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Sessions paper prototype

Sessions, is a concept of a tool to support international, ad-hoc and serendipitous classroom collaboration. Based on the Focus Group sessions with teachers and students in the U.K., Italy and Austria, the concept was re-designed to better complement and support … Continue reading

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A more fun iTEC?

Don’t get me wrong, so far iTEC has been fun alright, but with a few organizational changes around the corner, there is room for suggesting more enjoyable ways of communicating and participating with teachers and students, spreading the word about … Continue reading

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Cycle 3 Scenarios are online

Take a look at the cycle 3 scenarios that were published to the iTEC WP3 wiki today. All iTEC partners are encouraged to perform participatory design sessions with 2-3 scenarios of their choice. We will send the participating iTEC partners … Continue reading

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Piloting outdoor study project in Finland

In WP2 and WP3 we developed a number of scenarios of new ways of teaching and learning with new technology. One of them is the Outdoor Study Project (see the video below). In one of the partner schools of the … Continue reading

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Focus Groups – Austria

The third and last round of the cycle 2 Focus Group sessions around Europe was facilitated at an all girls school, the Ausbildungszentrum St. Josef in Salzburg, Austria on Monday. The session was held in German. The school is part … Continue reading

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Focus Groups – U.K.

Last week, two Focus Group sessions were performed at the Holmesdale Technology College in Kent, U.K., one with teachers and one with teachers and students. Holmesdale is an interesting school with a lot of opportunities for students to develop their design … Continue reading

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Focus Groups – Italy

Last Friday, Focus Group sessions were performed with teachers and students at the Liceo Classico Chris Cappell school located in Anzio, close to Rome, Italy. The Chris Cappell school is a public school in a privately funded building. The very well maintained … Continue reading

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Focus Group Preparation

Excitedly, we are looking forward to the upcoming Focus Group sessions with teachers and students in the U.K., Italy and Austria. Today, the content schedule has been created. With the participants, I will discuss 4 to 5 prototypes. The amount … Continue reading

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TeamUp bugs & fixes

iTEC pilots are now commencing in schools around Europe. Our tool TeamUp is used in many of the pilots, and we have already received much valuable feedback in form of bug reports and feature requests. For a developer, the bug reports are the … Continue reading

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Cycle 2 – Teacher and Student Focus Group Sessions

A total of 6 Focus Group* sessions, in all together 3 countries are scheduled for November, 2011. The countries are England, Italy and Austria. In each country, 2 Focus Group sessions will be facilitated, one with teachers and one with … Continue reading

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