Badger Elementary Becomes First School in Wisconsin to Join IVECA

5th graders at Badger Elementary School in Wisconsin are having a Live Class on Healthy Foods and People’s Life with South Korea through IVECA Intercultural Virtual Schooling.

Written by Jen Zettel, Post-Crescent Media. 

GRAND CHUTE – Students at Badger Elementary School wouldn’t normally report to class in the late afternoon or early evening. But Tuesday was an exception.

That’s when fifth-graders gathered to say “good morning” to friends and pen pals in South Korea — where it was 8 a.m. Wednesday.

The students at Badger connected with a school in South Korea through IVECA International Virtual Schooling. The technology allows students from different countries to communicate on a secure blog site.

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Vermont GEMS and BFA Celebrate Global Learning with IVECA

From Franklin West Supervisory Union official blog site

…..Once again students from both Georgia Elementary School and BFA Middle School engaged the broader global community to enhance their understanding of intercultural competence. This semester eight classrooms of students interacted and learned alongside students from Mexico and South Korea. The students interacted virtually on a weekly basis with their peers through a learning management system (LMS) provided by International Virtual Schooling (IVECA). 

The goals of IVECA match the FWSU Action Plan goals to expand the opportunities for our students to become leaders and learners in a global society. Our students will need the skills obtained in IVECA to thrive in the world they will enter after high school. Starting the process of understanding how to work and learn with students from around the world is beneficial. ….. Read more

United Nations ECOSOC Grants Special Consultative Status to IVECA

In February 2013, the United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) recommended to grant Special Consultative Status to IVECA Center for International Virtual Schooling.  The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) approved the recommendation in July 2013. Mr. Andrei Abramov, Chief of the NGO Branch, congratulated IVECA Center in its letter of approval.

“I am pleased to inform you that the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at its Substantive Session of July 2013 adopted the recommendation of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to grant Special consultative status to your organization, Center for International Virtual Schooling. On behalf of all staff of the Non-Governmental Organizations Branch, please accept our heartfelt congratulations.”