Comenius Meeting in Birmingham

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Be prepared for the future

– techniques to

develop creative learning

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Project: „Welcome to Europe“

• Vocational College for Business and Administration

• 2-year full-time course• Preparation time: 8 hours• Subjects involved: IT, English

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 Situation

You and your friend Paul from Denver, Colorado in

America have been chatting for years. Next summer

Paul is going to graduate from High School and is

planning to do a trip around Europe. As he has never

been to Europe so far and doesn’t have a clue what is

going on in the ‘Old World’, he requires a lot of

information about the different states. 

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The presentation should include some of the following aspects:

• Facts and figures/ geography

• Famous sights

• Food/ special dishes

• Culture/ youth culture

• Sports

• Famous people

• Career opportunities for young people

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Assignments:Please work in groups:

1. Chose a European country.Create a PPP and an information sheet which are supposed to be sent to Paul by email.

2. Create a „Jeopardy“ (Jeopardy template is provided by IT teacher, maximum of 4 jokers).

3. Present the PPP to the class.

4. Motivate your fellow students to take part in your „Jeopardy“ with questions about the country you have chosen.

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What about creativity??? !

1. Selecting interesting and relevant facts about a country from the huge amount of information on the internet.

2. Arranging an appealing and informative PPP.

3. Giving an enjoyable oral presentation

4. Playing „Jeopardy“

Example: Croatia

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J EOPARDY„Croatia“

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Alternatives could be:

crossword puzzleodd man out

rebushot seat

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Evaluation of the project: Welcome to Europe

1. „Be prepared for the future“

Students learned a lot about different countries

Future importance of Europe was pointed out

Migration experience of some students became evident/was

valuable

Further interest in European countries was aroused

( elections 2014)

Variety of key competences was promoted

(social, communicative, IT, language)

2. General conclusion

Motivating for students and teachersStudents have to take responsibility (efficient

work in groups, design different products, organize communicative situation in class)

Makes durable knowledge possible

Takes time, but pays

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3. Jeopardy (creative learning/technique)

play is how children learn, it is fun (not only the jokers) motivates the students because of the competitive character of the game

(want to be winners) guarantees a high level of attentiveness makes it easier to keep sth in mind because it is a revision of essential

facts (durable knowledge) gives students a feedback about how much has been learned shows the students their level of performance improves talent for organization last but not least: the students improve their IT skills (although the

jeopardy template was provided)

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Try it !

Thank you for your attention