The final draft of the Environmental Neighbourhood Cluster's 2009 ICT Project is nearly complete.
It's called The Biggest Reducer
In this activity eight students from three schools will each make a website on the environmental impact of food miles.
The focus questions are
• Why are “food miles” an environmental issue?
• How can we easily assess the “food miles” of a weekly shopping list?
• What are some strategies we can use to reduce the “food miles” of a weekly shopping list?
Activity will be held of May 4th & May 11th, 2009
Workshop Outline
Food Miles and the Environment: Ideas to Help Our Planet. An Action Based Internet Project by Students of The Environmental Neighbourhood Cluster
Monday May 4th 2009
9.00 Welcome – Overview of program, outline of expectations & housekeeping.
Introduction to the project, background data, group thinking, team protocols
and planning.
11.10 – Recess
11.40 – Workshop time 1
12.50 – Lunch break
1.50 – Workshop time 2
3.20 – Wrap up of program for Day 1
Monday May 11th 2009
9.00 – Where are we up to? What do we need to finish?
9:30 – Workshop time 3
11.10 – Recess
11.40 – Workshop time 4
12.50 – Lunch break
1.50 – Final session - Presentation of final products & student evaluation
3.25 – Wrap up of program
Multimedia Activities
Students will address the issue of food miles and the environment using the
multimedia forms below [students will be in school groups of 8 and working
with students from the two other local schools].
Website [iWeb]
Developing a website on food miles and the environment
Comic or posters [Comic Life]
Making a comic or poster food miles and the environment
Podcast [GarageBand]
Plan and conduct a podcast food miles and the environment [maybe a debate
with a moderator]
Movies [iMovie] Create a short movie on food miles and the environment for
inclusion in a website.
Wiki [Wikispaces] Used as a tool to reflect
Publishing [Pages] poster about food miles and the environment
This is the fourth year we have run student constructed websites using iWeb workshops on Enviromental themes. Previous activities were Water Wise in Williamstown: A Student Website for the Environment & Sustainability [2006]
, Sustainable Housing: A Student Website for the Environment & Sustainability [2007]
and Big Wrapper '08: Student Consumption & Packaging Websites for the Environment & Sustainability [2008]
More info at http://www.ictedservices.info/biggest_reducer/index.htm. I'll also write a blogpost on how the activity went.