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IGGY For World's Most Gifted Children[Edit]
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Convinced your little prodigy child could one day change the world? Then perhaps it would be a good idea to send your little Einstein over to the International Gateway for Gifted Youth (IGGY). The company is looking for the “brightest and best” kids on the planet, but they want parents to know they’re “not looking for precocious, freak-show geniuses.” Next summer, IGGY will be selected 1,000 of the world’s most gifted children to send to their ultra-exclusive summer camp. To qualify, candidates must be between 11 and 19 and must rank among the top 5% of students worldwide.  A major activity planned for the launch pilot is an “IGGY Commission” in which gifted young people will come together to consider a significant global issue take “evidence” on the issue/problem and deliberate on how to tackle that problem. Young people will be invited to make submissions as part of an international competition. An expert panel will choose the successful entries, the authors of which will be appointed as commissioners.
This is modelled on the University of Warwick’s own Warwick Commission in which academics tackle global issues – the current Warwick Commission is looking at World Trade.
At the heart of the “IGGY” experience will be a developing personalized online learning network: a community-led site where leading national and international Higher Education institutions, educators, companies and others will deliver content, provide expertise and offer students learning activities and development opportunities (both online and through events) to enhance their learning and social development and to both contribute to and support their mainstream educational progess.
(www2.warwick.ac.uk)Via: www2.warwick.ac.uk |
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