Last weekend I once again travelled to Regina to participate in a working meeting at the office of the Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC) to review online global resources for the EarthBeat e-zine. I really enjoy this tiny aspect of social action that I engage in. It indulges my love for finding the perfect online resource to meet a curricular need (I'll always be a teacher-librarian at heart!), my need to make a contribution, if only a small one, and by doing so to make a difference by creating an awareness of global inequity.
And, of course it is just fun to mix a mingle with like-minded teachers from around the province. This day was a full day meeting broken by lunch at La Bodega - a fine meal with a good red wine.
Our task was a little more difficult this time around because we were looking at child mortality and it was difficult to find websites that dealt specifically with this issue. However we did manage to review some sites and make recommendations for uses within the curriculum.
Our last issue was about Combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases. These are wonderful, engaging, informative sites that hopefully will create an awareness of global issues amongst our Saskatchewan students.
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