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I teach English for 6 years in Turkey. During these 6 years I experienced working with  kids, teens and adults. Through these years I realized that the most important way to catch the success is improving yourself, your teaching methods and loving your job. For this reason I try to attend learning events, webinars, cources,etc.

My motto is "Everything is on your hand."

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I teach English in Necmi Muammer Middle School in Tokat a province of Turkey. My students range from 10 to 14 years. My school is a small one and we have 200 students in it. There are 20-25 students in each classroom. Each class has smartboard with internet connection, so we can use it in our lessons. Unfortunately, my students live in villages and they don't access the internet at home.
I always use smartboard and other materials to teach English in my lessons.

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I have been using projects in my lessons for years but I don't know there is a difference between a project and PBL. With this course I've learned that PBL is not just a project but it is a process.
By watching the video I deduced that three Cs are very important in PBL.These are;
*Critical thinking
*Collaboration
*Communicaiton.
I want to perform PBL not only my lessons but also in the school. To manage this I need to learn more about PBL and share the experience with my colleagues. It seems a hard work but we can do this in favor of our students.

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After watching the video I got the impression of PBL is an important way of enabling permanent learning for students.
Students can get a lot of skills with PBL such as;
Critical thinking
Communication,
ICT literacy,
21st Century Competencies,
Creativity.
By these skills students can take responsibility of their learning and produce their learning habits. The teachers won't just be the information providers but the guides and supporters.

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Propositions Project: 21st Century Skills

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2. Developing effective collaboration for PBL

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2. Developing effective collaboration for PBL

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My students creating a town with collaboration and it was amazing work. They gave effort and were proud of themselves for creating something together.

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I think in effective collaboration each student in the group takes responsibilites, shares ideas, contributes the process, creates and learns. But in my school some students are reluctant to share ideas and in our education system each student must be assessed individually, so even they work collaboratively we need to asses their work as individual creaters.

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2.3 Effective Collaboration for PBL inside the Classroom

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2.3 Effective Collaboration for PBL inside the Classroom

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If we want our students to work in collaboration we need first teach them what collaboration is, which benefits it gives to students. Then we need to be guide for them while they are working as a whole.

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Structuring Collaboration for Student Success: Keys to PBL Series Part 3

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2.4 Finding collaboration partners outside the classroom

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2.4 Finding collaboration partners outside the classroom

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My school is a member of e twinning for two years. We had projects with other schools in our country and abroad. We have contact with our local city  municipality. Our school takes part in trips, educational visits and sport competitions  with the support of municipality.

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Team up is a great tool for collaborative work.I suggest kahoot. With this tool as a teacher you can create quizzes and your students can answer it with their mobiles in the class.
https://kahoot.it/
My other advice is Aurasma. With the help of aurasma you can bring everything to your class, it is easy to run it.
https://www.aurasma.com/

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FCS | Module 1 | Tool for Teaching: TeamUp

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3. Developing student-driven activities for PBL

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3. Developing student-driven activities for PBL

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Last year with my 5th grade class it was so hard to do listening activities for teaching English. They didn't want to listen English because they couldn't understand. I didn't gave up. I let them listen enjoyable songs then I got them familiar with English. Now they do listening activities voluntarily.

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3.1 Scaffolding for Student Ownership and Independence

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3.1 Scaffolding for Student Ownership and Independence

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I think children need to face challenge of a changing and unpredictable world. Let's think a 1 year old child. When he learns how to walk parents help him at the beginnig. Later he trys to work himself and he makes it. If his parents continue to help him he cannot learn how to walk or he falls often. In PBL, teachers must provide balanced help to students.

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Facilitating Learning in a Student-Driven Environment: Keys to PBL Series Part 4

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We can weaken our students' confidence by telling their mistakes in public. We focus on bad behaviours too much and weaken their confidence easily.
In our lessons we should't forget that each word that comes from our mouth effect our students. By this video I experienced that why resilience is important for PBL.

