ICT Outreach @ Brent

GIN participants assist with ICT classes at Constructing Learning through Technology in Manila - 02/18/12

The Brent ICT Outreach Project (we seriously need to come up with a better name than that!) will begin this Friday, February 24 and will run every Friday from 3:30 to 4:30 until Easter break.

If you are interested in volunteering with this project and can commit to coming MOST Fridays, talk to Mrs. Wright ASAP or write a proposal in your CAS blog.

GOAL: 
The goal of the project is to improve the lives of disadvantaged youth in our community by providing access to and training in ICT.

WHO DOES THIS SERVE:
Adolescent boys living at the Irisan Department of Social Welfare residential home who have demonstrated an interested in learning more about ICT.

WHAT YOU WILL DO: 
Student volunteers will share their knowledge of a variety of ICT skills one-on-one with the ICT class participants in a way that is personalized to the interests and abilities of their students.

Animation Creativity

Do you like to doodle and draw?

Start an animation club or get involved with Tuldok. This is a fun and unique CREATIVITY opportunity. You could create a short animation film, or you could mentor a middle school animation club and support young artists.

www.tuldokanimation.com

Oh, the possibilities!!!

Just had a chat with my friend Sam, the Peace Corps volunteer, who some of you may remember from the leadership training we did last year. She said that CFSPI is eager to have volunteers come again to work with their girls.

When: Saturdays or Sundays for an hour or two
Where: Suello Village (ask Anito or Mrs. Maner)
Who is served: girls are age 7-17 and are mostly victims of abuse
Who serves: YOU, go with a classmate if you don't want to go by yourself
Transportation: you must provide your own transportation

ICT/Computer Lessons 
There are several computers and you could implement an ICT class with a small group of interested girls. I can help you plan and prepare for this.

Piano and Guitar Lessons
CFSPI has a piano and a couple of guitars that you could use to teach the girls music lessons.

Dance and Drama
Teach a play/skit/dance to a group of girls to help them improve their self-confidence and have fun. This is also an option.

English Conversation
Practice speaking English is another type of activity that would be good for the girls at CFSPI. This could be as formalized or informal as you wanted.

Homework Help
Most of the girls at CFSPI go to school and could use some tutoring and extra help with their homework. You could commit to helping them once a week.

Solar Lights - Awesome!

Screenshot from isanglitrongliwanag.org

Liter of Light - isanglitrongliwanag.org

Teaching Kids Science with Fun Experiments

This is just one of MANY fun and easy science experiments that you could do with a group of kids at CFSPI (Sam's NGO), a Gawad Kalinga site, Dreamer School, or Mabini Elementary.

The following is a screenshot from the website www.sciencebob.com/experiments.

The following is a screenshot from the website kids.nationalgeographic.com.

The following is a screenshot from the website www.squidoo.com.

The following is a screenshot from the website chemistry.about.com/od/madscientistlab.

Global Issues Network Conference

Similar to MUN, but different. This year's Global Issues Network conference will be held at International School Manila. If you initiate a GIN group at Brent, you can participate in the conference.

Click here to learn more: http://earcos-global-issues-network.org/

Check out the program from last year's GIN conference in Jakarta.

This year's conference speakers include these guys among others:

Slam Poetry Update

This is the format of the Slam Poetry competition at Mt. Coud Bookshop.


"Baguio is dead. Long live Baguio at 102!"

Sept 24, 2011 at Mt Cloud Bookshop, Casa Vallejo,Upper Session Rd, Baguio City.

Mechanics:

Round 1: Perform a Baguio Poem. Participants will be informed what poems may be performed for this round (check this page for updates).

Round 2: Contestants perform an original poem.

Round 3: Contestants will be given 10 minutes to write a poem they will perform. Topic to be determined by the judges.

Registration: P 100

Joint project of Mt Cloud Bookshop and the Baguio Writer's Group


Check the Mt. Cloud Facebook page for more details.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=255890361099280

Slam Poetry - CREATIVITY Opportunity

Image credit: lessonplanet.com

Can't sing? Try spoken word!

Just saw this post and thought that SLAM POETRY could be a great CAS Creativity opportunity. Mr. Wright says that he will be a supervisor if anyone wants to do this.

WHAT: Poetry Slam

WHEN: September 24 (but starting now)

WHERE: Mt. Cloud Bookshop

Watch this video: (seriously! she's awesome and it's really informative)


Want more inspiration?
Here are some awesome videos of the 2011 National Slam Poetry champions Slam Nuba:
"Volume Knob"
"Animals"
"What We've been Given"

Photography: Opportunity for CREATIVITY & SERVICE

365 Project
Taking one photo a day for a year with the purpose of improving photography skills and creatively documenting life.

• Why do Photo365 project? (and tips)
• 11 Tips to Succeed with Photo365 Project 
• Reflection of Photo365 Project experience by the guy who started it all
• Weekly Themes

Green Photography
See how photographers are using their images to raise awareness around environmental issues.

