Visit from Egypt to Denmark October 24th to 30^th 2010

Copenhagen, October 6^th 2010

Dear participants in Egypt and Denmark

We’re looking forward to gather you for another fruitful week to continue developing the partnerships between the involved Danish and Egyptian schools.

The exchange has been build up during the recent year (2009-2010) with two prior visits to Denmark and Egypt for the involved teachers. Some of you have therefore already met and worked together while others will be new to the project. For the newcomers – please be in contact with your country coordinator for any questions or information that you might need to get a better sense of the activities until now.

Based on the evaluations from the first phase of the exchange we’ve developed the program for the visit. We’re organizing two separate workshops during the first two days of the visit. They are followed by a day where we will visit a couple of great sites in Copenhagen and participate in a bigger event at Copenhagen open High School. The common program is followed by two days at the partner schools before returning back to Cairo on Saturday.

For more information about the program in Copenhagen (24^th-27^th) please see the following pages. For the content of the days at the partner schools please be in touch with each other to plan the different activities.

I’m looking forward to welcome you all in Copenhagen and share this experience with you.

Sincerely,

Anne Mette W. Nielsen

Project Manager, Global High Schools

Karen Blixen Vej 1

2300 Copenhagen S

Tel: +45 50566124

Mail: amwn@hum.ku.dk

Webpage: www.globalegymnasier.dk

Overview

October 24th:    23.15 Arrival to Cph.

October 25th (Monday):    Workshops

10 Check in at workshop

10.30-12 Workshop

12-13 Lunch

13-15 Workshop

16-17.30 After-work seminar: Global perspectives in the teaching

18-20 Dinner together with all international guests

October 26th:    Workshops

9-12 Workshop

12-13 Lunch

13-16 Workshop

18 Dinner

October 27th:    Social time

9-14.30 Visit Copenhagen, organized program

15-17 Inauguration of Tap E, Carlsberg

17.00 Travel to the regions (Svendborg and Vejle)

October 28th:    School visits and exchange (regions)

October 29th:    School visits and exchange (regions)

                             Departure for Cph (afternoon)

October 30^th:     Shopping time/free time

Lunch with Anne Mette

17.25 Departure for Cairo

*Details about the program Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4 please see further ahead. Please be in contact with each other planning Day 5 and Day 6

Partner schools

1. Nefertari American International School – Copenhagen Open High School
2. Manarat El Maadi Language Schools - Langkær High School
3. American International Cairo College (ACIC) - Rosborg High School
4. American International Cairo College (ACIC) - Svendborg High School

For more information about the involved schools and the program please check our website: http://www.globalegymnasier.dk/?p=565

Teachers, Cairo

Doaa Youssef (Science, ACIC,

Lobna Abdel Aziz (Science, ACIC

Omnia Soliman (English, ACIC

Adel Beshr (Math,Computer, ACIC

-- Asmaa Nagy (Science, Manarat El Maadi

Alia Ibrahim Salah (Science, Nefertari

Taghreed Ibrahim (English, Manarat El Maadi

Rania Mohamed Habib (English, Nefertari

Teachers, Denmark

Jens Chr. Rasmussen (Science, Svendborg

Jens Rudkjøbing (Science, math, Svendborg

Jacob Moerk (Math, Langkær,

Jacob Jalving (Math, Science, Rosborg

Susanne Hohn (Science, Rosborg

Mette Vendelboe Krogh (English, Svendborg,

Agnete Andersen (Political Science, Langkaer,

Jacob Lönneker (English, media, Rosborg,

Mogens Skot-Hansen (History, Copenhagen open Gymnasium

Birgit Røjgaard (NG, Copenhagen open Gymnasium)

Place

Institute of Didactics in the Natural Sciences (Institut for Naturfagenes Didaktik)

University of Copenhagen

Oester Voldgade 3

1350 Copenhagen

Room: Undervisningslokalet

Participants

Doaa Youssef      (Science, ACIC)

Lobna Abdel Aziz (Science, ACIC)

Adel Beshr           ( Math,Computer )

Asmaa Nagy (Science, Manarat El Maadi)

Alia Ibrahim Salah (Science, Nefertari)

Jens Chr. Rasmussen

Jens Rudkjøbing (Science, math, Svendborg,

Jacob Moerk (Math, Langkær

Jacob Jalving (Math, Science, Rosborg,

Susanne Hohn (Science, Rosborg, h

Xx (Science, Copenhagen open High School)

Program

- by Niels Henrik Würtz (Langkaer Gymnasium, Global High Schools) and Bob Evans (IND, University of Copenhagen)

About half of the participants (Egyptians and Danes) were at the first workshop in Cairo in March. We have designed a workshop where the first experiences are both shared and developed.

