Second International TOTCUS Symposium at Rosmini
Four hours is a long time to maintain students' attention, but we managed it. Twenty-six presentations, each approximately 7-10 minutes in length were shared in collaboration with our international TOTCUS partner schools.
It was a challenging start when bandwidth in Chile was lost (the location from which the presentations are shared) and several groups went over time, however we pulled through, thanks to the students using their initiative and we ended up on that fourth hour.
After the video was closed, converted GOLD TOTCUS badges were presented to Jack Hollewand, Noah Simunac, Yilin Lin and Nicolas Torres. Former TOTCUS leader (2023) and now at university, Nikko Snell was also a recipient of the leaders badge.
It is so pleasing to see groups that consist of intermediate students working and presenting alongside older students, for example a Year 7 working with a Year 13 student. This is one of the unique aspects of the TOTCUS programme that makes it appealing to other schools. New schools are joining the project next year. Rosmini students interested in joining should contact Mr. Wood.
You can access the TOTCUS website Sharing page to view presentations videos and photos from the Symposium by clicking here.
By the numbers
Five hundred and thirty eight ZOOM connections were logged with the boys this year for Over the Back Fence, our international connections programme, and the TOTCUS project. That means 4,805,742 digital kilometers were accumulated during the school year.
The most calls were between Rosmini College and the English Academy in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) 96, Finland was second followed by South Korea third.
One hundred and twelve Rosmini students took part in TOTCUS in 2024.
TOTCUS projects were active in the Finland (2), South Korea (4), Vietnam (2), USA (1), Mexico (1), Peru (4), Chile (2), Singapore (2), India (2) and RapaNui (4). In other words we doubled participation and look forward to continuous growth of this Rosmini College grown programme in 2025.
