Pelgulinna Highschool In English
School overview
Address: Mulla 7, Tallinn, Estonia
Principal: Tõnu Piibur
Learning manager Tiina Tiit
- Students: 960
- Teachers: 70
Students background 85% estonians, 15% russians.
Special branches: art, informatics, math-logic, folk dance.
Our school pedagogical approach:
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Innovation and use of digital tools, including digital safety, coding, drones etc.
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Descriptive evaluation, less grading (numbers)
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Combining subjects STEAM - S: Physical and Social SCIENCES, T: Incorporation of TECHNOLOGY, E: Principles of ENGINEERING and Design, A: English Language ARTS, M: Application of MATHEMATICS
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International cooperation
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Art projects and creativity
Technology usage: computer lessons for every class: mobile-smart lessons, robotics, 3D printing, web development, computer graphics, animation, developing mobile apps. BringYourOwnDevice, free WiFi, LanParty, SmartCircus. E-school, cloud services and apps, Moodle.
Digitalization:
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Every class has a computer and projector, WiFi.
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Teachers with students can use tablets and laptops, BYOD
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Every teacher is responsible of his/here use of technologies (according to curriculum agreements).
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Curriculum is divided to digital competencies in ordinary lessons and informatics lessons. Informatics lessons gives special teachers. Informatics is teached from 2nd grade to 11th.
Local partners: Ministry's (Education, Foreign Ministry, Defence, Economic Affair and Communication); Educational Department of Tallinn and City Council, HITSA (ProgeTiger, E-Twinning), Microsoft, IBM, Tallinn University, Tartu University, Look at World Foundation, Eesti 2.0, Elisa Estonia, Telia Estonia, TransferWise, Embassy of the United States, British Embassy Tallinn etc.
Videos and articles:
BBC (Computer Coding taught in Estonian primary schools)
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-25648769
Penguins, robots, 7,000: The story of finding the secret recipe to get kids to love coding
3D Creationist: Teaching Children to Build a Better Tomorrow
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2016/11/3d-creationist-teaching-children-to-build-a-better-tomorrow/
Teaching online safety and citizenship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxLAfaU9-00