PRESS RELEASE
The 20th year of the “International ICT Seagulls Projects” was completed as the result of the commitment of the teams, our virtual consultancy, and the practicality of the “İmece Circles (SQC)” methodology, which proved its success as a significant methodology of distance education at all age groups.
This year 6 Turkish teams and 4 international teams registered to the project. 5 teams belonged to the Youth Education Center (SAGEM) of Sariyer Municipality, and they were elementary school students. However, due to problems with the authorities, they had to withdraw from the project. It was an unexpected situation not only for students and teachers but also for us. Sad! The last Turkish project belongs to an adult team from the Education Group of Sariyer City Council, and they planned to lead a two-year project. It is about the educational system of Turkey and will end in 2024.
Three projects from the international group belonged to High schools in India (2 teams) and Pakistan (1 team). The last one was from Nepal_ a Primary School named Junior Citizens’ Academy. I would like to share with you the project titles and the names of the teams that received awards in the K-12 age category as the ICT Seagulls Project partners. I will also share the project links for your access.
- The “HOPE” Team (SQC, Circle) of Blue Bells Model School (BBMS, Gurugram, India), consisting of 9 students, 2 community leaders, and 2 parents from the 16-17 age group, focused on the “Causes for the depletion of archaeological values” problem and worked to suggest possible solutions to raise awareness about it within the community. The team members were guided by project leaders: Dr. Madhu Gupta, Ms. Sanjana Bhasin, Ms. Manisha Kumari, and Yogesh Sharma, with the great support of the school principal, Ms. Alka Singh. For the “High school age group”, their project award was:
“THE CHAMPION PROJECT of 2023”. They also got:
“PROF.DR. ÜMİT SERDAROĞLU JURY SPECIAL AWARD” for the second time, since Prof. Dr. Serdaroğlu was one of the best archaeologists in Turkey who was known as the father of Assos.
Please visit: https://sites.google.com/view/ictprojectbbms/home
2. The “FUTURISM” Circle of City Montessori School (CMS) Kanpur Road (Lucknow, India), consisting of 10 students aged 16-17, and 2 community leaders, worked on a “Technology and AI” project. They aimed to bring awareness about AI as the technology of the future world. With the support of the GANDHI family and the school principal Dr. Vineeta KAMRAN; the team members worked under the great leadership of Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, and Mrs. Mamta Singh. The jury members determined their project as:
“THE BEST TECHNOLOGY PROJECT’23” & “THE MOST INFORMATIVE AI PROJECT of 2023”
Please visit: https://sites.google.com/view/ictprojectbbms/home
3. The “SPORTS PHOENIX” Circle of Modernage Public School & Boys School (Abbottabad, Pakistan) consisted of 6 students and 2 parents who studied on a school-wide project to provide sports facilities to all students. The team was supported by the school founder Abdul Wahid Mir and the team worked under the guidance of Ms. Tabinda Shahzad and Ms. Sadef Rauf. Their project was awarded as;
“THE MOST DEDICATED SCHOOL PROJECT FOR SPORTS”. They also got the:
“TANER ÖZBEY JURY SPECIAL AWARD” owing to their enthusiasm.
Please visit: https://sportsphoenix45.wordpress.com/
4. The “JCA CHAMPIONS” Circle of Junior Citizens’ Academy of Nepal participated in the project for the first time like the Modernage School of Pakistan. 10 students 12-13 years old, 2 parents, and 3 community leaders focused on “Health and Hygiene”. They aimed to create awareness of the negative impact of tobacco and law provisions. They wanted to create a campaign not to sell tobacco to minors. The Principal supported them: Sundar Prasad DHAKAL, Mr. Narayan, Ms. Arpana Pandit, and Mukund Prasad WOSTİ. They got the awards of;
“THE BEST PRIMARY SCHOOL PROJECT” and also
“ PROF. EROL İNELMEN JURY SPECIAL AWARD”
Please visit: https://www.slideshare.net/HayalKoksal/nepalese-ict-seagulls-projectpptx
We wholeheartedly congratulate all the teams and express our thanks to their supporters and their families. We wish them good luck with their future successful work. We are also thankful to our national and international jury members (Prof. Dr. Syed Ali, Prof. Dr. Richard Ennals, Prof.Dr. Dinesh Chapagain, Prof. Dr. Aydan Ersöz, Mrs. Figen Atalay and Mr. Mehmet Gül) for their hard work and commitment.
Please follow us for the 2024 project. The main theme will be:
“The Importance of Social Responsibility and Voluntarism for Peace and Unity”.
Registration will start on 1st November 2023. With peace and love…
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hayal KÖKSAL
Project Designer and Coordinator
