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Elevers delaktighet i sitt lärande
Elevers delaktighet i sitt lärande
Start date: Jul 1, 2014,
End date: Jun 30, 2015
PROJECT
FINISHED
Dalaskolan is a socio- economically and culturally homogenous school which in the current situation has few contacts with the outside world. Creating connections with educators in Europe could lead to a partnership, which ultimately would increase the school's internationalization, improve work for equality and social inclusion and thus improving the quality of teaching.
For several years, the city and the district have made training initiatives in subjects as Swedish, mathematics and science. As for SE, we feel that it is difficult to find appropriate training.
The student computers are getting old and we are about to replace the old equipment, with iPads. At this transition we need education and inspiration to be able to take advantage of the new tools opportunities.
Around groups of pupils, the school staff is organized with personnel from different categories, for example, teachers and recreation instructors. The cooperation and thus the quality of teaching would be improved by giving staff the opportunity to have the joint start, a course at another location would entail.
Besides the above mentioned areas for improvement, it is highlighted in the plan for development in the district and at Dalaskolan, that we will work to provide students with a stimulating learning environment and to increase students' participation in their own learning. This is our overarching focus.
When we plan activities to meet the need for improvement and to achieve the goals, we see that for example, we could do this by better exploiting the opportunities offered by the local environment and that this, among other things could be done by using ICT tools. We want to integrate ICT tools with outdoor education in several subjects (mainly SE), all the time with the students' participation in the foreground.
We have found several courses that correspond well to these goals. By allowing groups of personnel from different categories to participate in a series of courses with the same theme (outdoor education using mobile ICT tools in historically interesting environments, together with teachers from other European countries), we can "kill two birds with one stone " - advancement in the use of ICT tools and outdoor education, advancement in the SE topic and internationalization.
The school's teaching staff consists of about 40 educators (teachers, recreation and preschool teachers). We want to achive as great impact as possible with our investment and therefore we want as many as possible to participate in the venture. We have not yet definitely set the groups, but expect that we will be able to send 4 people in five innings. The groups will consist of personnel from different categories of staff - teachers, preschool teachers and recreation instructors .
All course activities are included in an overall concept from a single course organizer. The arrangement has the same structure in terms of method and use of ICT resources , but different approaches in terms of the focus on environment (urban, rural, museums) where the courses are situated. The courses we are applying to are the Digital Extra ( eLearning for use in schools and museums ) , SMILE ( Using museums and heritage as a teaching and learning resource ) , Reading the City ( Discover the city as an Experiential Learning Resource ) and Sharing Landscapes (using tablets for teaching outside the classroom ).
It will mainly be the principal of the school , the quality developer and the administrator who will assists in preparation and practical arrangements , but also the district's Community Coordinator . Travel will be booked in the center of town, by the contracted company which will help the district's " travel bookers ."
We expect the participants in the project to receive some familiarity in useing of mobile ICT tools , such as iPads , so that they are prepared for the school switching from computors to iPads. We also expect that their experience will be used directly in the planning and implementation of the daily activities of the staff team and with the students.
After the end of the trip the group is expected to share with other staff (who have not yet made their journey or who will not participate in the project) how the trip affected their knowledge and confidence for the use of mobile tablets, at staff meetings.
When many of the staff completed their courses , we expect that the school as a whole is affected by improved collaboration between staff categories , developed the use of ICT tools in teaching, increased knowledge of Europe , started cooperation with European partners and the empowerment of the students, as a result.