Spotlight: One World, Many Stories
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Brazil to Qatar: One World, Many Stories exchange program that brought 22 Brazilian high school students and 6 teachers to meet their peers in Qatar. QFI partnered with National Geographic during the 10-day exchange to implement a photo camp that taught students how to use photography and video to communicate their ideas and explore their own communities through the camera lens.
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Vijay Kumar, Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Director, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology at MIT and member of QFI’s Program Advisory Group for Education Technology and Innovation, gives QFI the buzz on what's happening in the world of technology and education. Learn more about the exciting new initiatives and technology that are part of the realm of open education.
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Spotlight: National Geographic Photo Camp
QFI is proud to welcome National Geographic Photo Camp as its newest partner. During the Brazil to Qatar: One World, Many Stories exchange, QFI integrated a photo camp run by National Geographic that taught students how to use photography and video to communicate their ideas and explore their own communities.
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Featured Partner: WeVideo
QFI has partnered with WeVideo to employ collaborative online film-making with students in Chicago and Doha on QFI's YALLAH platform. Using WeVideo's fully-featured, cloud-based video editing technology, students will create videos on local and global water issues.
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Featured Program: Open Education
Open Education holds much promise in its potential to address economic and geographic educational divides. QFI is driven by the underlying tenets of Open Education and it deeply informs our programmatic areas. To learn more about our approach, visit Collaborative Learning on our website.
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QFI News
- Al Raya: National Geographic building bridges between students in Qatar and Brazil
- Gulf Times: Workshop an eye-opener for Brazilian, Qatari pupils
- Gulf Times: Students visit Al Gharafa Sports Club
- Gulf Times: Qatari and Brazilian students team up to help create database on mangroves
- Al Raya: Ali Hassan at Qatar Leadership Academy for QFI exchange
- Gulf Times: QFI backs Brazil Initiative
