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eTwinning and Creativity. Anne Gilleran's presentation at the opening session of the eTwinning PDW for Maths and Science teachers, held in the Lego Centre, Billund, Denmark.
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Using eTwinning
Anne Gilleran – pedagogical manager
eTwinning Central Support Service
Good Morning
What is eTwinning?
It has a website
It is a brand!
It is official!
It involves this organisation
What is creativity?
What is creativity?
http://answergarden.ch/view/75228
What did you emphasise?
Test your creativity 1
How many different uses can you think of for using a plastic shopping bag?
Individually 30 seconds
Turn to you neighbour: share your ideas – 30 seconds
The test measures divergent thinking across four sub-categories:
•Fluency - how many uses you can come up with
•Originality – how uncommon those uses are
•Flexibility – how many areas your answers cover
Elaboration – level of detail in responses
Creativity in European Education
Europe 2020
European Digital Agenda
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
Up-scaling Creative Classrooms in Europe
The legendary runner Flash Fleetfoot was so fast that his friends said he could turn off the light switch and jump into bed before the room got dark. On one occasion Flash proved he could do it.
How? ( Answer at the end of the presentation)
Test your creativity 2. A puzzle
@220,700+ teachers+
eTwinning can be used creatively ….
through:
Intercultural learning
Authentic learning
Shared professional development
Support for educational ideas
Exploring educational ideas together
Teachers professional network
eTwinning is about…….
EDUCATION– Exploring pedagogical methodologies such
as project based and inquiry based learning
eTwinning is about….
Learning– Intercultural learning– Authentic learning– Contextual learning– Personal learning
eTwinning is about
Skills and competency development– Team working– Researching– Choosing– Analysing– Creating
eTwinning is about
People– Shared professional development– Support for educational ideas– Exploring educational ideas together– Teachers professional network
eTwinning provides the means to allow teachers to do things differently.
Failure can also be an integral part of eTwinning
A video example: The Rainbow Village
Watch on YouTube
Welcome to eTwinning…..
“We must be the change we want to see in the world.”
-- Mahatma Gandhi
Flash Fleetfoot
Answers?
A final puzzle for you to ponder.
There is an ancient invention still used in parts of the worlds today that allows people to see through walls.
What is it? ( answers at the coffee break)
