Scientix is financed under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development SCIENTIX WORKSHOP: Activities on sharing STEM

Scientix is financed under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development

SCIENTIX WORKSHOP:

Activities on sharing STEM / Scientix resources that could be applied in

eTwinning projectsDr. Àgueda Gras-Velázquez, Victor J. Pérez-Rubio & Prof. Albert Gras i Martí

08/06/2012

www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org

European Schoolnet (EUN)

Promoting the use of ICTand digital technologies in the classroom

Promoting the European dimension in schools

Improving the quality ofeducation in Europe

Network of30 Ministries

of Education in Europe

Three areas of interest:• services to schools,• research and innovation,• sharing of learning resources

www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org 3

European Schoolnet (EUN) – Science Team

Scientix | Gras-Velázquez & Pérez-Rubio08/06/2012 | Druskininkai, Lithuania

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Workshop overview

Workshop 1 Tools (prezi, etc) How

Workshop 2 Resources / materials What

Workshop 3 Connect to TwinSpace How


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Activity t (min) In charge

Introduction to the workshop 5 Àgueda

EDUCAMP: resources, experiences and tools for STEM classes

What is it? 5 Albert

Let’s do it 15 All

Recap 5 Albert

Scientix overview

Resources (translation on demand / licensing / request)

Guided tour: log in, request translation, lessons learnt

Projects (research results)

20 Àgueda / Victor

Gears for T&L innovation: Collaborate, Evaluate and “Publish”

5 Albert

Teaching projects: examples 10 Albert

Scientix: a source of ideas and resources 5 Àgueda

Future eTwinning + Scientix projects? Teachers’ brainstorming

25 All

Conclusions 10 Àgueda

Workshop overview


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Let’s have an EDUCAMP


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EDUCAMP: Share knowledge and experiences

Experiences, resources, and materials for STEM classes:• ICT resources for teaching (simulations,...)• eTwinning and other collaborative projects

We need:

• a PC for every 3-4 teachers.• adhesive labels and a pen


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- Prepare your label:- Write down the materials, resources or experiences

that you are familiar with (e.g., simulations, specific eTwinning projects, materials, lab equipment...) and stick it on your shirt.

- Look around for what might interest you.- Ask her/him to explain briefly how they used the materials, resources, experiences (with the help of the PC if applicable).


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EDUCAMP recap

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European Schoolnet (EUN) – Science Team


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European science and maths projects


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http://scientix.eu


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http://scientix.eu

& maths


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http://scientix.eu

&

maths &

technology


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Conference 2011

Workshops 2012

Portal


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UniSchooLabS

http://unischoolabs.eun.org


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NO!


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andother

portals...

Scientix --> OpenID


http://lreforschools.eun.org

http://water.chemistry2011.org

http://nanoyou.eun.org

http://spice.eun.org

Scientix --> OpenID

http://unischoolabs.eun.org


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Spice

Spice – Science Pedagogy Innovation

Centre for Europe

aimed to

Innovative Pedagogical Practices


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Gears for T&L innovation

Collaborate (Interact)

Evaluate (Plan)

Publish (Diffusion)

Plan and...


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T&L: A complex taskICT facilitates …

building knowledge, reinforcing connections (languages / descriptions), sharing, interacting…

Spread sheets

Phenomena

Iconic

Verbal

Tabular

Graphic

Digital video

Simulations

Algebraic

Sensors


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Teachers may use ICT...

- Alone- Teachers may feel quite isolated!

- Communicated- Comunicating- For professional development

Pedagogical innovation.

Question common teaching practices.


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• ICT allow:- elaborating- adapting- actualizing

- ... permanently (in real time)

of “textbooks” (teaching material):- digital- collective- personalized

& also the interaction:- pupil-teacher- pupil-pupil- pupil- T/L proces

Question habitual teaching practices!

Pedagogical innovation!

Educational materials: coelaborated, actualized & shared


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Projects: examples

- A quite simple example: Cover an object and guess!- The many languages of Science- Debates online and anaylisis the structure of the

contributions- Finding misconceptions in students, textbooks,

webpages, etc.- Projects on simulations- ...


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Example of a Simple Project: what is hidden inside?


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Another example: Investigate connections (languages / descriptions)

Spread sheets

Phenomena

Iconic

Verbal

Tabular

Graphic

Digital video

Simulations

Algebraic

Sensors


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Another example: Online debates

Practicing skills: Structured debates


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Quality of contributions

Abstracto-extenso

Analysis of debates

SOLO: structure of observed learning outcomes

Biggs and Collis (1982)


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Another example:

Find misconceptions, errata... in textbooks, websites, wikipedia, etc.

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Ubiquitous Drawing Errors for the Simple Pendulum

THE PHYSICS TEACHER Vol. 43, October 2005◆


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Contrary to what textbooks say

... the Sun does not rise in the East

Another example:

Find misconceptions, errata... in textbooks, websites, wikipedia, etc.


