Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts

Friday, January 16, 2015

Education : TELL Awards, submit your project !





"Most people on the planet would agree that educating young people is part of the greater good, something well worth supporting by society."
Our objective is to change the world, to better learning opportunities for young people. We are doing this because we aim for the future, for a better, more modern, education.
No doubt that Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) has created enormous changes in schools, universities and in vocational learning. However, these innovations have tended to be unsustainable. Too often, initiatives need a high degree of effort to be sustained, and are consequently endangered when funding stops. 
However few educational institutions have taken these technologies up in a systematic way in order to include them in their learning strategy. In spite of a huge amount of technologies available for learning purposes, teachers and students are NOT taking them up and the real breakthrough of new teaching and learning methods with new technologies has not happened.
The European TELL US competition sponsored by the European Commission’s DG Connect is open for ALL participants from large companies, SMEs, innovators, formal education actors and students.

Objective:

To change the world, to better learning opportunities for young people. TELL Awards is doing this because it aim for the future, for a better, more modern, education.



The competition will be subdivided into the “formal educational environment” which is centred on the three following main market segments:
  • Schools
  • Vocational Education and Training
  • Higher Education (High Schools and Universities)
The competition is organized in two stages with correspondent services levels:

1. Regional competitions online: 16 winners will be selected for the Grand Final. Each one of them will receive a prize including internationalisation support (one showcase event), soft landing services in one of the cluster ecosystems, and advice on EU projects, among others.

2. The Grand Final at Futur en Seine which will take place on 15th June 2015 in Paris, in Paris, where the four winners will be selected by an international, high-level jury and the public.




The 4 Regions:

Visit here

Jury:

The European Jury composed from a selection of the stakeholders from EU countries will be judge both the Regional contests and the Grand Final.
Each regional and final competition will also have an exhibition element and will enable the general public to assess the entrants and vote for a special ‘people’s choice’ awards.
Criterias :
The contest criteria will be drawn from the following foundations i.e. what we are looking for are solutions that: 
  1. Meets the expected learning objectives
  2. Appearance
  3. Creativity
  4. Ease of use for the learner
  5. Interactivity
  6. Ease of updating and adding content
  7. Holds the learner's interest
  8. Potential impact of the course based upon category and potential audience.



Prizes

Prizes for each of the winners include 2,500 euros in cash, a 500 euros Amazon account to cover technological needs, Startup Profiling on EDUKWEST Europe along with social media promotion, HP equipment, and many other prizes.

Application:

Participants must enter their application online. 

Deadline : 

The submission deadline for the TELL US Awards ends on 31 January 2015.


The 4 finalists will be awarded cash prizes by an international, high-level jury and the public. 

They will receive a cheque, IT hadware, coaching for internationalization (meeting potential clients, investors, etc) and a strong international visibility. We are pleased to count among our sponsors today HP, Telefonica, Capita, Go-Xapi, etc.





Participants :


Please complete the application in in full online: This application will form the basis for selection of candidates to progress to the second stage of the Awards Competition. 

Further information: 

For any further information please contact Camille Vidaud



Education:

How many teachers gave up for interesting and pioneers projects because they haven't the money and support to develop or to continue their creative ideas on Education.

I am one of them. In 2002, I created the first e-learning project at Secondary education to enhance Langages curriculum with ICT but unfortunately after two years with an incredible effort, the project could not be developed because I hadn't no money to support it and to continue my creative ideas on Education. The project was very appreciated by innovators, teachers and educational networks in Europe, United States, Afirca.

Today the project is a prototype and take part of the Micro Innovators network at VISIR.

However, in 2004, I submitted Kidzlearn Lugares & Aprendizagens at Global Junior Challenge, Rome and my project was a finalist project among 647 projects from all over the world. 

See? Now there are TELL AwardsThis is your opportunity to share your project to enhance learning by using technology.

We are on the 21th century and there are a lot of teachers who feel not confortable using technology in the classroom. Don't ! Ask for help from trainers or teachers that use technology in the classroom for years to enhance learning and motivate students to school curriculum.

