ENCORE: Could you give up your Smartphone for a week?

06/08/23 • 35 min

Empathy to Impact: Student Voices on Global Citizenship Education & Community Engagement

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Before you listen, check out Iris‘s documentary film
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Episode Summary
As we approach the summer holiday, it is a good time to consider the question in the title of this podcast, and perhaps to think about our own relationships with technology.

On this episode I meet a documentary filmmaker from Western Academy of Beijing. Iris is currently in her junior year and we’re going to be talking about a documentary film that she made for her personal project at the end of gr. 10. For her personal project, Iris decided to give up her smartphone for an entire week, record the experience and turn that into a documentary film. Imagine the challenges that go way beyond losing access to our social media feeds. I love how Iris tells the story and shares her reflections on the experience and the connection to mindfulness that goes beyond her years. Before you listen to this episode, make sure to watch her film that is linked in the show notes.

Discover a transformative podcast on education and learning from a student perspective and student voice, exploring media, media literacy, and media production to inspire citizens in schools through a media lab focused on 21st-century learning, empathy to impact, Global citizenship, collaboration, systems thinking, service learning, PBL, CAS, MYP, PYP, DP, Service as Action, futures thinking, project-based learning, sustainability, well-being, harmony with nature, community engagement, experiential learning, and the role of teachers and teaching in fostering well-being and a better future.

Before you listen, check out Iris‘s documentary film
See student examples from Inspire Citizens Eco-Media programs
Learn more about how IC empowers student leaders and equips them with the tools they need through Inspire Citizens Future Now leadership programs.
You can book a discovery call with Inspire Citizens at this link
#EmpathytoImpact

Episode Summary
As we approach the summer holiday, it is a good time to consider the question in the title of this podcast, and perhaps to think about our own relationships with technology.

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ENCORE: How might we build a sense of belonging for refugees?

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Episode Summary
How might we build empathy for people who are forced to move from their home and settle in a new place? How might we create a sense of belonging for refugees? These were the types of questions presented to 9th grade students at Western Academy of Beijing as part of an integrated unit involving a partnership between Design and Individuals & Societies (I&S). Students became more aware of the push and pull factors that lead to migration and the challenges that these pose to people having to relocate in different parts of the world. They then used their knowledge and skills to design solutions to help refugees feel a sense of belonging in their new homes.

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A Walk to Water Leads to a Global Collaboration

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Episode Summary
On this episode I meet Finley, a young changemaker from Frankfurt International School. Despite living in a place that has easy access to safe, clean water, Finley became connected with this important global issue through reading an amazing book by Linda Sue Park and listening to Nantume and Nkoba share their work on the Empathy to Impact podcast. Through the support of his family and a school program that nurtures young changemakers, Finley has been able to turn his passion for safe, clean water into a global collaboration that is impacting the lives of entire villages and the families living there.