By Erinn Sullivan | Director of Programs
Thank you for your continued support of SIMA Classroom! We’re excited to share our most recent updates with you.
The past three months have kept us busy adding new films to our streaming platform, expanding our resource library and creating targeted playlists aligned with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Eight new films have been added to our collection thanks to a new partnership with ‘If Not Us Then Who’, a production company and advocacy group that works exclusively with indigenous communities to combat climate change through powerful storytelling. These films communicate firsthand the unique personal stories of an inconspicuous yet vital people, as they battle to protect their lives, their cultures and our forests. We’re honored to have partnered with such a wonderful team and excited to expand our library to encompass more stories from the front lines of environmental education.
Among expanding our library to include these timely stories, we have also optimized our film grid and added a new curation feature that allows educators to bookmark films and resource links so they can access them later with ‘My Classroom’. This addition will help educators sort through our extensive library at ease, giving them both freedom and flexibility when it comes to plugging SIMA films into their pre-existing or newly developed curriculum.
Lastly, we have been retargeting our grid sorting mechanisms, adding new keywords, locations and themes to align with each of the 17 SDGs. These new mechanisms allow educators to perfectly align their curriculum with the SDGs through storytelling and give educators who are new to Human Rights/ SDG Education a starting point to begin teaching the SDGs in their classrooms. We are so excited about this addition and we know our educators are, too!
In the weeks ahead, we will busy growing support to onboard the 61 schools currently awaiting sponsored access for SIMA Classroom. We look forward to providing you with more stories and updates from the forefront of visual global learning! Thank you for your invaluable contributions to educating, activating, and inspiring the next generation of leaders and changemakers through SIMA Classroom.
With warmth and gratitude from all of us at SIMA Classroom.
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