Monday 11 June 2018

SDG Post # 36 Innovation Project

Think & Create;
Imagine & Innovate...

"The Innovation Project"
515 Schools
85 Countries
6 Continents
It all started......
55 Head Teachers met at hotel Radisson on 27/02/2018 to plan the Inter-School Activity Calendar 2018-19. "The Innovation Project" was talked about.
112 students of Grade- IX along with 6 Educators participated in The Innovation Project. 

Week 1

What is Innovation ?
- We explored ! We deliberated ! We Brainstormed ! 
To trigger this thought and to find answers we watched number of videos.


We now fastened the Innovation belts. All ready to Think and Create !
My students were excited, my Educators were excited. There was so much of learning even for the mentor.
Our week one report is :




Week 2

We deliberated upon United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Would our Innovations make cities sustainable ?
Would our Innovations lead to finding a solution to No Hunger ?
Would our Innovations lead to find ways to protect our planet ?
Thoughts.... So many thoughts in our minds.

An Opportunity knocked the door !
We visited Science Expo at Lovely Professional University, India.
After the visit, the mood was set. My students started thinking, deliberating and tinkering on ideas, they were exposed to in the University & the videos they watched initially. My students were now a serious lot.
Day 1: 15th April, 2018 when we first met, they were restless and distracted.
Day 10 : 25th April, 2018 after the visit, they were focused, ready to Innovate.
Now the prototypes were in the making.



Week 3

Preparing Prototypes was the priority No.-1. This was followed by preparing the tutorials, explaining how they prepared them. We went ahead and put up The Innovation Project during The Learning Market Place.
We were in News.... 
Print and Electronic Media covered the Innovation Project.
The local TV channel crew interviewed the students.



We even Skyped with Mr. Ben Spieldenner (Global Minecraft Mentor and Expert from USA)




"The world should be updated."
"The Innovation Project in Kamla Nehru Public School, India is on the move."
The result......
We tweeted a lot. 


The Innovation Project

The Innovation Project

THE INNOVATION PROJECT . The School Principal Ms.P.K.Dhillon is the only Global Ambassador from India for THE INNOVATION PROJECT . This project is organized by KOEN TIMMERS, MIEExpert spanning across 6 continents from 488 schools across 85 countries will focus on sustainability.

Week 4

The most exciting Week had begun. It was Skype time now. It was Group Skype. It was Virtual Tour. It was sharing experiences.

Virtual Tour 
Date : 9 May, 2018
Time : 10:00 AM IST
Partner : Ms. Haya Jahanzeb (Pakistan)
Ms. Penchan Kongpet (Warinchamrap School ,Thailand)
Ms. Reetu Pandey ( Seth Anandram Jaipuriya School, Lucknow, India)
Ms. Jyoti Chaba (Delhi, India)
Ms. Monica Joshi (Sat Paul Mittal School , Ludhiana, India)

Date : 11 May, 2018 
Time : 12:20 PM IST
Partner : Ms. Gordana Novak (Croatia)

Date : 14 May, 2018  
Time : 11:00 AM IST
Partner : Ms. Puneet Chandna (Pathfinder Global School, India)

Expert Webinar : Portuguese game developer and CEO of ClasSplash Joao Ramalheiro
Date : 16 May, 2018
Time : 7:30 PM IST

Expert Webinar : Richard Hyman, former diver in the crew of the famous captain Cousteau
Date : 16 May, 2018
Time : 06:30 PM IST

Expert Webinar : Canadian journalist Lisa Hrabluk

Date : 17 May, 2018

Time : 6:30 PM IST



This Journey of Innovation was all about Creativity...

This Journey of Innovation, was all about Critical Thinking...

This Journey of Innovation, was well Traversed...




Looking forward to take up another such journey in future...
We go all out to thank Koen Timmers for this wonderful journey...
A journey which we would hold always close to our heart...

  Rising Up For SDGs !!!
- Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon


Thursday 7 June 2018

SDG Post # 35 Capacity Building Programme

Date : 28th May 2018
A Phone Call !

A call from Centre of Excellence.
A call from CBSE, Panchkula.
"You are appointed as the Resource Person to conduct CBP (Capacity Building Programme) on Career Guidance."

What an opportunity !
I was overjoyed !
It would be exciting !
"CBP on Career Guidance would be a new experience", I thought.

Empowering fellow Educators is a passion for me.
"Let's Practice, Preach and Propagate SDGoal No.- 4 Quality Education."
"Let's build a strong India!"
India, where in the classrooms...
Educators are the role model !
Educators are facilitators for students !
Educators are Career Guidance Counsellors !

Date : 01 June 2018 - 02 June 2018
Venue : Woodland Overseas School, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
CBP : Career Guidance
No. of Participants : 54 participants registered
Resource Person : Ms. Paramjeet kaur Dhillon, Principal, Kamla Nehru Public School, Phagwara, Punjab, India
Co- Resource Person : Mr. Dalbir Singh, Principal, Gyan Ganga School, Sangrur, Punjab, India

Feedback-
Participants : Very Active, Alert and totally involved during the 2 Days.




Venue : Air conditioned, Theatre like arrangements. Well lit and comfortable to carry out the activities.
Overall management by the Venue School : Meticulously planned.
CBP Content : Very Interesting, Relevant, Informative and Encouraging. Content flow was appropriate.



What I liked most ?
* The concept of Career Guidance Resource Room in every school.
* Mapping the present syllabus with Careers available, during teaching by all teachers.
* Clips from the Bollywood movies related to careers were interesting to deliberate upon.

 The International response to my Tweets.


Day 1



Day 2




So Relevant and so True......

"Building Capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities."     - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam


  Rising UP 4 SDGs
- Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon



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