CoNetCom

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITY Comenius project - coordinating school

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Survey of CoNetCom activities - Newsletter of the School Community in Bree

MEMORIES/HISTORY of CoNetCom

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--> Speech during the final meeting in Lyngdal, Norway (Irène, project coordinator)

--> Visual summary of all the meetings in the participating countries (Burçu, coordinator Turkey)

--> Results of overall evaluation of the project based on the QAS questionnaires/quizzes

1. Hosting a meeting: quiz 1

2. Good coordination: quiz 2

3. Communication/collaboration quiz 3

4. Evaluation quiz 4

5. Dissemination quiz 5

6. Project management quiz 6

7. Encouraging mobility quiz 7

8. Impact and involvement quiz 8

PROJECT MEETING in Lyngdal, Norway from May 11th till May 14th

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--> FORMAL AND INFORMAL PROGRAM

--> CONTACT ACTIVITIES

1. Five fingers via SCL Three-steps-interview

2. Wallet search via SCL Timed-Pair-Share

--> MEDIATION: interactive technique for managing conflicts amongst pupils

1. Presentation: Mediation at AAungdomsskole

2. Mediation: procedures - A. Seglem, mediation coordinator in AAungdomsskole

--> PEER MENTORING: interactive technique for solving problems/managing conflicts amongst colleagues (Training by Dick Aurell during an E.N.I.R.D.E.L.M. conference Irène attended in Antwerp in 2009)

--> EVALUATION: procedures

STARS for each participating delegation

--> DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

In local newspapers

- in Belgium

- in Latvia

In school newspapers

- in Belgium: interview with the CoNetCom coordinators of the different schools

Our school goes Europe/Onze school gaat Europees p. 10-11

PROGRAM MEETING in Lyngdal, NORWAY from May 11th --> May 14th

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Participants and program final meeting

PROJECT MEETING in Bree, Belgium from February 3rd till February 5th

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--> PARTICIPANTS AND FORMAL PROGRAM

--> Structural cooperative technique for consultation 'THINKING HATS OF DE BONO'

1. De Bono Theory: main ideas

2. Presentation, adapted by the Latvian delegation

--> SUBTHEMES

1. Pupil participation at school via PUPIL COUNCIL

2. Youth participation in the town via YOUTH COUNCIL

--> PRESENTATIONS used at Middenschool H. Hart

1. Flemish educational system and procedures meeting

2. VVKSO-educational network

3. Organizational chart in Middenschool H. Hart in Bree

4. eTwinning activities in Middenschool H. Hart in Bree

5. Culture and structure of Pupil Council in Bree, Belgium

6. Case study Pupil Council in Adana, Turkish delegation: organizing a visit to a nursing home

7. Case study Pupil Participation in Madrid, Spanish delegation

--> PRESENTATIONS used at the Town Hall Bree

1. Youth Council Adana - Turkish delegation

--> WORKSHEETS

1. Getting to know each other activity - Italian delegation

2. Evaluation questionnaire - Spanish delegation

3. Lesson observation checklist - Flemish delegation

4. Interview for the school newspaper - Flemish delegation

--> OUTCOMES DISCUSSION ROUNDS

1. Pupil Council - SCL method: Carousel feedback

* Pupil Councils in participating schools: similarities and differences

* Summary of the reflections in the subgroups, discussing the Pupil Council case studies of Belgium - Finland and Turkey. The feedback on the reflections can be found in the 'opmerking/remarks' column, next to the results of the subgroups.

2. Youth Council - discussion in subgroups, using the De Bono Thinking Hats

* Youth Councils in the towns of the participating schools: similarities and differences

* Summary of the reflections in the subgroups, discussing the Youth Council case studies of Bree Belgium - Järvenpää Finland and Adana Turkey.

--> LESSON OBSERVATIONS in the host school - SCL method: Placemat

1. Lesson observations - choices of the participants

2. Summary of the reflections of the participants

--> SCHOOL VISITS

1. Sint-Augustinusinstituut - Bree: Upper Secondary School - mainstream - general, technical and vocational education

2. Sint-Elisabeth - Peer-Wijchmaal: Special Guidance Centre

3. Kadee - Bree-Tongerlo: Primary school - mainstream

4. De Boemerang - Bree: Primary school - special education

-->EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT MEETING

Digital Post-it method via LinoIt

--> PROJECT DEVELOPMENT in the participating schools

1. Bree - Belgium: In the Comenius Learning group of teachers, the 10 colleagues used the De Bono Hats method for the evaluation of a cross-curricular activity day. Subgroups were formed, using the cards, offered by the Italian delegation.

