21st Century Skills.
In 2nd form we have worked in many skills and abilities connecting all the subjects , Natural Science, Social Studies, Language, History, Maths and Geography.
Students developed summarizing skills specially in short texts according to their level of course, where they learnt how to identify main words or ideas related to the themes. Their logical and creative thinking took part in asking questions and listing answers, they were also involved in short stories held by Lauri and us. They played games and sang songs related to the projects as well. As regards technology they experimented innovation where they explored techniques that had not done before.
Food Revolution Final task was a communicative piece of work which allowed students to analyze situations, think about a purpose and context of messages following instructions, Reading, speaking, listening, turn taking and writing. Students used many creative abilities to figure out solutions to possible problems and put them into action.
Continents Tour was a Project which highlighted reflective thinking. Analyzing everything carefully, examining, classifying, comparing and contrasting different information. They learnt how to connect all these abilities in order to reach to a conclusion based on evidence. By technology students experienced interactive maps and augmented reality where they could share their experiences with their families and worked with those apps on their own, this means independently. In one way we brought the world into the classroom, students learnt many different cultures and traditions. At the beginning of the year one dad travelled to China and brought newspapers, food and many Chinese things for us to share. Students felt fascinated working with this material. 2nd Green did not have the opportunity of being part of any hangout but I think it would be a great idea to have one next year. Second blue had one hangout, and it was an amazing experience. Students could interact with other students and teachers, and they applied the contents they learnt in this interaction. This was the most meaningful activity in which students could really bring the world into the classroom.
This year we visited Fayanás house , they have animals and we closed our Project about Pets and Food with that outing. This experience connected all the wok done in two projects. We took notes and worked before and after the visit. It was a clear opportunity to work with the experimental method. Students could make hypothesis, analysis and so on. This Project was connected to Natural Science and we worked together with the morning teachers. This is only one example of collaboration among teachers.
