Schools : UNESCO photo contest to promote sport values

César Evora

Portuguese Olympic Champion

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Do you believe in the power of sport? Have you seen the impact of sport values in your community or school?

UNESCO has launched a photo contest that showcases the unifying Power and Values of Sport. 

• Aims:

Sport values such as fairness, equity, respect, or inclusion, can equip young people with the knowledge and skills needed to tackle 21st century challenges. 

Engagement in targeted sport-values education programmes contributes to the development of self-confidence, healthy lifestyle choices, life skills, and an understanding of rights.

Sports provide us with beautiful, jaw-dropping photography. Pictures have an incredible ability to capture - in instant shot - those unique values that sport entails. 

• Target:

UNESCO invites professionnals and amateurs to send one photo which captures the power of sport values and their impact on young people within your community. 

The best 15 photos will be published in a UNESCO photo book on sport values and exhibited at the Organization’s Headquarters.

Five winners will be invited to present how their photos illuminate the power of sport values. 

• Deadline:

Thursday 3 December 2015 at 12:00 GMT+1.

Medallist David Weir

credits: Getty Images

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To participate, the photo must be sent to sportvalues(at)unesco.org along with a 150-200 words testimony/story in English, French or Spanish, explaining how sport values impact young people in your community, by Thursday 3 December 2015 at 12:00 GMT+1.

Sport in school

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Education:

“Sport has become a world language, a common denominator that breaks down all the walls, all the barriers. It is a worldwide industry whose practices can have widespread impact. Most of all, it is a powerful tool for progress and for development”,

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General 

These are the words of the UN Secretary-General on the International Day of Sport for Development & Peace last May 2015

Due to its vast reach, unparalleled popularity and foundation of positive values, sport is ideally positioned to contribute towards the wolrd objectives for development and peace. 

We need this power more than ever today, after the 13 November in Paris to strengthen the grounds for more inclusive and sustainable development and lasting peace.

Please invite your students to participate in this contest sending a photo that they can shot in school or outside school.

Students must indicate the first and last name, together with their contact details and profession. 

• Photo composition and format:

• The photo must be dynamic and express movement;

• The photo must be in colour and in high resolution (minimum 300 dpi);

• Dimensions can either be portrait or landscape, and the format can be either portrait, photojournalism, street photos, or sport photos;

• Signatures, photographers’ names, or copyright notices should be submitted along with the photo;

• The photo must be sent by email, in digital format, as a .jpg file

• Contest winners:

A minimum of 5 winners and 10 runners-up will be selected. 

UNESCO will publish the results of the photo contest on Wednesday 9 December 2015. Winners and runners-up will be notified directly. 

The 5 winners will receive a Canon DSLR Camera and will be invited to an international event on Values Education through Sport (UNESCO Paris, France, 28-29 January 2016). Travel and accommodation will be borne by UNESCO. 

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• Contest winners and runners-up will receive:

•  Hard copies of the photo book featuring the best photos;

• 1 Set of post-cards featuring the best photos;

• 1 branded T-shirt.

Sport and physical education are especially important for young people, for their health and civic engagement.

Sport has historically played an important role in all societies, be it in the form of competitive sport, physical activity or play. But one may wonder: what does sport have to do with peace?

Sport can no longer be considered a luxury within any society but is rather an important investment in the present and future, particularly in developing countries.

Sport is a pillar of a healthy society, at ease with itself, united in its diversity, based on human rights and equal dignity. It provides a field for passions to be shared, for communities to come together, for the disadvantaged to be empowered.

G-Souto

24.11.2015

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Education : International Day of Sport for Development & Peace 2015

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“Sport has become a world language, a common denominator that breaks down all the walls, all the barriers. It is a worldwide industry whose practices can have widespread impact. Most of all, it is a powerful tool for progress and for development”,

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General 

credits : UN

https://www.un.org/

Today, the 6 April we are celebrating the 2nd International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 

In August 2014, the World Youth Forum on Sport, Culture, and Peace was organized by UNESCO and the Nanjing Municipal Government, bringing young men and woman together from across the world to explore common challenges and solutions.