* working methods: De Bono discussion round + SCL-techniques Carousel Feedback and Stickering

* end products: posters with reflections

PROGRAM MEETING in Bree, Belgium from February 3rd --> 5th 2011

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--> PARTICIPANTS AND FORMAL PROGRAM

--> PRESENTATIONS MEETING

1. Procedures meeting

Official program meeting Bree

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adapted version December 2010

Dissemination activity Comenius project - participating school in Valkeakoski - Finland

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The Headteacher's article in the Valkeakoski City Staff Magazine - VIISARI Joulukuu 2010

Merry Christmas / Iloista Joulua! The star card, designed by Niko Armisto, 7-year-old pupil of Tietola School

About the Multiple Intelligences of the Headteacher at Tietola school, Kari Taberman ... Observe the Gingerhouse he made this year and decide for yourself!

Piparintuoksuista joulua ja antoisaa vuotta 2011
Kuluneesta lukukaudesta kiittäen
Kari

Preparatory work meeting in Bree

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PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE

--> Blank templates

1. Description Organization Pupil Council (Participation in the schools)
2. Description Organization Youth Council (Participation in the city)
3. Description case study Pupil Council
4. Description case study Youth Council

--> Completed questionnaires

1. Pupil Council: Finland Järvenpää - Latvia - Belgium - Norway - Finland (Tietola) - Turkey
2. Youth Council: Finland Järvenpää - Latvia - Bree- Belgium - Turkey

--> Casestudies
1. Pupil Council: Finland Tietola - Turkey - Finland Järvenpää - Belgium
2. Youth Council: Turkey - Finland Järvenpää - Belgium

--> Organization chart of City Council: Finland Järvenpää -

THEORY THINKING HATS OF DE BONO in different languages

1. English version
2. Turkish version
3. Latvian version
4. Spanish version

Provisional program meeting in Bree - February 3rd - 5th 2011

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DRAFT PROGRAM

eTwinning project: Creative thinking @ school

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We develop an eTwinning project for the preparation of the meeting in Bree - Belgium.
The topic is about pupil participation at school and youth participation in the city.
We'll use the structural cooperative consultation method 'the Thinking Hats of De Bono'.

PROJECT MEETING in Livani, Latvia from October 7th till October 10th 2010

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--> PARTICIPANTS AND FORMAL PROGRAM

--> STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES

1. Rally Table
2. Blind Sequencing
3. Who am I?
4. Copy me

--> What are MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES about?

1. Multiple Intelligences Profiles

2. Multiple Intelligences Test

test paper

personal MI-radar

3. Multiple Intelligences carrousel:

workshop assignments

photos in Moviemaker (Vimeo)

4. MI and Structural cooperative learning technique 'Who am I?'

passport activity

hidden identities

passport identities Finland (Tietola)

--> MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES WORKSHOPS: END PRODUCTS

MUSIC-smart: Learning songs from Finland - Norway - Turkey - Latvia - Spain - Italy

SELF-smart: Cross-out poems from Finland - Norway - Turkey - Latvia - Spain - Italy - Belgium

NATURE/LOGIC-smart: questions for 'Percentages mystery picture game' (summary)

PEOPLE-smart: Blind sequencing flash-cards: Belgium - Turkey - Italy - Spain - Norway - Finland - Latvia

BODY-smart:

Living paintings: Italy

Living paintings: Finland (Tietola) + Belgium

--> PRESENTATIONS MEETING

1. Cross-curricular cooperation in the host school

1.1. Learning song activity = individual research experiment by Latvian student Anastasija Petrova

1.2. History and Handicraft collaboration project

1.3. Intercultural learning in the school library

1.4. Ecology project in Sciences classes

1.5. Participation @ Livani secondary school n°1: Expression of Body-smartness by

pupils

parents

teachers

2. Procedures meeting

--> EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT MEETING (via PHOTO-EVALUATION)

Turkish delegation

Spanish delegation

Italian delegation

Latvian delegation

Belgian delegation

Finnish delegation (Tietola)

--> Dissemination: link to video of the local television about the project meeting

PPT meeting Latvia prep version

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Just for those who want to know what to expect...