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In this video we can see learners’ cognitive engagement in the tasks. Activities have a purpose; thus language is meaningful. This kind of activities are applicable to any age.

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In our country we assess our students' success with testing system every few months. We also assess their performance and participation in the lessons.

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I use emotions for the quick assessment in my lessons. Students stick a smile icon for what they know to related place in bulletin board, a sad icon for what they can't understand, a question mark icon for what they want to know. For this way they can assess themselves easily

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Embedding Assessment Throughout the Project: Keys to PBL Series Part 5

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I think peer assessment is important because students feel comfortable when talkng to friends. It is easy for them to say their opinons  to peers.
In my lessons, I let students assess their peers after they created a project, output or paper.

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Peer Assessment: Reflections from Students and Teachers

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4.4 Creating & Using Rubrics for PBL Assessment

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4.4 Creating & Using Rubrics for PBL Assessment

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	Module 1: Introducing Competences for 21st Century Schools

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	Module 1: Introducing Competences for 21st Century Schools

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In my country there are targeted competencies by 2020. However, I am not sure all the competencies are performed in our schools.

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1.2 The Importance and Definition of Key Competences

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1.2 The Importance and Definition of Key Competences

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I think critical thinking and learning to learn are the most important competences in our century. The video is great for understanding what  competences are and why important for education.

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The importance and definition of competences

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I think PBL is really effective way of learning and teaching but there are some challenges to perform in it schools. Because curriculum requires regular and sitrict summative assesment in my country it is hard students to reach real-world connection. The students are responsible  for a lot of cources and tasks  so for only one course we haven't enough time to engage students with real-world connection.

Our classes are crowded and the technological devices or classes aren't sufficient for students.

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5 Keys to Rigorous Project-Based Learning

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1.3 Key Points on Teaching Key Competences

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1.3 Key Points on Teaching Key Competences

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By this video I got the impression that to realise the key competences schools and classrooms have some technological changes, flexible seats, etc. But do all schools have this kind of  opportunities? I don't think so. I hope every school has advantages for perform permanent learning.

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1.4 Key Points on Assessing Key Competences

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1.4 Key Points on Assessing Key Competences

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Traditionally we use summative assessment in our schools because the curriculum demands it. But in summative assessment we assess learned outcomes not the learning itself. I think peer assessment and self assessment help students to take responsibilities of their learning process.

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Students always eager to find solutions to problems or answer riddles. So, in our lessons we need to encourage students to solve problems and find solutions.
Selecting a good question is important . It should trigger our students to think creatively. To find an effective question we can evaluate our teaching aims and goals. Then, we need to ask a question that inspries interest on the pupils.

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1.5 Competence-Based Education in Europe

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1.5 Competence-Based Education in Europe

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In changing world we need to change and update our teaching techniques. In competence-based education we should furnish our lessons with different activites and tools. Via tools the students can be autonomous in their learning and they can be thinker, productive and creative.

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Competence-based education in Europe today

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An overview of competency-based education

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A competency-based learning model measures students progress on their ability to demonstrate mastery of defined knowledge and skills. Learn more at http://www.cbenetwork.org/.

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1.6 Irish Case Study: Key Skills in the Irish Curriculum & Project Maths

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1.6 Irish Case Study: Key Skills in the Irish Curriculum & Project Maths

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In this video we can see that if the education personalized success is inevitable. To personalize the learning we teachers and schools should give them and provide them enough support.

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Irish case study: Key Skills in the Irish Curriculum & Project Maths

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Module 2: Teaching Key Competences through Project-Based Learning

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Module 2: Teaching Key Competences through Project-Based Learning

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2.3 How to Develop Learners’ Collaborative Problem-Solving Skills

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2.3 How to Develop Learners’ Collaborative Problem-Solving Skills

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I think in effective collaboration each student in the group takes responsibilites, shares ideas, contributes the process, creates and learns. But in my school some students are   reluctant to share ideas and in our education system each student must be assessed individually, so even they work collaboratively we need to asses their work as individual creaters.
If we want our students to work in collaboration we need first teach them what collaboration is, which benefits it gives to students. Then we need to be guide for them while they are working as a whole.

