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RE: ESTABLISH project

2012-02-29T17:23:34Z

And also this project I find it quite useful for my STS seminars, thaks again Tsetsa!!

RE: CoReflect project

2012-02-29T17:22:19Z

Tsetsa Tsolova Hristova:

Project CoReflect (Title: Digital support for Inquiry, Collaboration, and Reflection on Socio-Scientific Debates) is a three year (2008-2011) research program promoted evidence-based practice in science teaching and learning, by collaborating to iteratively design, enact, critique, and validate problem-based innovative inquiry learning environments. More information here:
http://www.coreflect.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=3689&tt=coreflect&lang=en
Very interesting materials for astronomical teachers for Life in the universe here: http://www.coreflect.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=15088&tt=coreflect&lang=en and for Global Warming here: http://www.coreflect.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=15091&tt=coreflect&lang=en

Hi Tsetsa
I have had a look into the links you provide, they are quite usefiul for my STS seminars we are preparing with my students. Thank you!!

RE: Contribute to the Scientix forum (Germany)

2012-02-13T18:36:52Z

Peter Zwaveg:

Paul Gerhard:

Feel free to start new threads to discuss about innovative projects in Germany or any other topic of your choice. Simply click 'start a new thread' to begin discussing. All languages are welcome.

Thanks a lot, Paul, that's a nice option; and where is that 'start a new thread' located?

In fact, I wanted to comment that I find it odd that ir order to participate in these fora I have to give my OpenID twice, and have to do severals clicks... I guess I am doing it incorrectly. Is there a place where it indicated how to reach these communitites with a simple procedure?

Thank you!

Now, thanks to the instructions for signing in by Albert Simago in another thread, I am quite happy!

RE: Am I the only one that has to go through a lengthy process?

2012-02-13T18:35:33Z

Albert Simago:

This is how I do enter the community:

I type

http://spice.eun.org/web/spice/spice-communities

then I go to the Communities link of the upper-right menu

and then I sign in with my openID on the left-down corner

and it workd fine!!

Thank you, Albert, I found your instructions were quite useful!

Peter

RE: women on the top

2012-02-13T18:34:16Z

Ivan De Winne:

Hello

I think that women are underrepresented in the top of science careers because the lifestyle choices tilt them toward other careers such as medicine and biology over mathematics, computer science, physics and engineering...

Ivan

But these you mention are also STEM careers. Are they well represented in TOP positions in them?

RE: Inquiry Based Science and Mathematics Education

2012-02-13T18:31:58Z

Hello, Ivan
I have used Geogebra only a bit. But I have more experience with Modellus, it can be useful for IBSME both the Maths and in Physics. One can model physical processes inmaqthematical terms.

Best regards!
Peter

RE: women on the top

2012-02-09T22:49:25Z

valeria manna:

Why are women represented in higher education in large numbers, but are not quite making it to the top?

In my opinion, some women can't make it because other tasks are also demanding their time.
But, most importantly, many women don't make to the top because they are very clever and decide about their priorities in a different way than men, and being booses of heads or TOP is not one of them.

What do you think?

RE: Inspire for teachers and students

2012-02-09T22:45:43Z

Does anyone know whether the list of materials used in Inspire has been expanded?
I also found the list very "inspiring" and would like to see more of that sort of materials.

RE: women in science

2012-02-09T22:43:43Z

And I forgot to say yesterday that a Pathway workshop has been planned in my country.

I encourage teachers in this community to check whether there is any Pathway workshop to which they may participate. They look very promising

Am I the only one that has to go through a lengthy process?

2012-02-06T08:51:45Z

Hey! I probably do it wrong, but it takes me too many clicks to enter this Community and be able to participate.
Could someone specify how to do it, step by step, and giving the correspongding links?

Thank you!

RE: Assessment

2012-02-06T08:49:16Z

Tsetsa Tsolova Hristova:

I use moodle system in my school, but mainly for self-tests, periodically change issues. In our country not yet adopted online exam in high school ... We are in the process of organizing e-learning for secondary school. I have noticed a great interest of the good students to additional online training. Students interested in modeling processes used by Inspire teachers project and Phet, and other materials posted on Scientix platform. I have several of their presentations on astronomy software SalsaJ. I consider that the new methods to retain the interest of students to study science. Of course, the motivation must also be adequately resourced, but unfortunately this is still no political will.

