Featured Blog Posts - edu4DRR2024-03-28T08:43:26Zhttp://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blog/feed?promoted=1&xn_auth=noGetting through to your community - Top Seven Preparedness Tips that can be put into place now!tag:www.edu4drr.org,2012-11-11:2114760:BlogPost:296292012-11-11T17:07:08.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741058?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741058?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" style="padding: 5px;" width="750"></img></a> <br></br>In order to engage with your community it is important that information given and exchanged is relevant, practical and manageable. How does one prepare for hazards such as hurricanes, storms and low frequency hazards such as earthquakes? The following blog lays these out and keeps it simple. These could be provided by one tip a day for each day of the week, or spending…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741058?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741058?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" style="padding: 5px;" class="align-center"/></a><br/>In order to engage with your community it is important that information given and exchanged is relevant, practical and manageable. How does one prepare for hazards such as hurricanes, storms and low frequency hazards such as earthquakes? The following blog lays these out and keeps it simple. These could be provided by one tip a day for each day of the week, or spending time together as family to do so. In order to get children involved, turn hazard hunts into games and even shop together for certain items for your Go-Bags!</p>
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<p>If you are in the US, FEMA has a dedicated website for disaster preparedness, <a href="http://www.ready.gov/" target="external">Ready.gov</a>.</p>
<p>It may be helpful to know the risk of flooding in your area and the elevation of your home above flood stage, which is available from your local Red Cross chapter or your local emergency management agency, advises insurer <a href="https://www.metlife.com/individual/life-advice/safety-and-security/disaster-preparation/index.html" target="external">MetLife</a>.</p>
<p>A flood watch or a flash flood watch means a flood is possible in your area, generally issued for flooding that is expected to occur at least six hours after heavy rains have ended. A flood warning or a flash flood warning means flooding is occurring or is imminent in the warning area.</p>
<p>Here are <em><strong>seven tips </strong></em>that may help you, your family or your business prepare for a natural disaster:</p>
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<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #333399;">Prepare for Phone Interruptions</span><br/><br/></span>Individuals and Business owners need to have a communication plan, in case neither phone nor texting is available.<br/><br/>When Hurricane Katrina hit, knocked out cell phone towers and land lines left employers and employees without the means to communicateKnow and understand the disaster plan in advance and each have a copy of it they can easily refer to.<br/><br/>Cell phone (mobile phone) users can usually text more successfully than call when a network experiences high volume, like during 9/11, or Hurricane Sandy because texting uses less data. But those not familiar with texting may need a tutorial. Full QWERTY keyboard makes it easy to text rather than numeric keypad on basic cell phones, which can be more cumbersome and harder to learn. If you are a little clumsy at texting, see if you can text more and get in practice!<br/><br/>Make sure you contact out of state or out of county contacts to let others know you are safe. Using <span style="color: #333399;"><em><strong>Facebook</strong></em></span> and <span style="color: #3366ff;"><em><strong>Twitter</strong></em></span> may also be useful (you can even get these on smart phones and tablet devices if the power is out!<br/><br/></li>
<li><p><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: #008000;">Create a disaster plan or test your current one!</span><br/></span><br/>Homeowners should consider which valuable objects they will take with them in case of an emergency evacuation.</p>
<p>A disaster plan should clearly communicate pre- and post-disaster procedures to any relevant people. For families, that includes near and far relatives and friends. Business owners should communicate disaster plans to employees, customers, vendors, and business partners.</p>
<p>The safety of people, such as employees and customers, should be the first procedure. The plan should next address how to protect your property and business records.</p>
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<p>Planning and creating a disaster <em><strong>Go-Bag</strong></em>is a really smart idea! You can even have several for the office, car, school and home!</p>
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<li><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993366;">Check your Insurance is up to date and what it covers you for!<br/></span><br/><p>Homeowners and business owners should never fully rely on an insurance policy.</p>
<p>Homeowner's policies usually do not cover loss due to flooding, but coverage can be purchased from the federal government. In the US, Homeowners can ask their agents about the details or contact the National Flood Insurance Program at 1-800-379-9531. A simple google search should allow you to do the same for your local geographic area!<br/>TIP: Don't wait until there is a potential disaster threatening, do it now. You are more likely to get through and you will be far less stressed!</p>
<p>It is especially important to review your homeowner's policy with your agent or broker so you understand the amount you will receive in the event of a covered loss, and whether it will be adequate to rebuild your home. Homeowners should also know the amount of a deductible and any special provisions in the policy such as wind exclusions. And include your insurance company's toll free claim number and insurance agent's phone number in your <em><strong>emergency evacuation kit.<br/><br/></strong></em></p>
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<li><p><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: #666699;">Assess your property for potential vulnerabilities</span><br/></span></p>
<p>Homeowners should inspect their homes for potential problem in case of a disaster, such as old trees near to the house.</p>
<p>You should also make sure the roof does not have holes or is missing shingles (roof tiles). To safeguard against strong winds, you may have to nail down new shingles or remove loose objects, like lawn furniture. (<em>These can cause serious damage to windows and patio doors if not collected up and stored in a garage or basement</em>)</p>
<p>Again, <em><strong>don't wait </strong></em>to carry out these tasks: Some fix-it tasks can be completed over a weekend, such as reinforcing a garage door, vents and a gable, or triangular, roof, so water does not leak in. Those living in low lying areas where coastal storms surge should move electronic devices off the ground floor and put heavy furniture on blocks to prevent damage from flooding. Also, homeowners should roll up rugs.</p>
<p><em><strong>Know your neighbourhood:</strong></em>Look around your neighborhood for vulnerabilities, such as from abandoned properties. If a hurricane or tropical storm approaches, notify the lender or bank that has taken ownership of a foreclosed or abandoned property, as well as town officials.<br/><br/></p>
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<li><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: #008000;">Take Photographs or video for a home inventory</span><br/></span><br/><p>For insurance purposes and for your own personal keepsake in case of a disaster, you should have a home inventory or a photographic record.</p>