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How to Develop Learners’ Collaborative Problem Solving Skills

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2.5 Examples of Project-Based Learning from Across Europe

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2.5 Examples of Project-Based Learning from Across Europe

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e-twinning is a really great way to conduct  PBL in our schools. My school is a member of e twinning for two years. We had projects with other schools in our country and abroad. With e-twinning projects  students take responsibilities of their own learning, be creative and increase their communicaiton skills.

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Examples of Project-Based Learning from across Europe

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3.2 The Key Principles of Assessing Key Competences

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3.2 The Key Principles of Assessing Key Competences

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In our country we assess our students' success with testing system every few months. We also assess their performance and participation in the lessons.
I think self-assessment is very important for students whether they understood the topic or not.

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Peer Assessment: Reflections from Students and Teachers

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3.3 Good Practice in Assessing Key Competences

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3.3 Good Practice in Assessing Key Competences

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I think portfolio is very effective way for students to assess their learning process. With technology e-portfolios make evaluation easier and more reliable.
To give feedback teachers should have clear criteria.

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Good Practice in Assessing Key Competences

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Social skills that teachers need to observe are;
Participation
Interaction
Persistence
Responsiveness
Awareness
Negotiation
Metamemory, Transactive memory
Responsibility
Cognitive skills;
Task analysis
Resource management
Filexibility
Systematicity
These skills are important for assessing collaborative problem ssolving.

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2.4 A Teacher’s Experience of Using Project-Based Learning to Teach Mathematics

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2.4 A Teacher’s Experience of Using Project-Based Learning to Teach Mathematics

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I think PBL is really effective way of learning and teaching but there are some challenges to perform in it schools. Because curriculum requires regular and sitrict summative assesment in my country it is hard students to reach real-world connection. The students are responsible  for a lot of courses and tasks  so for only one course we haven't enough time to engage students with real-world connection.
Students always eager to find solutions to problems or answer riddles. So, in our lessons we need to encourage students to solve problems and find solutions.
Selecting a good question is important . It should trigger our students to think creatively.

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A teacher’s experience of focusing on skills and project-based learning to teach Mathematics

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2.2 How to Design Project-Based Learning Activities

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2.2 How to Design Project-Based Learning Activities

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After watching the video I got the impression of PBL is an important way of  enabling permanent learning for students.
Students can get a lot of skills with PBL such as;
Critical thinking
Communication,
ICT literacy,
21st Century Competencies,
Creativity.
7 steps should be followed in PBL :
Step 1. Involve your students from the very beginning.
Step 2. Having defined the topic, in discussion with the class break it down into different tasks.
Step 3. Plan well, set goals, define outcomes.
Step 4. Proceed to put pupils into small groups with responsibilities for a particular task.
Step 5. Create a tangible artifact that addresses the issue, answers questions, and makes learning visible and accountable.
Step 6. Arrive at a conclusion...take a stand...take action.
Step 7. Document, justify, and share conclusion with larger audience. (parents, school etc)

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How to Design Project-Based Learning Activities

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3.5 The Irish Experience of Assessing Mathematics Using a Competence-Based Approach

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3.5 The Irish Experience of Assessing Mathematics Using a Competence-Based Approach

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Assessing Mathematics using a Competence-Based Approach  help students need to become more active learners, getting involved in group-work, discovery learning and questioning and discussing. With CPB instead of formula questions asked in a context. By this context students think critically and be more creative.
Altough there are also challenges with this experience. Teachers need to develop more skills and spend more time to assess students' process.

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The Irish Experience of Assessing Mathematics Using a Competence-Based Approach

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This video conclude the course's Irish case study, by explaining the assessment approach taken in Project Maths. The video outlines the changes made to Mathematics assessment so that it would support the development of key competences in the classroom. Finally, the speaker explains the challenges and successes which arose along the way.