Global Teachers Collaborate to Plan Successful Live Classes

This semester, the IVECA program guided thirteen schools and the school teachers through their class activities. As the semester drew to a close, teachers met with their counterparts from another country to discuss the plan for the final Live Class presentations of their students. Also, in the collaborative conversations with the IVECA team, teachers suggested class objectives aimed toward achieving intercultural competence to guide the group projects and students’ discussion. The Test Sessions of Live Classes are all completed in advance to plan and ensure success and understanding during the Live Classes.

Teachers joined the Test Sessions virtually from across the globe, including Egypt, Guatemala, India, Korea, Morocco and the United States. Some teachers were joining the IVECA program for the first time, while others were welcomed back from participation in previous semesters. Teachers from all different backgrounds and with unique experiences from across the world contributed to these planning sessions in a creative and enthusiastic discourse with each other. The atmosphere of the Test Session is always one of anticipation and joy as partner teachers meet and plan the virtual meeting of their students.

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IVECA Welcomes Morocco and Egypt

For the Fall 2020 Semester, the IVECA team is proud to announce the welcoming of schools from Morocco and Egypt. Joining IVECA for the first time, these countries are addressing current issues in their communities with their partner schools in Korea and the United States. Their intercultural exchange is the first IVECA partnership for teachers Mr. Samad Elbaz from Morocco and Ms. Aliaa Samaha from Egypt.

These IVECA courses are using #STEAM principles to find solutions for the United Nations Sustainable Developments Goals (UN #SDGs). Students from each country are engaging in this global education opportunity to share ideas to promote peace and sustainable development in their nations and globally.

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Multinational Teachers Prepare for the IVECA Fall Semester

Teachers joined together with the IVECA team for the Teacher’s Professional Development course this past week. The enthusiastic teachers shared their perspectives on global citizenship education and reviewed 21st century education skills implemented within the IVECA program. The diverse group, including educators from Indian, Moroccan, and Guatemalan schools, participated in a lively discussion on a variety of topics including intercultural competence and virtual classroom management.

The teacher training took place over three sessions starting on Friday Oct. 16th and continuing on Monday Oct. 19th and Tuesday Oct. 20th. The training topics covered essential background information about the theoretical foundation of IVECA and specific skills and methods for teaching and learning in IVECA. The teachers were eager to engage in discussion about what makes an intercultural virtual exchange so successful and how to apply the IVECA methods in their classroom with their students.

After completing the IVECA Teacher Professional Development, the teachers from the participating schools are ready to engage their students in meaningful and productive activities through the IVECA Virtual Classroom. Ms. Verma from a High School in India exclaimed, “The program is very systematic. It was very fruitful, an eye opener for all of us, and we look forward for this collaborative project.”

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