1. BOOSTING YOUR STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION –
THE PROJECT METHOD AND EDUCATIONAL GEAMES IN THE CLASSROOM
INCREASE PROJECT MEETING
6TH MARCH – 12TH MARCH LODZ, POLAND

2. THE PROJECT METHOD Used in our school for the last 5-6 years
Project problem – initially sugessted/ given by the teachers
Over the years the method evolved – students come up with their own ideas – ‘got a problem? – think of the solution’ - approach

3. Stages of the project method:
defining the project problem / the need
choosing the recipents / ‘target group’
the task – what we want to achieve
effects of the project both in the material and subject dimentions
educational effects (knowledge, skills, personal and social competences)
educational content
project organisation (meetings, responsibilities, grading, etc.)

4. SAVE THE PLANET !!! – START FROM YOURSELF!!
interdisciplinary
ecological project

5. NETIQUETTE – how to move around the Internet
Problem – how to communicate on the Internet (slang language, punctuation rules, trollers, lurkers, etc.)
Solution – looking through different forms of expression on the Internet – presenting your findings to others.

6. NETIQUETTE – how to move around the Internet

7. The Golden Rule
Treat others as you would like to be treated. This rule is an oldie but a goodie and can get you through just about any situation, online or off!

9. Learning new vocabulary
Problem – language learning – new vocabulary – how to learn it?
Solution – students present their methods of learning new vocabulary

14. Lifelong healthy – training on hidden dangers of sodas and energisers
Students’ knowledge
Research
Experiment
Expert support

15. Presentation lesson – the project method

16. Presentation lesson – the project method

17. Presentation lesson – the project method

18. Presentation lesson – the project method

19. Presentation lesson – the project method

20. Presentation lesson – the project method

21. Presentation lesson – the project method

22. Presentation lesson – the project method

23. Presentation lesson – the project method

24. Presentation lesson – the project method

25. A GOOD WAY TO MOTIVATE YOUR STUDENTS
EDUACTIONAL GAMES –
A GOOD WAY TO MOTIVATE YOUR STUDENTS
The main advantage: enhancing your students creativity at the ‘making stage’
and ‘usage stage’

26. The origins of the method – searching for an educational aid that will not only engage students’ minds, but will also make the young people act and will create a situation where students can use their knowlegde in real life. Additionally, it helps teachers engage students in eduactional process and use students’ interests.

27. Stages of creating educational games
setting eduacational goals of the game (what we can learn, why we do it)
choosing ‘target players’
formulating the game scenario
adjusting game structure to the conditions it is going to be used in (e.g. in a lesson)
establishing the rules
playing the game (trial)
innitial verification/validation of the rules and the goals
formulating final game rules
playing the game

28. FALSE FRIENDS – an example of a good practice

29. FALSE FRIENDS – an example of a good practice

30. FALSE FRIENDS – an example of a good practice

31. FALSE FRIENDS – an example of a good practice

32. FALSE FRIENDS – an example of a good practice

33. FALSE FRIENDS – an example of a good practice

34. FALSE FRIENDS – an example of a good practice

35. FALSE FRIENDS – an example of a good practice

36. ‘THINKING DICE’
‘Thinking dice’ – an educational game enabling discussion on ethical issues / teaching how to formulate/ask problem questions. On the sides of the dice there are some symbolic drawings, based on the order of a throw, students come up with questions they wish to discuss or invent a story.

37. ‘THINKING DICE’

38. ‘THINKING DICE’

39. ‘THINKING DICE’

40. ‘THINKING DICE’