Agenda of the eTwinning STEM Featured Group on the Vidumath Project

1. Vidumath webinar for eTwinning - Agenda
 Introductiontothe project(withvideo)
 Introductiontothe presenters
 Aims,whatwe have done,whatwe have producedinbrief
 The pedagogybehindthe project –whyvideo isa great tool forteachingMaths
 Workshopsandhowwe make the projectwork(whatwe have learnt) - videos
 Resourcesavailable forteachers(guides,videos)
 Howyou can get involved(resourcesandhelp)
 Windup
Presenters:
Armin Hottmann (Coordinator) – Kulturing(Berlin)
Headof MediaEducationat the Kulturring inBerlin.Armininitiallyworkedinprofessional video
productionandhas a BA inPhotography,Film&Video(Universityof Westminster) andaMA
inMedia Education(Universityof London).He worksasan EU projectcoordinator, teachertrainer
and videoproducer.
Arminstartedrunningvideoeducation projectsin1991 in London,1995 inBerlinand1999 across
Europe.He coordinated sevenEuropeanmultilateral projectswithministriesof educations,
teachertraininginstitutes,schoolsandmediacompanies(TelevisionNewsonEurope, Speech
Bubbles,Mediaeducationacrossthe curriculum, Digitalvideostreaming andlanguage learning,
viducate,vidusignandvidumath).He wasinvolvedin the EUN Virtual School andeTwinningthrough
contentprovisionandworkshops. He hasbeenrunningEuropeanTeacherTrainingCoursessince
2002 and created printedandonline educational resources.
Arminhas taughtmediaeducation atthe Facultyof Education,HumboldtUniversityinBerlinandhas
alsobeen a moderatorforthe German National AgencyPAD.He isinvolvedinprofessional video
productionandhas workedoneducational videotutorialsanddocumentaries. From2012 to 2016m

2. and inadditiontohisworkin Europe,he has setup a pioneering FilmandMediaStudiesprogramme
inAddisAbaba,Ethiopia.
He runsthe websites www.mediaeducation.net andwww.viducate.net.
OliverThiel (QueenMaud UniversityCollege,Norway)
Expertininnovative matheducationforpre-primaryandprimaryeducation(DMMH):
OliverThiel isanassociate professorinmathematicseducationafterinitiallyworkingasa math
teacherinprimaryschools.He has researchedintothe transitionfromprimarytosecondaryschool.
Oliverhaswrittenmathtextbooks,isco-publishingajournal aboutmatheducationinprimaryschool
“Mathematikdifferenziert”(Westermann).
He isworkingforthe NorwegianCentre forMathematicsEducationandisan advisortothe NRK,the
NorwegianBroadcastingCooperationforatelevisionprogramforchildrenthatisteaching
mathematicsinanattractive and funway.
Joel Josephson(Kindersite)
(Europeanprojects,the Arts,musicandvideoinlanguage teaching)
Joel isa Tedx speakeronthe Creative Classroomandinitiatorof the EuropeanPopuLLarprojectthat
wonthe prized Medeaaward forbestEurope projectfor collaborationin2016.
He isa knowncreative innovator, initiatingprojectsthatare at the forefrontof integratingthe arts,
music, technologyandvideointoeducationata holisticlevel.
He wasresponsibleforthe European projectsaPlanet,FolkDC, Multilingual Families,Eurolib,
ArtinEd,forexample. HisYouTube videochannel hasreceived over18.5 millionviews
He has presentedall overEurope onhisprojectsandconductedworkshopsonhow to use the
resourcesthe projects have created.