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Poi Lam School. Ipoh. VISIT PERAK YEAR 2012 “MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN TOURISM EDUCATION”. Jom ! Let’s Visit Perak 2012 Choral Speaking. Green Tourism iEARN Learning Circle Project. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Poi Lam School
Ipoh
VISIT PERAK YEAR 2012 “MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
TOURISM EDUCATION”
Jom! Let’s Visit Perak 2012
Choral Speaking
Green Tourism iEARN Learning Circle
Project
Students from various countries will learn about the role of green tourism in helping to promote awareness about conserving nature for the benefit of mankind in a world faced with climate change.
They will collaborate and share perspectives about places and tourism education through using computer software and a shared wikispace. In doing so, students will also learn about nature, heritage and the cultures in these different countries.
The goals of the 'Green Tourism' Project are :
1. to learn about green tourism and to promote it to the local and international community.
2. to build and develop a sense of love for nature and social responsibilities towards it
3. to learn about nature, heritage and cultures of countries around the world
4. to specifically promote green tourism in line with ‘Visit Perak Year 2012’ tagline ‘Green Tourism. Yours To Discover. Nature and Heritage’.
duration - 1 October, 2011 - 31 January, 2012
australia new zealand
the philippines
indonesia
new york
germany
austria malaysia
The World Is Your Classroom. The
Classroom Is Your Worlde cultural
learning
and Poi LamConferencing the world
For us this has meant
• Learning beyond borders• Global awareness
- cultural awareness - language awareness - ‘green tourism’ awareness • Global competence• Promoting tourism education in a fun
and interactive way to local and virtual
audiences around the world.• Fostering goodwill and better
understanding• Friendship knows no boundaries • Celebrating diversity and promoting
peace
And the future?• Sharing a common school curriculum
via project-based learning.
• Expanding the idea of learning beyond borders to include all levels of schools and society.
• Promoting tourism education to a wider audience locally and globally.
• Organising programs and workshops to reach out to more schools locally and globally about the benefits of working with technology and others.
• Possibility of implementing twinning school plan between schools for better working relationship and addressing the issue of equity for education ( rural vs urban, developed vs developing, etc. )