1.04.14

Jouni Enqvist

21st Centuty skills 

We were talking about  a list of skills well-known as "21st Century Skills" (http://www.imls.gov/about/21st_century_skills_list.aspx) and discussed how much they are appropriate to different subjects. I found out that not every skill is suitable for every subject but in different degree they can be used by teachers and students. 

STEM integration

How to motivate students to learn? If students know why and what they are  learning  they will be more motevated.  Students should be able to transfer their knowledge and skills from one subject to another. So it can be possible by making connections across disciplines. 

LUMA Luonnontiede ja matematikka

Also it was interesting to found out about levels of integration like sequenced, parallel, partial, enhanced and total. 

Some usefull websites were offered by Jouni Enqvist:

 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm - is a free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/discussions/ - math forum 

http://www.howstuffworks.com/ - is the award-winning source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works.

http://www.hippocampus.org/ - is a free, core academic web site that delivers rich multimedia content--videos, animations, and simulations--on general education subjects to middle-school and high-school teachers and college professors, and their students, free of charge.

http://eu.ixl.com/ - IXL is  about helping students learn maths

http://www.learnerstv.com/ - is a comprehensive site providing downloadable Video lectures, Online Tests.