100 in 1 Day Ottawa

100 in 1 Day is providing great ways for citizens of all ages to get involved in making our city a better place! Which intervention will you participate in?

Our friends at the Parkdale Food Centre will be connecting neighbours by giving our plant seedlings 

Our friends at Robot Missions are running a field test of their garbage collecting robots on Petrie Island 

Hang out in the Innovation Pod, a solar-powered, mobile lab at Innovation Centre Bayview Yards, and see VR, AR and 3D printing in action! 

Learn about the future of libraries - lending libraries! 

Want to learn about attracting pollinators? 

Help paint a mural at a Paint Party in Sandy Hill 

Join a group hike to talk abut nature and mental health 

Participate in the launch of Happy Ottawa 

At Mooney's Bay, make a painting and raise awareness about mental health and the power of art 

Mediate at Major's Hill Park 

Skip Double Dutch at Landsdowne Park 

Have a conversation in a Public Living Room

Hang out in Biotown's Community Lab to learn about biohacking 

30-Day Blogging Challenge: Day 23: Community Connections

Day 23: Write about one way that you "meaningfully" involve the community in the learning in your classroom.

Last year, we live-streamed some events in our classroom. One that was particularly meaningful was our World Water Summit, in which grade 5s represented levels of government and grade 6s represented international organizations and we presented and debated about what each group was doing to solve the issue of global water shortages.

By live-streaming the event (on Google+ Hangouts on Air), parents and friends were able to watch, comment and question. Other classes watched and got inspiration. A parent in the class watched and when she heard about an event in Ottawa for the UN Think Tank on Water, she scored us some invites. Students saw that they were truly members of a global community and could have an impact on changing the world. They were listened to, respected and consulted by real members of local government and international agencies.