etwinning project management
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project management in eTwinningTRANSCRIPT
How to define a good eTwinning project
Massimiliano D’InnocenzoNSS eTwinning Italia
Multilateral SeminarDubrovnik, 24-26 Oct. 2013
www.etwinning.net
A workshop about…Project management and teamwork…
What does it mean in eTwinning?
A good or great project has…What is quality and impact in eTwinning?
Improving quality and raising student standardsin a project….
How to do that in eTwinning?
Three tips for a new project to start…
1. At the beginning, relax and look forward
2. During the project, relax and look around
3. At the end, relax and look back
Things to agree BEFORE
Detect your needs:- What you are not happy with in your teaching- What you want to improve- What you want to try- What you can learn from each other
Things to agree BEFORE
Involve your students:- What they’d like to do- How they’d like to learn- What they already know- What they can teach you- Ask them! Negotiate with them!
Things to agree BEFORESome organization issues:
- Number and age of students- Time to work in the project per week/month- Holiday periods- Timing- School ICT facilities- Number of schools involved- Teachers/subjects per school
Things to agree BEFORE
Set the objectives:- Concrete- Realistic- Measurable- What final products are expected?- How these products relate to the objectives?- How will they be evaluated?
Things to agree BEFORE
Done?
Now, try to point out the strengths and weaknesses of your plan…
and Revise!
Aim at quality!A quality project doesn’t have to be
spectacular,difficult,complex,long,or sophisticated.
A quality project just has to be EFFICIENT
Ask your NSS for quality criteria before starting
BEFORE – keyword
Planning
Things to do DURING
Think on the activities:- Are they motivating?- Are they relevant?- Do they require collaboration?- Do NOT choose the tools first. Think upside
down!
Things to do DURING
Monitoring:- Use the Project Cards- Evaluate- How will you evaluate? Use rubrics- Reflect, rethink, revise
What is a rubric?
Adapted from: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/tidepoolunit/rubrics/collrubric.html
DURING – keyword
Collaborate
Things to make you think AFTER
Evaluate the project (remember the rubrics?):- Ask students and teachers- Check objectives and results- What would you change in further projects?
Things to make you think AFTER
Reorganize material:- Can a third person follow the development of the
project?- Is the TwinSpace clear?- Is there enough documentation?- What should be public and what should be kept
private?
Things to make you think AFTER
Are you satisfied? Then, why don’t you go for a Quality Label?
- Ask your NSS- Create a “visitor” for evaluators- QL application is only a guide for evaluators: if you have more
documentation, add it in the TwinSpace- Put yourself in the place of an evaluator: is everything clear?
AFTER – keywords
Reflect & Share
One most important tip
Have fun!
Thanks for your attentionMassimiliano D’Innocenzo, eTwinning NSS Italy [email protected]
A special thank to Diego Rojas, former eTwinning NSS Spain