Due to its vast reach, unparalleled popularity and foundation of positive values, sport is ideally positioned to contribute towards the United Nations’ objectives for development and peace. 

credits Unesco

To raise awareness of this potential, 6 April was declared as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) by the UN General Assembly. 

The adoption of this Day signifies the increasing recognition by the United Nations of the positive influence that sport can have on the advancement of human rights, and social and economic development.

“Sport has the power to change the world”.

Nelson Mandela

We need this power more than ever today, to strengthen the grounds for more inclusive and sustainable development and lasting peace, in this year, when States shape a new global sustainable development agenda.

#sport4betterplace

http://itsbiggerthanyou.org/

Especially in turbulent times, sport can be a powerful vehicle for social inclusion, gender equality, and youth empowerment, with benefits that extend far beyond the grounds of stadiums. 

There is nothing like sport to bring women and men from different cultures together around the shared values of fair play, mutual respect and team spirit.

Sport and physical education are especially important for young people, for their health and civic engagement.

Sport has historically played an important role in all societies, be it in the form of competitive sport, physical activity or play. But one may wonder: what does sport have to do with the United Nations? In fact, sport presents a natural partnership for the United Nations (UN) system, including UNESCO:

• sport and play are human rights that must be respected and enforced worldwide;

• sport has been increasingly recognized and used as a low-cost and high-impact tool in humanitarian, development and peace-building efforts, not only by the UN system but also by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments, development agencies, sports federations, armed forces and the media.

Sport can no longer be considered a luxury within any society but is rather an important investment in the present and future, particularly in developing countries.

Sport is a pillar of a healthy society, at ease with itself, united in its diversity, based on human rights and equal dignity. It provides a field for passions to be shared, for communities to come together, for the disadvantaged to be empowered.

Some facts:

• In 2008, 1.533 billion people were insufficiently physically active.

• Physically active children are 15% more likely to go to college.

• Kids of active moms are 2x as likely to be active.

• Physically active children are less likely to smoke, become pregnant, engage in risky sexual behavior, or use drugs.

• Sport mobilizes large numbers of committed volunteers, developing skills and networks that are transferable to other areas of social engagement.

Read more here

Education:

According to a recent article from UNICEF, they share a belief similar to how we see sports, and its influence on children's lives.

Play is not only a child’s inalienable right – it also influences physical, socio-emotional and cognitive development. 

The right to play is protected in Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as the right to sport, which is specifically contained in other international treaties. 

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For these reasons and the many reasons below, UNICEF continues to champion this right as fundamental to the health and growth of children everywhere

"Added to this is the broad consensus that regular physical activity is essential for the physical, mental, psychological and social development of children and adolescents. Involvement in sport can boost children’s health, improve academic performance and help reduce crime." 

UNICEF

Tomorrow, is the first day for schools after Spring break. Find a way to introduce International Sports Day 4 Developement & Peace in cross-curricular during some weeks.

Students hold their position during a yoga class/ AP

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Activities:

• Organize a match, a yoga lesson, a tournament or games to raise awareness among participants about the formative values of sport 

• Rally your school around a group action representing 6 April (parade, run for peace, flash mob, photo or video conveying a particular message, other).

• Bring a sports personality, specialist or influential people from your community to lead a workshop with your students, or discuss the impact of sport on society.

• Give free rein to your imagination and demonstrate to your students how sport can be a tool for peace and development (exhibition, dance, drawing).

In every society, sport is a field of dreams and a force for fabulous positive change - we must do everything to harness this power. 

credits: Unesco

Resources:

• Infographic:

http://visual.ly/quality-physical-education-policy

• Links:

Why Sport | Unicef

http://www.unicef.org/sports/index_23624.html

Physical Education & Sport | Unesco

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/physical-education-and-sport/

The Benefits of Yoga for Kids
http://www.yogajournal.com/article/family/yoga-kids/

"In every society, sport is a field of dreams and a force for fabulous positive change"

Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General

G-Souto

06.04.2015

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Schools : Sports & apps : Portuguese surf game for iPhone & iPad

Tiago Pires (Portugal) & Taj Burrow (Australia)

https://www.facebook.com/billabongsurftrip/

"A surfing game that’s actually fun? Rad! There have not been many surfing games in gaming history."

