Der Abschlussbericht des Pädagogischen Austauschdienstes liegt nun vor: Sehr gut! Unser Projekt konnte in allen Punkten überzeugen und ist deshalb mit der Bestnote für Comenius-Programme ausgezeichnet worden.

Auch wenn die 2jährige Projektzeit vorbei ist, werden wir die Arbeit natürlich nicht einstellen, sondern immer weiter daran arbeiten, neue Medien in den Unterricht zu integrieren, um unseren Schüler bestmögliche Lernbedingungen zu bieten und sie ideal auf ihr Berufsleben vorzubereiten.

Am 21.09. und 22.09. fand am Starkenburg-Gymnasium die 1. it’s learning user-Konferenz Deutschland statt. Die neue Prezi zeigt, wie LiNK (Lernen in Notebook-Klassen) am Starkenburg-Gymnasium funktioniert. Hier gibt’s das Programm.

Wir sind als Projekt in der European Shared Treasure-Datenbank der EU gelistet. Dort sind auch alle Ergebnisse der Partnerschaft eingestellt. Es lohnt sich, eimal vorbei zu schauen:

LiNK in EST

After many slepless nights, tons of pizza and litres of coke we can finally present the LiNK-poster which gives you a good idea of what we’ve been doing all the time: the classroom 2.0 (or rather school 2.0; whichever one you prefer) We hope you enjoy. Don’t forget to check out the details…

A good and old-fashioned way of studying is making flash cards. This web site offers you the opportunity to make digital flash cards, and these flash cards open up for a variety of learning possibilities. Read more …

This is a simple and easy way to create comic strips to be used in class. This is a program in which the teacher easily can create exercises dealing with grammar, vocabulary, phrasing and other relevant aspects of language. First and foremost this program requires a minimum of ICT-skills and students find it motivating to use this tool. For example Read more …

The media team of Starkenburg-Gymnasium went on a 2 day interactive whiteboard workshop to SMART regional headquarters in Munich. The objectives of the meeting were: Read more …

The web 2.0 tool “wallwisher” offers a surface where you can leave digital post its. In this way one can create digital pin boards. We used it today to collect the main topics of the novel “Simpel” by Marie-Aude Murail that we are reading in can 8th class right now. Student’s comment: ”It’s a nice tool for lessons because you can watch the pin board grow in real time.”

Starkenburg-Gymnasium has experimented quite a bit with different seating arrangements in notebook classes. In addition to the two most used arrangements in regular classes, group tables and the E-arangement (horseshoe), we have tested a special U-shape.

Group Tables

These days group tables are considered to support students’ self-organized learning. While they are great for group or project work they have their disadvantages because some students permanently have their backs to the front and it might prove difficult to get their attention. Also there might be effects on students’ health if they constantly turn their heads to look to the front. Read more …