Great feedback from Gabriela Grossek on her workshop with teachers. Fascinating – and sad – when you read her descriptions of living and teaching in rural areas. Especially the contrast with the state-of-the-art stuff being done by teachers in towns. WORKSHOP ‘TACCLE 2 – A PROJECT FOR YOUR CLASS’ Improving the quality of your teaching Full Article…
The Future Internet
Loved this for the clear way in which the content was presented but even more for the graphics and the media mixing of video, still pictures, images of hand drawn flip chart pages and stop-motion.
Let’s go into the city
Lesson plan from Italy on Transport… During the morning students will have to carry out the following activities and/or purchases: A newspaper (news stand), A piece of pizza/snack (pizzeria), Exercise book (stationery store), A pair of socks (underwear), A map of the city (tourist office), Leaflet for trip (travel agency), Train schedule for trip (train Full Article…
Small scale construction
Lesson ideas for Technology from Italy… Students use CAD or similar to design a simple building Students work in groups of 4/5 people with LEGO blocks to make small scale models of simple buildings. The geometric shapes are analysed and designed. Then the students study the proportions in relation to real sizes. The students then Full Article…
Enjoy bike riding
Lesson plan from Italy… Students research the history of bikes and their shapes and compile a list of the component parts with pictures. These could be published using a photo sharing tool such as Flickr. This activity could be combined with a physics lesson in which students verify that if the bike is stationary it is Full Article…
A blade of grass
Lesson plan from Italy… The students are brought to a sports field situated near the school. They are invited to observe and take a picture of a blade of grass which grew on the surface of the field. They notice the dimensional features of the blade of grass in respect to the size of the Full Article…