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For Budapest eTwinning Conference 2011
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• Subjects:
Cross-curricular (Maths, Science, ICT, languages,..)• Syllabus contents:
Statistics, Functions, Energy, Ecology• Number of students:
25-30• Age:
15• Duration:
1 month
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Title: Be money smart, be ecological!
• Objectives of the project:o learning to interprete the energy billso being able to compare among different energy sourceso Developing responsible energy consumption habits
by means of:o gathering real energy consumption data (at home)o comparing the cost of the different domestic energy sourceso finding out whether there are equations which model the
energy consumptiono identifying the energy consumption of the different electrical
equipment at home, and the standby consumptiono after asking partners about climate, amount of daylight,
lifestyle, formulating hypotheses on their estimated domestic energy consumption
o verifying the stated hypotheses
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
What for?• To deal with a real problem, significant to the community, about which
students care
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Starting with the end in mind
What? Contents, skills, habits• Go through the curriculum and identify where a project fits
• Choose two or three curricular items to focus on
Assessment• Learning skills, collaboration skills, critical thinking, knowledge
acquisition…
• Set up clear criteria to measure achievements
• What for?
o Energy is a key factor in domestic economy but we don’t always understand its implications well enough
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
• What?
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Contents
•Power units
•Percentages
•Statistics
•Functions
•Everyday life Maths
•Ecology awareness
Skills
•Teamwork
•Formulating and testing hypothesis
•Interpreting, comparing and relating real data
•Using ICT in a variety of tasks
•Capacity to overcome difficulties and reorient work
•Communicating in own and foreign language
Habits
•Curiosity and Initiative
•Self-confidence
•Self-awareness of own skills and things to improve
•Perseverance
•Critical thinking
•Commitment to the community
• Short• Real• Meaningful• Motivating• It must answer the question “What for?” in every stage of the
project
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
The driving question
•Energy is money. How can we save both at home?
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
The driving question
• What will be assessed in early, middle and late stages?
• What criteria will be considered?
• What tools will be used?
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Assessment
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Early stages
•Initiative
•Teamwork contributions
•Quality of searched info
•Ability to predict and formulate hypotesis
Middle stages
•Decision-making after checking hypotheses
•Ability to overcome difficulties and reorient work
•Use of appropriate language to communicate (vocabulary, graphics,..)
•Ability to communicate in a foreign language (if necessary)
•Use of ICT to help solve the main question
•Giving reasonable answers to questions arising
Final stage
•Fulfillment of the task (answer to the driving question)
•Quality and originality of products
•Presentation of results
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Assessment criteria: rubrics
1 2 3 4
Problem solvingLittle or no ability to reorient strategies
Some of the difficulties are overcome; little reorientation of strategies
Most of the difficulties are overcome and lead to reorienting strategies
Great ability to overcome difficulties and reorient strategies
Presentation
The reader is unable to follow the steps taken in the solution
Solution is difficult to follow at times
Solution is presented in a logical manner
Solution is presented in an easy follow step-by-step model
What do your students need to know?
• Things they already know
• Things to be learnt before getting started
• Things to learn during the project
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Mapping the project (1)
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Already known
•Basic statistics
•Linear functions
•Info search resources (Internet, library,..)
•Basic ICT: spreadsheet, email, chat, forum,…
•Level of foreign language enabling communication
Before getting started
•How to read a bill
•Suggestions on teamwork: making task lists, assigning roles, distributing tasks, project diary,…
•Joint reflection on assessment
During the project
•Comparison among different kind of energy resources
•Basic statistical data processing
•ICT tools that seem to be useful as one goes along
Milestones
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Mapping the project (2)
• Set up a concrete series of milestones to fine tune the project
• Be flexible
• Assess, rethink, refine
Milestones:
• Bring real bills to class: electricity, gas,…. Interprete them. Look for equations which fit the costs. Learn about power units
• Compare the costs of the different energy sources and heating systems, as well as of the different electrical appliances
• Compare data (in groups), measuring both the pros and cons
• Draw first conclusions: Factors affecting the domestic energy consumption: kind of house, orientation, number of
people living, thermal isolation, peak hours,… Which system would you choose? present results (tables, graphics, spreadsheets, lists,
…)
Measuring progress. Tuning
• Communicate with partners (chat, videoconference, forums) in order to know what their energy consumption determining factors are
• Formulate hypotheses about their partners’ monthly energy expenses
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
• Verify the hypotheses with partners (chat, etc)
• Explain possible differences between the hypotheses and the real data
Measuring progress. Tuning
• Show final products (written report, model, list of energy saving measures, video,…)
• Draw conclusions: Which steps can we take to save energy and money?
Measuring results
• Evaluate the project: What are the benefits for us and the community? Things I would change/improve
• Project epilogue: apply energy saving measures at home and check their efficiency in money saving after a couple of months
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Address different learning needs:• SEN students
• At-risk students
• Gifted students
• Variety of learning styles
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Mapping the project (3)
Evaluating the whole project:• Class discussion
• Reports
• Individual / group evaluation…
• Class discussion on the project. Fishbowl.
• Student reports: logs, wiki, polls, personal reflections in blogs…
• Group /Individual evaluations
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Project Evaluation
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Despedida y agradecimiento por la atención prestada
www.etwinning.esProyectos de Colaboración Escolar en Europa
Instituto de Tecnologías EducativasTorrelaguna 58, 28027 Madrid. Tfno: +34 913778383
Thanks for your attention
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