ABOUT THE EVENT
Join Topflighters Digital Literacy Club and children, teenagers and other educators like you for three days of fun, engaging and inspiring moment about how we can be kind and spark empathy in the world today!
There’s been an alarming rise in depression, anxiety, and suicide risk among tweens and teens over the past few years. Many parents, academics, and health professionals believe heavy technology and social media use is the cause. Then the Corona-virus pandemic of 2020 hit. Overnight, schools, peer networks, workplaces, and communities were pushed entirely online. Parents, educators, and adolescents themselves now face unprecedented instability.
Hence, the need for them to learn how best to handle their emotions, share kindness and spark empathy and more importantly, becoming digital citizens.
In a world where you can be anything, be kind!
Topflighters Digital Literacy Club invites every child, teenagers and educators for three days of fun, engaging and inspiring moment about how we can be kind and spark empathy in our world today!
During the course of this event, interested participants can submit their feelings about their experiences(s) during the Corona-virus pandemic and ways they have shown kindness to themselves, their society and the world. Participants can express themselves through essays, craft/artworks, video, audio etc. All submitted articles and work will be published into a global magazine titled: ‘Pande-Zine’.
You are kindly invited to be a part of this global virtual event!
DATE: MONDAY 10th– WEDNESDAY 12th AUGUST, 2020
TIME: 17:00 daily (WAT)
12NOON daily (EST)
21:30 daily (IST)
VENUE: ZOOM/GOOGLE MEET
Kindly register here: http://bit.ly/Digitalliteracyclub
To be a part of the “Kindness in a pandemic Magazine”, kindly send your attachments here: Submit your work here: http://bit.ly/pande-zine
Join our WHATSAPP Group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BtDD9lcj6QGCW6GsFHTmYd
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
AKPAN FUNKE
(HOST, EDUCATOR, NIGERIA)
BASIC SKILLS TO SPREAD KINDNESS AND SPARK EMPATHY
https://twitter.com/AkpanFunke?s=09
she develops in her learners the various ways to change the world through empathy and kindness.
(EDUCATOR, CO-HOST, ISRAEL)
A-Z OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Susan Weitzman-Trifman is an elementary school teacher at an American International School in Israel. Along with math, science, and other academic subjects, she spends time helping her students develop positive social-emotional skills. The past year Ms. Trifman’s class was fortunate to partner with Akpan Funke’s class in Nigeria as part of the Empatico Kindness Champions program.
( CHILD RIGHTS ADVOCATE/RESEARCHER)
LIVING YOUR DREAMS DESPITE BARRIERS
Bukola is a seasoned lifelong learning teacher with experience in primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education. She is presently a consultant to schools in Lagos , Nigeria and she is passionate about creating global connections between the classroom and the real world.
Her teaching philosophy drives her to adopt strategies that connect classroom learning to real world experiences. One of her teaching goals is to develop global citizens and lifelong learners who will create solutions to global challenges.
(EDUCATOR, NIGERIA)
TELLING YOUR STORY AS A CHANGE AGENT
Emmanuel Fehintola is an Educator,a Life Purpose Coach and also a certified Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE). He has trained youths/teenagers to discover, develop and fulfill their God given purpose. He has also worked with World’s Largest Lesson and Empatico Fellowship between 2019/2020 to foster empathy and kindness in students and empowered them to help accomplish the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs). He is presently based in Lagos, Nigeria.
(DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP TRAINER, NIGERIA)
DIGITAL LAW
Femi Adeleke is an educator with fifteen years experience. He is a flexible, self-motivated, a matured team worker and adaptable to all challenging situation using own initiative.
He had gone through and was certified in many leadership courses in Education. Just to mention a few, Digital Citizenship, Family Engagement in Education, Teachers’ Leadership training.
His hobbies are reading, travelling and playing football.
(DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP TRAINER, NIGERIA)
MEDIA LITERACY
”Give me a Place to Stand and I will Move the World”.
Lijoka Emmanuel has made an impact in Credit,Risk management, Banking services and digital media. He
specializes in new business development and major market expansion with demonstrated financial acumen in key areas. Emmanuel is known as an effective cross-functional team leader with creative problem-solving skills and decisiveness, fostering productive partnerships with internal stakeholders and clients to achieve corporate goals. He is interested in exciting opportunities where a combination of entrepreneurial drive and ownership mindset is encouraged; leveraging skills to contribute own quota to overall organizational growth and manpower development.
(LEARNING SOLUTIONS, INDIA)
CRITICAL THINKING
My name is Ishan Gupta. I am an Engineering Post Graduate from India. I have 4+ years of Industry experience which require Critical Thinking skills to solve complex problems.I also mentor students on Critical Thinking skills, who are enrolled with our organization named “Learning Solutions”
Need of Critical Thinking:
A person having critical thinking skills will be able to take correct decisions and solve life problems easily.
Barbie Mens is a highly resourceful, flexible, innovative and enthusiastic individual who possesses a considerable amount of knowledge and has over a decade of experiences regarding several working environment.
She is an Education Consultant, Leader, Administrator, and In-Service Trainer.
MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING A DETAILED AGENDA WILL BE SENT CLOSER TO THE EVENT.
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