When I was working at a primary school I developed a Skillslab. A place where all the children learned the 21st century skills with the help of technology. After five years I got the chance to design a similar thing at the Thomas More University. Now I’m a teacher trainer and use the innovationlab to teach future primary school teacher about technology and digital skills in a unique classroom.
It’s a classroom in our university, with different learning areas: a campfire, watering hole, sandpit, cave, play area and mountain top.
At the moment there are 20 primary schools with a Skillslab or innovationlab. There are 3 other teacher trainer universities with a similar kind of innovationlab.
Read this article by David Thornburg: https://homepages.dcc.ufmg.br/~angelo/webquests/metaforas_imagens/Campifires.pdf to learn more about the different learning areas.
Contact me for learning more about the lessons we teach and how we use the innovationlab to prepare our students for the future.
