EU LLP Comenius project DynaMAT

Final E - book editing and feedback meeting

Pisa , September 22– 26, 2012

Purpose of meeting (from the workplan) Final E-Book editing and feedback meeting, deliverable 20

Venue: IT; Date: Month 24; Duration: 5 days; Participants: 7 (1 per partner + 1 evaluator).

Meeting for final editing of E-Book content and layout, and to give feedback about reports and plans or results of conference and journal contributions. Also to discuss and decide about suitable E-Learning environment and file format questions.

Workpackage 6 month (June-September 2012) Feedback after courses, Book editing and production.

This workpackage will use the feedback information collected from preliminary courses to modify and improve the part of E-book materials used in these courses. Moreover, the partners will edit all materials to be printed in a book, which will then be published. The book will be in EN, containing sample materials in each of the partner languages (DE, IT, IS, DA, BG, SK).

Total number of pages is approximately 700. Book with materials:

a) Examples how the use of ICT can develop further the visualization process

b) Examples of simulations of real or hypothetical processes, so that appropriate math models will be constructed and will be further improved to aid the learner

c) Instructions and tips on how to use ICT to improve the simulations.

Workpackage 7 month (October 2012-March 2013) E-learning Course development

The materials developed will be the basis of e-learning courses and workshops for pre- and in-service teachers at the partner institutions; the materials will be edited and compiled (in the partner languages) by the partner institutions to fit to their respective framework of courses.

Program

Saturday, September 22

Arrival all teams

Sunday, September 23 (Sala Riunini)

Appointment at 9:00 at the reception of hotel La Pace, the Department is close and Vladimir shall come with all participants to the Sala Riunini

09:30 – 09:45 Settling in, welcome notes, meet-and-greet

10:00 – 10:45 Feedback report and improvements done: DK team, discussion

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45 Feedback report and improvements done BG team, discussion

11:45 – 12:30 Feedback report and improvements done SK team, discussion

12:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:15 Feedback report and improvements done IS team, discussion

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 16:30 S uitable E-Learning environment and file format questions

16:30 – 17:00 Timeline: agreeing on meeting date for next meetings.

Monday, September 24 (morning Sala Riunioni, afternoon Sala Seminari)

9:45 – 11:15 Discussion about the implementation of the project MEETING in Mathematics and Math2Earth: Common goals, common dissemination (MeetMe), ref. no. 527269-LLP-1-2012-1-AT-COMENIUS-CAM, with the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency.

11:15 – 12:00 Feedback report and improvements done AT team, discussion

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:45 Feedback report and improvements done IT team, some feedback collections, based on evaluation form as word or evaluation form as pdf, discussion

14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 – 15:30 Evaluation remarks of prof. Jarmila Novotna

15:30 – 16:15 Plan for the Course

16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 17:15 Plan for the Course

Tuesday, September 25 (sala Riunioni)

09:45 – 11:00 Discussion about homepage and E-book

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:00 Administrative section: database system, upload documents and reports, translation contracts

Wedensday, September 26

Departure day

Summary of decisions:

• All partners create their Dropbox accounts

• Partners will put final versions of materials in EN, and translations when they are ready, into corresponding folder on Dropbox

• Produce course descriptions until next meeting, i.e. February 27, 2013

• AT team: Check the possibilities for Comenius Course Database

• IT team: Change administrative website according to discussion above

• Each team to write one suggestions for next Comenius Project application until the next meeting

• Next meeting in Vienna, Austria, February 27 – March

• Meeting after that in Reykjavik, June 12 – 16

• Final conference in Nitra, Slovakia, approximately September 19

MINUTES of the MEETING (confidential part)