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The project ‘Clockwork objects, enhanced learning: Automata Toys Construction in 1mary education for Learning to Learn promotion, creativity fostering & Key Competences acquisition’ has been funded with support from the European Commission. This document
reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Automata: Moving toys in the classroom
CLOHE developments
The European Union funded CLOHE education project is making progress towards its full piloting stage. This is when the project will test the teacher resources in schools across Europe. You can read more about the CLOHE project below. Already important developments have taken place:
Mini-piloting (Italy, Germany, Portugal)
Introductory online webinar
Second partners meeting in Coimbra, Portugal
Mini-piloting
Mini-piloting of the project took place to establish the resources the project needs to produce to build the best support materials for teachers, so that they can use the project easily. The mini piloting took place in primary schools in Bremen, Germany; Coimbra, Portugal and Perugia, Italy with great success. Below you can see some of the automata the children made, a beautiful result.
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The project ‘Clockwork objects, enhanced learning: Automata Toys Construction in 1mary education for Learning to Learn promotion, creativity fostering & Key Competences acquisition’ has been funded with support from the European Commission. This document
reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Your school can now also take part in the piloting, starting autumn 2012. Just send us you’re the details below and we will tell you when the teachers kit is ready; School/Institution/Association : Age of students: Type of institution: School Web address: School Email address : Address of institution 1: Address of institution (City): Country : Tel: Your name: Your email:
Introductory online webinar
On September 11th 2012 CLOHe held its first webinar, the recording is online at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0EfH1OPEcs This was an exciting and fun event that built awareness and engagement with the project with educators across Europe. The presentation is available for download on Slideshare as well http://www.slideshare.net/acerview54/the-clohe-webinar.
Second partners meeting in Coimbra, Portugal
The partnership were very fortunate to enjoy a partnership meeting in Coimbra, Portugal, a very beautiful and hospitable city in central Portugal. The meeting discussed the results of the mini-piloting and made final preparations to create the piloting resources of the project. Other areas of the project were also discussed and prepared for the next phase of the project.
About CLOHE
The European union funded CLOHE education project is an innovative project that is using mechanical moving toys (Automata) as a tool to enhance primary student’s learning across a range of transversal key competences. Mechanical moving toys (Automata) are a great way to introduce engineering, arts, sculpture, mechanics and science, by combining play and technology. If we want children to understand the importance of technology and engineering then mechanical toys are an ideal way to introduce the concepts. But mechanical toys go further as they have always fascinated
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The project ‘Clockwork objects, enhanced learning: Automata Toys Construction in 1mary education for Learning to Learn promotion, creativity fostering & Key Competences acquisition’ has been funded with support from the European Commission. This document
reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
children as they combine the elements of creative play with the unexplained magic of their movement. The CLOHE project outcomes will show teachers and students how to design and build their own Automata. The project will produce detailed teacher guides, videos, workshops, documentation, methodologies and an online virtual museum were students will be able to show their results to their peers. All the project resources will be piloted in schools across Europe and the final versions will be available for use from the project website. Find out more about the CLOHE project and how you can get involved by contacting:
Joel Josephson
Partner
Website: http://www.clohe-movingtoys.eu/