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Programme, 2023

Teaching Technology and Design, with SteamHead

Teachers, education zone directors and our own trainers learned student-centred teaching protocols, co-taught with SteamHead.

When
10 April 2023
Where
Batticaloa
Format
Two linked workshops, two days each
Who was there
30, as recorded for the teacher training
With
SteamHead, Provincial Department of Education, Eastern Province, Batticaloa Education Zone

From 10 to 14 April 2023 we ran Teaching Technology and Design, a workshop on integrating technology and critical thinking into teaching, with Carrie Leung and Benjamin James Simpson of SteamHead. Our Electromechanics Lab and SteamHead designed the curriculum together, and our trainers taught it alongside them.

It ran as two linked workshops of two days each. The first was for teachers from Batticaloa schools. The second was for teacher trainers: the directors and deputy directors of the Batticaloa education zones and of the Provincial Department of Education for the Eastern Province. Our own trainers took part in both. Thirty people took part in the teacher training.

The workshops taught protocols for student-centred classrooms, among them Fishbowl Discussion, Reflection Prompts, Gallery Walk Feedback and Mentimeter crowdsourcing. Participants practised each one, showed how they used it, and proposed ways to bring it into their own curriculum and classrooms.

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Teachers seated for the Teaching Technology and Design workshop, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Carrie Leung of SteamHead presenting to the workshop, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Two participants writing their ideas on the wall, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Benjamin James Simpson and Carrie Leung of SteamHead during a hands-on session, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Participants at work around the courtyard garden, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Carrie Leung at a wall of sticky notes with participants, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Benjamin James Simpson working with a group, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Participants working together at a table, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Benjamin James Simpson showing a device to a group, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
A participant sketching an idea on the wall, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Carrie Leung explaining an activity, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Carrie Leung leading an activity in the courtyard garden, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
The workshop room during a presentation, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
A group activity with both trainers, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Training the teacher trainers, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Training the teacher trainers, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Training the teacher trainers, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Training the teacher trainers, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Training the teacher trainers, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.
Training the teacher trainers, DreamSpace Academy Batticaloa, April 2023.

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