Education is not preparation for life. Education is life itself.
JOHN DEWEY
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ENHANCING SELF – EXPRESSION & EMPATHY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY IN THEATRICAL PLAY IN CHILDHOOD.
AS the 21st century requires communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking skills, the STEAM interdisciplinary approach is also an ideal choice for pre-school education in the apprenticeship. Learners are required to learn the art of pre-school pedagogy with both her theoretical background as well as the practical part that is inextricably linked to creativity, teamwork and of course the communication with the toddlers who will teach but also between colleagues.I believe it’s a way of training that will enhance the skills of young educators and will enrich their professional quiver with modern tools and methods of pedagogy, according to the needs of the new era.
In this STEAM activity named as HORIZONS ROBO MUPPET IN OLYMPIC RALLY GAME, it was implemented Collaborative discovery method to experiment in unplugged activities of making puppet and scenes with natural materials and then work together to explore programming in digital environments to implement the design of improvised creations that will enhance educator’s creative imagination and their cognitive level.
| MATERIALS & RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTATION | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATERIALS NATURAL : pulp & tempera and fabrics,puppet decorations, embossed paper for the ralista cape. White illustration papers and black tape were used for the route . | ||||||
| ELECTRONICS FOR VEHICLE 🚗: 2 DC motors Or Arduino uno board 1 dual motor driver module L 298N Battery 9v + 4 battery 1.5 v 1 Battery case 2 infrared sensors. Um Jumper wires 1 on / off switch 1 adapter for Arduino 9 V Jack Battery accessory jack 5.5 Y 2.1 mm Ο VEHICLE FRAME: Chassis, 2 wheels, 1 rotating wheel, screws, distillers. | ||||||
| ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS: MICROBIT board. 1 servo micro FS 90MG Jumper wires 1 breadboard breakout for BBC microbit 1 mobile adapter from AC to DC. | ||||||
| SENSORS & ACTIVATORS An infrared sensor is used to detect a black line to ”read” the rally track mounted on a white background with black tape to create a track for the car to move. | ||||||
| ALTERNATIVE STORY WITH SCRATCH : use a scratch environment to create an alternative script to the original created for the show by exchanging heroes with different characteristics from the originals between the groups. | ||||||
- RESOURCES HAS BEEN USED :
- ◦https://scratch.mit.edu/about
- ◦https://microbit.org/
- ◦http://photodentro.edu.gr/v/item/ds/8521/11293
- ◦https://lab.open-roberta.org/
The way has been used to make teams involved online were been able to "bring to life" their artifacts expressively with the microbit platform, the groups were used the scratch environment to design emotional changes in their hero and were able to described changes in their scripting compare to first one was presented in the puppet show before. An alternative script with new emotional characteristic was born with scratch made of team members creativity.
The pedagogical value of this activity is reflected in the goals set and in the skills and behavioral attitudes in the teams that emerge from the collaborative work. The benefits are multiple for teachers and students, this is definitely the result of the process.
Every student can learn just not on the same day or in the same way. ART help everybody to learn in anyway.
EVANS/ STAVRINA
This activity was evaluated as an educational topic for in-service training of teachers in the long term of one year. Based on this, I believe that other teachers could use the same or similar methods that will enhance both student's expression and digital skills. that are longer required. A challenge and a choice for an innovative idea 💡 implementation are enough.Choice is yours!