<p>While you are doing that, you can consider which few items to bring in case of an evacuation.<br/><br/></p>
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<li><p><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Go Bag time - What do you need?</span><br/></span></p>
<p>FEMA recommends people should have a bare minimum of a three-day supply of water and you should store at least one gallon of water per person per day.</p>
<p>A normally active person needs at least one-half gallon of water daily just for drinking, but sometimes children, nursing mothers, the sick and people in hot temperatures may require more, according to FEMA.</p>
<p>You may also want to prepare covered foods and about a month's supply of medication. You should also prepare traditional and special batteries for products like cell phones. You can get <a href="http://www.edu4hazards.org/" target="_blank">information on what to put in a Go-Bag here</a> and you can even turn this into a game with young ones, so that they know that you are ready as a family! <em><strong>Don't forget pets too!<br/><br/></strong></em></p>
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<li><p><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: #333399;">Pets need shelter too...</span><br/></span></p>
<p>During Hurricane Katrina, there were some people who did not evacuate as recommended because they had pets, or they did not know what to do with their pets.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://disastersafety.org" target="_blank">Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety</a> advises that if you are going to evacuate with a pet, make sure your hotel or shelter accepts pets.</p>
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</div>Here is Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Strip in its entirety. Come back for updates!tag:www.edu4drr.org,2012-12-02:2114760:BlogPost:302062012-12-02T17:30:00.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
<p>Okay here are the 'Silly Timmy' Comic strips featuring a 'Fairy Godmother' that rescue him from his scrapes...shame we don't all have one of these!</p>
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<p>All the comics were created by me (Justin Sharpe) on an iPad using an App called Toon ToolKit (<a href="http://www.toontoolkit.com/ToonToolkit/Welcome.html" target="_blank">more information can be found here</a>) while the characters were created by John A Abbott of <a href="http://www.jotstudios.com" target="_blank">Jot…</a></p>
<p>Okay here are the 'Silly Timmy' Comic strips featuring a 'Fairy Godmother' that rescue him from his scrapes...shame we don't all have one of these!</p>
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<p>All the comics were created by me (Justin Sharpe) on an iPad using an App called Toon ToolKit (<a href="http://www.toontoolkit.com/ToonToolkit/Welcome.html" target="_blank">more information can be found here</a>) while the characters were created by John A Abbott of <a href="http://www.jotstudios.com" target="_blank">Jot Studios</a>. The story lines and montages/scenes were created by me (Justin Sharpe) , using the excellent App! I hope you enjoy reading! I am really enjoying creating the story lines that include disaster preparedness messages at their heart! </p>
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<p>Learning not only matters, but is fun too!</p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode One</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474458799?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474458799?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Two:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474458964?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474458964?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Three:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459191?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459191?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Four:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459251?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459251?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Five</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328331008?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328331008?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Six:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328329999?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328329999?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Seven:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459654?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459654?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Eight:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459766?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459766?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Nine: </p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459701?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459701?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Ten</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328329669?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328329669?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Eleven</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328329702?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328329702?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twelve:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773133?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773133?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirteen:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328329541?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2328329541?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Fourteen:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474461366?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474461366?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Fifteen:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474463093?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474463093?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Sixteen</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464234?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464234?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Seventeen:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464456?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464456?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Eighteen:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464546?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464546?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic EpisodeNineteen:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464645?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464645?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twenty:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464699?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464699?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Episode Twenty-One:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464742?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474464742?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twenty-Two:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474465054?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474465054?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twenty-Three:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773186?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773186?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twenty-Four: </p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773312?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773312?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twenty-Five: </p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773619?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773619?