Mr DK’s Blog

From historic footage to the latest events, NBC News and HotChalk will help you bring the real world into your classroom in a safe, secure online environment built with you and your students in mind.

TakingITGlobal.org is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities. It’s the world’s most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month.

The My Hero project is a non-profit web project that celebrates the best of humanity.  Most definitely worth considering.  Fits in well with the school ethos and MYP philosophy.  

Our mission is to enlighten and inspire people of all ages with an ever-growing internet archive of hero stories from around the world. Now more than ever, children, teachers, and parents yearn for messages of hope and courage to face the challenges that lie ahead. The MY HERO web site hosts thousands of stories of remarkable individuals written by children and adults alike. These stories serve to remind us that we all have the potential to overcome great obstacles and achieve our dreams by following in the footsteps of our heroes.

MY HERO invites you, your family, school or organization to take part in this interactive web project. By publicly honoring your hero on this award-winning site, you reward those who have made a difference and bring a new hope to this global online community.

Ever wondered what your carbon footprint is? Use this kids calculator with your class – I plan to incorporate it in our integrated Humanities-Mathematics unit “The Debate of our Times”. I was shocked and embarrassed to find that if everyone lived the way I do that it would take the resources of 4.5 earths given the current world population…