Creative Consulting Group: Worldwide

Commonwealth Education Ministers' Conference, Cape Town Dec 2006

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:11:48 GMT

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.

Visit to South Africa for Link Community Development

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:17:19 GMT

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.

From Despair to Hope

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:42:46 GMT

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.

State of the world in 2005

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:55:36 GMT

http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/sow/2005/toc/

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

Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:41:37 GMT

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.

BBC: Academics give lessons on blogs

Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:17:03 GMT

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.

School Effectiveness in Developing Countries

Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:45:42 GMT

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)

SOSIG - Beginning research on Disaster Relief

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:38:15 GMT

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 ..."

Green Atlas

Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:26:03 GMT

The World Bank has just launched a Green Atlas. Check it out at Green Atlas
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