Ep.6 Education: The Evolution

05/04/20 • 46 min

Beloved audience, we are thrilled to bring you yet another episode of The Viral Wellness! We trust you have been enjoying what we have been making for you, we get more excited by the day. We have an infinite amount of topics to cover - all for your well being and entertainment.
Our latest episode is on a very important subject: education. The very fact that you are reading this description is because you are literate, an extremely important skill to have. We are sure you agree. As The Viral Wellness, we asked ourselves the question, "How important it is for the economy that we produce students who are literate, both in the world and in particular South Africa?" This drove us to explore basic education statistics that could support to children in becoming literate and chasing their dreams for the future. We were led on this episode by Alison Scott, Dr Stephanie Gottwald and Creesen Naicker - a knowledgeable, credible, experienced and forward thinking trio. Recording this episode was rather interesting...
Episode Topics

Education and Technology
COVID-19 Impacts on Education
Feed the Monster Application
Curious Learning Initiatives
World Education Statistics by UNESCO
Early Childhood Development
The Importance of Reading
Education in South Africa

Sources:

UNESCO Stats - https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000369009

Nelson Mandela Insert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0w_PFEl1zs

News Sources:

Vandalised Schools in SA - https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/number-of-gauteng-schools-vandalised-robbed-since-lockdown-has-spiked-to-55-20200413

ENCA Cross-Check - https://www.enca.com/news/At-least-55-schools-vandalised-robbed-gauteng

COVID19 Stats - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#news

Curious Learning - https://www.curiouslearning.org/

Bellavista School - https://bellavista.org.za/

Feed the Monster App Page Link! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eduapp4syria.feedthemonsterSAEnglish&hl=en_ZA

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Education and Technology
COVID-19 Impacts on Education
Feed the Monster Application
Curious Learning Initiatives
World Education Statistics by UNESCO
Early Childhood Development
The Importance of Reading
Education in South Africa

Sources:

UNESCO Stats - https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000369009

Nelson Mandela Insert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0w_PFEl1zs

News Sources:

Vandalised Schools in SA - https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/number-of-gauteng-schools-vandalised-robbed-since-lockdown-has-spiked-to-55-20200413

ENCA Cross-Check - https://www.enca.com/news/At-least-55-schools-vandalised-robbed-gauteng

COVID19 Stats - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#news

Curious Learning - https://www.curiouslearning.org/

Bellavista School - https://bellavista.org.za/

Feed the Monster App Page Link! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eduapp4syria.feedthemonsterSAEnglish&hl=en_ZA

Sound Effects:

https://www.myinstants.com/index/za/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuHaY1lwlEQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuQC5hhhqkY

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Ep.5 Environment: New Environmentalists

Beloved audience, hello again and happy Earth Day, here's a special episode for you!
We trust you are well during these times, and we hope to make lockdown better for you.
Our next episode is on the Environment, its fair to say that without natural resources there would be no human existence, and one has to wonder if we as humans realise the importance nature plays in our our lives.
In this 46 minute concise episode, we speak to Peggy Liu, the chairperson of JUCCCE about the importance of going green, what it means for our environment, and what the status of our environment is at the moment.
We have come to find out that its about taking responsibility and initiative by participating in some of the practices constructed to ensure a safer, healthier, and greener Earth.
Social responsibility acted on by well known people and organisations is key to driving initiatives, and adidas are leading by example when it comes to caring for the environment. we elaborate in the episode on how they are pulling their weight.
We have established this episode as one of our most interesting so far, so sit back relax, and enjoy the listen.
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Episode Topics:
- The superwomen Peggy Liu.
- What is an Environmentalist really?
- The Food Heroes program.
- The Giga-changes for the Environment in China.
- How one person can make a difference.
- Living in Harmony with nature.
- Solutions to our problems
- The need to connect with our world.
Sources:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/himalayas-visible-lockdown-india-scli-intl/index.html

http://loadshedding.eskom.co.za/LoadShedding/Description

https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/oceans-seas

https://www.sas.org.uk/our-work/plastic-pollution/plastic-pollution-facts-figures/

https://www.iflscience.com/environment/fish-and-dolphins-return-to-the-waters-of-italy-after-the-covid19-quarantine-measures/

https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/food/index.html

https://sacoronavirus.co.za/

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-health-alert-brings-covid-19-facts-to-billions-via-whatsapp

https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog/free

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_UK_electricity_supply_industry

https://www.juccce.org/

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Ep.7 The Law: Are they legally taking our rights?

Greetings once again beloved listeners, we hope you're holding up as we are faced with a changing world.

We're pretty sure you know how the lockdown works, basically there are rules that have been set out to keep us in our households in order to prevent the spread of the corona virus, where the only time you are able to leave your house would be in accordance with the regulations. There are different stages with different regulations and the regulations ease of as the stages phase out, in order to allow economic activity in turn giving us back our freedom.
The reasons the regulations have been put into place are understandable but, they are also debatable. In this episode we explore if our rights are being unfairly taken away by the regulations that have been set in place. Are the curtailed laws overreaching ? Are they taking away our freedom unfairly?
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