Shout invites educators and students to take an active role in global environmental issues.
Connect online to interact with experts in the field, share ideas, and collaborate with people around the world who, like you, are committed to solving environmental challenges. Shout gives participants a framework for success, with resources and tools for exercising social responsibility while building the 21st-century skills of collaboration, innovation, and critical thinking. When students are connected through technology and empowered to build activities in their own way the learning experience extends far beyond the four walls of a classroom.
The Shout program offers:
Online events hosted by the Smithsonian Institution that feature some of the world’s leading scientists and environmental experts as well as representatives of other fields who bring diverse perspectives to the issues at hand. Sessions can be watched live in real time or in archived format in order to accommodate all time zones.
Access to Microsoft’s Partners in Learning Network, a global community of educators who value innovative uses of information and communication technology, in order to share environmental education resources, experiences, and best practices with teachers around the world.
Engagement of students in TakingITGlobal’s online community, which provides resources, action tools, as well as the complimentary use of content-rich virtual classrooms and collaboration spaces designed to deepen environmental understanding and stewardship, enhance the development of 21st century skills, and facilitate continued communication with Smithsonian experience.
A web portal that ties these elements together and provides access to additional tools and resources to support a range of “student challenges” – calls for deeper involvement that can range from capturing and sharing scientific data to developing youth-led initiatives for positive change.
Together, these components support a number of environmentally-themed “Shouts” to frame our understanding of our relationships and interactions with the natural world: Live, Study, Change, Sustain, Value and Celebrate. Each Shout connects students and teachers to a live event, teacher networking, and student collaborations focused around a specific theme, and presents students with challenges designed to deepen their learning and engagement. Shout is at once a program framework and a call to action. Join us and make your voice heard.
Stay tuned for the other two conferences in the SHOUT “Water Matters” Conference Series.
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WATER QUANTITY: WHEN THERE’S TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE |
will take place on Monday, March 26, and Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Smithsonian presenters will discuss such topics as:
Plants and their Relationship to Water
Current Innovations in Clean Water Access
American Indian Responses to the Water Crisis Today
Major Bodies of Water as Depicted in American Art
Live broadcasts from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama will introduce students to the Panama Canal and Marine Ecosystems in Central America!
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WATER QUALITY: WHEN IT’S NOT CLEAN AND HEALTHY |
will take place on Wednesday, May 16, and Thursday, May 17, 2012.
Smithsonian presenters will discuss such topics as:
Urban Waterways
The History of Water Protection Legislation
Virtual Programs to Understand Real-Life Water Challenges
Live broadcasts from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay will introduce students to the major natural cycles affected by human impact, as well as the interconnectedness most ecosystems have with water!
Schedules with the exact times of sessions will be posted as the conference approaches. All sessions will take place during the hours of 11AM ET – 3PM ET.
Don’t forget to join us for our two Teacher Preview Sessions on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 (3PM-3:50PM ET) and Wednesday, May 2, 2012 (3PM-3:50PM ET) to find out how the SHOUT program can enrich your classroom’s environmental curriculum across all subjects, not just science!
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LISTENING TO THE WATER NATIONS How do Indigenous peoples perceive and respond to water issues?
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This session took place online on February 7th, 2012 and ran for about one hour. If you could not participate live, a recording is posted below for your enjoyment at any time.
Cultural geographer Doug Herman discusses perceptions of water in traditional Indigenous cultures that might differ from those of mainstream culture. He also considers contemporary water issues that most immediately and severely affect Indigenous peoples, and will discuss the struggle for an Indigenous voice in international water policy.
Presenter:
Douglas Herman Senior Geographer Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
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A LOOK BACK AT MUSIC AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY APPROACH How can music build awareness of environmental issues?
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This session took place online on February 7th, 2012 and ran for about one hour. If you could not participate live, a recording is posted below for your enjoyment at any time
Musicians have long raised powerful voices for environmental advocacy. In this session, we take a look at the lives and works of artists who have spread a message of appreciation and personal responsibility for our rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Presenter:
Jeff Place Archivist Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage