Innovator: Refaella Ballas, https://cell-aviv.org/category/%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%9d-prizes/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%94-refaella-%D7…;
Organisation: Amal High-tech Peres School, Tel Aviv
Setting of the practice: hybrid
Description of the practice:
The project on ‘School based lifewide learning using mobile technologies’ has been implemented by the Amal High Tech Peres School Tel Aviv since 2013 (former Shevach moffet). It derives from the school’s pedagogical approach, which aspires to integrate the students into society, and views individuals as independent people and as integral parts of their community. The lifewide learning project is based on three principles: location (moving outside the classroom to learn in real-life situations), community (giving and contributing to the community) and Flexible learning (transforming the role of teachers). Students and teachers create location-based interactive learning material to characterize some aspects of special places located in their community. The places and their characterization are selected by the teachers to cover specific subject areas of the curriculum, and the material created by the students is made available to the entire community. The project has been effective in showing the potential of a teaching and learning approach based on involving students in projects that are meaningful and relevant for the community.
If harnessed within a clear pedagogical framework, new technologies can enhance and extend the learning environment for students. The Amal High tech Peres School of Tel Aviv offers lifewide learning to its students, who are required to design and create location-based interactive learning objects (LILOs) in their local community as part of their coursework. They follow a 6-step process from researching information, to making the LILOs and peer evaluation. The aim is to give students the chance to be creators rather than passive users of technology, while interacting with and contributing to their local community
Although the school has a variety of technologies available for the students to use, the project does not require much specialized hardware, since most of the activities are based on the use of laptops, tablets or cellphones. In addition, for the creation of 3-D objects the students can use 360-degree cameras. The main platform used for the project is the Wandering Ltd location-based learning environment, which is a web-based platform. in addition, students use a range of software, including Padlet, YouTube, Thing link (interactive pictures), Canva infographic, Emaze presentations, IMovie or Movie Maker, a QR code generator, Google Maps Street View 360, Virtual Classroom etc.
The content created by the students is constantly available to the public and has been integrated into a tourist interface. All content is public and can be accessed on a map.
More info: https://www.etf.europa.eu/en/news-and-events/news/cell-aviv-tel-aviv-cellular-mobile-technologies-lifewide-learning-israel
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