Matt Dunn (USA)

Chillingo announced in September a licensing agreement with developer Biodroid to publish Billabong Surf Trip, an arcade-simulation surfing game for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. 

Set throughout the world’s best surfing destinations, the game uses Billabong’s top professional surfers Andy Irons, Taj Burrow, Joel Parkinson and Tiago Pires , the Portuguese surfer, as ambassadors of the game, who share helpful tips on how to rip and get tubed on waves for maximum performance.

screenshot Billabong

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Biodroid developed a robust life-like game that explores Surf and Billabong heritage in a totally authentic way” 

Diogo Horta e Costa of Biodroid.

The game features a surfing trip around the globe in search for the best waves on 15 of the world’s best surfing spots chosen by Billabong Pro Surfers, including: Huntington Beach, in California, Jeffrey’s Bay in South Africa and Pipeline Masters in Hawaii.

Billabong Surf Trip was a nominee for the best mobile sport game on the International Mobile Games Awards and won a Zon Multimedia Award for best game in Portugal.

Screenshot Billabong

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“We worked closely with Billabong and its Professional Surfers to ensure that the game mechanics mirrored what is experienced in reality,” states Ricardo Flores, of Biodroid. “Every detail from the types of heart-stopping waves found at various surfing locations to the range of maneuvers players can try is the same as what can actually be done in the sport.”

“My overall experience with Billabong Surf Trip was a good one,” wrote Matt Dunn from the prestigious game site Touch Gen. “The waves are sweet, the controls are solid, and the various maneuvers actually require some skill and timing to pull off.”

Tiago Pires, Maya Gabeira, Taj Burrow

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Top surf stars Taj Burrow, Maya Gabeira and Tiago Pires were also on hand and gave the crowd some of their thoughts on how the game had been developed from the surf aficionado’s viewpoint.

Biodroid Entertainment is a media entertainment company founded in 2007 and based in Lisbon, Portugal. The company focuses on the management, production and distribution of IP based products. 

Update:

Billabong Surf Trip, a simulation/arcade surfing game, was launched in October 2010 for iOS devices in a worldwide publishing deal with Chillingo. 

In January 2012 it was also released at Google Play. The game features a surfing trip around the globe in search for the best waves on 15 of the world’s best surfing spots chosen by Billabong Pro Surfers. Billabong Surf Trip was nominated as the best mobile sport game on the International Mobile Games Awards and won a Zon Multimedia Award for best game in Portugal.

Available :

iTunes (udpated October 2011)

Google Play (udpated June 2014)

Windows (one day to try the full game for free)

Surfing

credits: Luke Casey

https://lukecaseyphotography.com/

Education:

Recent studies found that children spend less than four minutes a day in “unstructured outdoor play.” This secluded lifestyle is causing emotional, educational, and physical consequences, including obesity. 

We all know that there are not many sport games. And less on outdoor sports! Young people love radical sports! So, I think this surfing game is the perfect game and an educational digital resource to motivate youth - boys and girls - to a healthy outdoor life!

Outdoor education is crucial for children’s personal and academic growth. With students now spending 90% of their time indoors, nature deficit disorder is a reflexive thought about healthy education.

Maya Gabeira

credits:  EFE/ZUMA PRESS

https://si.wsj.net/

Boys and girls, they have their 'heroes'! For those that love the beach and the sea, we have on this game the experience of some of the best surfing champions all together supporting with knowledge and skills the project. Kids and teens will love practice the same sport of their 'heroes'.

Getting kids outside the classroom, they will learn about the real life that they have every day outside the school. These kind of sports will give our students the appreciation of nature while providing an opportunity for sunshine and good healthy sport.

If you are a Sports teacher your students will love this game, enjoying the perfect mix of surfing simulation and Arcade Action in Billabong Surf Trip. 

"The adrenaline rush begins as you grab your board and explore the world’s best surfing spots on your way to becoming the ultimate pro surfer. Discover the unique feeling of an amazing surf barrel and the power of your board when performing an aerial maneuver."

G-Souto

22.10.10

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