"TELL Awards' objective is to change the world, to better learning opportunities for young people. We are doing this because we aim for the future, for a better, more modern, education."


G-Souto

16.01.2015


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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Kids and Creativity







"Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives"

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi*

Visão Júnior is a Portuguese magazine for children and adolescents. To celebrate the 7th anniversary, Visão Junior promoted a contest for children aged 6 to 15, last August. 

The prize? Seven Nintendos 3DS for seven winners.

Wow! How can children resist!

The aim was to create a scene for a Nintendo game. Using images and objects, children were invited to create a montage simulating some relief and 3D aspects, write a little text (maximum 15 lines)  explaining the game and giving it a name. 

All the participations sent until September 15, 2011.





Luana Ambrósio, 11 years 

The magazine's staff was completely surprised. The organization received 332 drawing works from all the country

Watch the video here   Fantastic, don't you think?

I know, I know! You are smiling and thinking: Of course! There is a Nintendo 3D to win!

Well, I am not astonished. And I don't think as you are thinking. Of course children like games and Nintendo 3D. However, they go further than adults when they are invited to be creative.

I really know how amazing students are when educators motivate them to participate in something unsual that can be included in the curriculum, in this case, Languages and Arts.

The Nintendo and Visão Júnior were only a motivation to involve children and adolescents. Winning a Nintendo 3D was a good motivation, no doubt! 




Sofia Monteiro, 13 years 

I can't forget some scientific reports about 3D visual effets on children under 6 years. And I wrote about it oNintendo 3D?

However, as the participants are up-to 6, the aim is the creativity that we can help to evolve in our students in a simple contest like this one.

Remember other contests, as Youtube Symphony Orchestra 2011, for young schoolar musiciansRobotics in Education for young people or gifted children, European girls drawing competition for ICT for gender equality. All these projects started in the school.

Education:

This contest could be included in Languages and Arts school curricula in elementary education and high junior education.

As educators, we can easily understand how students like to collaborate in different activities that develop their school skills and their creativity! They like to feel free to create. Contests are a great resource that educators must not waste.


Francisco Tavares, 9 years


The organization was so happy about the success of the contest and the quality of the drawing works that  decided to open for a week, in the Lobby of the building, a public exhibition with the best 90 works.

Just a curiosity! Talking about gender equality, it is very interesting to see that from the seven winners, six are young girls.

Some thoughts :

Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives, and of course creativity is a fundamental aim to captivate students in the classroom.

Students will develop school skills in a different environment that educators may introduce in some moments of the curricula, if curricula are not very attractive to students! They will learn by playing. 


"In this century, the importance of play in educating and socializing chidren has been recognized in theory, while greatly neglected in practice."

Bruno Bettelheim*

Not anymore! There are teachers who changed it! Educators are so creative as their students because they have the courage to change the rules, captivating thus their students for learning.



Inês Lebre, 12 years

"What makes us different from ape - our language, values, artistic expression, scientific understanding, and technology - is the result of individual ingenuity that was recognized, rewarded, and transmitted through learning."

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi*


G-Souto

27.10.2011
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Credits: images Visão Júnior

References: screenshots Virtual Illusion

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, The Creactive Personality, Chicago University

Bruno Bettelheim, Chicago University, Chicago Journals

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Workshop : European National Collaborators elearningeuropa.info Portal in Brussels







Tour Madou, Brussels

No dia 30 de Outubro 2008, um grupo de professores colaboradores do Portal elearningeuropa.info, (desactivado em 2018) do qual tenho a honra de fazer parte, como especialista - embora me considere uma aprendiz ao longo da vida - foram convidados para participar num Workshop na sede da Comissão Europeia, em Bruxelas




(desactivado em 2018)

O portal elearningeuropa.info é uma iniciativa da Comissão Europeia e faz parte do Programa eLearning gerido pelo departamento Multimédia da Direcção Geral de Educação e Cultura.






