1. Kimball Union Academy and Robert Gordon's College
Early this year (2016) on a January afternoon (GMT), two groups of GAIL students in two different continents brought their classrooms together through a video conference. Around 30 students from the Global Scholar’s Programme at Kimball Union Academy, and half a dozen S5 (16/17 year olds) from Robert Gordon’s College connected to exchange ideas on a number of global issues. Their starting point was a chapter from Kwame Appiah’s book ‘Cosmopolitanism; Ethics in a World of Strangers’, though the conversation specifically addressed questions of migration, the refugee crisis and what it means to be a global citizen. Both groups of students were thrilled by the encounter and were left wanting more.
Early this year (2016) on a January afternoon (GMT), two groups of GAIL students in two different continents brought their classrooms together through a video conference. Around 30 students from the Global Scholar’s Programme at Kimball Union Academy, and half a dozen S5 (16/17 year olds) from Robert Gordon’s College connected to exchange ideas on a number of global issues. Their starting point was a chapter from Kwame Appiah’s book ‘Cosmopolitanism; Ethics in a World of Strangers’, though the conversation specifically addressed questions of migration, the refugee crisis and what it means to be a global citizen. Both groups of students were thrilled by the encounter and were left wanting more.
2. Woodstock School has invited all the other GAIL Schools to "Unplug".
Last year a middle school year group at Woodstock had a week set aside when they were not allowed to use any of their electronic devices. The strong reaction at the beginning of the week turned into a surprising realisation of how much fun the week had been. This year they are looking forward to it. Teachers are participating as well and actively getting the students to learn new games, go out for a walk, explore something new, etc. The hope is that all the GAIL schools will get on board and that the learning can be shared. Non-electronic activities can be shared and promoted. New discoveries celebrated.
3. More to come...
