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Brussels: Future Classroom Lab 1-2 October 2012 eTwinning in the Future Classroom Jo M., Lausanne I attended this two-day conference focusing on using technology for inter-school projects through the eTwinning network. There were 16 teachers present, from the UK, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Latvia, Slovakia, Germany, Cyprus, Austria and Switzerland. Day1 First of all, we spent time doing introduction activities, in the form of speed dating – 3 minute group sessions, where we briefly presented ourselves and answered a question, before changing groups and repeating the experience. Course Introduction We talked about 21st Century learning, hyper-connected learners and the need to think out of the box and move on from the traditional grid structure classroom and chalk and talk teach-ing to learning zones, cross curricular activities and integrating real world meaning to the learning. Interschool projects need to be created in a safe environment that challenges pupils to think, and be creative. TwinSpace projects are an ideal opportunity to do this in a virtual manner. It was pointed out that too often, introductions in TwinSpaces were not very original – tending to simple PowerPoint presentations, and we were invited to explore other, more creative ways of presenting, initiating a project. We were invited to consider 21 questions for 21st Century eTwinning projects – you can find them at the end of this report. For example, initially, after brainstorming ideas, a vote could be taken, using a clicker or software such as Corkboard or Socrative.com to decide on which direction to take Fruit Machine (classtools.net) is a programme allowing for random selection for forming groups, etc. We were shown around the Future Classroom Lab – a learning space split into six zones:

Presentation A corner with modulatable furniture, allowing for close group work, and a shared presenting area with Smart Board. The seating units also function as storage and charging unit for IT equipment. Develop A cosy corner, for reflection, with smaller pieces of equipment – microphone MP3 recorders, etc.; a stop motion studio, and a reading area with Fatboy seating.

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Investigate An area with scientific equipment for carrying out experi-ments and the means of analyzing and updating data, Lego Mindstorm robotics equipment and Beebot robots. Interact A small classroom space with IWB and modulatable tables and seating, for whole group discussion and group work.

Create A mini television studio, fully equipped, with Chromakey software for editing and sharing. Exchange A corner equipped with two interactive white-boards and an Isis inter-active table, again for sharing and trying out ideas.

We were then split into groups, and starting from a photo-graph, we were asked to think up a project, which would take place over two months, that challenged pupils and en-couraged them to be creative using some of the software and hardware that we would be introduced to. The afternoon session comprised:

• A rundown of useful sites with software which is free and easy to use, as tools for working on projects and in the classroom (find a list of them at the end of the report).

• A presentation of various hardware tools, including items mentioned previously and a 3D Interactive White Board.

We then, in our groups, worked on setting up our eTwinning projects. Day2 This began with a TeachMeet, whereby we shared good practice and webtools we find use-ful. The remainder of the day was spent on creating our TwinSpace projects, exploring the soft and hardware opportunities presented to us the day before and then sharing our projects, using the equipment in the Future Classroom Lab. This proved to be an extremely useful experience, allowing us to experiment with the TwinSpace concept, and stimulating ideas for future collaboration and possible projects.

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