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About the project
The 'Microscope Stories from the Field' project, coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN) developed through the Future Classroom Lab (FCL) and Scientix® STEM Alliance initiatives in partnership with MatataStudio, aims to explore how teachers can integrate the MatataStudio’s Digital Microscope MX2-AS into their classrooms.
Microscopic exploration is a fundamental scientific practice that enriches STEM education, enhancing lessons in subjects like biology, chemistry, and geology. This approach fosters engagement and encourages discussion through hands-on, collaborative learning. To maximize the pedagogical value of this practice, teachers need both the right technology and the training to integrate it effectively into their teaching practices.
This initiative is expected to provide primary school teachers with the opportunity to explore and test the solution in different settings. The findings and materials generated will contribute to the broader EdTech ecosystem, supporting more informed decision-making in digital education.
The project will unfold in three key axes:
Teacher training
Provide primary school Scientix Ambassadors, with dedicated training on effectively using the Digital Microscope, ensuring they are well-equipped to integrate it into their teaching practices.
Classroom implementation
Participating teachers will test the Digital Microscope in their classroom(s), integrating the tool in their teaching practices.
Stories of Implementation
Teachers will develop Stories from the Field, highlighting the overall project experience, the description of the activities carried out in the classroom using the Digital Microscope, and insights into its pedagogical impact.
Project's Outcomes
The 'Microscope Stories from the Field' project has produced three main outputs, useful for education stakeholders and educators:
Microscope Stories from the Field: Project outcomes Report
This report presents the outcomes of the MatataStudio pilot programme and delve into the pedagogical value of integrating the Digital Microscope MX2-AS into the teaching and learning practices in the classroom. Drawing on teachers’ experiences from the pilot, it describes how the Digital Microscope was implemented, the learning outcomes achieved, and its impact on students' engagement and understanding.
Microscope Stories from the Field: Catalogue of teacher stories
This publication is a collection of twenty teacher stories from their implementations of the MatataStudio Digital Microscope MX2-AS in the class, outcomes of the MatataStudio pilot programme, which engaged pre-school and primary school teachers and their students. The stories provide a brief description of classroom activities, to inspire other teachers who want to use a digital microscope in their lessons. The stories highlight how the digital microscope enhances teaching and learning, reveal its educational value by demonstrating its impact on student engagement and understanding.
Microscope Stories from the Field Training materials
These short guidelines will teach you how to use the MatataStudio Digital Microscope MX2-AS, provide you with inspiration for designing learning activities and walk you through the process of presenting your implementation as a ‘Story from the Field’.
European Schoolnet's Pilot Methodology
The European Schoolnet's pilot methodology has been implemented and refined for more than 20 years, making it a reliable tool to engage with educators and educational experts to test, refine, and mainstream pedagogies, practices, and technologies in practical settings.
Through publicly and privately funded pilot projects and initiatives, EUN identifies the needs of educators and schools and the challenges they face to produce an extensive knowledge foundation to support and optimise the object(s) of the pilot.
Aiming to facilitate practical validation by users , but also to amplify the impact of the innovations and tools tested, EUN pilot initiatives can also include professional development opportunities and dissemination campaigns (in partnership with the European Schoolnet Academy and Scientix®).
