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Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 4
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Since I am going into the education field, goal 4 is near and dear to my own personal goals of providing quality education. In the targets and indicators section of the United Nation’s website on SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals) there are specifics into what this goal aims to do by 2030. Target 4.1 is getting students to complete primary and secondary school, 4.2 is quality pre-primary care and 4.6 where all youth and a substantial portion of adults both achieve literacy and numeracy.
There are ten targets in total, and I implore you look the other targets and explore the other goals at this site. There are 17 goals, ranging from ending poverty to affordable energy to even preserving wildlife. No matter what your are passionate about, there is a SDG for you!
Now you might be wondering “How has Covid-19 effected the SDG’s?” When looking at Goal 4 there has been an extreme drop in literary in countries that were on the rise before the pandemic.
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This graphic above displays just how much literacy rates decreased during the pandemic. Not only did it drop in developing nations, but even in Europe and North America there was a severe decline. The need for Quality Education is now at the highest it has been in years. And with the end of the pandemic possibly insight, I believe there will be an explosion in education around the world.
But there is progress on Goal $ happening as we speak. Teachers across the world, and people without degrees, are helping those in need. According to the global goals website all you have to do donate to charity, take some online courses or even just donate your old books. Any educational material is welcomed. Teachers are helping by providing online classes so that students around the world can have access to language and math learning. In this day and age anyone can help, even with just a click of a button.
The World’s Largest Lesson
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A large part about being a teacher is figuring out what to do with content and how to get the students to learn it. Creating lessons is the way to do that, as these are what drive the class each and everyday. The World’s Largest Lesson provides free resources and lesson plans for teaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The website also includes ideas for student action plan proposals. They are big on creative learning tools and action based instruction that ensures all students can learn in the classroom.
Partnered with UNICEF and UNESCO, they advocate for Education for Sustainable Development and encourage the widespread use of the Goals through formal education systems. They also work with a wide span of different agencies throughout the world, ranging from the United Nations to local youth groups. According to their website, since 2015 they have brought the Global Goals to children all over the world. In 2019 they reached 17.9 million children located in over 160 countries. With such a wide reach, they provide over 30 languages to choose from when using their resources.
I think this tool is invaluable to the classroom, on the small scale and even the larger global one. Their mission and goals are admirable, and their determination and drive is shown through their work. I will for sure be using this in my classroom, as I believe that education should be for everyone everywhere. If you want to learn more about the World’s Largest Library, check out their website. If you want to learn more about their campaigns, check this link. For resources click here, for their impact here, and lastly to see about their partnerships, click here.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed. See you next week!
What is the World’s Largest Lesson?
The World’s Largest Lesson is an outstanding website that works toward improving the education of all children. Their goal is to offer free educational resources for children all over the world. They include their resources in 30 languages!
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Partners of The World’s Largest Lesson
The World’s Largest Lesson has an extensive list of partners. To my surprise I know about so many of these companies, and I am sure you do to! Their leading partners are UNICEF, Avanti, SalesForce, and Hasboro. These companies all work together to try and spread their goals to as many children they can reach. The World’s Largest Lesson makes it very accessible for any organization to become a partner.
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How Can You Use The World’s Largest Lesson in Your Class?
The World’s Largest Lesson has a bunch of different resources to choose from! Here is each category:
- Videos
- Training and Guides
- Quizzes and games
- Projects
- Parents
- Lesson plans
- Introducing global goals
- Future sport
- Distance learning
- Clubs and camps
- Certificates and display materials
- Books and comics
This list of resources can help you provide fun, interactive learning experiences in your classroom!
Impacts of The Worlds Largest Lesson
The World’s Largest Lesson has made their mark all over the world. From providing SDG’s to 1.2 million Nigerians to being celebrated in Denmark by their Royal Highness, Princess Mary, The World’s Largest Lesson has provided so many opportunities all over the world. You can visit their website to see the huge impact they continue to make all over the world.
Thank you for reading!
Jillian DeMore
Twitter: @DeMoreJillian
Collaborating on Quizlet
About halfway through my first high school orientation day, the guidance counselor made us download an app called quizlet to our iPads, one I had never heard of before. I was not a fan of it at first, there was nothing giving me a reason I should use it, so I dismissed the app, thinking it would be something I would never use to help me study. Yet here I am, 6 years later, blogging about it, as well as creating study guides for myself and the students I observe for my fieldwork.
