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Commonwealth Education Ministers' Conference, Cape Town Dec 2006

SA Minister 1

SA Education Minister Mrs Pandor with conference delegates

Robin attended the LCD - Commonwealth Education Conference in Cape Town as well as the LCD end of year training and Board Meeting in Johannesburg from 3 to 12 December.


Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 5/1/07; 8:11:48 PM from the Worldwide dept.

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Visit to South Africa for Link Community Development

Robin visited South Africa from 22 to 28 November as part of a familiarisation tour for Link Community Development. Pictures below are of visit to Ngcaka School in Eastern Cape. Ngcaka School has hosted a Global Teacher in July and August. More details follow later.
LCD 1 LCD 2
M1 WS SA

Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 3/12/05; 5:17:19 PM from the Worldwide dept.

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From Despair to Hope

Paul Wolfowitz on his Aspirations at the World Bank
"There's a long, long way to go but I would find nothing more satisfying than, at the end of my tenure at this institution, to feel that we have played a part in what hopefully could be a period when Africa went from being a continent of despair, to a continent of hope." Paul Wolfowitz said in a press release commemorating his first day as the 10th president of the World Bank.

Question - Why are there no African Groups in Bob Geldof's Live 8 gig? Seems very odd to me.

Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 3/6/05; 5:42:46 PM from the Worldwide dept.

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State of the world in 2005

http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/sow/2005/toc/
Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 17/2/05; 9:55:36 PM from the Worldwide dept.

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Now THAT Was Fun...and Educational (What a Concept!)

Here is an interesting site for those wanting to learn more about how Weblogs can be used in incredible ways in Education. The following gives a bit of the flavour:

"I had an absolutely great time during my online session on RSS with the Webheads this morning. There were over 20 people from Europe, Asia, South and North America, and the Middle East that participated. The Elluminate Live software over at Learning Times is incredibly easy to use and really powerful for presentations like this. I was able to run some slides, take them on Web surfs, and narrate the whole thing as I went. I know they recorded it.

What was really interesting was the talking to an audience without seeing an audience part. It was almost like doing a somewhat interactive podcast. 

Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 1/2/05; 1:41:37 PM from the Worldwide dept.

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BBC: Academics give lessons on blogs

Blogs are giving departments, staff and students the freedom and informality of tone impossible in scholarly journals or even the student newspaper.

Blogging lecturers say the technology provides them with easy online web access to students and improves communication outside of the classroom.


Posted by Steve Hooker on 23/1/05; 11:17:03 AM from the Worldwide dept.

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School Effectiveness in Developing Countries

DFID has highlighted a new Research Paper on School Effectiveness in developing countries. The review gives a survey of evidence from a variety of studies. It covers many contexts and topics. PDF version can be accessed below:
SE in Dev Countries (Pdf)


Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 6/1/05; 5:45:42 PM from the Worldwide dept.

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SOSIG - Beginning research on Disaster Relief

Some useful up to date links and resources on Disaster Relief:
"Weblog: SOSIG Subject News
Source: Beginning research on Disaster Relief
Link: http://www.sosig.ac.uk/subject-news/index.php?p=74

Here is a quick guide to some useful sources for tracing information on disaster relief from SOSIG http://www.sosig.ac.uk/ Key News Sources Relief Web http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf The latest news updates, maps and statistical data from the UN Disasters Emergency Committee - http://www.dec.org.uk/ coordinates news from UK charities. USAID http://www.usaid.gov/US Agency for International Development. Homepage usually ..."

Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 5/1/05; 6:38:15 PM from the Worldwide dept.

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Green Atlas

The World Bank has just launched a Green Atlas. Check it out at Green Atlas
Let us have your comments.

Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 31/12/04; 10:26:03 AM from the Worldwide dept.

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