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Pedagogical strategies: Computer Simulations

Modelling processes is a standard scientific activity

Computer Simulations: specific programs, applets… - to experimentally confirm theoretical predictions - to understand complex phenomena…

– One practices with initial and boundary conditions– To manipulate variables– … Good to motivate students!

Simulations allow interactions: students / scientific area / learning process

Large number of simulations in Internet (e.g., Scientix)


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How?Make a plan: - Objectives- Implementation- Assessment tools- Evaluation

Prepare a guideEmail it or post it in the web

f ) Quantes fitxes has treballat fins ara ( d'un total de 10 ) ?

109876543210NC0,05,0

10,015,020,025,030,035,040,0

Nombre de fitxes treballades

% a

lum

ne

s

g.1 ) Quant de temps et suposa contestar una fitxa ?

40,0

9,2 7,73,1

10,84,6

24,6

0,0

10,0

20,0

30,0

40,0

50,0

0,5 0,75 1 1,5 2 Mésde 2

NS/NC

Hores

% a

lum

ne

s

g.2 ) En què inverteixes la major part del temps ?

5,1

5,1

16,5

21,5

21,5

30,4

Buscar ordinador o connectar-se

Entendre el funcionament de l'applet

Entendre les preguntes

Redactar les respostes

Provar i trobar la resposta

NS/NC

% de respostes

& evaluate the results


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Another example:

• Work the topic in class• Pre test• Simulation• Post test (same as pre test!)• Evaluate• Publish

Avaluació physlet ENERGIA per qüestions

27,8

27,8

30,6

22,2

20,8

6,9 9,7 12

,5

8,3

9,7

0,010,020,030,040,050,0

%

MILLOREN

MANTENEN B o R

MANTENEN M

EMPITJOREN

Avaluació physlet LLEI GASOS per qüestions

7,4 6,2

16,019,814,8

32,1

22,214,8

1,26,2

0,0

20,0

40,0

60,0

80,0

Qüestió 1 Qüestió 2 Qüestió 3 Qüestió 4 Qüestió 5

%

MILLOREN

MANTENEN B o R

MANTENEN M

EMPITJOREN

Evolució respostes amb l'ús de physlets

MILLOREN23%

EMPITJOREN8%

MANTENEN M29%

MANTENEN B40%


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Always keeping in mind the gears for T&L innovation

Collaborate (Interact)

Evaluate (Plan)

Publish (Diffusion)Plan

and...


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Scientix resources (online or suggesting everyday materials)


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Brainstorming

Let’s work in small

groups!

Project!!!


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Conference 2011

Workshops

Portal


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Scientix workshopsAim: Present, share, highlight and inspire good practices, linked to the specific content offered by Scientix and take into account the latest development in the field of science and maths education and the results produced by EU funded projects.* GIREP 2010, Reins, France: Teaching and Learning Physics today: Challenges? Benefits?

* Eminent 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark: The community for science education in Europe after 6 months running

* eTwinning Conference 2011, Budapest, Hungary: Part 1: Introduction to Moodle; Part2: Use of Moodle in science education

* Pathway summer school 2011, Heraklion, Crete: OpenID, resources and Moodle

* Spice summer academy 2011, Prague, Czech Republic: Wikis & Tops, Circle-makers and Augmented reality and UDiF: The theatre of physics

* Establish conference 2012, Dublin, Ireland: Scientix, Moodle and hands-on workshops

* eTwinning PDW 2012 Druskininkai, Lithuania: Activities on sharing STEM / Scientix resources that could be applied in etwinning projects

And more to come!


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Scientix online courses

Twitter

Moodle

Html

SecondLife

Geogebra

Xperimania

Blogs

Nanoyou

Scientific posters

Google forms

...more coming soon!

Scientix online courses always looking for “students”... and tutors! :-)


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inGenious schools

•Get access to interesting teaching materials for your classes!

•Each teacher will be invited to participate to the Pilots School Annual meeting! ingenious-science.eu

- 15 countries

- 10 schools per country

- test practices, provide feedback, collaborate with industry and other schools in Europe

Reinforce the link between industries & schools

Increase interest for Mathematics, Science and Technology


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Subscribe to the Scientix newsletter! (available in en, fr, de, it, es & pl)


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More information?

European Schoolnet Science Programme Manager // Scientix Project Manager:

Àgueda Gras-Velázquez, European Schoolnet, Brussels. BE([email protected])

European Schoolnet Web Editor / Project administrator

Victor J. Perez-Rubio, European Schoolnet, Brussels. BE([email protected])

European Schoolnet Consultant

Albert Gras i Martí, European Schoolnet, Brussels. BE([email protected])

http://scientix.eu

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Scientix is financed under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development SCIENTIX WORKSHOP: Activities on sharing STEM