Community Challenge

I'm sure you've heard of CyberMission but if you haven't, it's soooooooo IB
and super cool. The deadline has passed for this year, that's ok, we're all
super busy anyways...but I just wanted to share some of these cool ideas so
we all can get inspired for next year.

I'm not sure if these "topics" or challenges stay the same or change but
they are amazingly perfect for a school service learning or IB program or
you can even design our own.

If you're a community group or even just an individual share these ideas and
partner up with a teacher or school in your area. You can even run this as
science fair or an after school club.

Take a look:
https://www.ecybermission.com/public/About/About_ECM.aspx

Teaching Tolerance - Good Stuff!!!!

I've probably shared this before but no classroom or community organization
should be without this awesome FREE resource. Sign up for your subscription
today. Check out this really neat idea to get yourself or your students
really thinking about the "labels" you put onto others.

http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-37-spring-2010/check-labels

Have a restful and tolerant weekend, Jenny

Persuasive Text

I just found out that Upfront Magazine has a link to their Debate articles.
These are super models of persuasive text. Check it out at...

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/debate/index.as
p?article=pastdebates

Recycled Holiday Cards

A simple and fun activity is to reuse holiday cards by cutting up used cards
and pasting the art/designs onto another card or onto recycled paper. The
"recycled" cards can be given to teachers, sold as a fundraiser, or sent to
a local organization such as a senior center or a veterans association. We
sent our cards to Bunkers in Baghdad, Inc. 665 Main Street, Suite 400
Buffalo, New York 14203 so soldiers will receive them by Christmas. Remember
to tell your friends, families and colleagues to save their cards.

Awesome Water Project Resources

Now that we're finished with Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, check out
water-related resources for the Tap Project at
http://youth.unicefusa.org/tap/.

Slow Food

Cool website on Slow Food - grow it - eat it. Good resources for school
garden projects. Check-out the detailed how-to guide.

http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/in_schools_detail/get_started/

Libraries in Brazil

Numerous education reform bills passed by Brazilian legislature this year
In the first semester of 2009, the Brazilian legislature¹s Education and
Culture Committee voted on 82 proposals related to education, 55 of which
were passed. Approved measures include...requiring the installation of
libraries in all public primary and secondary schools...

[posted: International Baccalaureate Americas Newsbrief, August 13, 2009]
Source: Agencia Brasil, ³Comissao de Educacao e Cultura votou 82 propostas
no primeiro semester de 2009,² O Globo, 27 de julio de 2009