Tour Madou
créditos: Lidija Kralj (Croacia)

A reunião teve lugar na Tour Madou  Directório Geral para a Educação e Cultura da Comissão Europeia. Encontrámo-nos numa das salas do 16º andar que usufruía de uma panorâmica lindíssima sobre a cidade. No entanto, a visibilidade não era muita boa, dado que chovia imenso! As temperaturas rondavam os -2º graus e os 7º graus.




Representante da Comissão Europeia
Fotografia: Niilo Alhovaara (Sweden)

Participaram vários colaboradores experts, vindos de diferentes países europeus - Suécia, Grécia, Croácia, Bélgica, Espanha, Itália, Finlândia, Bulgária e claro Portugal! A agenda de trabalhos apresentava-se intensa!





Adam Pokorny & Elina Jokisalo
créditos: @GSouto

A reunião contou com a presença de Adam Pokorny, representante da  Comissão Europeia para a Educação, que depois de dirigir uma mensagem de boas vindas, apresentou as directrizes da Comissão Europeia para o ensino ao longo da vida, inseridas no Programa Comunitário "Aprendizagens ao longo da vida 2007-2013".




Representante da Comissão Europeia
Responsáveis elearningeuropa.info
créditos: @GSouto

Eugenio Rivière, responsável pela equipa do portal, definiu as prioridades do elearningeuropa.info. E deu então a palavra aos dinamizadores  da sessão de trabalho, Elina Jokisalo, coordenadora do portal e Gary Shochat

Debateram-se assuntos gerais de melhoria do portal, de modo a alargar as competências e aprendizagens de todos  os cidadãos europeus, do ensino básico ao ensino universitário, passando pelo ensino profissionalizante, numa base interactiva de ensino ao longo da vida.





Workshop elearningeuropa.info
Brussels
Professores Colaboradores
Fotografia: Niilo Alhovaara (Sweden)

Todos os colaboradores apresentaram sugestões e ideias para viabilizar uma interacção mais constante na verdadeira perspectiva de comunidade colaborativa e de prática. O debate foi animado e muito enriquecedor!





Workshop elearningeuropa.info
Brussels
Professora Colaboradora GSouto
Fotografia: Tiina Sarisalmi (Finland)

Durante a tarde, cada especialista-colaborador apresentou uma panorâmica do trabalho desenvolvido no seu país, com enfoque no uso de aplicações tecnológicas em actividades educativas. 

Os campos de intervenção são vastos e  bastante diversificados, tendo como base comum o elearning e, em alguns casos, o blended learning. Essa diversidade tornou a reunião deveras atractiva!





Workshop elearningeuropa.info
Brussels
Fotografia: @GSouto (Portugal)

Um dia inteiro de partilha de experiências, lançamento de novas e pertinentes ideias para que a Comissão Europeia leve por diante esta acção de formação e informação, de modo a alcançar todos os cidadãos, europeus, numa perspectiva cada mais alargada do ensino e aprendizagem ao longo da vida.

O portal elearningeuropa.info aparecerá no início de 2009,  como uma plataforma de "open source".

Sem dúvida cansativa, esta sessão! Mas imensamente rica e produtiva no domínio dos conhecimentos, na partilha de experiências, na capacidade de inovar e criar, prenunciando o ano que se aproxima.





A Comissão Europeia propôs para 2009 o European Year of Creativity and Innovation.

By invitation of Elina Jokisalo, the coordinator of elearningeuropa.info a workshop with different European National Collaborators and Experts took place at Tour Madou, in Brussels, on October 30, 2008. 





Workshop elearningeuropa.info
Brussels
Fotografia: @GSouto (Portugal)

The meeting was very interesting. There was national collaborators from different European countries. We could share our pedagogical experiences, and discuss new ideas for the dissemination of the portal.

G-SoutoNational Collaborator | Certified Expert 
elearningeuropa.info

Note: The Open Education Europa Portal was disconnected in 2018

09.11.2008
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