HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JUST CONCLUDED 3 DAYS VIRTUAL EVENT FROM TOPFLIGHTERS DIGITAL LITERACY CLUB
THEME: SHARING KINDNESS AND EMPATHY IN A PANDEMIC
BRIEF HISTORY
Topflighters Digital Literacy Club was officially launched on Friday 21st November, 2019 at a prestigious school in Lagos, Nigeria. The event was graced with over 100 pupils and students from grade 4-grade12. We had in attendance, two digital citizenship trainers, an I.C.T teacher, myself and other colleagues of mine.
November 1st, 2019 at Great Omega International Schools
Prior to this time, the convener Akpan Funke introduced her pupils to becoming digital and global citizens. Her class joined the 2019 #digcitsummit. http://bit.ly/Mydigcitstory
They have also had collaborations with learners from different parts of the world via @SkypeintheClassroom and on Empatico Platform where they share classroom ideas, learn new ways to be kind and also how to spark empathy in their world with another classroom in Israel. Her class also worked on the global goals @SDG4- Quality Education. http://bit.ly/AkpanFunkeSDG
Akpan Funke, in her quest to raise global and digital citizens as well as ‘WORLD CHANGE AGENTS’ started the Topflighters Digital Literacy Club.
She believes in the power of technology and its utilisation in the right way and manner to foster life skills in children.
Empathy, she believes is the driving force to become change agents in the world today and it is crucial to understanding how people talk and behave online.
Hence, the theme for August 2020 edition: ‘Sharing Empathy and Kindness in the Pandemic’
Akpan Funke being a Kindness Champion Fellow with Empatico decided to stage this event in collaboration with Empatico and some Empatico Educators. (read more about Empatico here https://empatico.org/ )
The event lasted for three days: Monday 10th -Wednesday 12th August, 2020.
Below are the topics discussed during the event as essentials needed to share kindness and empathy in the pandemic:
The Zones of Regulation (best zone for learning) presented by Susan Weitzman-Trifman
Living Your Dreams Despite Barriers presented by Bukola Amao-Taiwo
Media Literacy presented by Lijoka Emmanuel
Digital Law presented by Femi Adeleke
The true meaning of Empathy presented by Akpan Funke
Critical Thinking Skills presented by Ishan Gupta
Telling Your Story as a Change Agent presented by Fehintola Emmanuel
(You will agree with me that knowledge about the above skills are required to share kindness and empathy in a pandemic.)
You can get an overview of the event here:http://bit.ly/digcitclub
One of the sections was on telling your story as a change agent, prior to the commencement of the event, participants were asked to express themselves in diverse ways they have been showing kindness and empathy during this COVID-19 pandemic and what kindness and empathy means to them. They were also asked to submit articles, pictures or videos on their creative activities during the pandemic, so that their voices can still be heard despite the global pandemic.
All work was submitted and collated into a “Kindness in a Pandemic Magazine”, titled: PANDEZINE. (Kindly visit https://bit.ly/PandeZine to read more about the publication)
During the event, we had games, talks, dance, music renditions e.t.c
The kids had fun and were filled with so much joy and happiness were some were prompted to start utilizing their dreams and potentials.
One of our partners gave out certificates to some of the participants who participated in the Critical Thinking Skills Activity. We also issued a Cerificate of Participation to each participants.
The event was indeed an impactful and memorable one!
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