Students will thus make the shift from being passive receivers of content to being the creators of valuable resources and learning is thus self-directed and more rewarding. The students can get satisfaction from knowing that their work is available worldwide through various channels. They can share their work not only with classmates, but with friends and even unknown people online. The job well done can be appreciated and ‘liked’ by a lot of people and the students’ satisfaction and motivation will be increased when they can be proud to say ”I did it!”
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” This quote credited to Benjamin Franklin sums up something that we now understand better than ever. It is only by being actively involved in any activity that we can make it worthwhile. Students’ ability to make powerful resources for one another often surprises adults, as they make them relevant to themselves and develop in so many ways. It is widely known that the best people to solve problems are the people who face them. In the field of education, those people are students. And so they should not be left out of the equation.
surprises adults, as they make them relevant to themselves and develop in so many ways. It is widely known that the best people to solve problems are the people who face them. In the field of education, those people are students. And so they should not be left out of the equation.
The wide range of online applications with free plans can bring variety to the teaching process. Experimenting them in class and in various extracurricular activities has convinced us of their benefits, even more so as they had been recommended to us by educational partners from Western European teaching contexts. We all came to know about most of the applications we are now recommending through the contact with teachers from the partner schools in the Erasmus+ project “Sustainable Consumption and Production”, a programme financed by the European Commission:
Lycée Louis Thuillier
(Amiens – FRANCE)
AS Audentes School
(Tallin – ESTONIA )
IS “E. Fermi”
(Vittoria - ITALY)
Colegiul National Octavian Goga
(Sibiu –ROMANIA)
I.E.S. Gran Capitán
(Córdoba – SPAIN)
Çorlu Velimeşe Çok Programlı Lisesi
( Tekirdag – TURKEY)
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