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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
Massimiliano D’Innocenzo, NSS Italy
Download at:http://issuu.com/ite_europa/docs/project_management_slovenia
