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Digital Literacy is the Skillset for the Future 

As technology impacts the way we live, learn and work everyone must develop their digital literacy skills. 

This is an opportunity for your tween, teen or young adult to develop critical skills to be future-ready to survive and thrive in the digitally connected world. Within 2 weeks they will engage in a real-life learning experience to ensure they develop digital literacy skills to help them navigate the information-dense online world and develop skills for lifelong learning. 

The program runs from 9th May to 20th May 2022, Monday to Friday.
$295 per student. 

Junior Class: 10-13 years old
Senior Class: 14-18 years old
Graduate Class: 18-24 years old
8am UK / 3pm SGT / 5pm AEST / 7pm NZST 
5pm UK / 5pm PT (USA) 

40 students will spend one hour a day (Monday to Friday) engaged in an inquiry and information discovery learning environment developing the skills to effectively find, evaluate, utilise, share and create content using digital resources and tools to be discerning consumers and confident creators of digital content. 

The program is delivered over two weeks with mentor sessions, masterclasses and implementation days. Each student will have a personal educator to guide them through a deeper learning experience to develop digital literacy skills including: 

Critical Thinking & Problem Finding/Solving

Creativity

Collaboration

Communication

Global Citizenship

Character Education

What's included in the program

Two weeks of expert guidance
A unique, two-week learning experience providing the guidance for each attendee to design, create and present a persuasive, purpose-based presentation that reflects their unique talent and capabilities and application of their new skills to set them up for future success.

Access to online learning resources & environments
The online learning portal provides a rich repository of resources in multiple formats to suit individual learning needs. This portal will continue to be available after the microschool so each attendee can access the tools, templates, videos and documents to apply to other learning scenarios. The 2-week program recordings are also available so they can come back and revisit at any time to enhance their learning skills.

Connection with like-minded teens
Access to a private community where they can connect, share and learn with like-minded peers to develop their global collaborative and interpersonal skills.

Teen Dynamics for Young People
They get to understand their unique strengths, talents and capabilities, allowing them to learn, lead, communicate and create naturally in any learning environment.

ABOUT GENIUS SCHOOL

Genius School offers child-centred, personalised learning pathways, igniting the genius in children, creating self-aware lifelong learners who are empowered, future leaders. 

Founded by Roger James Hamilton, social entrepreneur and futurist, and Angie Stead, an edupreneur leading location independent educational solutions.

Genius School has a global team of edupreneurs delivering programs in schools and communities, including micro camps, micro-courses, programs for schools, retreat camps, microschools for young people. 

The traditional education experience is often disengaging, irrelevant and redundant with a one size fits all model. Genius School is a personalised and individualised model for learning, bringing out the unique genius in every child.