IPP 2010 Detroit USA

Theme

Cultural Competence Through the Arts and Technology

Location

Detroit, USA

Dates

30.06.10 - 18.07.10

Delegations

USA, Guatemala, Norway, Indonesia, Canada, Finland, Portugal, Japan

Note that the countries listed were invited in Round 1 and that this information may change in later Rounds.

Partner Organisation

River Rouge Community Schools and Salon/ED.

Description

In 2008, Wayne County Regional Educational         (the Intermediate School District), in collaboration with the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations, conducted the My Voice Student and My Voice Teacher Surveys.  The survey highlighted conditions that have positive affects on the development of student aspirations in schools (belonging, heroes, sense of accomplishment, fun & excitement, curiosity & creativity, spirit of adventure, leadership & responsibility, and confidence to take action).  It is the intent of this IPP to meet as many of those conditions as possible for children in the summer between their 4th and 5th grades.

Child delegates (CDs) and IPP adult delegates (ADs) will join together in exploring the arts (visual, storytelling, poetry, literature, dance, audio-visual, drama, etc.) and technology that are found around the world.

Field trips to local experiences such as the Heidelberg Project, DIA, Howell Global Village, will be incorporated into the program.  Concurrently, the children will be guided through the use of the technology, how to access global cultural experiences, geographic information (such as Google Earth), etc. in order to promote future cultural competence.  The children will produce physical evidence of what they have learned (murals, pictures, written stories, power points, videos, etc.) that they can then share with their classmates when they return to school in the Fall. 

ADs and school district representatives will be asked to participate in a salon that brain-storms ideas for globalization and technology that the school district can consider, as well as being able to take these ideas back to their own chapters and school districts.  The project will be videotaped to use as a tool for training other school districts in the future.
 

Contact

Local: Jonathan Betts Fields, Coordinator: Nic Hargreaves

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