More Than 40 Alternatives to YouTube 3 Tips for Using YouTube Videos in Your Classroom was one of the most popular posts of the week on FreeTech4Teachers.com. Those tips are all well and good if you can access YouTube in your classroom. If you cannot access YouTube in your classroom then you will want to consult my list of more than 40 alternatives to YouTube. If you do have access to YouTube in your school, consider using tools like ViewPure and Watchkin to display videos without showing the "related" videos comments from YouTube. Barbie challenges the 'white saviour complex' Image copyright Barbie Savior Barbie has ditched her riding gear, her ball gown and her ballerina costume and travelled to Africa to help the people there, while still managing to stay fashionable. That is at least according to a much talked about Instagram account, Barbie Savior, which is charting her imaginary volunteer journey. It starts with her saying farewell to her home in the US and wondering if the "sweet sweet orphans in the country of Africa" are going to love her the way she already loves them. The satirical account encapsulates what some see as the white saviour complex, a modern version of Rudyard Kipling's White Man's Burden. The 19th Century Kipling poem instructed colonialists to "Fill full the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease". Because of the history of slavery and colonialism, many people in Africa find such attitudes deeply patronising and offensive. "We have seen short-term medical teams do amazing things, as well as act in inexcusable ways."
Volcanic hydrothermal fields in Ethiopia that look like an alien planet These incredible volcano images look like they could be from an alien world. The Dallol Volcano, in Ethiopia, is an endless yellow-orange landscape, its craters stretching for miles around. Though named a volcano, Dallol is actually a hydrothermal field located in the northern Danakil Depression. Scroll down for videos Visitors to the Dallol Volcano could be forgiven for thinking that they're on an alien planet The Dallol Volcano, in Ethiopia, is an endless yellow-orange landscape, its craters stretching for miles around Adrian, who visited Dallol at the end of February 2016, said: 'I was blown away - what an unbelievable view' Dallol is actually a hydrothermal field located in the northern Danakil Depression, despite being known as Dallol Volcano The explosion crater was formed by the intrusion of basaltic magma in Miocene salt deposits and subsequent hydrothermal activity. There are also a number of hot springs in the area, which discharge brine and acidic liquid. Loaded: 0% Progress: 0%
For Teachers Do you want to use Gapminder tools in your classroom? Participate in one of the upcoming webinars leads by Mr Bob Lang, a UK teacher willing to share his tips and tricks. Read more Featured examples of Gapminder in education Teachers TV: Looking at statistics with Year 8 students[Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Thanks to: Bob LangGapminder and Worldmapper Geography for a changing world resources from the Geographical Association, UK.Thanks to: Paula CooperGapminder course at the NYC iSchool An experimental high school course that challenges 10th and 11th grade students to use a quantitive lens to analyze the last 200 years of global history.Thanks to: Jesse Spevack Featured resources Gapminder World Gapminder World OfflineYou can use Gapminder World without an Internet connection! External resources about Gapminder
Solidaarisuus Who we are The International Solidarity Foundation (ISF) is an experienced Finnish development cooperation organization which implements development cooperation projects in Nicaragua, Uganda, Somaliland and Kenya. We have three main goals: to promote gender equality, to create sustainable and decent work and livelihood and to strengthen civil societies. The values that guide our work are solidarity, equality, equity and participation. Through long-term projects, we aim at improving the living conditions of the poorest people. ISF is a partner of the Finnish Partnership Agreement Scheme funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. Contact us » What we do Our projects are based on the needs of the local communities and the people who benefit from them always take part in the process. Promoting gender equality Gender equality is actively promoted in all our development cooperation. Improving the right to decent work Strengthening civil societies Projects in Kenya Manga Heart (Manga)
Solway Tours - Over this weekend we are picking a few of... 25 Of The Most Dangerous And Unusual Journeys To School In The World To the delight (or dismay) of millions, the school season is beginning in many countries throughout the world. But it’s important not to forget that, in some parts of the world, school can be a hard-won luxury. Many children throughout the world have to take the most incredible and unimaginable routes in order to receive the education that some of us may take for granted. This list we collected will show you just how determined some children can be when it comes to getting an education. According to UNESCO, progress in connecting children to schools has slowed down over the past five years. The solution might seem easy: build roads and bridges, buy buses and hire a driver. (h/t: amusingplanet) 5-Hour Journey Into The Mountains On A 1ft Wide Path To Probably The Most Remote School In The World, Gulu, China Thanks for sharing! 3x per week 30,000,000+ monthly readers Error sending email Image credits: Sipa Press Image credits: Imaginachina/Rex Features Image credits: Timothy Allen
Child mortality falls by 50% since 1990 - report Child mortality has fallen by more than 50% since 1990, a report by the World Health Organization and UN children's agency Unicef says. It says that 25 years ago 12.7 million children under five died, but this year the figure is projected to drop below six million for the first time. But aid agencies warn that huge challenges remain. They point out that the UN target of reducing child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015 will not be met. The rate fell by 53% over this period, the report says. Stark inequality "We have to acknowledge tremendous global progress," said Unicef's deputy executive director Geeta Rao Gupta. "But the far too large number of children still dying from preventable causes before their fifth birthday... should impel us to redouble our efforts to do what we know needs to be done". Lowest and highest rates of child deaths The report says that 16,000 children under the age of five still die every day.
