Dış Kaynaklı Proje Süreçleri Yönetim Sistemi
Demirhan G. (Uluslararası Proje Ortağı)
A sine qua non of successful learning is motivation: a motivated learner can’t be stopped. Content to be learned by students and traditional methods are boring for digital natives. Teachers must do their best to adapt to this century and continuously work at learning the new technological language, whereas digital natives were born into retrieving information, problem solving, and communicating with this technology. Moreover, pre and primary school teachers graduate from the university without specifications for teaching art, music, english, physical education and are inadequate in the methodology of teaching basic algorithm and coding which is essential in 21st century.
The aims of this project were a) to prepare new international creative digital learning materials in art, music, english, physical exercise and algorithm, technology integrated game based learning in early childhood education, b) train teachers in ICT literacy, Educational Technology and Gamification to become leaders with deeper understanding and mastery of educational technology and game based learning , and support teachers and schools via the Adaptation Guide, Digital Support Library and Information Management System. Provincial Directorate of Education of Ankara, Hacettepe University, Hitit University and Provincial Directorate of Opera and Ballet in Mersin from Turkey together with Kindergarten "Mecho Pooh"(Bulgaria), I Circolo Didattico San Filippo (Italy), Základná skola Turnianska (Slovakia) and Cromwell Preschool and Nursery and Infant class (England) built a diverse and specialized team with academicians, teachers, programmers, graphic and animation specialists, artists, musicians and athlets in order to prepare innovative and creative game based digital material modules supportive for preschool and primary school teachers. 996 students (3-7 years) and 134 teachers participated directly in this study. After the determination of the global content with all partners, 5 digital learning modules in english, art, music, physical exercise and algorithm & coding were prepared by the Information and educational technologies department of Ankara MEM and integrated to the traditional curriculum with an “Digital Material Adaptation Guide”. The development of students in the related skills were determined by a) Pretest- Post test assessment in Bulgaria, b) computer based assessment within the modules, c) Observation based evaluation forms during the classroom and real life experiences (concert and opera). Teachers were trained for 5 days in an short term staff training for introducing these game based materials to students, implementing them with supportive traditional activities and evaluating the students in both computer based assessment and observational assessment via scientific scales and questionnaires. A control group was included from local Turkish preschools and Bulgaria to eliminate the effect of maturation on skill development during the study. An online teacher training was prepared in order to improve teachers ICT literacy, knowledge in 21st century skills and gamification and teachers were also trained in the Educational Technology and Gamification trainings for an effective use of technology in preschools and K12 classes. Teachers also practiced photography and digital photography and Montesorri Method in a short term staff training.