On February 19, 2019, our Slovak partners from TANDEM n.o. led two workshops for teachers in Central Slovakia. One was organized at the Tompa Mihaly Secondary School and gathered 12 teachers. The other was organized at the Bátka Primary School in Slovakia and attracted 22 teachers of younger kids. Both groups were very enthusiastic about […]
On 18 February, 2019 we visited the Wrocław University of Economy to participate in this year’s edition of the project “Szkoła Liderów Lokalnych”. A group of 8 students of economics took part in a photo-presentation of various types of activism, including voluntarism, social cooperatives, associations and different forms of the “quaternary” service sector’s activities. The […]
Today, on January 31, 2019, the New Shores project has reached its finale. During these 24 months, the project has become such an inherent part of our lives that it is hard to believe it’s over. Fortunately, we still have a lot of plans connected with the dissemination of the game, e-learning platform and other results […]
On 29 January 2019, our partner organization from Slovakia, TANDEM n.o., led an additional train-the-trainer workshop for teachers, administration workers, NGO staff and other people engaged in youth work. The event gathered more than 20 participants who had the opportunity to better understand how to play and facilitate New Shores – a Game for Democracy. […]
Just a couple of days before our project would officially end, the Rogers Foundation managed to reach one important goal for us: We took New Shores to the Rogers Person-Centred Primary School. The roots of the school and the Foundation are connected, thus Zsuzsa from The Rogers Foundation was very happy to visit the kids. […]
It has been the first time that the Rogers Foundation went outside of Budapest for a New Shores workshop! The organization came into contact with one of the school leaders of Szilády Áron Gimnázium in Kiskunhalas (Southern Hungary) during a conference in November – things quickly escalated, and the Rogers Foundation was invited to lead […]
Our partner organization from Slovakia, TANDEM, n.o, led a train-the-trainer workshop on the 12th December in Komarno. Most of the participants were either teachers working with youth or active representatives of NGOs. Their main objective is thus the youth competency development. During a 4 hour long event the participants played the game, learned how to […]
On the 1st of December, The Rogers Foundation seized a new opportunity to try the New Shores game with teachers, this time at the Németh Imre Általános Iskola (a primary school) in Budapest. In the school there was a staff training day with several workshops running parallely for all the teachers, so there were some […]
A little over a month after the first training for the New Shores moderators, we managed to organize yet another, more intimate, event for people willing to use the game with the youth. On November 29, 10 people from various educational fields met at the CRS office to play New Shores – a Game for […]
In the afternoon of the 29th of November The Rogers Foundation visited the Eötvös Loránd Szakgimnázium, a high school in Budapest for a workshop for the staff of the school. Eight teachers came to play the game and learn how to incorporate it into their curricula. A serious discussion about the topics the game raises […]