A global dimension in teaching I - Monday

- by Niels Henrik Würtz, Langkaer High School

10.45-12 Workshop

• Introduction: between participants and to new schools by participants
• Presentation of first exchange experiences and best experiences - what have we worked with – by school+school (NB: except video Day 2)
• Mutual evaluation of first experiences and awareness points (identification of strength-weakness-opportunities-threats)

12-13 Lunch

13-15 Workshop

• Inspiration: Presentation and discussion of energy course (English version) ppt behind password
• Workshop – developing first ideas for winter exchange (framework)
• Feedback from one other group

A global dimension in teaching II

- by Global High Schools and Global School Partnerships

16-17.30 Conference about the global dimension in teaching

- by Bob Evans, University of Copenhagen

9-12

• Review of Cairo workshop including scientific literacy concept maps and new science teaching videos
• Sharing by returning teachers short (ten minute) videos from their own classes where they have used some of the inquiry methods from the Cairo workshops
• Group discussion and analysis of the videos

12-13 Lunch

13-16

• Presentation of how to rework a traditional ‘cookbook’ science ‘lab’ into an inquiry lesson with an example
• Small group practice at revising given ‘cookbook’ labs into good inquiry lessons
• Sharing and exchanging the suggested lab activity revisions

Place

Operation Day’s Work

Studiestraede 24 (courtyard)

1455 Copenhagen

Participants

Mogens Skot-Hansen (History, Copenhagen open Gymnasium,

Omnia Soliman  Omniasoliman (English, ACIC,

Taghreed Ibrahim (English, Manarat El Maadi

Rania Mohamed Habib  (English, Nefertari,

Mette Vendelboe Krogh (English, Svendborg

Agnete Andersen (Political Science, Langkaer

Jacob Lönneker (English, media, Rosborg,

Program

I’m very happy to inform you that Soliya (www.soliya.net) has agreed to held the workshop for us. Soliya has a longtime experience creating dialogue and learning through web platforms between Europe, America and the Middle East.

Soliya is a pioneering non-profit organization using new technologies to facilitate dialogue between students from diverse backgrounds across the globe.  Their flagship program, the Connect Program, uses the latest web-conferencing technology to bridge the gap between university students in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the United States.  In a time when media plays an increasingly powerful role in shaping peoples’ viewpoints on political issues, Soliya provides students with the opportunity, skills, and tools to shape and articulate their own viewpoints on some of the most pressing global issues facing their generation.

They will send Katja Riikonen who is their Facilitation Officer. She has played a lead role in designing and conducting Soliya’s online facilitation training in addition to providing coaching to the facilitators leading their online dialogue discussions.  Prior to working with Soliya, Katja worked at the Finnish Foreign and did her MA in International Conflict Analysis.  In addition to working with Soliya, she is also completing her PhD in the Peace Studies Department at the University of Bradford.

The program for the two day workshop will be planned this coming week. Please be in touch with Anne Mette (amwn@hum.ku.dk) if you have suggestions for the program that you like me to take along.

The 27th of October 2010 Global High Schools will be offering a day of activities for our guests from Egypt

We will have an interesting day spent in good company in the midst of the central part of Copenhagen.

As the canals are an important part of the city landscape in Copenhagen, we will be exploring the history of the traditional and newer parts of the city by the routes of the water.

In order to get a more in depth understanding of Danish history and culture we will also pay a visit to the National Museum. Where art and objects from ancient times until now are presented, as well as an interesting exhibition called “Sharjah – Art from the Emirates”. To compliment our visual, auditory and communicative input, we will also feast our taste buds, on some Danish lunch.  

Our trip will end at the opening conference of “The Innovation Factory”, Copenhagen Open High School’s unique learning space at 3 PM in a new neighborhood in Copenhagen, the former Carlsberg Brewery.  

Our coordinator Celeste Elizabeth Arnold will be your guide: celeste@globalegymnasier.dk

Opening conference of “The Innovation Factory”, Copenhagen Open High School’s unique learning space in the old Carlsberg brewery

October the 27th at 3-5 PM

TAP E, Pasteurs vej 24

1178 KBH V

Copenhagen Open High School is happy to invite you to the opening conference of “The Innovation Factory”, situated in the unique space of TAP E in the Carlsberg grounds in Valby.

At our opening conference, Copenhagen Open High School wishes to invite our partners to celebrate our new initiative of promoting global citizenship through innovative teaching strategies. TAP E embodies our desire to break new ground in secondary education and we invite our guests to give us their ideas of how we best prepare the students for a world that is interconnected and ever changing.

Program:

Drinks and refreshment

(First part of the program is scheduled to around 45 minutes)

15: Welcome by Chairman of COG and principal Anne-Birgitte Rasmussen

15.05 The mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen officially opens “The Innovation Factory”.

15.10 Minster of Education (to be confirmed)

15.20 Speech by Egyptian Ambassador

15.27 Speech about possibilities and challenges by Rasmus Alenius Boserup, director at Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute

15.35 Speech by Indian Ambassador

15.45 Workshop: What skills should students have for the 21th century?: small idea generating process lead by students from Copenhagen Open High School.

I forhold til tema har jeg oversat dit oplæg sådan her - fungerer det?

Topic: What are the competencies in a globalized world, where challenges are faced through collaboration?

Please envision in a concrete way how education could support this.