etwinning approaches for early literacy promotion - teodora valova
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eTwinning approaches for early literacy promotion
Lissabon, 2013
Teodora Valova, PhD, Assoc. Prof. St. Ciril and St.Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo Pedagogic College Pleven eTwinning Ambassador
Evgeniya TsvetanovaPrincipal of a Kindergarten
“Brother Grimm” eTwinning Ambassador
Literacy as a phenomenon Some of the main challenges nowadays in
reading literacy (Technology and change) Contemporary trends promoting the
reading motivation From strategy of training modules
towards the national strategy
Accents
Had suffered significant changes through the last decades. Most often it is being defined as “ability to read and write”
The term “literacy”
Ability to acquire cognition skills The usage of these skills in a way, allowing
the personality to develop its potential To achieve its objectives To participate in activities contributing for
social-economic development of the community to which the person belongs
Today literacy means
Three pillars of literacyReading literacy
Alphabet
Fluently
Meaning
Early development of literacy skills
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Challenges Communication
Transformation of the human communication: the symbiosis human – media is intensified
Globalization Threatening the users’ identity
Curriculum Larger volume of information, smaller meaningful share for integration in the community
It states that: literacy is crucial to the acquisition, by every child, youth and adult, of essential life skills that enable them to address the challenges they can face in life.
Resolution 56/116 of United Nations
We are national eTwinning ambassadors
Presentation of our small team - 1
SvetlanaVarbanova
Evgeniya Tsvetanova
Teodora ValovaLissabon, 2013
We are working in three different areas: Lecturer in University, Senior teacher in a high-school and a Principal of a Kindergarten /we are covering all areas of the secondary and higher education/
All three of us are experienced in all subprograms of Lifelong learning
We had participated in trainings together and we have similar interests
Presentation of our small team - 2
We are covering almost the whole North Bulgaria /Dobrich, Shumen, Pleven/
ShumenDobrich
Pleven
We already realized that three are better than one
TOWARDS THE TEACHERS:
To present working practices promoting the reading motivation
To create attitude directed towards professional development and skills for learning process of the teachers themselves
To present the eTwinning portal projects as a way of informal learning and promotion of the reading process
To motivate teachers to work in a team and to present this as a model of imitation
Our team has the following clear attitude:
To stimulate the group working approach in the classroom as a motive for learning, literacy and higher results.
Towards children and students
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All activities are planned to attract the attention and interest towards the book and the reading process in early childhood
Aimed to illustrate and integrate
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trends and examinations
National policy
Practical literacy and language activities for
parents and their small children
Students trainings based
at institutions to prepare future
pedagogues
Activities and practices in the classroom and
different educational levels
Research regarding team work took place in five pilot regions: Pleven, Shumen, Dobrich, Sliven and Ruse
The research is done on two stages: 1) The first one is aimed at defining the type of
approach which could lead to conflict as well as projecting the team work attitude
2) The second part aims to explore the parameters of participation in a team and the collaboration between teachers as members of the educational online portal eTwinning
Research
Active listening of the team Aid for the better work of the team Visiting sites with practical elaborations on
different themes Participation in training events Sharing ideas related to the subject
The teachers relate five of the most significant activities with the
following:
The cooperation may be placed as new activity for the teachers, used to work in isolation “behind the classroom door”
Important side effect of the cooperation may be the promoted professional development of the teachers-participants
Teachers shall get rid of their egocentric approach towards work and shall be open for cooperation IN and OUT of the school
The exchange of didactic materials may be fulfilled on non-official bases, during pedagogic conversations and then to be introduced as a different type of literacies
The results
Modular training and professional qualification by joint learning process in eTwinning – two aspects:
how to do it together with students
how to do it together with teachers
The Bulgarian know-how training took place in the eTwinning portal
Independence of the person being trained Qualification as a result of mentoring Selection of resources and instruments in
line with the needs Eliminating the need of paid education Independent assessment of the needed
qualification
Modular training and self-education through cooperation /leads to promotion of different types
of literacies/
First module separated in three sub modules, one hour and a half
Themes:1. What is eTwinning2. Its relatedness to other programs and
European priorities3. Significant of the program to teachers and
students4. Finishes with the actual portal registration
It is as follows
Opportunities for project work and qualification
Finishes with practical exercises in finding partners and project preparation
Second sub-module: working with Desktop
Using the “snowball” effect Connection of the platform with other
programs eTwinning before and after Comenius Finishes with practical activities Publishing in TwinSpace training platform
Third sub-module: working in TwinSpace
eTwinning – the classroom of the future; new electronic platform for cooperation between teachers in whole Europe
The project of high quality – challenge and condition in eTwinning: before - and - after Comenius
Team work – a must for successful activity Practice classes in the new TwinSpace We are perfecting the module – including new
interactive techniques, platforms and other instruments
Second module with three sub modules:
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Innovative
Work in cooperation during the sessions for students and teachers
Modular type of training for work with the platform eTwinning café
Self-perfection through communication in our teachers rooms and materials available in the e-twitters Training project for
the platform
Accents
Modular in-service training - short way to accumulate knowledge in a particular theme of the platform
Consultations – online and offline Interactive modules Help with project development and
registration Monitoring meetings Giving ideas how to integrate the projects
directly in the curriculum
The format of modular trainings
Registering all wishing to participate in our special registered education project
Discuss in the portal teachers’ room The teachers get together to exchange
ideas and practices from their project and search for other interesting projects through the portal, gaining ideas and practices
We make direct contact with everybody during eTwinning weeks – “eTwinning for all”
How to implement e-learning?
Show higher confidence in the skills Teachers’ skills
The educational online environment
Transformation
Went out of the boredom
The results from the research: mayor positive aspects
A way to motivate the teachers to become users in online cooperationRace the opportunity to transform individual aims in cooperative onesTo cope with the education process boredom
How web network stimulate?
Self-training Interaction
Professional development Self-education
Usage opportunitie
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The activities and the communication in the eTwinning aid acquiring social, cultural, language and intercultural competencies on the grounds of the digital competencies in the ERF for key competencies
The easy access to resources and technologies develop the students learning process and their interaction: sustainable
The teachers’ role is changed: they are more and more moderators in the education process
The analysis:
“eTwinning makes eTwinning teachers and eTwinning students which are far away from the boredom.”