PREP Comenius seminar in Latvia - October 2010

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Draft program UPDATE Sept 17th 2010

Dissemination activity Comenius project - participating school in Latvia

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Dissemination activity Comenius meeting in Finland by Turkey

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1. Here you can find the PPT, used for informing the Turkish colleagues about the progress of the project.

2. Here you can find the document, informing about Cooperative learning

Dissemination activity Comenius project - coordinating school

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EPOS Vlaanderen organized a monitoring day for Comenius schools in Alden Biesen on May 18th. We presented our initiatives for embedding international - Comenius and eTwinning - projects in our school.

PROJECT MEETING in Valkeakoski and Järvenpää, Finland from May 5th till May 8th

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--> PARTICIPANTS AND FORMAL PROGRAM

--> STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES

1. Three-steps-interview
2. Timed-pair-share
3. Think-pair-share
4. Jigsaw (CLIM)

--> PRESENTATIONS USED DURING THE MEETING

1. Finnish educational system:

1.1. Comprehensive Education: Primary education by the Head of Education Department of Valkeakoski, Jorma Riikonen

1.2. Secondary Education by the Head of Järvenpään Lukio, Atso Taipale

2. Organizational chart Finnish schools

2.1. Tietola school in Valkeakoski

2.2. Järvenpään Lukio in Järvenpää

3. Good practices of cooperative learning in the partner schools

- Belgium: Communication via electronic platform Smartschool - Social activities for pupils, by the class tutors - eTwinning project: Well-being @ school: procedures of the project - results photo-evaluations by the pupils

- Finland Järvenpään Lukio

- Finland Tietola school: welcome song by the pupils

- Latvia - Italy - Spain - Turkey - Norway

4. Procedures meeting

--> PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: MONITORING

1. Finland Järvenpään Lukio - Worksheets: Getting to know Helsinki - Jigsaw method

- Info about tourist attractions in Helsinki: Cathedral - Central Railway Station - Uspenski Cathedral - Helsinki Rock Church
- Info about tourist attractions in Helsinki: Suomenlinna sea fortress - Kiasma - Ateneum Art Museum - the National Museau of Finland
- Other places of interest : location
- Tourist attractions: location
- Helsinki map part 1
- Helsinki map part 2
- Quiz about Helsinki tourist attractions

2. Belgium: Middenschool H. Hart: video Three-steps-interview (password: comenius) - index cards for forming international groups for the Three-steps-interview (national pavilions Word Expo 2010 in Shanghai)

--> EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT MEETING

Method: System representations: inventory + reflections Irène

Presentation and worksheets for the meeting in Finland

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- peer assessment worksheet

- self assessment worksheet

- observation sheet (Three-steps-interview)

PREP WORK Comenius seminar in Finland - May 2010

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- description of all prep tasks (what to do and how to do?)

- for the activity 'Getting to know each other' (on Thursday)

worksheet (T-chart)

- for the exchange of ideas about activities, initiatives and infrastructure, in place in the partner schools and enhancing cooperative work (on Thursday)

mindmap, clarifying the subtopics and with examples of ideas from the coordinating school

- for the activity 'What to see in Helsinki/Finland?' (on Friday)

information

PROJECT MEETING in Adana, Turkey from February 18th till February 20th

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--> PARTICIPANTS AND FORMAL PROGRAM

--> STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES: description

1. Showdown
2. Teams-Games-Tournaments
3. Find the Fib
4. Inside/Outside circle
5. Corners

--> 4 PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING: PIES - prof Spencer Kagan - source

info documents, used during the CORNERS activity:

- Positive interdependence
- Individual accountability
- Equal participation
- Simultaneous interaction

--> PRESENTATIONS USED DURING THE MEETING

1. Presentation Turkey:

- educational system

- organizational chart

2. Information for subject-related subgroups:

2.1. Foreign Languages

- Belgium: programs of study and European Language Portfolio

2.2. Arts

- Latvia: Hobby presentation day

- Belgium:

* preparatory meeting Working party 'Day of the Middle School = CreActivity Day', using the SCL-method 'On Tour or Poster Carousel': PPT

* School newspaper - special edition (in Dutch) - with end products made by the pupils during the 'Dag van de Middenschool'

2.3. International dimension at school

- Latvia: International projects at school

- Belgium: eTwinning project in optional course 'European project work'

