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The coordination and discussion of the
content of the pedagogical framework and the educational platform
G. Fanourakis, N. Solomos, F. Scheuermann,
S. Sotiriou,
N. Andrikopoulos, O. Korakianitis, V. Anastasiou
Minutes
Scheuermann proposed that we discuss things in the following
order: Establish the communicating scheme, discuss the pedagogical
contents and finish with the discussion on the user interface.
After discussion (Sotiriou, Scheuermann) the
following procedure was proposed:
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The themes should be closely related
to the school curricula. If there is the possibility to
have common material this should be preferred. The responsible
people would start with the selected themes develop them
and send them to Scheuermann.
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Scheuermann will design and propose the
approach after exchanging information with the schools.
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The Ellinogermaniki Agogi and Demokritos
teams will develop the final units (the lessons) according
the proposed approach. Each unit will include theory and
background information. There will be exact instructions
to the teachers how to teach the lessons in the class.
The educational content should be presented in an interactive
way (Scheuermann). The instructions for the evaluation
will be given per unit.
- Start feedback with the schools
We should have a target for a first version
by the end of January!!!
An implementation guide will be produced (Sotiriou).
It will include:
- The lesson plans
- The description of the tool
- Guidelines for the evaluation
Sotiriou proposed to organize video conferencing
events among the schools. Start-up the idea with the easier
communication between Austria and Greece with existing tools.
The 'question of the month' technique should be followed (as
in EA), and the 'ask an expert' approach as well (Solomos)
to increase the interaction of the students with the experts
and themselves and thus enhance the learning process.
Discussion on the tool followed and the parameters
of the observations with the telescope were determined (Solomos).
The parameters required include the coordinates of the sky
where the telescope will point, the selection of filters for
the observation, the compression of the image data so that
the transfer will be reasonably fast. The type of observation
can be of batch mode or on-line observation. Sotiriou has
proposed that we could organize Astronomy nights where students,
teachers and public would be invited and in which the on-line
mode of observation will be used.
Solomos announced that the solar telescope is at hand; we
will need the dome and the control system to make it functional.
These will be acquired by the program funds.
For the case of selecting the solar vs. the AM telescope there
will be a choice, based on photos of the two telescopes in
the tool, which the user will have to select with the mouse.
About the user's guide: Sotiriou will initiate it with the
table of contents that he will send by email for discussion.
The guide should include: lesson plans, work sheets, guidelines
of how to use the telescope etc.
Scheuermann will collect specs and requirement for the users
interface.
We expect beginning of February to have the first synthesis.
The schools and everybody should be notified for the organization
and fixing the date for the first teachers' workshop, sometime
around the 20th of March.
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