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…