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Die Flexibilität der Lehrer und Schüler in unserem Projekt „Connecting Youth“ konnte im dritten Block wieder bewiesen werden. Wie geplant ging es in Woche #3 um den Fokus „Silkeborg Gymnasium, Dänemark„. Die dänischen Schüler sollten von den anderen Klassen befragt werden und in sogenannten Breakout-Rooms zu verschiedenen Themenblöcken den Austausch suchen.
Erstens kommt es anders, und zweitens….
Doch Leitungsprobleme zeigten die manchmal nicht zu ahnenden Hürden auf, die die Breakout-Rooms verhinderten. Blitzschnell wechselten die Klassen den Modus und Silkeborg präsentierte Antworten zu den Fragen, die eigentlich in Einzelgruppen (Breakouts) hätten bearbeitet werden sollen. Dies waren z. B. Geschichte, Geographie, Schulbildung oder Jungsein in Dänemark.
Ein tolles Ergebnis
Diese Präsentation war super gelungen und unterhaltsam für alle. Die kenianische Klasse schrieb ordentlich mit, während die deutsche Klasse aktiv zuhörte und sich dann Notizen machte. Wichtig, denn in drei Wochen sollen die Erkenntnisse über Dänemark von Deutschland und Kenia präsentiert werden.
Christian Rausch, der Lehrer der ATW formulierte: „Dear everyone, let me first say that Mette’s students did an amazing job and after some trouble in the beginning my students collected a lot of information. We see that our project is very ambitious all the more I am glad we still somehow make it work!“
Und Martin Njeru von der Lulu Girls High School: „Please pass my heartfelt gratitude to all the students. They had really prepared well, My students learnt quite a lot about Denmark… actually most are now wishing they would travel/teleport to continue with their studies in Denmark. @Mette, your students were very articulate and explained themselves well.“
Flexibilität als Lernergebnis
Am Ende gab es viel Beifall für die gelungene Präsentation von allen Seiten und auch die Profis waren freudig überrascht ob der Flexibilität der ganzen Gruppe. Ein wichtiges Lernelement in Zeiten, in denen Flexibilität und Adaptivität gefragt sind. Auch die Live-Anwendung der englischen Sprache hat anscheinend viel Freude gemacht. Was u. a auch ein Ziel des Projektes ist.
Nächste Woche geht es weiter mit Meeting #4.
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English version:
SCHOOLS IN DENMARK – PRESENTED BY STUDENTS FROM SILKEBORG
As part of the Connecting Youth project, Danish youngsters told us all about their school day on project day #3 as well as interesting information about school education and history in Denmark.
In the third block, we once again saw evidence of the flexibility of the teachers and students taking part in our Connecting Youth project. As planned, week #3 focused on the Silkeborg Gymnasium school in Denmark. The plan was for the Danish students to be asked questions by the other classes and enjoy discussions with them about various topics in breakout rooms.
Unexpected hurdles arise…
However, connection issues showed that hurdles that can sometimes creep up unexpectedly and prevent the use of the breakout rooms. But the classes changed mode in a flash and Silkeborg answered the questions that they should have been working on in the individual groups (breakouts), including on history, geography, school education and what it is like to be a young person in Denmark.
An excellent result
The presentation went brilliantly and everyone found it entertaining. The Kenyan class wrote their notes during the presentation, while the German class actively listened then wrote notes. It was important for all the classes to do so as in a few weeks Germany and Kenya will need to present what they found out about Denmark.
Students at ATW in Hamburg applaud the Silkeborg presentation.
Christian Rausch, the teacher at ATW, said: ‘Dear everyone, let me first say that Mette’s students did an amazing job and after some trouble in the beginning my students collected a lot of information. We see that our project is very ambitious all the more I am glad we still somehow make it work!’
Students at Lulu Girls High School listen attentively to Silkeborg.
And Martin Njeru from Lulu Girls High School: ‘Please pass my heartfelt gratitude to all the students. They had really prepared well, My students learnt quite a lot about Denmark… actually most are now wishing they would travel/teleport to continue with their studies in Denmark. @Mette, your students were very articulate and explained themselves well.’
Flexibility as a learning outcome
At the end, there a lot of applause all round for the successful presentation and even the professionals were pleasantly surprised about the group’s flexibility as a whole. An important lesson in times where flexibility and adaptability are in demand. Using English as the presentation language also seemed to be a lot of fun, which is another aim of the project. Next week, it all continues with meeting #4.
