1. Comenius Partnership 2010/2012 Business Ideas for the Future BIF

2. VII Transnational Meeting Bacau - Romania
May 2012
A. Marietta – F. Mingozzi

3. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This presentation reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

4. Dissemination: Comenius Partnership 2008 - 2010 TTL Together to learn

5. Period: 2008 – 2010
Participating countries:Italy, Romania, Turkey
Type of instituion: Upper Secondary Education
Mobilities: 12 – teachers/country
Transnational meeting: 5

6. Before the project some teachers found it difficult :
to bridge the gap in mixed abilities classes
to motivate, support, enhance ICT and peer education
to provide students with LL tools

7. to share teaching learning experience
to help students learn-to-learn in mixed abilities classes
to enhance personal learning styles, to motivate, to support
to prevent early school leaving and enhance ICT

8. Theachers read and commented the Recommendations of the
European Parliament and of
the Council on key competences
for lifelong learning
12/12/ /18

9. “to pursue and persist in learning and to organise one's learning including effective management of time and information both individually and in groups”

10. “to produce new didactic tools to develop the ability to use tools to produce present and understand complex information”
“to dedicate time to learnng autonomously”
“to persevere with learning and to reflect critically on the purposes of learning”

11. How to solve the problems?
Maybe looking for a new method? Maybe working with teachers from different countries to share expertise?
How to solve the problems?

12. What?
Maybe something more personalised, young students’ tailored… Maybe online? Maybe not! Something multi task? multi what? I don’t know, it’s late, well …see you! ok let’s try
She’s mad. We should be stricter.

13. Solution:
Finding partners sharing a European project meant to improve teaching strategies

14. Comenius application form filled in and submitted to National Agency.
Consequence:
Comenius application form filled in and submitted to National Agency.
Project approved

15. Stages
analyse
plan
create
use
evaluate

16. Initial formative step: Analyse and plan Analysis of problem Analysis of needs Possible solutions Brainstorming ideas Finding a solution: ICT!
Learning object creation:
Create
Setting workpackages
Creating online platform
Creating online Lo (multi path courses)
Setting deadlines for activities
Creating evaluation tools (of students’ results, Lo and method)

17. LO, a multi-path learning object: multi path online courses with different graded activities in Italian and Romanian literature, English and Italian, Romanian and Turkish History

18. Working with students: Use Students’ briefing Working with students Evaluating students’ performances
Evaluation:
Evaluate
Evaluating method
Evaluating project
Considering transferability
Reporting to colleagues and teachers’ board

19. TEACHERS are involved in exploitation of learning objects
work together both online and at schools in different countries
are involved in exploitation of learning objects
are involved in evaluation process
experiment new online teaching method

20. STUDENTS are involved in exploitation of learning objects
are informed about project
are involved in exploitation of learning objects
are involved in evaluation process
get in touch with European pals

21. INSTITUTIONS are informed about project are informed about progress
are involved in dissemination
colleagues are enabled to benefit

22. Swot
S/O=
motivation, innovative method, one to one online tutoring, students’ self awareness, enhanced confidence, better time management, transferability of method, teachers’ cooperation, flexibility of method (curricular or remedial work), european added value,foreign langiage enhancement, widening teaching learning perspectives
W/T=
very long planning, activities done online maybe performed by someone else

23. Dissemination :
Local: teachers’ board, school magazine, school website
European: material uploaded on European Shared Treasure, dissemination at study visits in Spain and Slovenia
International: book about project, available in Italy, Romania, Turkey and Israel, book about History topic of the project, available in Italy, Romania, Turkey and Israel, award by Shoa Museum in Jerusalem