english, science and social media
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Our presentation, SMART2014 ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
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Dana Crăciun
Teacher Training Departament, West University of Timișoara 4 V. Pârvan, Timișoara, Romania
Monica Oprescu
Teacher Training Departament, West University of Timișoara 4 V. Pârvan, Timișoara, Romania
Mădălin Bunoiu
Faculty of Physics, West University of Timișoara 4 V. Pârvan, Timișoara, Romania
Promoting an English and Science
Summer Programme through Social
Media
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English plus Science Summer School
July 2014
voluntary students (7 students in English, 1 in
Physics);
Waldorf Secondary School and Moisil Secondary
School Timișoara pupils– mostly 6th graders;
organized in collaboration with Romanian Society of
Physics, Timișoara Branch .
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Why
English plus Science Summer School ?
For students
Experiential learning ;
A new approach;
Volunteering.
For pupils
Learning English and Natural Sciences in a pleasant
and creative way;
Opportunity to socialize .
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Why
English plus Science Summer School ?
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For organizers
Activity which promotes CLIL ;
A way to support the study of science through creative
activities;
Opportunity to experiment with Social Media in
education.
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Activities
English workshops based on science topics;
Science workshops based on experiments on the topics;
Craft activities;
Day-trip in Timisoara to reproduce the planetary system at
scale 1:870.000.000;
Games.
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Theoretical approach:CLIL
Content and Language Integrated Learning
Umbrella term, used for: bilingual education, language
immersion, CBI -Content Based Instruction, EAL - English
as an additional language, LAC - language across the
curriculum, intercultural language teaching and learning in
practice etc.
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Learning English
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Teaching language and content;
Focus on linguistic aspects;
Communication;
Creativity;
Game-like activities.
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Science and games, crafts and experiments, role play or creative writing can be braided to form the scientific thinking of children and to acquire specific concepts.
Learning Science
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A Plea for learning physics
The possible positive impact of CLIL on learning science!
Change in methodology:
Experiments performed using tools handcrafted by the
pupils;
Learning concepts through activities which are not
dedicated to teaching science - creative writing, role-
playing, games.
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Using Social Media and technology in
education
Why Social Media and technology? (A pupil’s perspective)
Pupils/students use Social Media in everyday life.
Pupils/students are familiar with:
Receiving / sending information through Social Media;
Communicating with colleagues;
Sharing their activities.
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Using Social Media and technology in
education
Why Social Media and technology? (An academic perspective)
pupils/students are open to the use of Social Media in education
(Zaideh,2012),(Dunn,2013),(Roblyer,2010).
The Social Media most commonly used by Romanian students:
Facebook, Youtube and Google+ (Iordache,2013), a tendency
revealed at an European level (Dunn,2013).
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Using Social Media and technology in
education
Benefits of using Social Media in education
atractivity, motivation, engagement;
meaningful communicative practice, collaboration;
flexibility, accessibility; (Zaideh,2012)
expanding teaching and learning out of classroom;
(Ractham,2011)
21st Century skills. (Dunn,2013)
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Using Social Media and technology to
sustain the summer school
Students opinions
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English students Physics students
Use of Social Media as Learning Environment
SM is/can be an important tool in education
SM is not an important tool in education
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Using Social Media and technology to
sustain the summer school
Facts
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English students Physics students
Student Facebook account
Has an active Facebook account
Has not an active Facebook account
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Using Social Media and technology to
sustain the summer school
We used Social Media and technology in our activities for
Communication
Collaboration
Popularization
Visibility
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Internet based activities
Teaching involved the use of Youtube videos, songs, experiments
– proved very interesting and motivating for pupils;
Links (examples): http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/101-videos/solar-system-sci (solar
system)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmTh0ECGPCY (watercycle experiment)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzOoTPfcUBM (How to make a volcano -
craft )
http://osa.magnet.fsu.edu/futurescientists/ (more about light)
To build the scaled planetary system we used: http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/SS/SolarSystemModel.php
The system has been visualized in Google Maps:
Latitude: 45.73418618105436 / 45° 44' 3“
Longitude: 21.244887113571167 / 21° 14' 41"
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Internet based activities- outputs
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Solar System Scale Model
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Technology based activities
Power Point Presentations used by students to illustrate
content, to show pictures, to organize experiments (steps).
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Social Media for communication
I. FB closed group – meant to organize, plan and discuss the
activities to be used (12 members);
https://www.facebook.com/groups/568770849904910/
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Social Media for communication
II. Closed group – organizers, students, participants, both
pupils and parents;
26 members (5 students, 2 teachers, 10 pupils and 9
parents)
Activity that did not reach the desired level of
engagements.
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III. FB Page: “English plus Science” https://www.facebook.com/pages/English-plus-Science/266534883550272
Social media – way of promoting collaboration, tool of
communication, making the activity visible!
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Instead of conclusions
The programme offered the development of 21st Century
skills: communication, collaboration, creativity and
innovation, critical thinking, information literacy.
“ To move e-learning craft practices forward, we need to
support teachers’ professional development to learn about,
learn how and learn through new technological forms”
(Warren Kidd in Framing pre-service teachers’
professional learning using Web2.0 tools: positioning pre-
service teachers as agents of cultural and technological
change, 2013: 262)
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References 1. Coyle, D., Hood, P., Marsh, D., (2010) CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning. Cambridge
University Press.
2. Dalton-Puffer and Smit. (eds.), (2007) Empirical Perspectives on CLIL Classroom Discourse. Frankfurt, Vienna:
Peter Lang.
3. Dunn, L., (2013) Teaching in higher education: can social media enhance the learning experience? In: 6th
Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 19th Apr 2013, Glasgow, UK.
4. Iordache, D.D., Lamanauskas, V., (2013) Exploring the Usage of Social Networking Websites: Perceptions and
Opinions of Romanian University Students, Informatica Economică 17(4):pp. 18-25.
5. Motteram, G. Ed., (2013) Innovations in learning technologies for English language teaching, British Council,
London UK.
6. Ractham, P. Firpo, D.,(2011) Using Social Networking Technology to Enhance Learning in Higher Education:
A Case Study Using Facebook, In: System Sciences (HICSS), 44th Hawaii International Conference: pp.1-10.
7. Roblyer, M.D., McDaniel, M., Webb, M., Herman, J., Witty, J.V., (2010) Findings on Facebook in higher
education: A comparison of college faculty and student uses and perceptions of social networking sites , The
Internet and Higher Education, 13(3):pp. 134-140 .
8. Zaidieh , A., (2012) The Use of Social Networking in Education: Challenges and Opportunities, World of
Computer Science and Information Technology Journal 2(1): pp 18-21.
9. Kidd, W. (2013) Framing pre-service teachers’ professional learning using Web2.0 tools: positioning pre-
service teachers as agents of cultural and technological change, Professional Development in Education, 39 (2),
pp 260-272
10. http://education.jlab.org/frost/sun_diameter.html (JeffersonLab)
11. http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/SS/SolarSystemModel.php ( solar System Scale Model calculator)
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Questions?
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Comments?
Thoughts?
Experiences?
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Thank you! Connect with us…
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Monica Oprescu
Dana Crăciun
Mădălin Bunoiu