We also use Moodle in our Center in the way you describe, and also in order to offer our teaching materials to the community. One just creates an open course with all materials structured by topics.

RE: Ingredientes for good practices

2012-02-06T08:45:58Z

valeria manna:

Albert Simago:

As you said in the last two entries

In Spice project we collected GPs with all success stories of teachers (http://spice.eun.org/web/spice/GPs-info)

Valeria

That is an excellent source of information. Maybe one could even generate threads in these Spice fora to discuss each of the GP materials separately?

RE: Contribute to the Scientix forum (Germany)

2012-01-13T20:33:20Z

Paul Gerhard:

Feel free to start new threads to discuss about innovative projects in Germany or any other topic of your choice. Simply click 'start a new thread' to begin discussing. All languages are welcome.

RE: informal science

2012-01-13T20:30:01Z

And I also believe that competitios like the one just annonced by Google, a Science Fair

google.com/sciencefair

are excellent opportunities to do curricular or extra-curricuar projects with our students.
I am sure that many EU projects where EUN participates or participated in the past, include such competitions nd I assume they are quite motivating for our students.

RE: IBSME and ICT

2012-01-11T15:10:56Z

premysl velek:

Dear Elizabeth,

welcome to Scientix! Indeed, in the SPICE Communities of Practice there isn't a separate discussion thread on the use of web 2.0 tools in the science classroom.

I added a new topic ICT in IBSME in the Subject category, so you can start one if you want.

Also, the project te@ch.us may be interesting to you. It aims to support Web 2.0 projects in schools and motivate teachers to use web 2.0 tools in classes.

Best regards

Premysl

I have looked into te@ch.us and it looks very interesting. Howveer, it seems that it ran until 2011.
Any member of this Spice community who has contributed to that project and might illustrate us?

RE: women in science

2012-01-11T15:07:51Z

Tsetsa Tsolova Hristova:

Hello,
The project name was Xperimania. The deadline for this competitions has been extended to 15 October 2011 and the topic was "the role of women in chemistry".
There was 3 competitions:
1. Portrait of a woman chemist
2. Create a campaign on women and chemistry
3. Make a poster on women and chemistry
You and your student can look at very interesting materials here:
http://www.xperimania.net/ww/en/pub/xperimania/xp_iv/competition_1/gallery.cfm
http://www.xperimania.net/ww/en/pub/xperimania/xp_iv/competiton_2_/gallery.cfm
http://www.xperimania.net/ww/en/pub/xperimania/xp_iv/make_a_poster_on_women_and_che/gallery.cfm
Kids from 65 schools from 16 different European countries participated.
More about this competitions at:
http://www.xperimania.net/ww/en/pub/xperimania/news/news/xperimania_iv_finishes.htm
and for winners at:
http://www.xperimania.net/ww/en/pub/xperimania/news/news/winners_of_xperimania_iv.htm
My students also participate and was happy to learn about the role of woman in chemistry and about its scientific research.
I must thank Xperimnia for inspiring students to study science too.
Tsetsa Hristova

I strongly recommend participating in those competotions. I know a couple of colleagues who did and got some very interesting prizes in the past, and their students LIKED it a lot!!!!!!

RE: Assessement of skils

2012-01-11T15:06:01Z

Hi Andreu and Albert!! I'd like to join in that research effort, if possible! I am open to any suggestions.

Communities of Practice

2012-01-09T12:05:34Z

Hi! Who knows of a good definitiion of a Community of Practice?

I've seen a lot on CoP (Communities of Practice) in the big-business sector. Apparently Wenger did a lot of work in that area. How about CoP in the educational sector?

RE: Assessement of skils

2012-01-09T12:03:43Z

Hi! In line with the previous quote, I wonder how many of us do keep records of assessment activities, and whether we evaluate them later on???

RE: Assessment

2012-01-08T17:15:46Z

Hi, I am new here and have read your posts in this thread. I agree with you all.
In addition., I'd say that in order to assess the development of some skills or knowledge, one should have a time line of data, with an initial questionnaire (zero-point data) and then regular questionnaires.