INSPIRE ICT
Inspiring Creativity and Innovation in
the 21st Century Classroom
By Chryso Christodoulou
INSPIRE ICT project coordinator
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Unprecedented new media
introduction
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Students are imagining and learning in new
ways.
The ways that they process information truly
seems like a modern phenomenon
Education should go beyond teaching basic
computer skills ICT
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ICT in education
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ICT in education is under continuous
growing pressure
ICT is a technology provision that
focuses on the tool
Students teachers parents must
become creators of information and
ideas not simply users of technology
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The digital students
arrives in school
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They need to succeed in a
complex, interconnected
21st century world.
Educational systems need to
transform with a global
context in mind
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The 21st century students need
To manage autonomously the complexity
and diversity of a world that needs more
flexible people, focused on reality and
having radically more innovative minds.
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Student-centred methods that inspire
cognition and meta cognition.
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The 21st century educators need
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Broad knowledge and skills
in many disciplines.
Ready to differentiate,
collaborate and share
experiences
Meet the high cognitive
student demands
Keep “multiple balls in the
air”;
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The greatest and the
hardest time in history
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Creativity and innovation in education is
not just an opportunity, but a necessity
Educators need to use technologies
creatively in the classroom. Teach for
meaning and extend thinking skills
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FUNecole®
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FUNecole® is a holistic
philosophy approach that
enables the development of
ICT skills and cultivation of
new forms of education that
extent beyond technology
enhancement and
integration in teaching and
learning
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The FUNecole® Lessons
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Revolve around the entrepreneurial education concept
Foster trust, support collaboration and inspire
students to construct and re-construct their own
ideas.
Encourage students to seek for professionalism and
excellence in achieving the objectives.
Engage class competition among classes to get “jobs”
and by student’s own involvement in research
activities..
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The FUNecole® Teachers
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From a content expert
to a guide and
facilitator
Cultivate collaborative
ventures, exploration
and evaluation
Enable students to
shape the lessons
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The FUNecole® Students
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•Take greater ownership of learning
•Participate in differentiated in structural activities
•Learn to explore curriculum at deeper levels
•Be engaged in creating media objects
•Participate in a strong, positive school
environment
•Be empowered to produce high quality results
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FUNecole and the 21st
century movement
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Critical thinking creative flexible ethical problem
solving positive in multicultural environments
Shift from “teaching paradigm” to “facilitating
the true learning process paradigm”
Build higher order thinking and for successful life
in a complex, globally connected world.
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European Commission
Recognition
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FUNecole® is included
in the EU best
practices in the study
for education for
2020
Innovative Teaching
and Creative
Learning
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Me The Protagonists
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Me The Protagonists
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Me The Protagonists
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Me The Protagonists
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Thank you
chryso@funecole.com
http://www.funecole.com
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