1. The role of media in the
teaching of science
Mathilde Bargoin – Media and learning conference
15/11/2012
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2. Scientix: digital media resources have
inspired science classes for the last 3 years
inGenious: shaping the future of science and maths education
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Food for thought and questions
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• Find projects to join
and resources for
science classes in the
Scientix website,
http://scientix.eu
• Follow teacher training
with Moodle, on the
Scientix portal.
Scientix is financed under the European Union's Seventh
Framework Programme for Research and Development.
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Scientix website
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Food for thought and questions
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• Media can be really useful for teachers to be able to
communicate with each other, share experience, and
understand each other.
• All Scientix teachers can write in the Scientix forum
• Teachers can also meet, exchange, and learn from each
other during the Scientix workshops
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• Another essential project: inGenious!!
• http://ingenious-science.eu
• Teachers are part of a community, where they can
exchange views on teaching resources, technology in
the classroom, partnerships with industry, etc.
• inGenious teachers can also participate in inGenious
workshops, and can learn from experts or fellow
teachers about different subjects in the communities of
practice
The work presented in this document is supported by the European Union’s Framework Programme for
Research and Development (FP7) – project ECB: European Coordinating Body in Maths, Science and
Technology (Grant agreement Nº 266622). The content of this document is the sole responsibility of
the Consortium Members and it does not represent the opinion of the European Union and the
European Union is not responsible or liable for any use that might be made of information contained
herein.
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inGenious community and CoPs
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European Schoolnet’s social media:
Join us! Follow us! Like us!
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Food for thought and questions
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• Why do students remember everything that's on
television and forget what we lecture ?
Dr Daniel Willingham, 2009
• Why using media for teaching
– Most students understand better methods that include visual,
models, or hands-on activities
– Media can explain very quickly a complex process
– It can showcase what hands-on experiments cannot : e.g.
Nanotechnology or Astronomy
– It shows some flexibility in terms of time, resources and structure
– Students are familiar with media
– It is the future and it is fun!
– …
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• inGenious online chats and practices
– Thanks to inGenious online chats, pupils can ask their questions
to an expert, and exchange with other students.
– The inGenious project provides science teachers with practices
to be tested in their classroom. Most of those practices use
media.
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inGenious online chats and Practices
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• The Future Classroom Lab
– It is a reconfigurable, teaching and learning space developed by
European Schoolnet and its partners.
– It has been designed as a “Living Lab’ for how ICT and media
can be implemented in schools.
– It is the place to:
• Rethink how new technologies can support education.
• Engage in regular workshops, seminars and courses on how technologies
can enhance teaching.
• Test teaching and learning activities designed for the future classroom lab,
and help them to be taken to a bigger scale.
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Future Classroom Lab video
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Thank you very much!
Contact me for more information, such as:
• Links between media and technology
• Other European Schoolnet projects
• Scientix, end of the 3 years... and now?
• Interested in knowing more about inGenious? Come to
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Mathilde Bargoin
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