• Green Photography
• Chris Jordan Photographic Arts

Midway, Photo by Chris Jordan

Brent Broadcasting - CAS CREATIVITY

Korean International School has a pretty impressive weekly news broadcast. You could INITIATE a project like this at Brent Baguio.



Talk to me or Mr. Nichols to find out how to get involved.

I'm just sitting here watching CNN...

...and I see a high school in Korea 

and teenagers in Quezon City 

Taking a Stand to End Slavery.

You can too. 
With a paper airplane...
or by uploading a creative iReport video/image here.


Raising awareness  IS a form of SERVICE.

Freedom Climb 2011

ACTION & SERVICE

Climb a mountain, set a world record, and plant some trees = perfect CAS activity!

INFO for Northern Luzon region HERE

CAS Opportunity in Seoul

Are you going to be in Korea June 23-25?

Are you interested in learning more about human trafficking and modern-day slavery and what you can DO about it?

Go HERE: http://www.nfsacademy.org/backyard-academy/

WHY?

• This is an exciting and unique CAS opportunity. 
• You can meet other students who are interested in global issues like human rights.
• Human trafficking is a horrible problem in southeast Asia! (You should know something about it.)
• You might learn about a project you could bring to Baguio to do as your CAS project later on.
• It's not free but it's not that expensive considering the opportunity and where the money is going.

The website says that the Korea "Backyard Abolitionist Academy" is an introductory course so it is good for students without very much experience or knowledge about these issues. You will receive a certificate of completion.

Email me if you have more questions. Or go ahead and register on the website above and write a PROPOSAL.

Twitterers - Follow @NFS_Students

Information from the Website:

BACKYARD ABOLITIONIST ACADEMY

2011 Academies

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA:  JUNE 23-25

• Cost: $139 for students; $189 for all others (includes lunches)
• Location: Kintex Center; Daehwa-dong Ilsan-seogu; Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea; Tel:  82-31-810-8114; Fax:  82-31-810-8083; kintex.com
• Lodging: Discounted rates available at Book City Jijihyang Residence Hotel (jijihyang.org). To reserve a room, please email admin@onnurienglish.org or call 82-2-3215-3685. Free roundtrip shuttle service to and from the convention center will be provided.
• Course Tracks: (See Below; All offered except Effective Healthcare)
• Three-Day Agenda: (See Below)
• Registration: Click Here
• To register via South Korean wire transfer, email: admin@onnurienglish.org
• Directions: Click Here

Famine Event

 Click HERE to download the full Famine Manual with all the information you will need.

If 12 hours seems too short for you, why not go for 30 hours like this famine or this famine.

Here is the person you should contact for more information. Just identify yourself as a student at Brent.

CAS Service Project - Women in Congo, Africa

Here is a great service opportunity that deals with raising awareness around a serious global issue.
 
My aunt is a college professor in Vermont, USA. One of her college students started a project to raise awareness of the horrible situation that women face in conflict areas of the East Congo in Africa. The project involves reaching out to students across the US and around the world to start "Dear Hillary" chapters at their schools and educate their community about this issue and hopefully do something about it!

 What do you do?

1. Visit the Dear Hillary Campaign for the Congo website and educate yourself about what the project is all about.
2. Write a CAS Proposal for this activity.
3. Click on the "Register a Chapter" tab and fill in the information required.
4. Organize a viewing on October 26th of the film The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo at BISB or in Baguio City.

Goals, Goals, Goals!

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

- Seneca (Roman philosopher)

Goals are important. That is why your CAS proposal must include an explanation of your personal goals for the activity. How will you know if you have succeeded at anything if you don't aim for something?

• What do you want to learn? 
• What do you want to improve?
• What do you hope to attain?

43Things is a social networking site devoted to helping people reach their goals. It's worth checking out for inspiration and ideas (and laughs - one odd goal I encountered was "to become a mermaid"). And if you join and submit your own goals, other users will give you tips and encouragement.

The goals that you set in your CAS proposal should be included in your CAS portfolio. If you use a blog, it is easy to just copy and paste your CAS proposal into a new blog entry.

Interested in Wildlife and the Environment?

It is shocking where our plastic bottle caps end up and the damage that they do. Below are photographs of albatross birds who have died as a result of eating garbage that they thought was food. Click HERE for more information.

Getting involved with the environmental club at Brent, improving recycling programs or educating community/school about minimizing plastic bottle use so that this doesn't happen could be a really great CAS activity or goup project.

Image by Chris Jordan

Image by Chris Jordan

CAS Opportunity for Musicians

What do you think about this statement?

"Music is the best medicine in the world."

The organizations Musicians on Call in the US and Music in Hospitals in the UK demonstrate a profound service possibility for musicians. I invite you to watch the videos and explore the websites. Maybe some of you will be inspired to create something like this in Baguio. (By the way, there could be plenty of opportunities for non-musicians to be involved with the organizational aspect of something like this even if they are not involved with the performance aspect.)

Musicians on Call


Music in Hospitals