Posts Tagged ‘Online Teaching’

Teaching Science, Technology and Mathematics in the Developing Society

CC-BY, Adobe Stock We live in a time where technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and the innovations and developments that come with it are pretty impressive. After reading this, you might find yourself looking at things in a different way. Teachers are helping to build a future...

Crossing Borders with TINKER: An Authentic and Inclusive IT Journey from Ankara to Rome

CC-BY, provided by the author Our school’s active participation in comprehensive STEM initiatives has continually driven us to explore innovative, project-based learning methodologies. Recently, this commitment culminated in the “KEY of STEAM” Erasmus+ mobility project, which created an educational bridge between our classrooms in Ankara and our collaborative partners...

A gamification system of points, which are then converted into grades, allows students to learn despite the restrictions of COVID.

How to Use Gamification in Science Education During the COVID Lockdown

CC-BY, Unsplash   Introduction In this article, I would like to share how I use gamification in chemistry classes. The method was especially useful in digital education during the COVID lockdowns. It allowed me to mark the students’ work. The essence of gamification is that students collect points, and...

Woman participating in an online meeting

Learning from experience: How and where to start again after the lockdown

Going back to school after several months of lockdown highlighted the need for us teachers to reflect on the ways we teach and interact with our students. For this reason, a team of Italian Scientix Ambassadors organized an online event to exchange ideas and discuss with experts. During the...

Teaching STEM While Social Distancing: Sharing Knowledge and Overcoming Challenges

Many countries around the world are in lockdown during the novel COVID-19 pandemic, while many more countries have adopted strict social distancing rules that have forced STEM teachers to conduct online lectures to their stay-at-home students. This poses a number of challenges in the entire education sector, and it...

Online Teaching: Two Croatian Experiences

This article is a combined experience, feelings, and knowledge of two Croatian teachers where we both “speak” and complement each other’s stories. Welcome to our story! Bosiljko: I remember exactly my last working day, the last working day in a “normal” school. Fifth grade, math, we dealt with fractions…...

Lights and Shadows of my Online Teaching/Learning Experience

Since September 2019 I started using virtual classes on Edmodo with my students. I decided to use this virtual class tool to share links, free software, homework, and news with parents. I got used to communicating with students throughout the virtual class chat, giving them support at home, to...