Moving at the Speed of Creativity - UN CyberSchoolBus and Infonation

UN CyberSchoolBus and Infonation

Published by Wesley Fryer in economics, games, geography, globalvoices on August 7th, 2006

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I am a big advocate of helping students not only develop knowledge, motivations, and capacities related to local and national citizenship– but also global citizenship. Given this fact, it should not be surprising I was thrilled to discover the UN CyberSchoolBus website today. According to the site’s mission statement, the specific aims of the site are:

To create an on-line global education community
To create educational action projects to show students that they have a role in finding solutions to global problems
To give students a voice in global issues
To provide high-quality teaching resources to a wide range of educators in a cost-effective manner.

The website has a wealth of resources, including links to ongoing collaborative project opportunities, games, and informational resources. Some of the best ones I found include:

Infonation Advanced: An amazing tool to compare lots of different national statistics (categories include population, health, technology, economy, & environment) between countries– the website creates dynamic graphs ideal for comparing similarities, differences, and looking for trends.
UN Webcasts: Check out live events and announcements from the UN.
Voices of Youth Photo Contest currently focusing on “inspirational women.”
Games including Food Force, Flag Tag and more.

In addition to online resources, you can subscribe to a UN CyberSchoolBus email newsletter.