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twenty-Six: </p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773536?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540773536?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twenty-Seven: </p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540739451?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540739451?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twenty-Eight: </p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540795259?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540795259?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Twenty-Nine:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796120?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796120?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796178?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796178?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty-One:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796684?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796684?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty-Two:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796731?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796731?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty-Three:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796786?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540796786?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty-Four:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540797123?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540797123?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty-Five:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540797493?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540797493?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty-Six:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540797666?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540797666?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty-Seven:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540797699?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540797699?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty-Eight:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540801334?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540801334?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Thirty-Nine:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540801556?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540801556?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540801671?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540801671?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty-One:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540801761?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540801761?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty-Two:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540815351?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540815351?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty-Three:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540750306?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540750306?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty-Four:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540815745?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540815745?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty-Five:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540815963?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540815963?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty-Six:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540774110?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540774110?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty-Seven:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832053?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832053?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty-Eight:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832234?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832234?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Forty-Nine:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832554?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832554?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Fifty:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540774145?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540774145?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Fifty-One:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832746?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832746?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Episode Fifty-Two:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832865?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540832865?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p></p>Using comic strips to get across a disaster preparednesstag:www.edu4drr.org,2012-11-14:2114760:BlogPost:296402012-11-14T17:00:00.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
<p>I am experimenting with using comic strips in order to generate interest in disaster preparedness. I have purposely decided on having a young girl in a wheel chair as my main protagonist, who is at first a little frightened about what to do in an earthquake, when the message is 'Drop, Cover and Hold On!' She comments in the first comic strip: 'If I do that in a wheelchair, I will end up on the floor!' There is an important message here about disaster preparedness with all sections of the…</p>
<p>I am experimenting with using comic strips in order to generate interest in disaster preparedness. I have purposely decided on having a young girl in a wheel chair as my main protagonist, who is at first a little frightened about what to do in an earthquake, when the message is 'Drop, Cover and Hold On!' She comments in the first comic strip: 'If I do that in a wheelchair, I will end up on the floor!' There is an important message here about disaster preparedness with all sections of the community included (see the work of <a href="http://www.jik.com" target="_blank">June Isaacson Kailes</a> for more information in this area). As the comic strip develops we meet May's friends and family as they learn to be prepared together. We also meet Dad (who is a bit clueless), Mom ( a worrier) and Grandma (a bit grumpy and a little hypocritical). As time goes on I hope to develop more stories. Today I wrote and put together three. I found the software through a flash based comic creator called: <a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com" target="_blank">http://www.makebeliefscomix.com</a>. I will be making at least one a day and I hope that:</p>
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<ol>
<li>You like them!</li>
<li>You find them funny or at least amusing (I personally like the third one)</li>
<li>You give me ideas to make more!!</li>
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<p>I am inserting the three from today here, as well as putting on the Twitter feed so that it will embed with the Edu4DRR daily newspaper which will be fairly unique at having its own regular disaster based comic!</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><span style="color: #808000; text-decoration: underline;">UPDATE FOR 2017:</span></strong></em></span> Following the initial positive response, I created a series of 52 disaster preparedness comic strips that can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/here-is-silly-timmy-comic-strip-in-its-entirety-come-back-for-upd" target="_blank">http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/here-is-silly-timmy-comic-strip-in-its-entirety-come-back-for-upd</a> </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>AND...</strong></span></p>
