Date: 07/01/2020 Audience: Year 12 BTEC Venue: G35, Lesson 2 Title: Creating VR content through Tour creator Presenters / Conductors: Ms. Shalini & Ms. Jane Aims & Objective: To develop a platform for students to build their own 360-degree tours Summary: Virtual Reality (VR) is the most immersive and exciting way of experiencing something, second…
Sharing Outstanding practices
The Business Department witnessed a fine example of student- teacher collaboration and student-led initiative in a Year 10 Business lesson. Hawra of Year 13 shared her knowledge about the applications of AI to product development and promotion. It was heartening to see that an effort was made to extend the learning of the students beyond…
Field trip to HTMI Switzerland Dubai
Date: 19/01/2020 Audience: YEAR 11 ,12 and 13 Students Venue: HTMI Switzerland Dubai Title: 12 Travel& Tourism Field Trip Presenters / Conductors: HTMI Switzerland Dubai Aims & Objective : To enhance experiential learning on various aspects of the hospitality and tourism industry and develop real world skills. Summary: Travel and tourism students from years 11,…
Date: 26/11/2019 Audience: BTEC Business Year 12 Students Venue: Safa and Gulf Dairies, Dubai Title: Field trip to Safa and Gulf Dairies Presenters / Conductors: Students of Year 12 BTEC Business Aims & Objective: To focus on how marketing, research and planning and the marketing mix are used by Safa and Gulf Dairies. To gain…
Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2019
Date: 14/11/19 Audience: Students, parents, teachers. Venue: GEMS Millennium School, Sharjah Title: Young Entrepreneurship Challenge 2019 Presenters / Conductors: GEMS Millennium School, Sharjah Aims & Objectives: To create positive change by empowering students and provide an opportunity to learn real – world business, marketing, communication and entrepreneurial skills. Summary: On 14th November, Gems Millennium…
Empowering Business students for Classrooms of the Future
Research shows that virtual and augmented reality simulations enhance student motivation and improve collaboration and application skills. Students of Year 12 & 13 BTEC Business had an opportunity to cascade their learning by teaching other students how to create their own VR Content. Virtual Reality allowed students to showcase their imagination by creating their own…
Design Thinking to mark the International Poverty Day
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics was jointly awarded to Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer and Abhijit Banerjee on 14th October for their path-breaking work in development economics and alleviation of global poverty. The announcement could not have been more timely as the UN marks 17th October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty….
Elevator Pitch competition at Curtin University
Date: 16th November 2019 Audience: Year 12 Venue: Emirates Institute of Banking and Finance studies, Dubai Title: Business Cup Challenge Finale Presenters / Conductors: Curtin University, Dubai Aims & Objectives: To expose the students to artificial intelligence and enhance their application skills and experiential learning. Summary: On 16th November 2019, 7 students of Year 12…
Field Trip and experiential learning
Date: 31/10/19 Audience: Year 13 Venue: Safa and Gulf Dairies, Dubai Title: Safa and Gulf Dairies, Year 13BTEC field trip. Presenters / Conductors: BTEC Business teachers Aims & Objective: To provide the students an opportunity to develop real world applications and enhance experiential learning Summary: On 31th October 2019, seven students of Year 13 BTEC…
Thinker Keys as an Innovative Pedagogical Tool in Year 13 Economics Lessons
Student -led lessons in Year 13 Economics provide opportunities for a Flipped classroom learning experience. During the lesson Thinker keys were used as an innovative tool to enable collaboration and brainstorming on various related topics. The use of the “What If Key , the Brick wall Key , the Predictions and the Interpretation key helps…
MentiMeter Word cloud as an excellent interactive Starter
The MentiMeter app is an excellent interactive ICT tool that for an effective Starter and Plenary sessions . It has various features such as word cloud , MCQ s and Open ended questions which can serve as a stimulus activity to enhance the learning of the students. The menti Meter app is an interesting pedagogical…
Workshop on Artificial intelligence in Business
Date: 14/10/2019 Audience: Year 12 and year 13 Venue: Curtin University, Dubai Title: Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Presenters / Conductors: Curtin University, Dubai Aims & Objective: To introduce the students to the relevance of artificial intelligence in business. To familiarize the students and prepare them for the upcoming Business challenge. Summary: On 14th October 2019,…
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