Introduction to eTwinning Managing projects

eTwinning the community for schools in Europe

BETT 2013, London UK

Anne Gilleran

Central Support Service, Brussels

What is project management?Thinking, reflecting, planning, predicting, evaluating...

Basically, it’s an investment of time and effort

Invest: to spend or devote for future advantage or benefit

Three tips

1. At the beginning, relax and look forward

2. During the project, relax and look around

3. At the end, relax and look back

Things to agree BEFORE

Detect your needs:- What you are not happy with in

your teaching- What you want to improve- What you want to try- What you can learn from each

other

Things to agree BEFORE

Involve your students:- What they’d like to do- How they’d like to learn- What they already know- What they can teach you- Ask them! Negotiate with them!

Things to agree BEFORE

Some organization issues:- Number and age of students- Time to work in the project per

week/month- Holiday periods- Timing- School ICT facilities- Number of schools involved- Teachers/subjects per school

Things to agree BEFORE

Set the objectives:- Concrete- Realistic- Measurable- What final products are expected?- How these products relate to the

objectives?- How will they be evaluated?

Things to agree BEFORE

Done?

Now, try to point out the strenghts and weaknesses of your plan

Revise

Aim at quality!

A quality project doesn’t have to bespectacular,difficult,complex,long,or sophisticated.

A quality project just has to beEFFICIENT

Ask your NSS for quality criteria before starting

Practice 1 (20 min.)

Work in groups. If some possible partners are here with you, join them.

1. Define some objectives for your project idea

2. What concrete results/final products are expected for these objectives?

3. How will you assess them?

Things to do DURING

Think on the activities:- Are they motivating?- Are they relevant?- Do they require collaboration?- Do NOT choose the tools first.

Think upside down!

Things to do DURING

Monitoring:- Use the Project Cards- Evaluate- How will you evaluate? Use

rubrics- Reflect, rethink, revise

What is a rubric?

Source: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/tidepoolunit/rubrics/collrubric.html

Practice 2 (20 minutes)

1. Design an activity for which collaboration is necessary

2. Think on an activity for which you don’t know which tool to use.

3. Describe #2 at http://wallwisher.com/wall/strunjan

Things to make you think AFTER

Evaluate the project (remember the rubrics?):

- Ask students and teachers- Check objectives and results- What would you change in further

projects?

Things to make you think AFTER

Reorganize material:- Can a third person follow the

development of the project?- Is the TwinSpace clear?- Is there enough documentation?- What should be public and what

should be kept private?

Things to make you think AFTER

Are you satisfied? Then, why don’t you go for a Quality Label?

- Ask your NSS- Create a “visitor” for evaluators- QL application is only a guide for

evaluators: if you have more documentation, add it in the TwinSpace

- Put yourself in the place of an evaluator: is everything clear?

One most important tip

Have fun!

Practice 3 (10 minutes)

- Think in a dissemination campaing.

- How can you make the project sustainable in your school?

- Which of the 6 quality criteria will be the most difficult to reach? And the easiest?

Thanks for your attentionDiego Rojas, NSS Spain

diego.rojas@ite.educacion.es

Massimiliano D’Innocenzo, NSS Italy

m.dinnocenzo@indire.it

Download at:http://issuu.com/ite_europa/docs/project_management_slovenia