Plans for 2013

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Alhamdulillah, I have about 200 students shooting 30 videos this semester. I plan to do another 30 videos starting in September 2013. In the meantime, I am looking for 5 secondary schools in the Gombak area to agree to a pilot project for 2014. Mr. Fazrul Ismail, of Total Success Sdn Bhd, has agreed to provide some free training for the teachers so that they improve their facilitation skills. By 2014, we hope to do a year-long validation of the Productive Teens methodology. By the end of 2014, we would like the schools to issue a testimonial in regards to the outcome of the Productive Teens project in their schools. Hopefully, with these testimonials, we can start talking to the Ministry of Education ....

210 students shooting videos

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Learning from the experience of last semester, I now have 210 students (MGT6610, MGT4110 and MGT4820) shooting videos. These videos will be linked to the productiveteens.com website (which will be totally re-vamped thanks to the help of En. Fazrul Ismail at Total Success Sdn Bhd). Hopefully, in 2014, problematic teenagers in selected schools will surf the Internet under the supervision and coaching of one of their teachers. They will go through the productive teens videos one by one (which will, insya Allah, combine Islamic content and everyday self-management skills)as the school year progresses. These weekly discussions will focus around the content of the video and include group discussions and appropriate role-play. As the school year progresses, these problematic teenagers should (insya Allah) be able to changer their behaviour (first) and then change their perception of themselves (later). We hope that a few successful pilots would help persuade schools that using productive teens is an effective way to help some of their under-performing students. We hope that the students would become happy and productive Muslims at the outcome of this project. I don't (by the way) blame these students for their current situations. Many teenagers are exposed to mixed and confusing messages from their peers, their parents and their teachers. We simply want to show these kids practical steps to change their lives for the better.

WE will not be the lost generation

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This video captures very well the spirit of the Happy in Islam project

Conference in Thailand: 14th to 16th January

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Alhamdulillah, I presented a paper that documented the results so far of the Happy in Islam project and outlines some ideas regarding the Productive Teens project. So far, so good.

Next milestone: Conference in Thailand and the Productive Teen website

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Slowly, things are moving. Insha Allah, I will be presenting a conference paper in Thailand on January 13 2013. It will summarise all the data collected (including the measures of spiritual intelligence). It will describe the next stage of the project which is the building of the Productive Teen website and the production of more videos by students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The next group starts this Thursday and two other groups will start in February. Hopefully, I will have about 200 students trying to help Malay teenagers empower themselves
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