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Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with one of the producers from the film One Day on

Earth. The filmmakers are creating an effort to produce a film about what takes places in

every corner of the globe in a 24 hour time period. On October 10, 2010 amateur and

novice filmmakers alike will join forces to document life in their communities. The end result

will be a film with the depth of the likes that we have never seen before. Footage will be

collected from fillmmakers all over the world, and woven together to create the final product.

Additional footage, will be placed in a container where it be accessed and used by educators

from around the globe for classroom projects.

The filmmakers are extremely interested in including educators and their students in the

storytelling process and using the film to help connect students with the world. I would like to

encourage all of you to take a look at the project, and think about how you could fit it into

your classroom. Go to www.onedayonearth.org and sign up. The educator toolkits will be

uploaded to the site in the next couple of weeks.

I look forward to sharing the project with my students once we return to school this fall.

Look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.

Best,

-joe

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Permalink Reply by Anne Shaw on August 1, 2010 at 12:36pm

Absolutely - this is a wonderful project! In fact, it was an inspiration for me to begin developing an expanded curriculum project - Food and Culture - a Global Collaborative Classrooms Project. As does the One Day on Earth project, one of the goals for the Food and Culture project is to have at least one classroom from every country in the world participating. I realize this is very ambitious; but I am designing the project in such a way that any class can participate at whatever level of participation their schedule allows. Of course, I am encouraging as many teachers/schools as possible to implement this project in depth - it's engaging, relevant, real world, and can be used to address many important social issues as well as to develop an understanding of our sociohistorical context. From kindergarten and PK to the university level, there is a place for everyone.

Please see the introduction on my web site, the Netvibes page I created, a blog I created this morning, and the wiki for the project that I have begun developing. And, finally, the Diigo page which is a great way for people to quickly share excellent ideas and links. All of these are new, so there isn't a lot on them as yet, but I'm working at it as fast I can!

I always strongly stress to teachers to utilize filmmaking and other productions as an integral part of their curriculum, AND to have their students involved in a global classrooms project. These are necessary tools to help students of all ages develop what Tony Wagner refers to as the Seven Survival Skills for the 21st century. (see his book, The Global Achievement Gap).

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Permalink Reply by Joe Fatheree on August 2, 2010 at 4:46pm

Hi Anne,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Your food and culture project sounds great. I look forward to spending some time on your site. If possible, please send the info out about the One Day on Earth project to your network of people. I think it really has a lot of potential to help connect the classroom to the real world.

Best,
Joe

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Permalink Reply by Anne Shaw on August 2, 2010 at 5:18pm

Thank you, Joe,

I am definitely doing everything I can to get the word out about the One Day on Earth project. I'll be sending out a newsletter this week.

I talked on the phone with Daniel and Kyle about the possibility of participating in the curriculum design. But my ideas for the Food and Culture project were too broad; they really wanted to focus on the filming on 10.10.10. Still, we remain in contact, and they invited me to add a group on their web site for the Food and Culture project.

I look forward to hearing from you again. I hope that you will want to participate in the Food and Culture project. I plan on it being so much more than just a pen pal project, or a recipe swap. I want it to include serious research on real world issues, and I believe that one or films could come out of it.

While you're at my Netvibes page be sure to check out Michael Wesch's pages. I really love his WorldSim project, and think it has much to offer the Food and Culture project.

For further discussion you can email me at Director@21stCenturySchools.com

Anne