Crossmedia

Global Teenager Project

"Today's learners are tomorrow's leaders"
		The Global Teenager Project, GTP, offers basic, thematic and special Learning Circles to elementary, secondary, and vocational classes including special needs education. With ten years of experience, GTP currently includes 32 participating countries, and offers collaborative global learning to over 10.000 students per year in the following six languages: Dutch, German, French, English, Spanish and Arabic. GTP learning circles are offered twice a year starting in September and February, while thematic learning circles are organized through-out the year. Many themes of the learning circles offered are based on the Millenium Development Goals.
	Using Margret Riel's well known Learning Circle concept, GTP provides a structured, well guided and facilitated learning process to engage students and teachers in a 10 week learning adventure.For schools taking their first steps in collaborative online learning, information and communication technologies, GTP provides an excellent kick-start in using ICTs in a meaningful way; For more experienced classes, it provides the opportunity to apply advanced inquiry-based collaborative learning skills.
	Enriching learning. GTP provides all students with a safe and structured environment in which they discuss global issues. It also gives them a strong basis in information and communication skills and valuable insights into understanding other cultures. Finally, it livens up the whole teaching process as teachers incorporate new ideas and methods into their classes. This academic year, under special learning circles, two ‘inclusive Learning Circles’ in which 24 regular and special needs schools from Surinam and Netherlands participate, are schedule to start in February 2009. These learning circles will be piloted in a Wiki environment that enables auditive and visually, mentally and physically disabled students to become a part of a broad learning community.

	Stichting The Round Table coordinates The Global Teenager Project
	On May 8th 2008, Mrs. Caroline Figuères on behalf of IICD en Mr. Bob Hofman on behalf of the foundation "The Round Table" signed a contract for the coordination of the Global Teenager Project until 2012. The contract was signed in the presence of Mr. Deem Vermeulen, IICD Team Leader International Programmes, Mrs. Eliane Metni, Board of "The Round Table" and Mr. Mr. Stijn van der Krogt, IICD Director Country Programmes. See newsflash on IICD website



	The Aim The aim of the Global Teenager Project is twofold: to improve the quality of education by introducing schools to the exciting new applications of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-media; and, to promote inter-cultural awareness and sensitivity by opening up regular, lively classroom debates in a safe, structured environment, comprising secondary school pupils from all over the world.

	The Reasons For Success The success of the project lies in its simplicity. It provides schools with a tried-and-tested, inexpensive, easily sustainable ICT package. It is also durable. This can be attributed to the fact that it is locally owned: everyone involved in the Global Teenager Project is looked upon as an equal stakeholder. Feedback is actively encouraged from all those taking part, which enables the two Project Coordinators Eliane Metni and Bob Hofman to constantly improve and refine the project.

	Mission: To offer educational virtual exchange programmes to secondary school students worldwide, dedicated to promote cross-cultural understanding through new ways of learning, using ICTs ”


	JKF 2010
	GTP-Countries