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Exploring innovative and creative ways of teaching using new tools and methods- ETM

CPI O Cruce

2009-2011

European

Yes

COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS

EXPLORING INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE WAYS OF TEACHING USING NEW TOOLS AND METHODS- ETM

CPI O Cruce

2009-1-ES1-COM06-10598

Teaching Methodology, Video, Didactical resource

Maths, ICT, Science , Other

Italian, Polish, Other EU, Romanian, Spanish, English

Teachers, Students

- Context:
The use of new technologies in the process of student learning is essential to improve the quality of teaching.
Schools in Spain, Germany, Italy, Romania, Greece, Poland and England with pupils aged 3 to 20 years have developed creative and innovative e-learning content; and new pedagogies are designed to develop the skills of student learning.

- Objectives:
Share knowledge, skills and professional experience in e-learning materials and methodologies including new ways to use Web-based tools
Develop e-learning content creative and innovative.
Using new pedagogies that are designed to develop the skills of student learning.

- Activities:
Training courses for teachers made in meetings.
Teachers and students learned how to make blogs, use the e-journal, make Webquests, activities with Jclic, Hot Potatoes, interactive Power Point, web pages and videos.
Students participated in a project colaborativo- A novel by chapters - "The Secret Formula" in which students from all centers have collaborated and produced a wonderful novel.
Students participated in a logo contest in which the project logo was chosen.
Each participating school with their team of teachers have introduced new methodologies and types of e-learning materials.
Create the Project song, that has been interpreted in several languages.
Collaborative work "Saving Energy". Video of each partner and final video

- Results
Training courses.
E-learning materials.
Novel "The Secret Formula"
Song of the project in different languages.
Videos of collaborative work "How to save energy"
Project Website

Is a good initiative to share knowledgements, skills and resources using new techologies, especially, web related technologies. The project make e-learnign materials, for example, a novell done collaboratively:
http://www.ejournal.fi/ipm713/index.php?action[]=IArticleShow::showArticle(%2744391%27)

Furthermore, the web page allows visualice resources, for example, collaborative videos:
http://centros.edu.xunta.es/cpiocruce/etm/arhivos/energy_saving/energy_saving.html
http://centros.edu.xunta.es/cpiocruce/etm/arhivos/videomoda/anabealuisvideo.html

There are many activities as all logos of the project:
http://centros.edu.xunta.es/cpiocruce/etm/arhivos/etmsngspain.wav

And, finally, the access to a song that is recorded in all the languages of the project:
http://centros.edu.xunta.es/cpiocruce/etm/arhivos/etmsngspain.wav

All these activities are representative of collaborative work between the different entities of the countries that participate in the project.

This project is interestin because represents plainly how the collaborative work using new technologies, the resources that offers the Internet and web technologies can produce positive goals. Some links doesn’t work and you can’t see some contents. Some videos are a good resource because multimedia material is always motivational and encourages the student interest. Also, in this case is possible to observe that they can do something different if they purpose it. Regarding to the song, note the fact that is available in various languages. Maybe is the most interesting nuance from the point of view of other idioms knowledgement. The novell maybe is the most surprising thing since each country in each chapter reference its own places and manners, it helps to know the different places where the project is developed.

The videos and the song of the project is the most interesting. Maybe the most interesting is to see how in the novell, redacted in english and with continuity, is noted who writed each chapter. Especially the spanish partner chapter, with many references to buildings and places in Galicia. This is what I liked more.