Description
TIME = Technologies in Modern Education is a Institutional cooperation project, in which teachers and students from Gymnazium Teplice in the Czech Republic and Menntaskólinn í Kópavogi in Iceland will use different ICT tools in solving applied science problems together and comparing their findings. ICT tools and an e-learning platform will be used to collaborate. The target of the project will be to create five learning modules in natural science subjects as a part of optional seminars for students of the age of about 18 years. It will help and challenge students to improve their science knowledge whilst also preparing them for further studies in the third level education. The exchange of views among the participants also gives rise to the possibility of all participants getting to know other school systems and cultures. The participants will have gained insight into different science issues, cultures and have developed teamwork skills and fostered a sense of responsibility to others.
Summary of project results
Participants from both schools used different ICT tools in solving applied science problems and compared their findings. In English, biology, geography, physics and mathematics they cooperated using ICT tools and Google Drive. The partcipants shared documents and files, created teaching materials and made presentations and a webinar. The target of the project was to create five learning modules in natural subjects as a part of optional seminars for students from the seventh form (aged 18 years). It helped and challenged students to improve their knowledge whilst also preparing them for further studies. The exchange of views among the participants also gave rise to the possibility of all participants getting to know other school systems and cultures. The participants gained insight into different science issues, cultures and have developed teamwork skills and fostered a sense of responsibility to others. The project was succesfull and reached all the goals that had been stated.
Summary of bilateral results
The project had several challenges that we had to meet and faced successfully: 1) Encouraged continuing professional development by teachers: teachers from the CZ and IC shared ideas on different pedagogical approaches and tools. They also shared knowledge of different education structures and systems. All the project documents will be kept in the school archive. The teaching modules will be saved on the server where every teacher will be able to download them. We also hope in the next project cooperaction with our Icelandic partners in the future. The items that were bought and created during the project are going to be used after finishing of the project financing as well. All the equipment we will acquire will be used for educational purposes. Modernized ICT tools will be available as a teaching support for all students. After the end of the project, the tools and the equipment will be maintained from the school budget. The main objective of the project was the institutional cooperation between Czech and Icelandic teachers in the field of natural science and ICT tools. The use of ICT in this project and the corresponding improvement in competences of teachers that went along with that enabled teachers to better accommodate students of differing abilities within their lessons. The project was trying to make natural science subjects more attractive and more understood by students. The natural science support learning and teaching materials were developed to assist students and teachers. The target subjects were: mathematics, physics, biology, geography and also English – to ensure institutional cooperation and to enlarge students’ vocabulary and skills in the fields of natural science. There were five different modules created. The modules focused on students in the 7th form (aged around 18). The modules used ICT tools – especially measuring system Vernier (biology, physics), iPads (mathematics), GIS system (geography). Each module contained methodology, worksheets and presentations or materials to be used in the lessons by teachers. The modules were used and taught in the lessons.