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<p>It is now available in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish as well as the first few in Fijian and Indonesian. Have a look in the Blogs section for more, but I am attaching several versions of one strip below these original pilot comic strips. The comic has also been turned into a book by UNESCO Pakistan and distributed in Pakistan, While a pilot eduction project carried out by myself and another researcher, was carried out in a kindergarten in Tehran, Iran, where children showed excellent understanding of appropriate preparation and response to disaster threats!</p>
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<p>If you would like to translate for YOUR COMMUNITY, click here: </p>
<p><a href="http://www.edu4drr.org/notes/Updated_Silly_Timmy_comic_strip_templates%3A_Translate_for_your_community%21" target="_blank">http://www.edu4drr.org/notes/Updated_Silly_Timmy_comic_strip_templates%3A_Translate_for_your_community%21</a></p>
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<p>There are PowerPoint files with the original comic strips in English as well as blank version. Instructions on the page also show how you can insert text boxes to place translated texts!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;">THANK YOU!</span></strong></p>
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<p>Constructive feedback is ALWAYS welcome!</p>
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<p>Pilot Comic Strips:</p>
<p>Episode One: </p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741727?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741727?profile=original" width="738" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Episode Two</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741871?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="720" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741871?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="720" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Episode Three:</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741939?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="720" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741939?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="720" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>Silly Timmy Disaster Comic Strips in MULTIPLE languages! </p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In</strong> <em>English</em> <strong>when a lightning storm is near:</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459766?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474459766?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">In</span></strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>French</em></span> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">when a lightning storm is near:</span></strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540742648?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540742648?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>You can see the rest here: <a href="http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-in-french-silly-timmy-en-francais" target="_blank">http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-in-french-silly-timmy-en-francais</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In</strong> <em>Spanish</em> <strong>when an earthquake occurs outside :</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540743138?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540743138?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>You can see others here: <a href="http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-in-spanish-en-espanol" target="_blank">http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-in-spanish-en-espanol</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In</strong> <em>Portuguese</em> <strong>when an earthquake occurs when in bed:</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740933?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740933?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>You can see the rest here: <a href="http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-em-portugues" target="_blank">http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-em-portugues</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In</strong> <em>German</em></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>when an earthquake occurs when in bed:</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740537?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740537?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>You can see the rest here: <a href="http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-disaster-comic-in-german-or-dummer-timmy-auf-deutsch" target="_blank">http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-disaster-comic-in-german-or-dummer-timmy-auf-deutsch</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In</strong> <em>Italian</em> <strong>- Meeting the characters:</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540745693?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540745693?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>You can see the rest of these here: <a href="http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-disaster-comic-in-italian" target="_blank">http://www.edu4drr.org/profiles/blogs/silly-timmy-disaster-comic-in-italian</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In</strong> <em>Turkish</em> <strong>after an earthquake and the importance of washing hands:</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540762373?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540762373?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>P.S. We only have FIVE of these in Turkish, so any help translating (see the link to the PowerPoint files will be much appreciated! </p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>In</strong> <em>Fijian</em> <strong>when an earthquake occurs:</strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474456449?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2474456449?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p>P.S. We only have FOUR of these in Turkish, so any help translating (see the link to the PowerPoint files will be much appreciated! </p>
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<p></p>NEW RESOURCE: Why Don't People Prepare for and React to Earthquake Hazards?tag:www.edu4drr.org,2011-10-04:2114760:BlogPost:216922011-10-04T12:00:00.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740647?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740647?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="padding: 5px;" width="200"></img></a> This set of resources is aimed at students in the 14-19 age range. The first consists of a <strong><a href="http://www.edu4hazards.org/911.mp3" target="_blank">mp3 file</a></strong> which are the 911 calls taken at the time of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. This is used as a <strong>starter</strong> to set the scene and to encourage students to listen to the calls which…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740647?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740647?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200" style="padding: 5px;" class="align-left"/></a>This set of resources is aimed at students in the 14-19 age range. The first consists of a <strong><a href="http://www.edu4hazards.org/911.mp3" target="_blank">mp3 file</a></strong> which are the 911 calls taken at the time of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. This is used as a <strong>starter</strong> to set the scene and to encourage students to listen to the calls which are not always easy to hear and to enable them to focus on the tasks and become engaged with the topic.</p>
