A Day in Life

Writing a good Blog!

It’s always a good idea to remember that Face to Faith is your chance to teach other people around the world about your life and experiences! Part of the purpose of this site is to give you a voice that be heard around the world about the things that are important to you – so don’t waste the opportunity.

It doesn’t matter how long your blogs are; what’s important is that it is worth reading, and will show people the important ideas, strong feelings, powerful beliefs and key experiences that have made up your lives.

Please make sure that you always use your own words.  Material copied from elsewhere on the internet will be removed. 

What shall I write about?

Well, anything that is worth doing – so good topics might include –

• Your experiences of videoconferences.
• Descriptions of important things in your lives –
• The celebration of festivals (how do you and your family celebrate?)
• Visits to special places (particularly places of worship and pilgrimage)
• Family events (how do your family welcome new babies or celebrate weddings?)

Remember:

• That your readers may not know anything about your culture or faith, so put in lots of detail and explanations.
• To add photos and videos to show people what you are writing about.
• To include your own feelings (and possibly those of others that you’ve talked to) – make it personal! (A really good guideline is to think – “is this something that someone could find out from reading a book?” if not, you’re on the right lines)

Read proactively.

• When you read other people’s blogs make sure that you “favourite” the ones that you think are really good, so they become popular.  
• Write comments – praise what they’ve done, but ask for more detail as well – use them as the basis for starting discussions. If someone is writing about something that is interesting to you, then ask them for more!

For more suggestions on writing blogs, and adding pictures and videos, see our Youtube Channel;

http://www.youtube.com/user/Face2FaithAdm

Principles of Face to Faith

R	Respect – Our world is a diverse world. To communicate and grow we must respect one another’s beliefs, values, attitudes and faiths.
E	Education – Good learning creates understanding, overcomes prejudice and opens the gates of dialogue. We are here to teach and to learn, not to convince or convert.
S	Safety – A safe environment allows everyone to share with confidence. Help create one around you and watch everyone flourish.
P	Perspective – Long journeys start with small steps and eyes lifted to the horizon.
E	Empathy – When we try to see the world through other people’s eyes, we open our own.
C	Celebration – We’re all different and that makes us special – so let’s bring our differences to the party!
T	Trust – Through building relationships with people around the world, we learn to trust one another that our beliefs and values will be accepted.

Rules for discussion....

•      Always listen carefully to what other people are saying.
•               Think before speaking.   
•               Always try to be positive.
•  Only one person speaks at a time
•  Raise your hand to be recognized if you want to say something
• No interruption when someone is speaking
• When you disagree with someone, make sure that you make a difference between criticizing someone's idea and the person themselves
• No laughing when a person is saying something (unless they are making a joke)
• Encourage everyone to participate.
• Always use “I” statements – don’t generalise.
• Take other people’s points of view seriously – remember that they may find it difficult to accept the things that are obvious to you.
• Remember your body language and manners (don’t get angry).
• Use open ended questions. 

Debate vs Dialogue

Upcoming Videconferencing Schedule

Date : 21st March, 2013
Time: 6 am GMT (11:30 am IST)
School: Al Manar Modern School
Country: Lebanon
Age Group: 12-14 years ( Classes VII, VIII, IX)
Module: Introduction
Topics:
Leadership
Education
Faith in Community ( Families in particular)


Date : 10th April, 2013
Time: 3 am GMT (8:30 am IST)
Age Group: 12-14 years ( Classes VII, VIII and IX)
Module: Art of Expression
Note: It is a special module Multipoint VC and will involve a group of schools from different countries. Details yet to be recieved.

Photographs of Malaria Day Special VC

Some captured moments of Videoconferences

VC Link

To view the recording of Videoconference with Nottingham Girls School, U.K., please see the link below:

 https://www.box.com/s/mqv5cr7wwspf6ktht065