From the WAR DIARY OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, HOME FLEET
JANUARY 1945

HMS DIADEM 1945
June 1-5 Copenhagen
June 6 Left Copenhagen escorting NORDMARK
June 8 Arrived Rosyth
June 27 Left Rosyth
June 29 Arrived Oslo For Victory celebration
July 2 Left Oslo
July 4 Arrived Scapa
July 9 Left Scapa
July 11 Arrived Portsmouth to give leave
July 11-12 Portsmouth

"Later this month, local organizer Melia’s Papa and the Collective Liberation Listening Tour head to South Africa for a cultural exchange on narrative.The tour will bring digital stories and the latest thinking on "Flippin' the Script" from California"

via Google News alert

The Regent Park Centre of Learning will improve access to post-secondary education while serving as a meeting place where residents can share experiences.

"When I first came across this space, it was just a little box in the building," said Toronto Community Housing vice-president of development John Fox. "I asked what it was going to be and was told there was an idea of making it into a learning hub. Now it's a reality - a brand new hub for learning in Regent Park."

Partnering with the University of Toronto, Ryerson University and George Brown College, the centre will offer a selection of courses ranging from college entrance preparation and computer skills, as well as civic and community engagement opportunities, digital storytelling and learning circles for women.

via Google News Alerts

"Hear Our Voices We Entreat provides recommendations from young people about a number of changes that they believe need to happen in New Zealand. These include addressing the effects of domestic violence on children, respecting the rights of and listening to the opinion of Maori, to including young people in discussions about climate change, giving young people a voice in national and local government, and teaching about diversity in schools," says Liz Gibbs, CEO of Save the Children New Zealand.

Cheryl Arnett & Rawya Shatila received top honors for teaching their first-grade students to use wiki sites, webcams, and digital stories to become 21st century pen pals; children who like each other and learn from one another: small ambassadors to the world at Microsoft’s 2010 U.S. Innovative Education Forum in Washington, D.C.

Cyber bullies are facing a challenge in the North Penn School District because the district Educational Foundation has received $10,000 from the Verizon Foundation. Some of this grant will fund training for educators in cyber bullying, as well as digital storytelling and Internet safety.

via The Reporter

Community Media for Development Productions has launched a series of digital story workshops with rural Mozambican communities affected by landmines this year. Participants share their stories of life and livelihood lost to landmines during and after Mozambique’s civil war. 

Culture Shock is screening some of its 500+ digital stories at Flix Movie Café in Church Sq, Hartlepool, every lunchtime from today (Thursday October 28) until Sunday November 7 between 1.30pm and 2.30pm.

Formed by librarians in Wales, the new Welsh Information Literacy Project wants to help people "seek, find and use the information they need".

(via the Dysg e-newsletter)

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