<p>There is a worksheet here: <strong><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740764?profile=original">SFO_911_calls_worksheet.doc</a></strong> to accompany the audio file and to enable <em><strong>active listening skills.</strong></em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>There is also a worksheet (<strong><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540740965?profile=original">Earthquake_Mystery_student_worksheet.doc</a></strong>) to explain the mystery task, which is key to understanding the over-arching question: 'Why don't people prepare for and react to earthquake hazards?' The emphasis is actually on adults often not exhibiting the correct response behaviour. Finally and core to the activities is this mystery sheet (<strong><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540741063?profile=original">earthquake_mystery.doc</a></strong>) with a series of statements on it. simply print out on card and cut and put into envelopes. I usually find that one between two is sufficient and enables them to think pair share as they work through the task.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The homework set with the main task should take approximately 1 week to carry out and again it is useful if students work in pairs!</p>
<p><strong>ENJOY! All resources by Justin Sharpe, October 2011</strong></p>Edu4hazards.org site with new teachers resourcestag:www.edu4drr.org,2008-06-11:2114760:BlogPost:1812008-06-11T22:03:24.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
<img align="right" border="1" hspace="5" src="http://www.edu4hazards.org/case_menu.jpg" vspace="5"></img> Edu4hazards.org is a site that helps children understand what to do to protect themselves when faced with hazards such as flooding, earthquakes, tornadoes, lightning strike and more. The really important stuff about what to do is clearly set out with easy to understand instructions, while further information is included in a sub-menu for those who want to fund out more! You can visit the site at:…
<img src="http://www.edu4hazards.org/case_menu.jpg" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="1"/> Edu4hazards.org is a site that helps children understand what to do to protect themselves when faced with hazards such as flooding, earthquakes, tornadoes, lightning strike and more. The really important stuff about what to do is clearly set out with easy to understand instructions, while further information is included in a sub-menu for those who want to fund out more! You can visit the site at: <a href="http://www.edu4hazards.org" target="_blank">http://www.edu4hazards.org</a><br />
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There is now a NEW teachers section with lesson plans and resources that can be used in conjunction with the site as well as a section on why it is important to teach about disaster prevention.<br />
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Student's who have used the site, learned what to include in an emergency 'go-bag' and have made one up can send there photograph's in o the site where they are published in the 'go-bag' gallery! This can be viewed at: <a href="http://www.edu4hazards.org/photos/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.edu4hazards.org/photos/index.html</a><br />
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Students who have used the site to find out what protective behavior to take have also made their own films in a variety of home languages such as French, Urdu and Mandarin Chinese (included on the video section of this site) and can be viewed at the edu4hazards youtube channel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/edu4hazards" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/edu4hazards</a> or at teacher tube: <a href="http://www.teachertube.com/uprofile.php?UID=25519" target="_blank">http://www.teachertube.com/</a> or by searching for edu4hazards in the itunes store!Translation of edu4hazards.org site - more help wanted!tag:www.edu4drr.org,2008-07-06:2114760:BlogPost:3702008-07-06T21:53:08.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
I sent this out on the EN-DRR listserve in order to try and get more people involved with he translation of the edu4hazards.org site. If you can help with translation or know someone who can help please let me know! The text for the site in English is here <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540744017?profile=original">Edu4hazards_text.doc</a><br />
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Over a year ago I designed and built a website aimed at enabling<br />
children and youth to know what appropriate measures to take…
I sent this out on the EN-DRR listserve in order to try and get more people involved with he translation of the edu4hazards.org site. If you can help with translation or know someone who can help please let me know! The text for the site in English is here <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540744017?profile=original">Edu4hazards_text.doc</a><br />
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Over a year ago I designed and built a website aimed at enabling<br />
children and youth to know what appropriate measures to take before<br />
during and after a hazard event. The initial idea came about because<br />
the students I teach often travel abroad on holiday or visiting<br />
family in areas where there are high risks of earthquakes, tornadoes<br />
and hurricanes. Consequently the design of the site reflects this and<br />
the front page of the site is a suitcase with eight labels that say<br />
'earthquake', 'hurricane' etc. Once clicked on the main information<br />
about how to react to the hazard appears. It is purposely not too<br />
wordy and the advice is simple and widely accepted. The site has been<br />
very successful and without marketing generates 50,000 hits monthly<br />
and growing. I have used the site to deliver DRR messages in schools<br />
in London very successfully; using the site as a stimulus and then<br />
carrying out some of the advice with children such as 'duck, cover<br />
and hold' for earthquakes, practising the 'lightning crouch' and<br />
deciding what other action may be taken in the event of a thunder and<br />
lightning storm. Students have made their own films in a wide variety<br />
of languages - Mandarin Chinese, Turkish, Russian, Urdu, Punjabi,<br />
French, German and English in order to show what action to take for a<br />
wide variety of these hazards. These are available through youtube<br />
teacher tube and as video podcasts through the itunes store (type in<br />
'edu4hazards').<br />
<br />
The site and the multimedia techniques that I have been pioneering<br />
have been accepted well in the international community of those<br />
involved in DRR and was included as an example of good practice in<br />
the UNISDR publication earlier this year. This is all well and good<br />
and I am glad to receive recognition, but this was never the reason<br />
for me carrying out this project. I wanted to make a difference and<br />
highlight what I thought was lacking in education for DRR in<br />
mainstream education - experiential learning techniques that make a<br />
real impact on children and youth, allowing them to be prepared and<br />
not scared. I have come to the attention of the UK Government, the<br />
Council of Europe and many emergency managers in many local<br />
authorities, where I have given presentations about this project.<br />
However when I have asked for help for site translation their has<br />
been an initial buzz followed by a hiatus, followed by a negative<br />
response at a later date. But following my presentation at the<br />
Council of Europe Meeting on Disaster Reduction at school, a<br />
Norwegian colleague, offered to translate the site into Norwegian.<br />
The main information on each one of the hazard pages has now been<br />
translated, although the further information parts have not been. The<br />
site will automatically come up in Norwegian if you are in Norway,<br />
whereas the rest of the world currently gets the English site, but it<br />
does not have to be like that! I am attaching a <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540744017?profile=original">word document</a> with<br />
