Fano – 4 th meeting of the Comenius groups’ representatives November 10 th – 17 th 2006 Comenius Project of school development LIVE (Learning In Virtual Environment) 2 nd year

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Topics of this presentation Results of the evaluation card To do in the meeting

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Final document 3 rd meeting in Pulawy The representatives of the partner schools of the LIVE Project, in the meeting in Pulawy: Overviewed the work done during the first year Prepared an evaluation card of the Project which will be on line in the middle of May till the middle of June Let’s start from the end of the 1 st year …

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Evaluation card: results 1 Number of filled questionnaires: 64 1.How often have you visited our website this school year? less than 10 times21,9% between 10 and 20 times43,8% more than 20 times32,8% no answer1,6% 2. What feature have you exploited most frequently in the website? reading/writing forums18,8% chatting7,8% using the internal mail6,3% visiting the self-portrait section14,1% visiting the document and photo-gallery section14,1% participating in the on line courses29,7% no answer9,4%

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Evaluation card: results 2 3. How do you evaluate the information exchanged or stored in the website? insufficient1,6% sufficient/fair34,4% good59,4% no answer4,7%

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Evaluation card: results 3 4. If you have participated in the HTML course, what do you think about it? I didn’t participate28,1% not interesting9,4% quite interesting18,8% interesting32,8% very interesting7,8% no answer3,1% 5. If you haven’t participated in the HTML course, can you tell why? I participated in the course35,9% no time31,3% not interested in e-learning4,7% not interested in the topic7,8% interested but acquainted with the subject4,7% unsufficient technical equipment1,6% no answer14,1%

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Evaluation card: results 4 6. If you have participated in the English course, what do you think about it? I didn’t participate43,8% not interesting6,3% quite interesting21,9% interesting17,2% very interesting4,7% no answer6,3% 7. If you haven’t participated in the English course, can you tell why? I participated in the course20,3% no time32,8% not interested in e-learning10,9% not interested in the topic6,3% interested but acquainted with the subject6,3% unsufficient technical equipment4,7% no answer18,8%

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Evaluation card: results 5 8. If you have participated in the Tasks and mathematical puzzles course, what do you think about it? I didn’t participate43,8% not interesting6,3% quite interesting10,9% interesting7,8% very interesting26,6% no answer4,7% 9. If you haven’t participated in the Tasks and mathematical puzzles course, can you tell why? I participated in the course21,9% no time35,9% not interested in e-learning7,8% not interested in the topic10,9% interested but acquainted with the subject4,7% unsufficient technical equipment1,6% no answer17,2%

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Evaluation card: results Which is the main point of weakness in the project this school year ? the lack of participation/involvement of the different groups represented in the project21,9% complicated procedures to enter the site43,8% low degree of discussions in the web forums32,8% difficulty in using the English language 0 lack of immediate communication 0 no answer1,6% 11. Which is the main point of strength in the project this school year? participation/involvement of the different groups represented in the project4,7% user friendly website31,3% lots of forums in different languages10,9% encouragement in using the English language14,1% possibility of direct communication14,1% proposal of on line courses10,9% no answer14,1%

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Evaluation card: results Which is the most relevant impact of our project? to encourage team building in schools 6,3% to get to know each other12,8% to strengthen the common European identity32,5% to improve the use of English as a common language20,3% to improve the use of informatic tools 6,3% to encourage the use of alternative learning/teaching strategies9,4% no answer12,5% 13. Other on line courses will be offered next school year. Your favourite topic would be: Computer Science18,8% Mathematics25,0% Language21,9% History7,8% Social Science10,9% Science9,4% no answer6,3%

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November ° year: the starting point The situation of our website (10 November 2006) CountryGreeceItalyPolandRomania Pupils Teachers2463 Total

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 To do in this meeting During this meeting we have to decide: how many on line courses are going to start their topics the involved teachers Moreover we have to decide some interesting topics for the Forums in the Common Room of our website

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 How many courses In my opinion we have to prepare 2 or, at most, 3 on line courses They will start within November We’ll evaluate their development during the meeting in Iraklion (12 – 19 January 2007)

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Structure of an on line course Each course will be carried out in a specific room of the website The teacher(s) in charge for the course (staff) will manage the room by: uploading lessons, opening forums, proposing topics in the forums answering to the questions of the pupils A final evaluation test will be proposed at the end of the course

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Topics of the on line courses Andreas Tsepapadakis (Tsepan) is preparing the course “Logic of algorithms”. At the moment it is visible in the site in staff mode only. Ludovica Battista (Ludus) intend to propose a course about PHP. Because the knowledge of HTML is a prerequisite for PHP, we could start a repetition of HTML course immediately, starting the PHP course in January

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Other topics English? Physics? We are waiting for proposals (from the students too!)

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Forums in the Common Room At this moment in the Common Room of the website are open 3 forums: General discussion (101 posts) Meeting in Fano (3 posts) Coffee break (9 posts) It’s necessary to open other forums about more specific topics. Because the activity in the forum is carried out by pupils, the better thing is that the pupils themselves propose the new topics.

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Carrying on of the today’s work Choice of the topics of the on line courses (teachers + pupils) Choice of the topics of the forums in the Common Room (pupils) Morning

LIVE - Meeting in Fano November 2006 Carrying on of the today’s work Practice about the administration of the website Afternoon (teachers only)