[IVECA 2018 Global Youth Virtual Roundtable – Fall] Inspiration and Action for the SDGs

Youth around the world are catalyst forces in making an impact in society. The Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) is part of the United Nations 2030 Development Agenda pertaining to education, poverty, health, gender equality, and climate change. Members of civil society, governments, and the private sector are collaborating in the mobilization of the goals and to raise awareness. Youth as #globalcitizens are also empowering other young individuals to make an impact through awareness campaigns and mobilization of the goals.

On November 19, NY-based NGO Youth Representatives to the UN are gathered at IVECA’s Global Virtual Roundtable with Korean high school students in Yongin to share their experiences and discuss the following questions:

1. What does a global citizen mean to you? 2. What actions can you take to improve your community towards SDGs? 3. How can you empower fellow youth in making an impact on society?

Moderator Ms. Aishwarya Narasimhadevara (Medical Women’s International Association) and youth panelists — Ms. Nishat Mirza (Voices of Bangla & iCastNews), Mr. Alpha Diallo (ENDA), Mr. Srinjoy Bhattacharya(NJ Film Club), and Mr. Lucas McKinnon (@IVECAorg)– introduced the SDGs. By demonstrating their project experiences (app development, filmmaking, and the UN newscasting), the panelists shared various perspectives and insights on how students can take actions to achieve the goals. The high school students also presented the action plans that they think may contribute to the development of society.

One of the high school students, Hyunwoo K., reflected on his Virtual Roundtable experience, “I am so thankful to have such a meaningful conversation with the youth leaders who have been actually working with the UN system for SDGs. I wish we could continue to do this kind of activities throughout the year.”

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– Organizer and Sponsor: #IVECA International Virtual Schooling – Co-sponsor and Partner: Legion of Good Will – USA (LGW)

Special thanks to LGW for their generous hospitality of the event

#Ed4GlobalCitizenship, #Youth, #InterculturalCompetence, #Commit2Dialogue, #SDG4, #Partnerships, #ICTinEducation

Brazilian and Korean Students Meet for the First Time

On October 18th, IVECA Global Coordinator Hind El Mimouni held an informal Virtual Live Class for our partner schools in Brazil and Korea. What began as a friendly interaction for these classrooms evolved into a warm, lively session to greet one another and become familiar with the procedures of IVECA’s unique synchronous teaching methods. Throughout the hour-long #LiveClass, students on both sides of the camera (and world!) were visibly jubilant and could barely contain their excitement in being able to finally communicate in real time over #Zoom.

This informal #LiveClass allowed students to put a face to the names they interacted with on a weekly basis through #IVECA Virtual Classroom. Student and teacher introductions were met with great energy and positivity. The entire hour was filled with laughter and smiles!

Brazilian students shared informative presentations about their culture and daily lives, while their partners in Korea gave presentations about their own personal histories and individual interests.

After the class presentations, the Brazilian and Korean teachers spoke about their cultural and linguistic similarities and differences and demonstrated how these were instances that both parties could learn from and be inspired by. Our Live Class participants all reinforced their commitment to #globalcitizenship, the importance of guiding their curriculum alongside the #UN #SustainableDevelopmentGoals, and the challenges and rewards that come from an #international and #intercultural collaboration.

This #LiveClass was a resounding success for #IVECA educators and students. Even with the first live interaction, it represented the potential impact of a 21st Century, interculturally competent, and ICT-based curriculum allied to the mission of the #SDGs and #educationforglobalcitizenship.

The World Innovation Summit for Education in New York

The World Innovation Summit for Education in New York (#WISENY) on Sept 22 during the UN Global Goals Week:

Sharing the sense of #WorkTogether among educators and students across the globe, we send our great admiration and appreciation to those innovators who tirelessly devote themselves to exploring and collaborating towards a better education and society for the next generations.

As a partner with WISE, #IVECA organized a Showcase and Panel session on “Global Peer-to-Peer Virtual Learning Environments for Innovation and Inclusion” asking the following questions:

What educational approaches can maximize the benefits of the augmented interactivity in a way to ensure the prosperous future of ALL?How should we transform education system and learning environments to be suitable for the 21st-century global digital society?How do the multi-stakeholder partnerships work in implementing and scaling up such innovations in education?

(More details: https://tinyurl.com/y736k5v3)

Our very special thanks go to the school community members in #ButlerTech Ross High School in Ohio and Maria Luiza Formozinho Ribeiro High School in Brazil, panel speakers, IVECA’s staff, and youth volunteers. So grateful for the leadership and  #globalcitizenship demonstrated by all the key players in the school systems from the students to the superintendent, school administrators, teachers, and university faculty.

We appreciate #WethePeoples in education could show a case of making the fundamental contribution to achieving the #SDGs in local and global partnerships with all concerned and for all in diverse conditions in the world.