GlobalHothouse.org

Communications Challenge!

Our pioneer winning schools visit the BT Archives and BT Centre Showcase and are stunned! They are then asked to apply their experience to the design of future global communications and, in particular, globalhothouse.org! See this Challenge!

Big Dave & Social Issues

Dave uses 'strong man' activities, such as pulling Concorde (which also tells you about the project!) to make people think very hard about social issues. Our Global Hothouse mix of physical and virtual activity can enhance the reach of Dave's work.

Social Issues Hothouse

Four UK schools are coming together with Deepalaya School, India and Mount Paran, US to examine social issues ranging from recycling to children's rights to information to food! - see how they go about it!

Katha_reflection_of_blockage Water Hothouse

We have just held our Water Hothouse! UK schools in the South East worked with partner schools on water projects with ages ranging from 6 to 15! We had Jasper and Anthony from Buhumba, Uganda! super ideas from Katha, India and a live videoconference with US Mount Parran!

Innovation - University Enterprise Network!

A collaborative partnership supported by Coventry

University, NCGE, BT, Cisco and HP MAP...and five super schools with global projects! e held a launch day Hothouse with our five super schools and their global links November 27th.

Global Hothouse Toolkit

To support our Global Hothouse process you can now use on-line or off-line the following tools for pre-work on: Presentation, Team-working and Thinking Skills. Like Hothousing itself, these tools are based on the way BT itself teaches these skills!

Global Hothousing - Physical & Virtual

Hothousing is an intensive, competitive, FUN activity mixing Physical and Virtual Engagement, Here we see amazing artwork from Katha, India...live over the Internet! See our young students working together and making a terrific presentation!

Zero Cost Energy from Ipswich to India!

Our schools work on real projects. Here is a fabulous one in which work by Stoke High School and St Joseph's College Ipswich was taken up by Katha School, New Delhi India. See this young Katha Reader! using the Zero Cost Energy Bike to generate electricity for light!

Essex & Jiangsu Sporting Legacy!

Forty Essex and Chinese schools came together for a Sporting Project and to ensure a lasting legacy! This young Chinese presenter tells you about her primary school...of four thousand pupils! You can see their wonderful sporting, musical and artistic videos in the Young Presenter Wuxi Donglin series of videos!

Rhythm N' Beans from Uganda to Ipswich!

Irene came from Buhumba School, Uganda to teach Suffolk schoolchildren to REALLY dance! and the legacy is a fabulous example of Re-usable User Generated Content which they are happy to share! NB Worth the wait to see the videos!

Our goal is to help young people use communication to make a better world

Latest News

Updates And Contacts GlobalHothouse.org is a multi-site showcase for our various communities to come together. Here is a Latest News Summary and FAQ. You can contact Tony Houghton for more information

School Engagement

Coaching and Citizenship See our Global Hothouse Toolkitfor hothousing, presentation, teamworking and thinking skills

Projects

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