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Global Facebook Users Generous Texters for Haiti, but Unprepared Themselves - how do we change this?

Despite the 500,000 or so members on facebook disaster relief site a recent survey of users found that many are not prepared themselves for a disaster - something that educators and researchers are seeking to understand and change. The link to the survey is:…

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Added by Justin Sharpe on March 7, 2010 at 11:30 — No Comments

In never rains in sunny California, but when an earthquake happens adults still do the wrong thing

Last week I posted a video on this site from Governor Schwarznegger that talked about the earthquake that occurred in the town of Eureka, California in which he talked about adults doing the wrong thing by running outside, while children did the right thing by ducking under heavy furniture and hiding on until the shaking stopped. In this day of instant news and eye-witness report, the following eye-witness piece on CNN… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on February 10, 2010 at 9:00 — 7 Comments

What is the best Footwear for snow and ice?

Snow and freezing cold temperatures have brought treacherous conditions for many walking (see this news report). 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… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on January 13, 2010 at 11:30 — 3 Comments

ASB Job vacancy - Inclusion and DRR Manager

Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) is one of Germany’s largest and oldest social welfare organisations. ASB’s

Indonesia Office is seeking to build on its reputation as a regional leader in providing disaster risk reduction

(DRR) and educational solutions for people with disabilities. ASB Indonesia is seeking an experienced

manager to oversee and deliver an institutional capacity building project on inclusive education funded

by the EC. The project is to be implemented in close… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on October 16, 2009 at 9:51 — No Comments

Get children involved and EDUCATED in drills!

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… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on September 28, 2009 at 19:30 — 1 Comment

Dirty Bertie has revolting habits...

Great new resource from the NHS (National Health Service) aimed at getting younger children to wash their hands, these can be used as posters or as stories to share with the class! Good to see this here in the UK! BUT...Do you know of anything similar? If so upload it to this blog post...I would love to see examples from your country!

The pdf file of this poster/comic can be… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on May 24, 2009 at 8:31 — No Comments

Coughs and Sneezes spread diseases

Worried about the potential for a pandemic flu outbreak and its possible effect on education, I have put together a short (five slide) PowerPoint presentation for anyone working with children and young people, which gives practical advice while using the short 1948 film, 'Coughs and Sneezes spread diseases'. This is a light hearted educational film which makes good points while still being entertaining even now. The advice in the PowerPoint is clearly… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on April 27, 2009 at 20:30 — No Comments

You can lead a horse to water....

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… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on March 25, 2009 at 10:59 — 1 Comment

This clip of flooding should be shown as a "Do's & Don'ts" for floods in UK

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!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7781388.stm

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… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on December 14, 2008 at 13:55 — No Comments

FEMA Launches Children-In-Disasters Initiative With IAEM, Save The Children but misses the point

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:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is teaming up with the…

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Added by Justin Sharpe on November 18, 2008 at 11:30 — 3 Comments

The Shake Out Research Team Blog

To all on the shake out research team! This is where we can all add to the blog while we are here in Los Angeles for the shakeout. Below is some of my impressions of what we have seen and done so far!

On monday we took part in certificated training for a multi hazards approach to school emergencies. I found this a VERY useful experience, especially the table top exercise, but would like to have seen more school teachers at the event. I also believe that for any exercise and… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on November 12, 2008 at 17:51 — 1 Comment

Effective Education for DRR - It's NOT Rocket Science...

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… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on September 1, 2008 at 23:30 — No Comments

Second Life as a tool for learning about natural hazards and how to respond to them

I have been playing around in Second Life and examining its application for educational use. There's quite a community in there and it is possible to set up one for an organization or educational establishment. I wanted to set up a UNISDR island starting with educational stuff, links to podcasts etc. I believe this to be a great opportunity to reach a lot of people in an unconventioanl way. I know the US EPA have a… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on July 6, 2008 at 23:10 — No Comments

Translation of edu4hazards.org site - more help wanted!

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 Edu4hazards_text.doc

Over a year ago I designed and built a website aimed at enabling

children and youth to know what appropriate… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on July 6, 2008 at 22:53 — No Comments

Edu4hazards.org site with new teachers resources

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:… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on June 11, 2008 at 23:03 — No Comments