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Quizlet, in a simplified form, is an application that is geared toward creating and using all different sorts of study tools and habits for students and teachers alike. While one can create study sets for themselves, the site contains an innumerous amount of study sets from anyone who publishes them. The site contains content from all subjects of all grades, the depth and variety is huge. This can provide an opportunity for students to work together by building a study set the entire class could use. Quizlet uses study sets that can test the user in various ways like multiple choice, true/false, and short answer. This testing is a feature called Quizlet Learn. But perhaps Quizlet’s most prized study tool is Quizlet Live.
Quizlet Live is the most classroom-engaging study tool the site has. I did not know it existed until my mentor teacher used it on his classes, and the response from the room was amazing. Similar to Kahoot, another fun classroom tool, Quizlet Live is in real-time, pairing the students against each other in a race to complete the study set they are using.
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Image Creds: Dr. Jessica D. Redcay
Twitter: @RedcayResources
It can be individual or teams, and the latter is where the most collaboration is seen. It is competitive and all about the coursework in the study set. This encourages the students to learn the material and they end up pushing each other to understand it in order to win. The best part about Quizlet Live is that everyone has an equal chance to play and win. It does not matter if the student is an athlete that competes regularly or if it is a student who favors Drama and clubs. The reason Quizlet Live is such a great tool is because win or lose, the students understand how to learn and work together, which provides them with great experience of teamwork.
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Want to see Quizlet Live in Action? Check out a few of these clips below from teachers on Twitter as well!
It is Important For Our Students to Collaborate: Here’s Why
Collaboration is apart of everyday life and, unfortunately, a lot of students have lost the ability to work together during these unprecedented times. Luckily, there are many online tools that allow our students to work together and improve their collaboration skills.
Why do students need to collaborate?
There is an extensive list on why it is important for students to work together. Students should be learning at a young age what the importance of working with peers is. It is a life skill that should be taught very young. Working together allows students to create bonds with their peers, it allows them to gain new perspectives on assignments, and allows them to create valuable work at any age. Students who are working together tend to gain better understanding of the knowledge because they are brainstorming together.
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Best Web Tools For Collaboration
- Microsoft Teams : Allows students to work together on most assignments. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software)
- OneNote : Allows students to write collaborative notes. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app)
- Class Dojo : Allows teachers, students, and families to connect at all times. (https://www.classdojo.com)
- FlipGrid : Allows students to share ideas in a vlog style space. (https://info.flipgrid.com)
- Skype : Allows students to video chat to work on assignments and projects. (https://www.skype.com/en/)
- Quizlet : Allows students to share study guides and practice quizzes. (https://quizlet.com)
Finally
Next time you are creating lesson plans, think of all the resources you can use to encourage your students to work together. Collaboration in their future!
Thank You For Reading
Jillian DeMore
Twitter: @DeMoreJillian
IS APPLE’S LIVE TEXT A NEW CLASSROOM STAPLE?
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Apple’s iOS 15 launches tomorrow. While users gripe about the transition to a new iOS platform, Apple’s new Live Text feature could become a classroom staple. Live Text will read text within photos.
Live Text, what’s that?
Live Text is a new Apple feature identifying text within a photo or while enabling the camera app. Live Text recognizes the text within an image, whether handwritten or typed, and coverts the image text to digital text. From there, a user can copy the text to be pasted elsewhere. Live Text can also read the text aloud and translate the text to seven other languages.
How can Live Text be used in the classroom?
Live Text could be applied within the classroom. While many students handwrite notes, Live Text could convert their handwritten notes to digital notes. At the end of school day, teachers could take a photo of their whiteboards to save for digital lesson plans. Instead of writing copious notes, students could take a photo of whiteboard notes and focus on listening. Important textbook passages could be photographed and converted to digital text to research further. Bulletin board charts could be saved on a computer.
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How can Live Text break diversity barriers in the classroom?
Live Text can assist in breaking down barriers found within education. Live Text could be beneficial to any of the below students:
- ESL students
- Visually impaired students
- Students with a hand injury
- Students with a reading or writing disability
How to use Live Text?
- Open iPhone’s Camera App.
- Take a photo of the text.
- Tap on the Live Text located in the lower right.
- Highlight the selected text within photo.
- From there, click Copy, Speak, or Translate.
With Live Text’s many uses for a variety of students, it just might be here to stay in the classroom.
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