Education Barbados Project #47145

Build Lab for Dyslexic thinkers in Barbados

by The Caribbean Dyslexia Association

Build Lab for Dyslexic thinkers in Barbados

Project Report | Dec 17, 2021
Our new Class

By Norman Mayers | Program Director of Creative Thinkers Lab

"What if we could develop innovative creative thinking strategies to obtain our 'Dream Job'? In our last cycle some of our older students asked us to develop a class to explore that exact question. So we did! Participating in this exciting new class, students will learn how to research and define the job of their dreams, develop killa portfolios, put together a pitch and master interviews.

Ethan, one of our students, shared: "This class is really helping me to understand and communicate the power of being myself."

My Dream Job is a combination of real-world assignments solidify concepts which require students to use their creativity to solve problems in unconventional ways on themselves, in order to move closer to their dream careers. The class also connects successful creative thinkers from around the world to share stories, personal experiences and knowledge with the students.

The students are currently working on five different projects:

The Sustainable Warriors website is a youth-led initiative dedicated to sharing sustainable solutions that tackle environmental issues all over the world. https://www.sustainablewarriors.net/
Students are developing a concept and proposal for a new online game set in the Caribbean, year 2121, where a group of genetically modified teenagers must prevent the second climate crisis from destroying the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGabab2ejBg
Students are producing a music video for a German song about diversity, called 'Ich bin die Rose'.
The EverydayCaribbean is a photo project where a team of photographers develop and share visual stories centering around Caribbean customs and culture on Instagram.
My Dream Job is our newest class that helps students join the workforce by following their strengths and passions.

To be able to conduct these types of classes, we need to have an engaged borderless community of people like you. Your donations are helping us to continue providing these much-needed learning experiences. Thank you for your continued support!

As always, we are deeply grateful to you for supporting students like Ethan as well as the work of the Caribbean Dyslexia Centre.

Yours truly,
Norman Mayers

My Dream Job-Class

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Aug 23, 2021
2021 Summer Lab

By Professor N | Program Director of Creative Thinkers Lab

Apr 26, 2021
2021 Update from Creative Thinkers Lab

By Norman Mayers | Program Director

Creative Thinkers Lab enables young people to transform the things that make them different - into the things that make them amazing.

Our year began with an invitation for the Lab to take part in an UNITED NATIONS initiative with students from Serbia, India, Malawi, Belarus, and Germany. Two of our students, Marita and Annie quickly excelled by teaming up to create, the first online database for sustainable warriors that shares innovative solutions to climate change challenges in the Caribbean.

And while the world-wide lockdown continued to keep schools closed, we were able to remain open with a project designed specifically to help students develop creative thinking skills needed for collaborating from home.

Our class of young Creative Thinkers, Nyla, Ariane, Okalani, Michelle, Tahrea, Tyrese and Yohance produced six soundtracks and videos while collaborating with each other from their homes.

During this cycle's interactive CREATIVE TALKS, the students had more opportunities to collaborate with Creative Thinkers from around the world like; Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer, Deepu Panjwani, Visual Artist/Photographer/Filmmaker, Jaryd Niles and DJ/Producer, Ian Hayes.

And outside of our Lab, our students are succeeding with improved school reports and achievements. Like Ariane, 14 winning the top prize in a fashion design competition, and Tahrea, 14 receiving the most improved overall performance assessments by his school and Zakai, 15 being recruited by the Cultural Foundation in Barbados and Nyla, 18 earning a scholarship into a language program.

Since starting the Creative Thinkers after-school program less than a year ago, the number of students and teachers has more than doubled, which has strengthened our belief that this revolutionary program will continue to grow and eventually play an important role in nurturing a generation of Creative Leaders around the Caribbean.

Thanks again for your donations, and we are looking forward to your continued support in our mission to Empowering Creative Kids in the Caribbean.

Best wishes,
Norman Mayers
Program Director,
Caribbean Dyslexia Centre

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