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Dana Crăciun
Teacher Training Departament, West University of Timișoara 4 V. Pârvan, Timișoara, Romania
Monica Oprescu
Teacher Training Departament, West University of Timișoara 4 V. Pârvan, Timișoara, Romania
Mădălin Bunoiu
Faculty of Physics, West University of Timișoara 4 V. Pârvan, Timișoara, Romania
Promoting an English and Science
Summer Programme through Social
Media
English plus Science Summer School
July 2014
voluntary students (7 students in English, 1 in
Physics);
Waldorf Secondary School and Moisil Secondary
School Timișoara pupils– mostly 6th graders;
organized in collaboration with Romanian Society of
Physics, Timișoara Branch .
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Why
English plus Science Summer School ?
For students
Experiential learning ;
A new approach;
Volunteering.
For pupils
Learning English and Natural Sciences in a pleasant
and creative way;
Opportunity to socialize .
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Why
English plus Science Summer School ?
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For organizers
Activity which promotes CLIL ;
A way to support the study of science through creative
activities;
Opportunity to experiment with Social Media in
education.
Activities
English workshops based on science topics;
Science workshops based on experiments on the topics;
Craft activities;
Day-trip in Timisoara to reproduce the planetary system at
scale 1:870.000.000;
Games.
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Theoretical approach:CLIL
Content and Language Integrated Learning
Umbrella term, used for: bilingual education, language
immersion, CBI -Content Based Instruction, EAL - English
as an additional language, LAC - language across the
curriculum, intercultural language teaching and learning in
practice etc.
6 https://www.flickr.com/photos/luigistrano/3472312255
Learning English
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Teaching language and content;
Focus on linguistic aspects;
Communication;
Creativity;
Game-like activities.
Science and games, crafts and experiments, role play or creative writing can be braided to form the scientific thinking of children and to acquire specific concepts.
Learning Science
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/holdontowhatyoubelieve/6228111799
A Plea for learning physics
The possible positive impact of CLIL on learning science!
Change in methodology:
Experiments performed using tools handcrafted by the
pupils;
Learning concepts through activities which are not
dedicated to teaching science - creative writing, role-
playing, games.
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Using Social Media and technology in
education
Why Social Media and technology? (A pupil’s perspective)
Pupils/students use Social Media in everyday life.
Pupils/students are familiar with:
Receiving / sending information through Social Media;
Communicating with colleagues;
Sharing their activities.
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Using Social Media and technology in
education
Why Social Media and technology? (An academic perspective)
pupils/students are open to the use of Social Media in education
(Zaideh,2012),(Dunn,2013),(Roblyer,2010).
The Social Media most commonly used by Romanian students:
Facebook, Youtube and Google+ (Iordache,2013), a tendency
revealed at an European level (Dunn,2013).
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Using Social Media and technology in
education
Benefits of using Social Media in education
atractivity, motivation, engagement;
meaningful communicative practice, collaboration;
flexibility, accessibility; (Zaideh,2012)
expanding teaching and learning out of classroom;
(Ractham,2011)
21st Century skills. (Dunn,2013)
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Using Social Media and technology to
sustain the summer school
Students opinions
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English students Physics students
Use of Social Media as Learning Environment
SM is/can be an important tool in education
SM is not an important tool in education
Using Social Media and technology to
sustain the summer school
Facts
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English students Physics students
Student Facebook account
Has an active Facebook account
Has not an active Facebook account
Using Social Media and technology to
sustain the summer school
We used Social Media and technology in our activities for
Communication
Collaboration
Popularization
Visibility
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Internet based activities
Teaching involved the use of Youtube videos, songs, experiments
– proved very interesting and motivating for pupils;
Links (examples): http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/101-videos/solar-system-sci (solar
system)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmTh0ECGPCY (watercycle experiment)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzOoTPfcUBM (How to make a volcano -
craft )
http://osa.magnet.fsu.edu/futurescientists/ (more about light)
To build the scaled planetary system we used: http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/SS/SolarSystemModel.php
The system has been visualized in Google Maps:
Latitude: 45.73418618105436 / 45° 44' 3“
Longitude: 21.244887113571167 / 21° 14' 41"
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Internet based activities- outputs
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Solar System Scale Model
Technology based activities
Power Point Presentations used by students to illustrate
content, to show pictures, to organize experiments (steps).
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Social Media for communication
I. FB closed group – meant to organize, plan and discuss the
activities to be used (12 members);
https://www.facebook.com/groups/568770849904910/
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Social Media for communication
II. Closed group – organizers, students, participants, both
pupils and parents;
26 members (5 students, 2 teachers, 10 pupils and 9
parents)
Activity that did not reach the desired level of
engagements.
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III. FB Page: “English plus Science” https://www.facebook.com/pages/English-plus-Science/266534883550272
Social media – way of promoting collaboration, tool of
communication, making the activity visible!
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Instead of conclusions
The programme offered the development of 21st Century
skills: communication, collaboration, creativity and
innovation, critical thinking, information literacy.
“ To move e-learning craft practices forward, we need to
support teachers’ professional development to learn about,
learn how and learn through new technological forms”
(Warren Kidd in Framing pre-service teachers’
professional learning using Web2.0 tools: positioning pre-
service teachers as agents of cultural and technological
change, 2013: 262)
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References 1. Coyle, D., Hood, P., Marsh, D., (2010) CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning. Cambridge
University Press.
2. Dalton-Puffer and Smit. (eds.), (2007) Empirical Perspectives on CLIL Classroom Discourse. Frankfurt, Vienna:
Peter Lang.
3. Dunn, L., (2013) Teaching in higher education: can social media enhance the learning experience? In: 6th
Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 19th Apr 2013, Glasgow, UK.
4. Iordache, D.D., Lamanauskas, V., (2013) Exploring the Usage of Social Networking Websites: Perceptions and
Opinions of Romanian University Students, Informatica Economică 17(4):pp. 18-25.
5. Motteram, G. Ed., (2013) Innovations in learning technologies for English language teaching, British Council,
London UK.
6. Ractham, P. Firpo, D.,(2011) Using Social Networking Technology to Enhance Learning in Higher Education:
A Case Study Using Facebook, In: System Sciences (HICSS), 44th Hawaii International Conference: pp.1-10.
7. Roblyer, M.D., McDaniel, M., Webb, M., Herman, J., Witty, J.V., (2010) Findings on Facebook in higher
education: A comparison of college faculty and student uses and perceptions of social networking sites , The
Internet and Higher Education, 13(3):pp. 134-140 .
8. Zaidieh , A., (2012) The Use of Social Networking in Education: Challenges and Opportunities, World of
Computer Science and Information Technology Journal 2(1): pp 18-21.
9. Kidd, W. (2013) Framing pre-service teachers’ professional learning using Web2.0 tools: positioning pre-
service teachers as agents of cultural and technological change, Professional Development in Education, 39 (2),
pp 260-272
10. http://education.jlab.org/frost/sun_diameter.html (JeffersonLab)
11. http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/SS/SolarSystemModel.php ( solar System Scale Model calculator)
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Questions?
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Comments?
Thoughts?
Experiences?
Thank you! Connect with us…
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Monica Oprescu
Dana Crăciun
Mădălin Bunoiu