2.4. Religion

3. Procedures meeting

--> PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: MONITORING

1. Finland - Tietola school

2. Belgium: Pedagogical staff training day PPT in Dutch in the Middenschool H. Hart

- working process: SCL-method CLIM (Cooperative learning in multicultural groups)

- end products: visualization of school policies on

Equal opportunities

Languages

--> EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT MEETING

1. Method Placemat Emoticons

2. Method Individual Reflection:

- blank worksheet

- synthesis of the reflections

PREP WORK Comenius seminar in Turkey - February 2010

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- programme meeting Turkey

- for the activity 'Getting to know each other': writing personal answers to the questions of the Proust questionnaire

- for the exchange of ideas and expertise in 4 thematic groups (Foreign Languages - Religion and Spiritual culture at school - Arts and Creative work at school - International dimension at school) concerning school activities and classroom practices: some suggestions

Coordinator's visit to Valkeakoski

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On Monday December 6th and Tuesday December 7th, Irène was in Tietola school.

- programme of the visit

- Structural cooperative structure Jigsaw: general procedure - specific description

- Structural cooperative structure Three-step interview

- Content Jigsaw structure: comparison educational system in Finland and Flanders-Belgium: worksheet

Source: Key data on education

PROJECT MEETING in Madrid, Spain from Nov 12 till Nov 16th 2009

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-> PARTICIPANTS AND FORMAL PROGRAMME

-> STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES: DESCRIPTION

1. Find someone who

2. Rally table

3. Pairs Compare

4. On Tour/Poster Carousel

5. Carousel Feedback

6. Line-Up

7. Academic Controversy

-> STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES: WORKSHEETS for concrete project activities during the meeting

1. Introduction of the participants: Find someone who: chart

2. Processing information:

2.1. T-chart: Info about the Cooperative school (prep reading text)

2.2. Pairs Compare: blank template

2.3. SWOT-analysis: Info about the Italian cooperative learning experience

3. Presenting information/outcomes:

3.1. Cooperative learning slogan:

- Belgium

- Finland

- Italy

- Latvia

- Norway + Turkey

3.2. Cooperative learning - conceptualization:

- group 1 - group 2 - group 3 - group 4

3.3. Project development in the schools: T-chart

4. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: MONITORING

4.1. Application form: objectives - activity planning - active involvement of staff

4.2. Support documents for evaluation - Source: MICE-T:

- School policy

- Whole school involvement

- Project visibility and products

4.3. Project development in the participating schools: state of affairs

- Belgium: overview of initiatives for embedding the project in the school
- concrete example of using SCL on staff level - photos of this 'staff' learning experience

- Finland Järvenpää - Finland Valkeakoski - Italy -

Latvia - Norway - Spain - Turkey

5. CONCRETE PLANS FOR STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

5.1. Coordinating school Belgium: DRAFT Pedagogical staff training day: aims and content / SCL-procedures

5.2. partnerschools: Finland Järvenpää - Finland Valkeakoski - Italy - Latvia - Norway - Spain - Turkey

6. EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT MEETING
6.1. Method Bullseye: (blank template) - activities on Friday

6.2. Learning story: T-chart - Belgium - Finland Järvenpää - Finland Valkeakoski - Italy - Latvia - Norway - Spain - Turkey

Dissemination activity Comenius project - coordinating school

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EPOS Vlaanderen organized a monitoring day for Comenius schools in Alden Biesen on October 21st. We presented the procedures of our multilateral project CoNetCom thus far.

Prep reflections: How does the school organization enhance working in a cooperative way?

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Organizational charts of the participating schools: Italy - Turkey - Spain - Latvia - Finland Järvenpään Lukio - Finland Tietola School - Norway

Prep work Comenius seminar in Spain - November 2009

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- Example Communication plan 2009-2010 Coordinating school
- Example Organizational chart Coordinating school
- Information about 'The Cooperative School' by Johnson D.W. & Johnson R.T.

Prep visit in Italian partnerschool - Istituto de Fillippo - Villanova di Guidonia in October 2008

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You can find the following documents used during the prep visit
- here: the participants and the programme of the visit
- here: the description of the structural cooperative method 'JIGSAW' or 'CLIM'
- here: the QaS-website materials we used to get informed about procedures for a successful project
- Here are the presentations of the partnerschools' contexts: Belgium - Spain - Italy - Turkey - Latvia - Finland Järvenpään Lukio - Finland Tietola School - Norway

Welcome

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