Water is Life - Collaborate on a global problem

The water shortages in Cape Town have made all South Africans, particularly those living in the Western Cape, very much aware of the importance of saving water. But access to adequate, safe water is a global problem - we can both learn from ideas that are working in other countries, and our learners can contribute ideas of their own.



In February 2018, you can sign up to take part in the iEARN Water is Life project. As part of this global collaborative project, your students will be involved in active research and action-oriented collaboration concerning water as the vital essence of life.

Students will be encouraged and supported in the development of their learning. Working collaboratively with students in schools around the globe they will be encouraged to turn their research into ideas they can take to the community: local, national and global.

The iEarn Water in Life project is aimed at students in primary and secondary schools and will take place between February and June 2018.

To find out more about this project - or to sign up - please see the Water is Life Projects Space 

Please let us know if you have signed up - or if you are working on any other projects with a Water Conservation theme. We would like to share your ideas with other teachers.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Try using some of these digital assessment tools with your class this year

Image
Submitted by Fiona Beal There are different types of assessment methods that we use in our classes on a regular basis, depending on the assessment task at hand. Do you use any didital tools to carry out these assessments? In this post I'll share a few ideas of some useful tools. But first, let's review some types of assessment Types of assessment You are probably familiar with all of these: 1. Summative assessment: This type of assessment aims to estimate the learners’ success in meeting the learning criteria set out in a particular subject or module. 2. Formative assessment: These are the varied methods that teachers use to conduct evaluations and collect information about their learners’ understanding, learning needs and progress in a subject during the lesson. 3. Interim assessment: This is a way of evaluating a learner’s performance at periodic intervals, often at the end of a topic. 4. Performance assessment : This is a form of testing that requires learners to d
Read more

The BCX Disrupt Summit brings inspiration to Johannesburg

Image
Recently on 16 – 17 November the inaugural BCX Disrupt Summit took place in Johannesberg, hosted in collaboration with BrainFarm, with the exhilarating Kyalami racetrack as the backdrop. Omashani from SchoolNet attended. The BCX Disrupt website advertised the event saying: “ For the first time in Africa, the world’s greatest thinkers gathered on one stage, giving us a glimpse of a future brimming with opportunity.”   Listen to will.I.am announcing this inspirational event in this short 49 second video There was an impressive lineup of speakers: If you missed the summit but you’re keen to be exposed to some of the great talkss, the best of the videos are available to watch on YouTube at:  http://bit.ly/2A30Z9o    Here are some examples:  BCX Disrupt also has an interesting Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pg/BCXworld/
Read more