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Live Teach Africa™ Interactive Webinar for High School Students with Ambassador Cyrille Segbe Oguin of Benin held at Discovery Communications World Headquarters
Martha Haile, The Africa Society
(202) 232-3862
July 28, 2009
Live Teach Africa™, an interactive webinar program, is an exciting
and unique live web event presented by Discovery Channel Global Education
Partnership, The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa, and
Discovery Education, with funding from the U.S. Agency for International
Development. The live webinar allowed students and teachers, both in
attendance and online, to have a discussion on the rich history, diverse
cultures, and current events of the dynamic and evolving West African
nation of Benin featuring the Ambassador of the Republic of Benin to
the United States, His Excellency Cyrille Segbe Oguin.
Live Teach Africa™ marks the culmination of the nationally acclaimed
Teach Africa™ program for 2009. Teach Africa™ is a multi-phase
education initiative that ensures educators have the materials and methodologies
necessary for preparing students for their entry into the international
community, while also providing students with exposure to experts and
institutions that have proficiencies in the
international arena. The interactive format of Live Teach Africa™
encourages participation from all students attending the program and
those accessing it online. Participants will also enjoy a performance
by the Beninese group of artists, Wloguede, while students in attendance
will receive gift bags with over $100 worth of education materials on
Africa.
The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa, the United States
Agency for International Development and the Discovery Channel Global
Education Partnership in May announced a partnership with Discovery
Education to make the film Africa Today available for free classroom
use by teachers and students at www.ExploreAfricaToday.com. This live
event also serves as an extension of the
ExploreAfricaToday.com initiative.
Capturing the journey and experiences of six teachers and students from Los Angeles who travel to Uganda to engage in a cultural exchange with African teachers and students, Africa Today documents frank and open discussions regarding stereotypes and preconceived notions about their respective cultures. To help teachers maximize this resource, ExploreAfricaToday.com also includes a series of companion lesson plans correlated to topics presented in Africa Today.
In the past year, Teach Africa™ has reached over 3,300 students in Houston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. To date, the initiative has been implemented in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Portland, Houston, Los Angeles and Atlanta, orienting more than 1,400 superintendants and principals, training more than 1,700 teachers, and educating over 10,000 students.
USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. The Agency supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting economic growth, agriculture and trade; global health; democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance in Sub- Saharan Africa, Asia and the Near East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and Eurasia.
Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership is a nonprofit organization committed to using the positive power of video to provide information and support community development in under-resourced schools and communities around the world.
The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa
is a non-profit organization that engages and educates Americans about
Africa and creates, through partnerships, a better understanding of
its peoples, diverse cultures, histories, and economies.
For more information visit www.africasummit.org.
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