this principal information on and would appreciate any help that<br />
colleagues could give in translation. I would add a link on the site<br />
as I have done from the Norwegian version of the site to that<br />
person's organisation! The Norwegian site can be viewed at: <a href="http://%20www.edu4hazards.org/index_no.html">http://<br />
www.edu4hazards.org/index_no.html</a><br />
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There has been a lot of discussion on this forum about education and<br />
how to motivate children and youth to become agents for change for<br />
DRR and I have seen this site coupled with the activities alongside<br />
it do just that. Children show me there Emergency go-bags for<br />
instance and I have even had parents talk to me about what to include<br />
in them (there are photograph's on the site). There is now a<br />
teacher's page on the site where teachers can explore how to use the<br />
site with lesson plans and resources as well as a link to the new<br />
social network for teachers wanting to make a difference in disaster<br />
prevention at: <a href="http://edu4drr.ning.com">http://edu4drr.ning.com</a><br />
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Please contact me if YOU can help make a difference, as doing this by<br />
myself is not easy!Disaster management - awareness and preparedness in schools.tag:www.edu4drr.org,2009-08-18:2114760:BlogPost:65032009-08-18T15:40:46.000ZHimadri Maitrahttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/HimadriMaitra
Teachers training programme<br />
-Training on fire safety<br />
Development of coloring book for the primary section<br />
Preparation of School DM plans<br />
-Schools to prepare DM plans based on the hazard that they are vulnerable to.<br />
Steps for preparation of DM Plans<br />
• Sensitisation meeting for awareness of Teachers, School Management and students.<br />
• Formation of School Disaster Management Committee<br />
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Social Mapping - Schools<br />
- Class rooms in the school building<br />
- Laboratories<br />
- Play Ground<br />
- School Canteen<br />
-…
Teachers training programme<br />
-Training on fire safety<br />
Development of coloring book for the primary section<br />
Preparation of School DM plans<br />
-Schools to prepare DM plans based on the hazard that they are vulnerable to.<br />
Steps for preparation of DM Plans<br />
• Sensitisation meeting for awareness of Teachers, School Management and students.<br />
• Formation of School Disaster Management Committee<br />
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Social Mapping - Schools<br />
- Class rooms in the school building<br />
- Laboratories<br />
- Play Ground<br />
- School Canteen<br />
- Library<br />
Resource Map - Schools<br />
- Human resources<br />
- School Buses<br />
- Generators<br />
- Fire extinguishers<br />
- Stretchers<br />
- Drinking water sources<br />
- Health Centre in the school<br />
Vulnerability/ Risk Map - School<br />
- Children in pre- school and primary section<br />
- Physically challenged<br />
- Identification of potentially vulnerable areas in the school<br />
Safe and Alternate route Mapping<br />
- Identification of safe places in the school<br />
- Alternative staircases/ routes to be identified<br />
School DM Team<br />
Early Warning Team<br />
- School teacher<br />
- Student (3 nos. most communicative)<br />
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Activity/ Event Organising Team<br />
<br />
- Disaster management teacher<br />
- Art and Craft teacher Music teacher<br />
- Prefects/ active students<br />
School DM Team:<br />
Search and Rescue<br />
– Sports teachers<br />
– Male teacher<br />
– Prefect (students 2 nos)<br />
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Evacuation<br />
- All class teachers<br />
– First Aid team<br />
- Resident doctor of the school/medical consultant<br />
- Teachers 2nos.<br />
- Students 2 numbers (10th / 12th class)<br />
Fire safety<br />
- Teachers (2 numbers)<br />
- Students (4 numbers, 10th class)<br />
Site security team<br />
- School security staff<br />
- Teacher (1 numbers)<br />
- Students (2 numbers)<br />
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7. Training of School Disaster Management Teams<br />
- Search and Rescue<br />
- First Aid<br />
- Trauma Counseling<br />
- Fire fighting<br />
8. Planning to be disseminated to everyone in the School.<br />
9. Mock Drill<br />
- Drills to be carried out twice a year<br />
- Drills should be hazard specific<br />
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10. Plan Updation<br />
- Plans to be updated every six months<br />
- Plan to be approved by the Disaster Management Committee.Get children involved and EDUCATED in drills!tag:www.edu4drr.org,2009-09-28:2114760:BlogPost:66272009-09-28T18:30:53.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
So what's the point of talking about education, drills, planning in schools etc if the students don't know what is expected of them. In most drills that I have see students are relatively passive participants. I have also been running training as part of INSET to teachers and leaders at my school which included table top exercises. I had teachers take on different roles for a variety of likely situations: Lockdown, Bomb Threat and a road traffic accident outside of school. As there is a high…
So what's the point of talking about education, drills, planning in schools etc if the students don't know what is expected of them. In most drills that I have see students are relatively passive participants. I have also been running training as part of INSET to teachers and leaders at my school which included table top exercises. I had teachers take on different roles for a variety of likely situations: Lockdown, Bomb Threat and a road traffic accident outside of school. As there is a high volume of traffic down a narrow road and as students feel relatively safe and take unnecessary risks, this was the scenario that teachers could identify with easily. What came out of this was that students would probably hang around trying to get a look at the injured child, make unhelpful comments e.g. 'Did you SEE that? OMG there's so much blood? Is he/she dying?' etc alongside shouting/screaming/crying. This will NOT be helpful to the first adult on the scene as he/she tries to talk to injured student and appraise the situation (especially important for ambulance crew).<br />
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I talked to four classes about this today and they ALL suggested themselves that they would try and get a view, or want to help etc. I explained that although they may not have bad intentions, they will not be helping the child on the ground. When we talked it through they had a much better idea of what was expected of them and agreed that it was better to know WHY they should behave in a certain way and that being educated about this was very important. So when we talk about DRILLS, planning in schools, teacher training and other disaster preparedness in schools make sure that the students are NOT LEFT OUT!What is the best Footwear for snow and ice?tag:www.edu4drr.org,2010-01-13:2114760:BlogPost:71052010-01-13T11:30:00.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
Snow and freezing cold temperatures have brought treacherous conditions for many walking (see <a href="http://bit.ly/8WXwSI" target="_blank">this news report</a>). So my question to all of you is: What is the best footwear for these conditions? Working in a school children are wearing trainers, 'Ugg' boots (which seem to have no slip resistance and are suede!) and a variety of footwear without any real grip. Any advice is useful...please post a reply here!<br />
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<br />
Thanks<br />
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<br />
Justin Sharpe
