We had the pleasure of hosting a group of students from Northwestern Michigan College. The field trip took place in May 2023 with focus on climate change and biodiversity.
GeoCamp Iceland og Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark leitar að tveimur háskólanemum til að vinna að áhugaverðu verkefni í sumar um STEM kennslu á Suðurnesjum.
Verkefnið gengur annarsvegar út á greiningu tækifæra til útikennslu og STEM rannsókna á jarðminjastöðum innan Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark og hinsvegar gerð kennsluefnis ferla og verkefna til fræðslu og rannsóknarstarfsemi á Reykjanesinu. Markmiðið er að styðja við raungreinafræðslu á grunnskólastigi með áherslu á sérstöðu Reykjanessins fyrir skólahópa og rannsóknarstarfa með því að huga að fræðsluefni og handbóka fyrir kennara sem tengjast ákveðnum jarð- og líffræðilega áhugaverðum stöðum á Reykjanesskaganum. Hæfni nemenda:
A delegation from GeoCamp Iceland participated in a training course in Bialystok, Poland, as part of the EEA - EOG Project on future technologies in education. The course focused on 'Modern methods and tools for effective distance learning' and took place on 26 - 28 April 2023.
The training course aimed to familiarize participants with the latest trends, technologies and good practices in the field of distance education. The aim is not only to impart knowledge, but also to inspire the implementation of modern solutions in everyday pedagogical work. During the three-day training, participants had the opportunity to participate in workshops, lectures and discussions with experienced practitioners and experts in the field of remote education. Five participants on behalf of GeoCamp Iceland attended the meeting: Arnbjörn Ólafsson, Sigrún Svafa Ólafsdóttir, Magdalena Maria Poslednik, Skúli Freyr Brynjólfsson (Keilir Academy) and Tryggvi Thayer (University of Iceland). The third TPM in the Erasmus+ funded project Upcycling, took place in Rotterdam 24 - 25 April 2023.
The project is led by Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark and aims to create educational material on how to generate less waste and create value-added products in a creative way. Arnbjörn Ólafsson and Magdalena Maria Poslednik took part in the meeting on behalf of GeoCamp Iceland. As part of the EEA funded project on implementing STEM education in Croatian schools, a seven person delegation on behalf of GeoCamp Iceland took part in a three day meeting in the SMART - BICC Project in Budinščina, Croatia on 19 - 21 April 2023.
During the meeting we had the opportunity to attend open day and workshops presented by students. Attending the visit from GeoCamp Iceland were Arnbjörn Ólafsson, Ólafur Jón Arnbjörnsson, Sigrún Svafa Ólafsdóttir, Álfhildur Leifsdóttir (Árskóli Primary School), Nada Borosak (Álftanesskóli Primary School), Gauti Eiríksson (Álftanesskóli Primary School) and Huld Hafliðadóttir (Husavik STEM Center). The focus of GeoCamp Iceland in the STEM projects is to participate in capacity-building activities for teachers and other educational workers in the STEM field; working on pupil’s skills strengthening in the field of STEM; and participating in information and visibility activitie with experienced experts from Iceland, including lectures and workshops of defined activities. Fourth TPM of the Erasmus+ funded project Bridges took place in Bergamo, Italy on 20 - 21 March 2023. During the meeting and accompanying conference, the Italian project partner presented their previous projects aimed at activating and inclusion of young people into educational processes. Additionally we took part in workshops on the topic of integration of disabled students, inclusion and social exclusion.
Within our international project partnership we shared Polish, Icelandic, Italian and Romanian experiences of strategies for education to support students with fewer educational opportunities and students coming from disadvantaged background. GeoSchool - GeoCamp Iceland participates with the Polish school Infotech and Bialystok University of Technology in the EEA funded project "EOG - Technologies of the future in today’s school". The main goal of the project to reduce economic and social differences within the European Economic Area and improve the quality of education by creating pilot courses of study in vocational education corresponding to the demand for IT specialists in the labor market.
In February 2023 we attended the fourth meeting in the project, which also included an open conference on the future technologies in education. Four participants on behalf of GeoCamp Iceland attended the meeting: Arnbjörn Ólafsson and Magdalena Maria Poslednik, as well as Dr. Tryggvi Thayer from the University of Iceland and Bjarndís Fjóla Jónsdóttir from Mixtúra - STEM Centre in Reykjavík. As part of the conference programme, Dr. Thayer gave a presentation on Innovating Education and Magdalena Maria Poslednik on Educational Aspirations - Opportunities and Challenges for the Polish Community in Iceland. The conference was hosted by Bialystok University of Technology with attendence from both faculty and university students. During the open conference the Icelandic participants offered two presentations: “EduCamps and Design - Thinking as a tool of social innovation” and “Educational aspirations, opportunities and challenges for Polish community in Iceland”. You can watch recorindgs of the conference here. From Bertolt Brecht to Coolio and from Euripides to the Icelandic Sagas.
How we can teach citizenship education, democracy and human rights through the use of theatre and arts? A wonderful 4-day seminar organised in the framework of the HEDA project was completed in the Topos Allou Theatre in Athens with the participation of teachers and people working in the theatre from the six project partner countries (Greece, Iceland, Italy, Belgium, Poland and Serbia). In the framework of the seminar, the participants learned theatre techniques and examined ways through which social and political issues could be approached in secondary schools. Big thanks to the organising partner Action Synergy and participants from Dah Teatar, Hogeschool UCLL, Branżowa Szkoła and Galileo, as well as our Icelandic participants from Árskóli and Grunnskóli Grindavíkur primary schools. After meeting online in November 2022, the Green Advisor project kickstarted with a transnational partners meeting in Turku, Finland in late January 2023.
The "Green Advisor - Enhancing environmental sustainability of EU funded projects” is a three-years Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in the field of Adult Education that is coordinated by GeoCamp Iceland and involves partners from Spain, Italy, Turkey and Finland. The partnership will work together addressing the need to lower the environmental CO2 footprint that Erasmus+ projects generate. Among project outcomes are a Carbonfootprint Calculator (APP) and Green Streaming Orientation Tool to support Project Managers and Adult Educators in making their travels and communication more sustainable, while enhancing critical thinking on the environmental impact of such activities. |
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