Have you ever participated in a global project with your students? Why not break down the walls of your classroom and join the Crown Prince of Norway along with educators and students from around the world who are exploring the concept of ‘dignity’. What is dignity? How do we achieve it? How does it relate to character education in the Ontario curriculum and to your school community? This session describes the project in detail and shows you how to have your students create dignity day stories with a variety of easy-to-use digital tools. Begin with an overview of globaldignity.ca and globaldignity.org.
Audience: All levels
Resources:
- Global Dignity Day: Canadian website (mission statement and definition of dignity found here), International website, Mobile app
- Global Dignity guides: Facilitator Guide (works well for school-wide initiatives), Express Guide (works well for smaller initiatives), Story Guide
- Dignity projects: Cyber-Seniors, Cyber-Seniors documentary trailer, Cyber-Seniors sample video (How To Make Grilled Cheese)
- Technology supports: OSAPAC (Ministry licensed software), MentorMob (sample with Peter’s mom), Audioboo, Voicethread, Fotobabble, Voki, Animoto, Tech4Learning