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Upcoming TASK Workshop: Key competences and assessment

13/04/2016

The first workshop of the new TASK project is held on 10 May 2016 at European Schoolnet in Brussels, Belgium. The aim of this project is to build an online tool for students to help them assess their key competences.
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Debating scientific questions in schools

01/04/2016

Ever wanted to organise a debating series around scientific questions? Debating Matters has now created three learning scenarios that help groups of people to address contemporary scientific issues from various perspectives.
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Sing the "augmented reality" song

31/03/2016

A new song about augmented reality was written and presented by a group of enthusiastic teachers attending a course at the Future Classroom Lab of European Schoolnet in Brussels, Belgium, from 7 to 11 March 2016.
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Bringing collaboration into the 21st century classroom

30/03/2016

The CO-LAB project will organise Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and collect resources to support teacher trainers, student teachers and in-service teachers across Europe, so that they can integrate collaborative teaching and learning in the classroom environment of the 21st century.
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See what eighteen European countries are doing to raise interest in STEM

29/03/2016

The Scientix comparative analysis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in Europe includes survey data collected from thirty countries across the continent. Eighteen of those national responses have now been uploaded and published on the Scientix online portal.
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All past and future Scientix webinars now in one place!

28/03/2016

Recordings from more than twenty Scientix webinars and information about all upcoming webinars are now available for direct playback on the Scientix online portal. A new navigation menu makes it easy for you to browse through the gallery of past and upcoming webinars, to find one to your liking and need.
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Benefits and challenges of flipped learning

26/03/2016

Flipped learning involves the use of digital technology, such as video, to provide direct instruction on new concepts outside of the classroom. A recent study from the United Kingdom reveals the main benefits and challenges of this approach in teaching and learning mathematics.
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A new toolkit brings you more than 350 resources on Responsible Research and Innovation

25/03/2016

The RRI Toolkit is a new collection of resources, best practices and articles all dedicated to the subject of Responsible, Research and Innovation (RRI). This toolkit is the outcome of a two-year-long process of a multi-stakeholder consortium with more than 400 stakeholders from 30 countries.
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Eggselent eggsperiments for the coming holidays

24/03/2016

Something as simple as an egg is useful to make several exciting classroom experiments or creative lesson plans. It can help to explain concepts such as collisions, the pressure of the atmosphere or the maths behind oval forms, as well as what happens when eggs bounce, are squeezed or even trampled.
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See how fun and easy it can be to use media in STEM classes!

21/03/2016

The four teachers who won the 2016 Scientix award for "Best use of media in STEM classes" (science, technology, engineering and maths) presented their creative use of animations, audio, graphics and videos at a workshop preceding the Media and Learning Conference in Brussels on 9 March.
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