Following the post about Unesco's "Teaching and Learning for a sustainable future" I came across UN's cyberschoolbus website which is a superb database for teachers and students.
Some of the Project Highlights are below
Our interactive database, InfoNation, is accessed by thousands of users monthly who pull up accurate official and up-to-date information and statistics regarding the countries of the world.
Our Schools Demining Schools project brought schools together around the issue of landmines. After learning about the topic, schools ran their own fundraising drives to raise money to clear school grounds of mines. Students could follow the results of their actions through email exchanges with the demining teams in Afghanistan and Mozambique.
The Model UN Discussion Area attracts thousands of students who gather to discuss international issues, request information and exchange ideas.
For the Health module, classes from around the world connected with each other on a discussion board to discuss, then define health, before getting together on-line to question experts from the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization about their concerns.
Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow includes a comprehensive 6-unit teaching module on urban issues that covers everything from the history of urban development to profiles of today's important cities to issues facing the cities of tomorrow.
And some of the feedback is here
THIS IS A BEST SITE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!
Good Job
Enes Kazazic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wow! I must say that you are making me look like a candidate for teacher of the year. Thanks to your program for teachers, I am able to prepare excellent courses while I learn and keep abreast of certain world issues. My students really appreciate the work and so do I. You really make us feel that we can make a difference.
Paul Bougie
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
This program has become an essential part of our Social Studies Curriculum which is centered around World Citizenship and a Global Ethic.
Robert Siegel, Headmaster
St. Joseph School, Temuco, Chile
Just a note to let you know how useful we find this for our social studies classes. Good job.
Gloria Ziolowski
Thornton High School, Illinois, USA
Thanks for all the mail. We have a thriving Peace program in our college and the information has been invaluable in running it.
Richard Laryea
SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College, Ghana
