Tuesday, February 24, 2009


Dear Colleagues,

I want to share the international project circles of 6.ICT Seagulls Project. The following six teams from India and South Africa have veen working hard for a peaceful future of the next generations. 20 Turkish teams also go on their hard but joyful journey with their projects.

I wish good luck to all participants.

With love and peace...

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
1. City Montessory School (CMS), Lucknow, India – 1
CHALLENGED STUDENTS PROJECT: SQC HELEN KELLER: How to safeguard Unity of Mankind? To promote Quality of Peace, Unity and Human Rights for All.
2. City Montessory School (CMS), Lucknow, India -2
CHALLENGED STUDENTS PROJECT: SQC ROAD MAP: Environmental Pollution
Save Environment towards a Safe Future

3. NYDT-1
New Frontiers Science Academy
NYDT, South Africa
SCIENCE THEATRE: Where science and culture meet.
4. NYDT-2

EXPLORING DEEP SPACE: Our Past and our Future
5. NYDT-3
CRIME SYNDICATES in our SCHOOLS
6. Little Angels High School, Gwalior, India
CHALLENGED STUDENTS PROJECT: Discovering Abilities: Discovering abilities in people with dis-abilities!
Find something special in someone each day.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Educaturk, Oki Printing & ICT Seagulls





Dear All,
I participated in the Educational Fair on 19-20th February. It took place at the Convention Center of Lütfi Kırdar. In order to share 2 collaborative projects of us with Oki Printing Solutions we were there with the students and teachers of many different schools at the stand of Oki. I would like to thank the authorities of Oki Printing solutions once more for their qualified approach and contributions to quality-based school projects. One of the best ways of meeting new partners and introducing your products is attending such events. However, before moving to the Fair Venue, teachers should act according to their huge responsibility on the way of enlightening their students. These are to discuss in advance;
* "how to behave at such multi-gathering sites". For all the students and teachers are the representatives of their school and this is very important for the their school-culture.
* how to make use of which stands?, and
* what to do to learn at an optimal level there. Otherwise; the feeling of wasting time creates some obstacles before learning and unfruitful and shameful behaviours might appear consequently.
The ICT Seagulls Circles conduct very interesting activities. One of them belongs to the Girls' Vocational School of Sivas. They study on the problems of Vocational school students after the graduation. The above poster belongs to them. I congratulate all the national and international teams for their hard work.
Good Luck & Loves from Türkiye.
Hayal KÖKSAL

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Bogazici University starts the Spring Term

Dear All,
This week my course "Innovative Teaching" at Bogazici University starts. I met more than 40 innovative teacher trainees and that has made me very happy. Within the course I make some modifications each term and this term's change is about the Challenged Students. After the Mauritius event, I have decided to focus on them more deeply.
Each term, my course starts with 2 big seminars. It is big, for it is open to all Bogazici students not to only my registered ones. The first one is a general "Total Quality Management in Education" seminar and the second one is about "Students' İmece _Quality Circles". Then, we will study about Peace, Productivity, ICT, Innovation and Disability. We will learn together. I am grateful to God that my students exist in my life and they yearn for learning.
I love them all, and also I trust them about the bright future of my country. The above photo was taken just at the end of the first lesson. Do you feel the "hapiness" in the air?
With love and peace...
Hayal Köksal