Snow and freezing cold temperatures have brought treacherous conditions for many walking (see <a href="http://bit.ly/8WXwSI" target="_blank">this news report</a>). So my question to all of you is: What is the best footwear for these conditions? Working in a school children are wearing trainers, 'Ugg' boots (which seem to have no slip resistance and are suede!) and a variety of footwear without any real grip. Any advice is useful...please post a reply here!<br />
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<br />
Thanks<br />
<br />
<br />
Justin SharpeYou can lead a horse to water....tag:www.edu4drr.org,2009-03-25:2114760:BlogPost:43012009-03-25T10:59:57.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
I am currently writing a paper for a disaster prevention in education conference in Taiwan and so have been researching about new curriculum in general, alongside curriculum materials. What is becoming clear is that although there is an ever growing proliferation of educational materials, made to address different facets of a range of hazards and responses, this will not lead to education that helps people make changes to their lifestyles to become better prepared. This is for several…
I am currently writing a paper for a disaster prevention in education conference in Taiwan and so have been researching about new curriculum in general, alongside curriculum materials. What is becoming clear is that although there is an ever growing proliferation of educational materials, made to address different facets of a range of hazards and responses, this will not lead to education that helps people make changes to their lifestyles to become better prepared. This is for several reasons.<br />
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Firstly even if you 'train' teachers or provide INSET, unless they are engaged and think it is important, they will do what they need to do to tick boxes and perhaps nothing more.<br />
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Secondly you need to have everyone on board and wanting the same outcomes, which means that these outcomes need to be WRITTEN DOWN and agreed upon by all the agencies involved in creating the curriculum.<br />
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Thirdly, these outcomes need to be broken down and specified for EACH part or lesson in the scheme of work, so 'what Im a looking for...' and 'we are learning to...' type statements that can be answered and built upon each time.<br />
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Fourthly, that having lesson plans and a 'scheme of work is not enough to engage teachers. They want a range of resources that they can pool from (more often using the internet) which offer a range of film clips, photo-slideshows, mystery exercises, diamond nine thinking skills, maps etc that can be used in the way that best suits the individual needs of both the teacher and the class. This means that writing frames and differentiated worksheets and activity sheets will need to be produced. Also by offering a range of resources in this way the individual learning styles of students can be attended to (kinaesthetic, visual, audio etc), while also allowing the teacher to remain a creative force in the classroom while allowing his/her students to develop a better understanding of the ideas and concepts that disaster prevention education wants to get across.<br />
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And finally (for now anyway) it is important that students and teachers feel a sense of achievement about what they have been through together. That BOTH students AND teachers not only understand and are aware of the dangers in their community but that they are both prepared mentally and physically. By this I mean having and emergency go-bag, learning first aid and knowing what there role is and more importantly, how to perform it in the event of an emergency either at school or in their community.<br />
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I have tried to provide a flavour of this on this site under the curriculum section. Although I used this in the school I work in does not mean that you would want to take the entirety of it for your school and indeed it would not be suitable for every age group or every part of the world. However I am doing what I can. The aim of this network is that we all do what we can but also SHARE this practice with others.FEMA Launches Children-In-Disasters Initiative With IAEM, Save The Children but misses the pointtag:www.edu4drr.org,2008-11-18:2114760:BlogPost:30142008-11-18T11:30:00.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
An initiative to beintroduced by FEMA and Save the children to reduce their vulnerabilities in the event of a disaster has been launched, but fails to really hit the mark in my opinion. An extract published below from the press statement sounds rather grand, but is disappointing as it does not recognise the capacities of children in any way:<br />
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<blockquote>WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is teaming up with the International…</blockquote>
An initiative to beintroduced by FEMA and Save the children to reduce their vulnerabilities in the event of a disaster has been launched, but fails to really hit the mark in my opinion. An extract published below from the press statement sounds rather grand, but is disappointing as it does not recognise the capacities of children in any way:<br />
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<blockquote>WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is teaming up with the International Association of
Emergency Managers (IAEM), Save the Children Foundation and the American Red<br />
Cross to launch an initiative that will enable the emergency management<br />
community to better address the needs of children in disasters.<br />
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"This initiative will involve concrete steps to focus attention on the needs<br />
of children in disasters and help the emergency management community address<br />
children's special needs in the emergency planning process," FEMA<br />
Administrator Paulison said. "Although this initiative is a<br />
work-in-progress, we're committed to a course of action that involves<br />
assessing and adjusting disaster response services for children."<br />
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The course will be designed to help state and local emergency<br />
managers incorporate the needs of children into the emergency planning<br />
process and standard Emergency Operations Plans. It will be based on Save<br />
the Children Foundation's emergency management guide, The Unique Needs of<br />
Children in Emergencies, a Guide for the Inclusion of Children in Emergency<br />
Operations Plan.<br />
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"Children are extremely vulnerable during an emergency and evacuation," said<br />
Mark Shriver, vice president and managing director of Save the Children's<br />
U.S. programs and chair of the National Commission on Children and<br />
Disasters. "It is crucial that communities plan ahead for disasters, with a<br />
special focus on assisting children."</blockquote>
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<br />
My response to this on the CYD-NET list serve was:<br />
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<blockquote>Dear Colleagues, Although this is an encouraging initiative, it is important that the capacities of children are not overlooked in this instance. It is important that education involves children, rather than them being passive observers, they understand and are aware of the potential dangers as well as being able to know what to do, where to go and how to get there. They need to understand that they play a role in being safe. We teach children how to cross the road safely, how to wear a seatbelt, not to talk to adult that they don't know etc, but we don't yet address how they can be safe in an emergency.
