Testimonials from Teachers
What teachers have said about the Ollie programs in Australia
and the UK.
Ollie Saves the Planet Australia
“For those teachers who are charged with the responsibility
to educate our students about the environment and all the interrelated
issues such as sustainability, waste, energy production and conservation
and use of resources, there is possibly no better resource developed
than ‘Ollie Saves the Planet’.
We highly recommend this CD-ROM because it has many elements that
make it an outstanding resource… The teachers' notes and
lesson plans will also make integrating of the resource into the
curriculum much easier. It’s also reassuring for teachers
to know that this resource has been through a stringent quality
assurance process and that each activity has been carefully developed
and tested to ensure accuracy and that it works effectively across
both computer platforms… we are sure that all students using
the CD-ROM ‘Ollie saves the planet’ will benefit greatly
and in turn the environment will benefit through a higher awareness
of sustainability issues”
Martin Richards - Senior Project Officer
Department of Education and Training, Victoria
“As the Project Co-ordinator of the Global Education Project
in Victoria it is my responsibility to conduct professional development
sessions to the broader educational community so as to integrate
global education into the curriculum. Already I have delivered
more than 20 sessions to over 150 teachers and pre-service teachers
using the Ollie Saves the Planet Program and each time I am thrilled
at the response. It is a wonderful resource that is easy to use
and highly interactive with its message of sustainability. It fits
neatly with the existing curriculum which makes it easy to incorporate
into lesson plans.”
Jonathan Hayman – Project Co-ordinator
Global Education Project
“Ollie saves the Planet has been an excellent resource and
supplement to the Sustainable Schools Program. By all reports the
whole program is student and teacher friendly, easy to navigate
and picks up on all of the key sustainability questions and concepts.
Even my own children have spent hours using it!”
Glenn Davidson – Sustainable Schools Program Manager
CERES Community Environment Park, Victoria
“I found the CD extremely useful. It gave the children a
good understanding of the environment. Though the context was Australian
it did not matter, as it seems to bridge easily across other cultures.
The language was simple for the primary 6 to understand. It was
very user friendly and a very good level for my students. The children
had hours of fun and they showed an eagerness to follow all the
different avenues. After these lessons I gave the children a small
simple test to confirm what they had learned and I found that all
of them retained a high percentage (85%) of what was covered in
the CD.
I wish to congratulate your team on the great effort to produce
such a great tool. It opened the eyes of my students at HKPPS on
the problems affecting the earth and they had great fun with it.”
Gigi Warne – Principal
Hong Kong Poinsettia Primary School, Hong Kong.
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