TODAY THE ICELAND AND ESTONIAN PARTNERS MET WITH vENTSPILS2. VIDUSSKOLA TO GET DRIL UNDERWAY. THE TEAM AGREED -
TO CREATE A 'PROMOTIONAL' ITEM TO SHOW STUDENTS WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS EXCITING PROJECT AND TO INTRODUCE EACH OF THE SCHOOLS TO EACH OTHER.
TO CREATE AN OFF-TIMETABLE WEEK [TARGET IS] 08 MARCH!!! HERE WE SHALL TRY TO SET UP MULTINATIONAL VIDEO MEETINGS FOR STUDENTS IN THE 10TH GRADE.
THERE IS WORK TO DO!! :-)
AFTER THE UPHEAVAL CAUSED ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD BY THE CoVID VIRUS, WE SEE SOME RELIEF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT THE STUDENT EXCHANGES AND TEST OUT STUDENT TEAM SELF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
IT IS HOPED THAT THE TEACHER TEAMS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO MEET [IN THE SAME ROOM] TO AGREE LEARNING GOALS AND TIMETABLES.
CONTACTS ARE NOW BEING MADE WITH VARIOUS SPECIALISTS TO LEND SUPPORT TO THE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED.
Coronovirus-19 has disrupted the planned schedule for DRIL. Meetings to initiate the project were originally set for late-August / Early September. These have now been moved back to end of 2020 / early 2021. More news will follow . . . .
2021 - and DRIL looks like getting under way. ZOOM meetings will continue and will include students up until MAY - thereafter it is expected that real-world meetings will happen and the excitement of travel will be realised!!!
The project is being administered by Ventspils 2. Vidusskola with Tallinna Kesklinna Vene Gūmnaasiumi [TKVG] and IS-Tröllaskagi Upper-Secondary School [MTR] making up the team. The project is known as DRIL [Digital Routes for Intelligent Learning] and seeks to combine many of the OECD Skola 2030 Standards with the use of modern mobile digital technologies, both in-classroom and in distance learning environments. Running through the project is the development of life-skills [in particular in the context of the modern workplace].
The teachers in the team
will also be looking to the future – Skola 2030, Project based learning,
Distance learning, Team teaching [bringing in specialist teachers as the need
arises] and trialing communication tools and technology solutions. The whole
process will be documented and the reflection of the teaching team written up
as a paper to contribute towards a view of best practice.
It is intended that the work produced by the
students will be publicly displayed in each of the three towns, although this will be subject to negotiations as you might expect, as well as
online - here and the partner schools'websites.
