Focus of the module

"Action requires taking the initiative and planning activities by defining goals and priorities. Every entrepreneurial mind has the ability to cope with risk and uncertainty by showing flexibility and good decision-making. Entrepreneurial action is often facilitated by teamwork, in which each team member is given the opportunity to contribute equally. Thus, entrepreneurial minds are able to team up and collaborate easily with others. Entrepreneurs are individuals who do not fear failure and challenge. It is learning through experience and others that helps them improve and strive for even more ambitious goals. "

LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THE MODULE

1. Discuss ways to foster students’ ability to work independently and to take initiative, while also understanding the importance of collaboration with others.
2. Develop activities for fostering students’ organisational skills – define priorities, manage tasks.
3. Find ideas to boost students’ decision –making skills and abilities to deal with uncertainties.
4. Assess the importance of learning through experience – foster an understanding in your students that failure can help our leaning process.
5. Explore activities for exciting your students about finding role models and mentors.

My comment

We are required to learn in a different way as once we start working we are faced with difficulties and sometimes we need to learn how to cope with them. I feel that what has been stated in the introduction is crucial to understand why we should approach collaboration and decision-making as important issues in the debate about education today. Education need to support learners and help them develop as people who can think about problems but never give up!

I have become part of the community online http://www.i-linc.eu/web/entrepreneurial-teachers and I have posted my ideas about this module:

First of all, everybody should be " trained " to face difficulties. As teachers we do need to teach the best ways for " using our brain" and get over difficulties. I feel sometimes sad when I see students who cannot accept " FAILURE"- failure does not exist forever. We just need to provide new opportunities for succeeding! I still remember how hard it was to cope with hopeless future which I had to face when I finished university but I NEVER gave up.

If we work well, we can get the best out of the worst students. We just need to provide them with the " TOOLS" and teach them that the word FAILURE exists but it is us- it depends on us and we can change our life.

"Don't let failure take away your dreams. Let failure teach you how to do it differently." Catherine Pulsifer

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Bantani.com : an interesting Platform

I could not take part in the fourth week's Webinar which was scheduled on 23 March but I discovered an interesting platform https://bantani.com/. They run webinars that can provide us with interesting tips.

Taking the Initiative

Initiative and Creativity are needed to move the world!!

Planning and Management

Planning entails defining goals, developing a roadmap of how these should be achieved, while also assigning priorities and considering financial aspects. In other words, planning means putting your vision in practical context and translating your ideas in concrete steps

Roadmaps and visual tools for planning are useful, especially for monitoring progress.

I have learnt to use some mind maps creators on line and before working on a specific topic I usually brainstorm it.

It is important for me to visualize what I am going to do in class: I have uploaded my plan for a module about Literature in English which I am going to do with my class. I used Google Drawing.

Games and activities in class should help our learners to deal with uncertainty. It is up to the teachers to design activities that can help the students to develop strategies and find new opportunities.

Working with Others

My self-reflection

I am used to asking students to work in groups but sometimes activities do not work. I will have to learn how to work better with them . I am going to read more about team work and strategies thanks to the online materials which are given in this Mooc. I should be a better facilitator and maybe provide them with more tips about the best ways to work in groups !

LINKS ONLINE

Learning through experience

Projects and activities shared in the Mooc

http://www.youthstart.be/index.php?id=1&L=2

http://selfieemprendedor.blogspot.it/

Into action overview

What we have learnt and done so far.

Sources

https://padlet.com/eunacademy/nuv8jrfwhjml

http://www.tesguide.eu/tool-method/europe-and-me.htm

Rubric for evaluation

http://www.europeanschoolnetacademy.eu/documents/2321672/0/Rubric+2/4da3c69d-103c-444c-83de-143a9b7c3bbe