Fil d’actualité concernant Mont Saint Helens Där du inte trodde att ett barn skulle bo - så här sover barn världen över (somliga sängplatser är osannolika!) - Viralbladet Barnkammaren är i många hem ett rum där det inte sparas på krutet, speciellt i västvärlden. Vi kan alla dra oss till minnes hur våra egna rum kunde se ut när vi var små, eller hur? För alla jordens människor är dock barnets rum inte fullt så högt prioriterat eller fullproppat med leksaker. Vissa barn har inte ens ett eget rum, än mindre en sängplats som i svenska hem skulle klassas som fullgod. Fotografen James Mollisons minnen av det egna barnrummet fick honom att vilja söka upp och dokumentera andras.
Why are Iranian husbands standing up for their wives? Image copyright My Stealthy Freedom Husbands in Iran are taking pictures of themselves declaring their commitment to female equality - and thousands are sharing their messages on Facebook. Niloufar Ardalan captains Iran's indoor women's football team - her nickname is "Lady Goal". The standard marriage contract signed by all newlyweds in Iran allows the husband to decide whether his wife can travel abroad, where the family will live, whether she can go to work, and whether she can ask for a divorce. But husbands can choose to waive the provisions of the marriage contract, and now, inspired by Ardalan's story, dozens of Iranian men who've done just that are sharing pictures on social media to advocate gender equality. They are sending the images to Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist now living in the US, and creator of the "My Stealthy Freedom" Facebook page. Some even shared the page from their marriage contract showing amendments, as proof of their decision. Blog by Sam Judah
9 reasons Shropshire is the best place to spend Christmas Surrounded by glorious countryside yet accessible from pretty much anywhere, Shropshire has it all. Here are nine reasons why the ‘shire is the best place to be this Christmas. 1. Ludlow Tweed Bike Ride If you fancy getting out of the house on Christmas morning then don your best deerstalker and join in with the Ludlow Christmas Tweed Ride, an annual event in which people dress in retro clothing and head off on their bikes for a festive jaunt. 2. Beautiful at any time of the year, the Ironbridge Gorge truly comes to life at Christmas. 3. Part of the Ironbridge collection of museums, Blists Hill is a living exhibit, recreating life in Victorian times. 4. Every Boxing Day, hundreds of people take part in a charity fell race that begins at the Stiperstones pub up to the Devil’s Chair and back down again. 5. 6. Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn prides itself on its annual panto, which is always good old-fashioned fun. 7. 8. 9. The 1984 version of A Christmas Carol with George C.
8 Sidor - Fler än 100 tusen har flytt från Burma Människor som flytt från Burma. Foto. B Armangue/TT Den muslimska folkgruppen rohingya har länge behandlats illa i landet Burma. Flyktingarna har det väldigt svårt. – Vi har ingen mat. Rohingyas har bott i Burma länge. Burmas soldater är grymma mot rohingyas. Burmas ledare Aung San Suu Kyi får allt hårdare kritik från andra länder. The Secret of Nigerian Book Sales At almost every Nigerian literary event I have attended, the topic of the country’s lack of reading culture has come up. The falling standard of education, increasing culture of materialism, poverty, and online distractions are given as reasons for this alleged loss of interest. Abysmal sales at bookshops across the country are presented as evidence. For the past eleven years, Jemiyo Ariyo has worked as a salesperson at The Booksellers Limited, in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. “It takes anything from three to five years to sell off a print run of about two thousand to three thousand books,” Bankole Olayebi, the C.E.O. of the publisher Bookcraft, which counts the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka among its authors, told me. A number of public and private programs have been founded to address this growing concern. But amid these efforts, one Nigerian bookseller, who has been in the business since 1999, says he cannot meet his customers’ demands.