Generative Artificial Intelligence in secondary education

This study looks at how teachers and schools in secondary education are starting to use generative AI (GenAI) and what they think about it. It focuses on the experiences of early users in five EU countries and includes the perspectives of teachers, school leaders, students and policymakers. The study shows that GenAI can open up new possibilities for teaching and learning, such as supporting lesson planning, personalising learning and helping students develop new skills. At the same time, it also raises important questions and challenges that schools need to address.

By listening to the experiences of these early adopters, the study helps us understand what works well, what concerns teachers have, and what needs to be considered to use GenAI in a safe, fair and responsible way in schools. The results are used to make recommendations for policymakers and school leaders, with a strong focus on ethical use. They also underline the need to rethink AI literacy and digital competence so that both teachers and students are better prepared to work with these new technologies in the classroom.

Downloads:

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC144345

Proyecto EDIA. REA «School reforms»

School reforms is an open educational resource that is part of a project comprising a set of six learning scenarios called Teens Crafting Communities, designed for 10th-grade (4th ESO) students. 

This project follows the service-learning methodology with the goal of fostering social commitment and active participation to develop a shared project. 

This resource can be used independently or as part of the full set, thereby covering the entire English curriculum for 10th grade (4th ESO). The primary purpose of this learning scenario is for students to identify their school's needs for change by conducting a survey and subsequently submitting a request to the administration. 

To achieve this, students will undertake three missions culminating in a final challenge: drafting a formal proposal for change addressed to the school administration, based on the survey results they will organize. Through these challenges, students will not only learn how to create a survey but will also develop a sense of purpose and social responsibility, focusing on diverse aspects such as SDG 4 on quality education. 

https://cedec.intef.es/proyecto-edia-rea-school-reforms-para-ingles-de-4o-eso/

#EDIA Learning Situations for English in 3rd Year of ESO. Project "Agenda 2030"

The "Agenda 2030 (English)" series of the EDIA Project offers open educational resources that constitute Learning Situations for 3rd year of ESO with a methodological proposal of Project Based Learning and Cooperative Learning.

This series has a total of five didactic sequences, with varied learning situations that address the curriculum through tasks aimed at obtaining a final product such as a video promoting the SDGs or one to recover a country after a disaster, a digital site where news and reports on the SDGs are collected, the organization of a fashion show where to sing and dance, or build a comic book talking about their ideal (and sustainable) city.

All the OER of the EDIA Project promote a competency-based learning where the students have an active role in the classroom, with tasks of different difficulty that mobilize higher level skills and propose a formative and metacognitive evaluation, with instruments provided in the resource itself. They also promote the responsible use of accessible ICT tools that favor the development of the students' digital competence. These OER are in themselves learning situations that prepare our students for the educational challenges of the 21st century.

Visit:

https://cedec.intef.es/situaciones-de-aprendizaje-edia-para-ingles-en-3o-de-eso-proyecto-agenda-2030/

Navigable PDF

https://cedec.intef.es/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/esquema_ingles_ods3.pdf

A Story About Bullying. Anti-Bullying Rules by @enmarcha

A Story About Bullying depicts a gamified bullying story where we will have to take an important role in by making decisions depending on our maturity level and personal responsibility, as well as learning how to Stop Bullying at school.

• Level: Beginner (1st / 2nd ESO)
• Subject: English
• Timing: 5 sessions
• Headwords: 63
• Total words in the book: 923

Visit:

https://emtic.educarex.es/crea/english/story_bullying/antibullying_rules.html

Our country Expo #EDIA #English #OER

This project is part of a set of projects entitled 'What a Digital World!' which is based on the curriculum for the 2nd year of compulsory secondary education.

The final challenge of this project is the planning and organization of an Expo to promote tourism in your country.

The following objectives have been considered in the design of this project.

- to learn while working on a project.

- to encourage collaborative work, since most assignments require information sharing and interaction with other students.

- to foster students' self-learning process by using IT resources.

- to reinforce students' communicative skills through activities of listening and reading comprehension, but above all, through tasks in which they must produce their own oral and written messages.

(Source: Our country Expo. Didactic Guidelines https://descargas.intef.es/cedec/proyectoedia/ingles/contenidos/ourcountryexpo/_didactic_guidelines_.html)

Visit:

https://descargas.intef.es/cedec/proyectoedia/ingles/contenidos/ourcountryexpo/index.html

Proyecto EDIA. “What a digital world!”

"What a digital world!" is a project that publishes content for project-based learning across the English curriculum in the second year of ESO.

