Marienau School uses modern and age appropriate methods to help your children learn in a methodical and responsible way and to apply their newly acquired knowledge appropriately.
We’ve been using the online platform itslearning since 2017/2018. Students learn early on how to work with digitally set tasks and understand itslearning to be a complement to classroom learning. Another advantage of itslearning is that it enables the continuation of lessons when classroom teaching has to be replaced by home schooling. Every subject therefore has a digital twin which helps learning to take place at any time and over small or long distances.
From Year 7, tablets are a mandatory part of students’ equipment. We use them in class and help our students familiarise themselves with the use of modern, age appropriate digital tools in the everyday life of the school. Our classrooms are equipped with traditional blackboards as well as projectors and Apple TV sets so that teaching can be varied. In the middle school we also offer a chance to obtain the ECDL Certificate, a European-wide IT qualification.
Through the use of projectors and Apple TV sets, content can be shared and used for collaboration. The new classrooms work according to the 360° principle i.e. the room can be used in all directions as the traditional blackboard is opposite to the larger projection surface at the other end of the room.Our Approach To Online Learning
In the current situation, e.g. if no classes at school are possible, then we have a mandatory policy for teaching online. But also during classes in the classroom we make use of digital advises such as the iPad.
Digital Portfolio
This is how a digital portfolio can look. We used the Book Creator app to create a thematic collection about the Battle of Tetoburg Forest.