Tallin

Tap-Swipe-Pinch into STEM

Agenda for Euneos teacher training course in Tallinn August 14 – 20, 2016

Course organizers:

Mart Laanpere, Ph.D. senior research associate in the Institute of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University (+372 5278 437, mart.laanpere@tlu.ee)

Marina Kurvits, Ph.D. student in the Institute of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University (marina.kurvits@gmail.com)

Course venue:

Centre for Educational Innovation, Room T-415

Tallinn University

Narva Road 25

EE-10120 Tallinn, Estonia

SUNDAY 14 August

Venue: The lobby of Hotel Park Inn Central, Narva Rd. 7

Contact: Mart Laanpere

14:00 Introduction to the course

16:00 Welcome and official opening. Getting to know each other, expectations.

16:30 Instructions on using tablet. Overview of the apps to be used next week.  Bring your life's work together in one digital workspace.

17:00 Questions and suggestions, individual guidance and support.

19:00 Dinner (optional).

MONDAY 15 August

Venue: Tallinn University, Centre for Educational Innovation (Room T-415)

Contact: Mart Laanpere

9.30 introduction to the course (Mart Laanpere)

10.00 Introduction of participants. Presentations of schools, their best practice and future plans with tablets in the STEM classroom.

11:00 Break

11.30 Setting up a Personal Learning Environment: Google Drive, Evernote, EdShelf, Eliademy  (Mart Laanpere)

12:30 Lunch at the university cafeteria

13:30 Collaborative learning on environmental dilemmas (Kai Pata, PhD.) 

15:00 Break

15:30 Digital storytelling: composing a photo story on physical phenomena (Marina Kurvits)

17:00 Debriefing and reflecting

TUESDAY 16 August

Venue: Tallinn University, Centre for Educational Innovation (T-412)

Contact: Mart Laanpere

9:30 Towards New STEM Pedagogy for Tablet Classroom. (Mart Laanpere)

10:15 Designing innovative learningscenarios with LePlanner (Mart Laanpere)

11:00 Break

11:30 Explaining scientific concepts with Venn diagrams and concept maps using tablets. (Marina Kurvits)

12:30 Lunch at the university cafeteria

13:30 Mobile learning outdoors: designing and testing a mobile adventure game. (Priit Tammets) 

17:00 Debriefing and reflecting.

WEDNESDAY 17 August

Venue: Lilleküla Gymnasium (www.lillekyla.edu.ee, Kuldnoka 24, 10619 Tallinn)

Contact: Marina Kurvits

9:30 Flipped classroom workshop (Marina Kurvits).

11:00 Break

11:30 Interactive tasks on STEM with Kahoot or Blippar. (Marina Kurvits)

12:30 Lunch at the school, transfer to Gustav Adolf Gymnasium (www.gag.ee, address: Suur-Kloostri 16, 10133 Tallinn)

13:15 Introduction to 3D-printing by Karl Vilhelm Valter (8th Grade pupil)

15:00 Break

15:30 Finding and creating chemistry learning resources for tablets (Katrin Soika, PhD student and chemistry teacher) 

17:00 Debriefing and reflecting.

THURSDAY 18 August

Venue: Science museum Energiakeskus (www.energiakeskus.ee, address: Põhja puiestee 29, 10415 Tallinn)

Contact: Mart Laanpere

9:30 Facilitating learning with tablets in a science museum (Mart Laanpere)

10:00 Designing inquiry-based learning in science museum (Mart Laanpere)

11:00 Break

11.30 Project-based learning: creating e-textbooks with tablets. (Mart Laanpere)

12:30 Lunch at the museum cafeteria

13:30 Creating instructional videos about physics experiments (Mart Laanpere)

15:00 Break

15:30 Data collection for inquiry project in the museum (Mart Laanpere)

17:00 Debriefing and reflecting

FRIDAY 19 August

Venue: Science museum Energiakeskus,

Contact: Marina Kurvits

9:30 Infographics: visualizing your data with tablets. (Priit Tammets)

11:00 Break

11:30 Working on the video report on the inquiry project. (Marina Kurvits)

12.30 Lunch

14.00 Science show presented by the staff of Energiakeskus

15:00 Break

15:30 Final presentations of the research reports and videos. (Marina Kurvits)

16:30 Feedback on the course.

SATURDAY 20 August

Venue: Lobyb of the Hotel Park Inn Central, Narva Road 7

Contact: Marina Kurvits

10:00 Individual tutoring: elaborating favorite topic of course, extra training for capabilities to work as trainers and on implementing course ideas in education.

13:00 Individual work: final feedback of the course and evaluation. Presentation of certificates, presenting follow-up activities.

15:00 Final session. Follow-up and networking.

16:00 Closure. 

PRIMARY CODING AND ROBOTICS CHANGES THE FUTURE LABOR MARKET - ESTONIAN VIEW OF THE MATTER (16/08/2016)

Also the tested tools and links:

http://ozobot.com/
https://meetedison.com/
http://www.makeymakey.com/
https://decto.eu/

How to do dilemma solving decision making games (17/08/2016)

The Bees Dilema

Learning Scenarios

Treasure Hunt design tool