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I have recently been an observer in the Southern California shake-out exercise in which more than three million school children took part in drop, cover and hold, and many were involved in school evacuations. Although there was dissemination and feedback with staff involved in these exercises there was hardly any dissemination or discussion with the students that had also taken part. Had they understood why? Was it just another drill? When I asked the students what educational activities they had done prior to the drill the answer was that they had not. In other words it was not tied to the curriculum in any way, but was seen as an 'abstract' exercise with limited learning outcomes. This needs to change for these experiential activities are to be effective they need to have proper time for reflection and evaluation so that it becomes truly part of the 'experiential learning cycle'.<br />
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I also asked the students if they had an emergency kit at home, in the car etc, and in a group of twenty, there was one response of, "I think my mom does..." It is clear that these students (of high school age by the way) did not think it was their responsibility. We must move on from 'top down' approaches and be truly inclusive which means involving children in their own preparedness and safety through creative curricular and experiential learning that builds on evaluation and reflection. We also need to move on from didactic education and make it fun and experiential with an emphasis on practical action that can be taken by all (including children) to be prepared.</blockquote>This clip of flooding should be shown as a "Do's & Don'ts" for floods in UKtag:www.edu4drr.org,2008-12-14:2114760:BlogPost:30162008-12-14T13:55:37.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
I saw his on the BBC news site this morning...Can you spot where people have concreted EVERYWHERE and then try to drive through the floods only to get stranded....Education also needs to reach adults!<br />
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7781388.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7781388.stm</a><br />
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Have the Pitt Review people seen this by the way? This is a REALLY useful way of showing how flooding can be exacerbated by making the wrong decisions, from concreting your 'garden' to driving…
I saw his on the BBC news site this morning...Can you spot where people have concreted EVERYWHERE and then try to drive through the floods only to get stranded....Education also needs to reach adults!<br />
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7781388.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7781388.stm</a><br />
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Have the Pitt Review people seen this by the way? This is a REALLY useful way of showing how flooding can be exacerbated by making the wrong decisions, from concreting your 'garden' to driving through flooded areas only to need 'rescuing'. This is also a great resource for educators and teachers. Show it to your students and then ask them to spot why some people were flooded more severely than others!Effective Education for DRR - It's NOT Rocket Science...tag:www.edu4drr.org,2008-09-01:2114760:BlogPost:16052008-09-01T22:30:00.000ZJustin Sharpehttp://www.edu4drr.org/profile/JustinSharpe
This short video below (click on the link to download) shows what can be done by teachers to initiate effective education for DRR in schools and the communities around them. These are VERY young children and yet thay are learning how to respond, where the hazards are in their area, how to avoid them and where the safe places are to evacuate to. They make their OWN hazard maps and share these with their pers and with adults. They are NOT scared or scarred by this experience, but they do LEARN…
This short video below (click on the link to download) shows what can be done by teachers to initiate effective education for DRR in schools and the communities around them. These are VERY young children and yet thay are learning how to respond, where the hazards are in their area, how to avoid them and where the safe places are to evacuate to. They make their OWN hazard maps and share these with their pers and with adults. They are NOT scared or scarred by this experience, but they do LEARN and DISCOVER. According to proponents of experiential learning this will also perform part of a cycle where the children will reflect on what they have learned and apply it to a similar learning experience in the future. So what is MOST important is that great initiatives, lessons and learning are built upon and revisited in just a creative a way. Examples like this are inspiring to me as both a teacher and researcher of effective education for DRR and I wanted to share it with you. BY the way the original video of this was longer but I have edited out some of this in order to keep the important and simple message this film has to offer. The original film was made by the Insurers of Japan. I will also add this soon to the video section of the site!<br />
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<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540744717?profile=original">Japan_schools_tsunami.mov</a>