons into online learning for their students, during 2020 and now they continue in 2021.

"I believe all children should be able to attend school full-time, if at all possible, for many different reasons, such as social development, a safe place to be when parents are out working, and a range of cultural and sporting activities that would be difficult to do at home, as well as the importance of learning with skilled, trained teachers and other students."

Tony Bates

It's my conviction too. Children and teen are happier at school, learn better, develop social skills. They need to be among their school mates, learn in-person lessons, having their teachers near. I was hoping this time could be back soon. But it's not possible in the most world countries, Europe, North America, South America. Schools are closed. We don't know much about Asian schools.

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Interacting with teachers and classmates mostly through websites and online programs, distance learning provides an alternative to in-person classes. But that alternative will now remain the norm for students.

Parents said the ongoing school shutdown has been a challenge for family, but they’re making it work.

Below you’ll find the top posts of second semester 2020 containing different themes: education & IT, Covid-19 global education campaign, languages, art, science, music, resilient youth, environment & natural disasters, literature, children's books.

The selection is based on page views but also based on pedagogical relevance of the most-read posts.

I kept the order of the most viewed, and eliminated the posts that seemed less relevant. The main reason? Sometimes some posts acquire too much visibility, not for their value but for the keywords that the search engines "like" indexing.

My usual readers know I'm writing in English, French, and Portuguese.

Étudier à la maison

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Je suis ravie de partager avec vous le Top des billets les plus lus sur mon blog The Digital Teacher G-Souto, 2e semestre 2020. Vous continuez à me suivre quotidiennement. Je me rends compte que souvent des étudiants me visitent.

Je vous en remercie, chers enseignants, chers lecteurs, de votre intérêt et m’efforce d’être toujours au plus proche d'événements concernant des idées pédagogiques afin de vous présenter des ressources et outils pédagogiques, au numérique ou pas. 

Pas si souvent comme les années d'avant. Le confinement, les école à moitié fermées, nous laissent un peu sans la volonté nécessaire d'avancer

Les technologies ont donné à cette année de Covid-19 les outils nécessaires pour l'enseignement à distance. Mais dans quelques pays, les écoles ont été réouvertes. Comme chez nous jusq'au 20 janvier. Écoles fermées, les vacances Carnaval/ Pâques ont été avancées. Et l'enseignement à distance revient le 8 février prochain.

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En France, seuls 12 % des étudiants peuvent suivre leurs cours en présentiel. En Europe et un peu partout l'enseignement à distance.

Des grandes thématiques: éducation & IT, Covid-19, campagne globale éducation, langues, science, musique, jeunesse resilience, littérature, environnement, littérature jeunesse.

Des ressources pédagogiques en ligne, et des adaptations personnelles de façon à permettre à tous les élèves la réussite dans leur parcours scolaire. 

Mes lecteurs savent bien que j'écris en Anglais, Français et Portugais.

Here are the most popular posts 2e semester 2020:

Le Top des billets semestre 2, 2020:

Education : Global Campaign #SaveOurFuture in the Age of COVID-19

Science : Rosalind Franklin Centenary : Image Competition & Essay Competition

European Day of Languages : Celebrate at school or at home ! Resources & activities

Science & Education : The Great Conjunction Jupiter/Saturn

Schools : Literature : Joan Aiken, the writer of supernatural thrillers and charmingly quirky children’s novels.

World Teachers' Day : "Teachers : Leading in crisis, reimagining the future" : Resources & events

Apps in Education : Google Lens : the app to help students with math & science homework : Let's see !

Schools : Weather vs. Climate : What's the difference ? A new classroom resource by ESA

1st International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

Schools : Women in science : Nettie Stevens broke gender barriers ?

World Youth Skills Day : Skills for a Resilient Youth : resources

The Blue Moon Is Full on Halloween ? Wow ! It's magic !

Éducation & Arts : Nuit des Musées Chez Nous ! Plein de belles choses sur les réseaux sociaux !

 Women in science & Youth Skills Day ! Yes ! Day of Friendship !

Science : The Perseids meteor shower : Look up to the stars !

Schools : Intl Day for Disaster Reduction : Resources : game & app

Schools : Let's celebrate John Lennon ! Resources

La BD : Quino, le créateur de Mafalda : ressources & activités

Home for Christmas : A bit different. But love will be there ! Kids need the magic !

Intl Day of Persons with Disabilities

International Day of the Girl Child : My Voice, Our Equal Future !

Summer holidays, a week-end !

Happy and Healthy Year 2021 ! Hope, solidarity, serenity !

International Day of Friendship : Sharing the human spirit through friendship !

My special choice of the #2nd semester 2020? Education : Global Campaign #SaveOurFuture in the Age of COVID-19.

Why? Most governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

These nationwide closures are impacting hundreds of millions of students. Several other countries have implemented localized closures impacting millions of additional learners.

Of course Covid-19 marked 2020 all over the world. And continues in 2021. The UN Secretary-General said:

"All of us face a common threat – the coronavirus – COVID 19.

Today’s declaration of a pandemic is a call to action – for everyone, everywhere.

It’s also a call for responsibility and solidarity – as nations united and as people united.

As we fight the virus, we cannot let fear go viral.

Together, we can still change the course of this pandemic – but that means addressing inaction."

António Guterres, Secretary-General UN message

Unfortunately, the world united could not change the course of the terrible pandemic. The fight is unequal. And the number of victims is horrendus.

There's hope. A vaccine was developed and people have been vaccinated on most countries. Let's learn about vaccine progress from the OHS.

Please pay attention. Follow the OHS advices.

Hoping to have inspire you in your lessons all over the year.

May 2021 be a year of hope for all of us, now the vaccines arrived. Be brave, teachers and students. And don't forget to keep social distance, and use your masks.

Teachers who teach with passion in such difficult moments. Guiding our students the best you can to help them to be to the future should be a mission from the heart! Students feel disoriented, some are mental health troubles due the pandemic time. 

G-Souto

30.01.2021

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