Light the teacher's portfolio

In this second module of the Etwinning MOOC, I wrote those words: "From my point of view, there are only two reasons to learn: necessity or passion. When we need to do something, we learn through the process. When we love something, we learn about it. PBL may mix both, necessity and passion.  I've been trying to use this methodology for several years, also using cooperative work, but it is difficult in some ways. For example, it is not easy to get all students involved in the same way and that they develop their roles. For me, it is also difficult to assess them in a creative way, more than oral presentations, short tests, self-assessment and co-assessment rubrics. How could I improve the assessment?" As I said, it is difficult that all your students get involved in the projects. In the shared MOOC list, I found some resources that could help me with this issue, such as ICT tools that may motivate pupils: Scratch, GoAnimate, Stop Motion StudioCreativity... I also fo...

Social media has become a very useful tool for teachers and students. It has become one of the most important ways to publish experiences and to share knowledge. Although I'm used to them, I didn't take much profit of those media for interacting with other teachers or professionals of education. Today, I realised it is probably the best way to do it, so I opened a new Twitter account (@LightTeacher) and I posted my first tweet: " eTwinning is a perfect tool to develop your PBL in a real context by sharing your projects with other European schools #twinmooc #eTwinning280 " After participating in an Erasmus +, I strongly believe that international PBL projects are really motivating for students and also for teachers. Now, I think it is time to find ways to create new projects with other European countries. This is why I wrote that tweet about eTwinning, because I think it is a very good tool to achieve it. I have also read different tweets from other partners ...

As a teacher, the most important thing is not teaching, but don't stop learning. This is my portfolio, a personal tool to publish the evidence of what I've done and what I've learnt. This time, I'm doing a MOOC called Open eTwinning: Project -Based-Learning and the Community for Schools in Europe. So, let's start!