Wassenaar — SIN Wassenaar received two officials from the Ministry of Education and Culture, Friday, 27 September 2013. They were Mr. Djohan Achmadi dan Mr. Tora Akadira, both from the Secretariat of the Directorate General of Primary Education. Their visit was to socialise the 2013 Social Grant and evaluation of the previous scheme.
Germany-Switzerland, 21-23 September 2013 — SIN Wassenaar organised the promotion and appreciation of Indonesian and international culture programme in Switzerland. 21-24 September 2013. The programme was combined with recreative activities and joined by students of our primary to secondary schools.
During the programme the delegation visited historical and cultural objects in Luzern, Zurich and Bern. In Bern our delegation was welcomed by International School of Berne in which our Balinese dance and angklung teams exhibited their performance. At IS of Berne our director, Mr. B.W. Rianto led an angklung workshop for IS of Berne students.
Afterwards SIN Wassenaar delegation was welcomed by the Indonesian Ambassador Mr. Djoko Susilo and staff at his official residence in Bern where our delegation again showed their musical talents (link liputan berita di detik.com dan website IS of Berne).
Brussels, 19 September 2013 — To explore the possibility to deepen and widen the collaboration between Indonesian and European schools a delegation of Seamolec and SIN Wassenaar visited European Schoolnet in Brussels, 19 September 2013. The Indonesian delegation consisted of Mr. T. Pardede, Mr. B.W. Rianto and his deputy, and Mr. J. Panhar. At the European Schoolnet office they were welcomed by Ms. Alexa Joyce and staff.
The meeting was started with with a light lunch which was followed by an alternate presentations from both sides. Among the agreed points yielded during the meeting was an informal invitation for the representatives of European Schoolnet to attend an international conference organised by Seamolec in Bandung end of this year, and the appointment of SIN Wassenaar as a portal for collaboration between Indonesian and European schools.
The European Schoolnet office is equipped with a cutting-edge Future Classroom Lab. A contextual visit to the lab was also useful, challenging and cozy at the same time. SIN Wassenaar is really grateful to the European Schoolnet and Seamolec for the comparative learning opportunity.
Breda, 19 September 2013 — It was a fantastic opportunity for Seamolec (Southeast Asia Ministries of Education Organisation Regional Open Learning Centre), SMKN 3 OKU and SIN Wassenaar to visit the Steve Jobs School in Breda. It is one the 11 newly established schools in The Netherlands which is based on the use of iPad and multimedia in learning activities and process. Undisputable the Apple technology is almost exclusively used in this concept and system of education.
The Indonesian delegates: Mr. Prayitno of Seamolec, Mr. Riadi of SMKN 3 OKU and Mr. Deni of SIN Wassenaar were warmly welcomed by Mr. Kleinpaste of the Steve Jobs school. It was a special interest for Seamolec as it aspires to develop and estabalish similar concept of education in Indonesia and SIN Wassenaar is expected to play the role as a vocal point.
Beyond sharing experience and discussions, a guided tour was also organised to directly observe the context of learning. The visit itself a very valuabe learning process. Furthemore it opened the opportunity for collaboration with SIN Wassenaar and partner schools in Indonesia.
We highly appreciate the open-arms greeting and gesture from the Steve Jobs school of Breda.
Wassenaar — As this offline training for practical purpose to reinforce the earlier online activities, on the second day, 17 September 2013 the participants were guided to refine their individual works. This mounted to a complete presentation document outlining the whole feasible planned project. On this second day the workshop welcomed the visit of the Attaché of Education and Culture, Prof. Bambang Hari Wibisono.
CLOSING DAY: On 18 September 2013, a webconference was organised between SIN Wassenaar dan SMKN 3 OKU. On this final day teachers from both schools, in turns, presented their individual and collaborative project plans and continued with useful discussions afterwards. A follow-up programme has been outlined between Wassenaar and OKUs as part of this workshop.
To conclude the workshop, Mr. T. Pardede on behalf of Seamolec closed the programme and added with the expression of gratitude from SIN Wassenaar delivered by Mr. B.W. Rianto. It formally ended with exchange of gifts from both sides as token of compliments.
