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Practical ideas and guidelines for teachers and schools

Learn to connect and reflect with cultural heritage

Teachers are eager to talk about cultural heritage with their students, but there is strikingly little theoretical knowledge about what culture means and how it relates to children’s development. This tutorial highlights some resources and approaches that will put the subject in context.
Learning space
Cultural heritage
Cultural diversity

Open Source Software: how to use it in school and aid society in one go

School education and Open Source Software (OSS): at first, these might seem like oil and water. We might think of OSS as something for developers and “technology wizards”. But schools have practical reasons to use OSS, and arguably a societal duty to do so. In this tutorial, you will find out more about A) what OSS is and B) how it should feature in your school or classroom.
Digital tools
Media literacy

Moving your teaching online: riding the rush to remote!

No doubt about it! COVID-19 has revolutionised how educators all over the world teach their lessons. The familiarity of being in a classroom was replaced with Emergency Remote Teaching. But what can schools and teachers do to successfully incorporate online learning in the future, and how can they do it? Find out more in this tutorial!
Digital tools
Distance learning
Learning space
Online learning

School under (re)construction: a tutorial on learning environments

Traditional classrooms with their blackboard, the teacher standing in front of it and the desks laid out in rows date back to medieval monasteries. But as society grows ever more technology-rich and the focus shifts to key competences and student-centric pedagogy, so the learning space needs to catch up. In this tutorial, you will learn that greener is better, classrooms don’t always need walls, and more.
Learning space

New skill acquired: using games in learning

There is so much information at our fingertips, offline and especially online, that a truly motivated learner may not even need a teacher, according to Feliz-Murias. Games have features that today’s students – so-called “digital natives” – are used to from online tools: learning by doing, customisation, immediate feedback, active discovery, and new kinds of comprehension. Also, as important as teaching content is motivation – a love of learning. Try our six levels of game-based learning to reflect on your lesson design. Can you complete all of them?
Digital tools
Non-formal learning
Pedagogy

“But it’s for my students – can I share?”: a tutorial on copyright, teaching, and the World Wide Web

The waters of copyright law are murky. A monkey snapping selfies with a stolen camera was argued to own the copyright to them; and a tattoo technically belongs to the artist, not the person wearing it. But you’re a teacher! What does all this have to do with you? It matters if you have uploaded your lesson plan online, or added someone else’s pictures to your presentation slides, or used pop music in a film you made with your students. In this tutorial, we look at some quick tips to uphold copyright, and some reasons to care about it.
Media literacy
Policy development

A brief guide to GDPR for schools and teachers

Data protection is essential: it means privacy and respect, and freedom from manipulation. Nonetheless, some anxiety has followed the European Union’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Do schools need to adjust their record-keeping? Which information is considered delicate? Can you still carry school data on a portable device? This tutorial will put you in a better position to safeguard your students’ data – and understand what happens with your own.
Policy development

Transform your science lessons in four steps

Of the 30 countries that were surveyed in a 2016 study on this topic, 80% described STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) as currently a priority area at national level. At the same time, EU countries are still labouring to decrease the number of low achievers in science. Teaching these subjects is a great responsibility for a teacher – and a great challenge, too. How can you motivate your students? How can you instil in them all the enthusiasm, all the wonder that the sciences are due? Here are four steps to help transform science lessons.
Digital tools
Arts

Connect and conquer: a guide to networks and the whole-school approach

Have you made ongoing links with other schools or teachers to share pedagogical approaches? Or participated in an eTwinning project that has turned into a long-lasting partnership? Networks have been gaining traction of late: for one thing, education systems have become more complex, and require complex interactions among their actors; for another, teachers wish to stave off professional isolation. But when and how should one establish a network? This tutorial is targeted at heads of schools, policymakers, and teachers who aspire to more connectivity.
Whole-school approach
School partnerships and networks
School leadership
Policy development