Publiczne Gimnazjum nr26 Lodz VC

On May 7th we had the pleasure to participate in the dialogue on Future and Technology during the Videoconference with Fairgrounds Middle School in Nashua, USA. Students shared their views on the role of Technology in their lives, Technology for solving issues in their communities. They explored the role of Artificial Inteligence now and in the future.The dialogue witnessed views from almost all students and different views were presented. Thank you Nashua Team! It was a real pleasure for us😀! See you in future!

On March 26th we had the chance to meet students from Pelion Middle School in South Carolina, USA and two Jordanian schools:Al Zahraa Secondary School for girls and Al Karam Elementary School.We discussed the problem of ‚Identity and belonging’: what defines me as a person, what challenges are connected with belonging to the group.It was a great time spent with people from such different cultures.We hope to meet again in future.

We have just had the meeting with KIIT World School students - a new group of young and bright people and their leader Ms Rashmi Srivastava! Thank you so much! We are looking forward to exchanging the presentations about food and sport!

Zanim przekażemy relację z wideokonferencji 2019, pora opisać dwa spotkania jeszcze z roku 2018.
„Freedom od belief” - 9 października 2018 ze szkołą Islam-Al-Azhar -Padang z Indonezji.
Students spoke about tolerance,acceptance,right to change your belief as well as importance of having freedom of belief in order to prevent fighting between different religions.

Looking forward to the next meeting of our schools!

This is a short feedback from Mary Foran the teacher from Nashua who made a comment to a facilitator "after our last VC with Fairground Middle School from Nashua:
"Agnieszka's students have a beautiful way of speaking from their experience and heart and it is always a pleasure to hear from them. I feel like I have watched several of them grow up since we first started doing partnered VCs a couple of years ago - they are lovely young people with important things to say." My dear students: Antek, Gosia, Laura, Aneta and the rest of the videoconference group - I am proud of YOU :)
Your teacher A.D. :)

Od wideokonferencji do Konkursu :)!
Ann Winans z Nashua,USA poznana w trakcie jednej z wideokonferencji w 2015 roku nauczycielka z Fairgrounds Middle School, już po raz drugi była gościem honorowym naszego Konkursu Wiedzy o USA.
Thank you Ann!!! Thank you Genaration Global!

On Wednesday, 28 March 2018, a very special videoconference took place. It was because of the fact that our youngest students attended that meeting , most of whom took part for the first time. The Hlukhiv Secondary School - Ukraine was our partner.
The VC began with students explaining what community means to them, and describing some of the things they like about their community as well as suggesting things that they might change about their community if they could. Next, students talked about some of the festivals and holidays that are celebrated in their community, and what these mean to them personally. Students described a range of festivals, including religious and cultural ones like Christmas, Easter, and New Year, as well as local and national celebrations such as street festivals and celebrations of independence. It was great that some students at each school described some of their own personal traditions and how they and they families mark and celebrate these festivals. There was an opportunity for students to respond to each other with comments and questions, which explored aspects of school life and culture.

On April ,5th we had the pleasure to take part in theVideoconference between Odessa Secondary Specialized School in Ukraine and ,Maria Ausiliatrice and I.C. Statale di Casale sul Sile both schools in Italy.The topic was Women’s and Girls’ Rights. Here are some reflections of the facilitstor: "Students shared some things about their communities as well as dialogued on some of the barriers facing women in their countries. An Italian student spoke about cultural barriers for women which influence the expectations societies have of women and girls while a student from Poland questioned whether the gender pay gap was a real thing. The discussion which unfolded after this as students challenges each other on the ideas surrounding what can be done to facilitate the equal treatment of men and women in society, and the empowerment of women. The idea that women could work two jobs to earn more money was countered by the notion that women, in their roles as mothers and child-carers, already work two jobs, for example. Students closed the vc with their reflections, with one student acknowledging that it was important to talk about women’s rights to gain awareness, new perspectives and insights".

'The power of narrative' was our topic for disscussion during the videoconference which took place on March 15th. Andalus International School from Egypt, Zaporizhia Gymnasium n.11 and Educational Complex Gymnasium Sykhivska from Ukraine were our partners this time. Students shared stories which influenced their lives and talked about the need for compassion and forgiveness in nowadays world.