The common thread of the ten OER (Open Educational Resources) based on PBL will be new technologies and audiovisual media. Internet, applications and games for smartphones or other electronic devices, television or press will be some of the main topics of the contents.

https://cedec.intef.es/proyecto-edia-what-a-digital-world-para-trabajar-en-ingles-2oeso-por-proyectos/ 

Eduardo's Odd Sock Drawer (ESL)

Blog de Eduardo Otsoa con numerosos materiales para la clase de inglés en Educación Secundaria basadas en su trabajo diario en esta materia. 

Propuestas experimentadas que implican en uso de muy diversos recursos.

http://eduardosoddsockdrawer.blogspot.com/?view=timeslide 

Programa de inmersión lingüística (recordatorio)

Ayudas destinadas a grupos de alumnos de 6º de Educación Primaria y 2º de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria para el desarrollo de un Programa de Inmersión Lingüística en inglés. Con ello, se pretende estimular la práctica oral de la lengua inglesa en entornos comunicativos no formales más dinámicos y atractivos.

Asimismo, dentro de las actividades a desarrollar, se tratarán temáticas de interés científico y medioambiental, y se promoverá la convivencia con alumnos de otros lugares de España. Durante el desarrollo del programa, la lengua vehicular en la que se desarrollarán todas las actividades será el inglés.

Podéis consultar esta interesante convocatoria en la página web del Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional y presentar las solicitudes hasta el 10 de febrero:

http://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/servicios-al-ciudadano/catalogo/general/99/998217/ficha/998217-2020-primavera.html

A Thin Line Campaign (@a_thin_line)

MTV's A Thin Line campaign is a digital safety education resource that was developed to empower teenagers and young adults to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in their lives and amongst their peers. The campaign is built on the understanding that there's a "thin line" between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on them or someone else.

A Thin Line offers a series of fact sheets about sexting, digital spying, and excessive text messaging. It gives advice on how to recognize these behaviors and their dangers and how to protect students' digital identity.

http://www.athinline.org/

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/a_thin_line

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athinline

My Trip to London

La pasada semana nos visitó Daniel Martínez Cremades, profesor de inglés de primaria que acaba de publicar su libro My trip to London. 

Se trata de una lectura graduada en inglés concebida para el último ciclo de primaria o el primero de secundaria. A través del juego y de conducir al alumnado por los distintos capítulos a partir de sus decisiones sobre el contenido de la lectura, se ofrece una buena oportunidad de practicar aquella lengua y de asimilar numerosos conocimientos de tipo cultural sobre Londres o acerca de los viajes y otras prácticas cotidianas. El libro está elaborado íntegramente en presente simple y continuo, con el uso de algunos modales (have to, must, can y need) y con un vocabulario adecuado a estudiantes que se inician en la lectura en inglés. Se incluyen además un glosario de términos y gráficos.

Es una obra editada por ECU. Su precio es 7,5 €. Si se pide desde los centros directamente a la editorial, tiene un descuento de entre el 10 y el 15% y en su versión digital cuesta 3,8 €.

Domenec Perramon's CLIL Blog

The aim of this blog is to serve as a virtual place where all the teachers involved in the CLIL Program at the IES Domenec Perramon (Arenys de Munt) can find resources for their subjects and can see what their colleagues from other departments are doing. The blog also offers an opportunity to share and post all the ideas, exercises, lessons, etc. related to CLIL.

http://domenecperramonblog.blogspot.fr/

Programa de metodologia i immersió per a especialistes d'anglés d'Educació Secundària

Ver novedades en la página del Servicio de formación del profesorado.
Convocatoria:

http://www.edu.gva.es/per/docs/sfp/convoc/2011/pale/immersio.pdf

PALE. Convocatoria de un itinerario formativo en inglés para profesorado de secundaria de inglés

Se ha convocado por parte del Servicio de formación del profesorado un itinerario formativo en inglés para profesorado de secundaria de inglés de 120 horas de duración. Constará de:

- Un curso de formación sobre metodología comunicativa y enseñanza de inglés que se desarrollará entre el 14 de junio y el 2 de julio con una duración de 20 horas
- Una fase de inmersión de dos semanas de duración (50 horas) en el Reino Unido en turnos del 11 al 25 de julio, del 25 de julio al 8 de agosto o del 8 al 22 de agosto.
- Un curso de actualización didáctica posterior de 50 horas (trabajo cooperativo, elaboración de materiales)

Para toda la provincia de Alicante se convocan 40 plazas (dos cursos). La inscripción en los cursos de formación sobre metodología se realizará bien en el CEFIRE de Alicante http://intercentres.edu.gva.es/cefire/03402009/ (código 10AL76ES217) o bien en el CEFIRE de Elx http://intercentres.cult.gva.es/cefire/03402150/ (código 10EX76IN302), en los cuales tendrán lugar. Ver allí el lugar, día y hora de cada curso.
El plazo de inscripción será del 15 al 30 de mayo. Convocatoria