The idea for building the teaching and learning web concept originated on the occasion of the new national complementary subject for vocational schools, "Technik & Umwelt" (T&U) (as of 2015), at the Berufsmittelschule of the commercial college Wirtschaftsschule KV Wetzikon (wkvw.ch). The concept forms a basis for applied learning methods «bili» (bilingual education), interdisciplinary teaching (IDAF) and cross-curricular competences according to the new curriculum (Kantonaler (ZH) Lehrplan, mba.zh.ch).
A closed working and interaction environment for student work and exchange. Each student has his/her own account. Works on any device.
A publicly accessible website with contributions (projects) of student teams: dontwastemy.energy
The association is the home of "The Horse" concept since its foundation in September 2018 in Zurich, Oerlikon.
The aim is to facilitate cross-border collaboration projects on environmental topics and to spread the idea worldwide,
to support, promote and accompany special projects, learners and teachers in a targeted manner.
Association website: THE ! association
"The moodle Horse" upgrade
As an option for collaboration, a Moodle
is also available as a tool; it has been updated to version 4.12
Moodle in the context of "The Horse" concept (su-pa.net). [upd. 20. März 2023]
"The Horse" concept at Geneva Forum at United Nations
Presentation/introduction of "The Horse" (video, 6 min., youtube.com) at Geneva Forum at
United Nations
6th Annual International Conference (osi-genevaforum.org) on Participatory Research, Citizen Sciences, Crowd-Innovation and Fab Labs for
Peace and Development (13 to 15.12.) [December 19, 2022]
"The Horse" concept certificates
There are already some «The Horse» concept certificates in the wild! See a
specimen «The Horse» certificate here.
There are different levels, some enhancements are in planning.
[December 19, 2022]
Statistics dontwastemy.energy
In 2022 (until 12/12/22), we averaged wonderful
11,900 visitors per month (136,218 total) to our website dontwastemy.energy with collaborative projects of young people!
[December 19, 2022]
Interactive project map
We have a new map where cross-border and cross-cultural projects are visible.
We use OpenStreetMap, which is wonderful for this (privacy,
Open Database License).
"The Horse" Projektkarte
[May 31, 2022]
Global collaborations 21/22
Valuable new projects from as many parts of the globe as ever are currently available to discover at
dontwastemy.energy! Some are still in progress.
[May 31, 2022]
Wikipedia preview box
We have created a new tool/feature for the project & working websites that
supports information retrieval (mouseover/tap
"information retrieval" to see it in action).
It's easy to use in other websites and Open Source.
Project website »
[December 01 2021]
Flyers, members, payment services
Flyers have been printed and are being distributed to recruit members;
Become a member! - There are new rules;
New payment systems for donations & fees: Credit Card, QR Invoice and TWINT
[November 09 2021]
Triangles
Beautiful new projects to discover!!
For the first time we tried collaboration across three countries, so-called "triangles".
[09. November 2021]
City Climate Projects
Exciting new City Climate publications
by students have been completed and posted on dontwastemy.energy!
Some are still ongoing!
[February 08 2021]
Collaborations across three continents!
Belgium, India, Switzerland and South Africa - 110 students, 7 teachers and experts are collaborating.
The topic is "food and climate" and with the help of a "food app",
daily food is recorded and can later be used for projects and research.
[October 4 2019]
"THE ! association" website
THE - The Horse Education; Our association has got its first
website (the-horse.education).
[August 2019]
Domain change
save-energy.tips changed to dontwastemy.energy
– so it matches better the website motto "Don’t waste my energy!". There were more than 3800 visitors in the month of March'19! Some
infos and website statistics »
[April 20 2019]
befter – before and after the experience
We worked & tried out a new experimental concept to acquire knowledge and skills and perform projects,
we name it «befter», before & after the experience.
Already realized befter projects »
More about the befter concept »
The Bournemouth Showcase » (befters) of the partner class from Belgium
[February 26 2019]
"The Horse" association founded
September 09 2018, our website: the-horse.education
Presentation/Workshop
Teacher training at PH Luzern, CAS bilingual education in vocational training, August 14 2018
Simple ways and an open architecture, adapted to the requirements and level/skills of the teachers and students.
Factsheet (pdf)
Overview "The horse" (pdf)
Active learning and self-responsibility. bili, CLIL, IDAF (save-energy.tips),
Competencies MBA ZH (pdf),
Kant. Lehrplan BM ZH (pdf)
Through the consequent application of Cloud-services (Azure) the costs for the infrastructure and the running costs are inexpensive. They are customized to the exact requirements. Overview Infrastructure (pdf)
Transferring of knowledge and experiences, application of various media, realization of projects in teams, publicize and propagate contributions (IG, Twitter, FB), paperless up to 100%, knowledge pool for future users and much more.
befter – before and after the experience
,
a new method for collaborative projects in 7 steps.
:: Previous project topics:
Energy 2015/16 ::
where2where 2016/17 ::
ZürIzmir projects 2017/18 (Zürich Izmir) ::
Scenarios Z.B. 18 ::
Befter 18/19 ::
:: Project topics overview, since 2015/16
:: Student teams since the beginning
The "The horse" concept is suitable for both teachers/instructors/coaches and learners/students. New digital media can be tried out and applied under "genuine conditions". There are countless possible variations.
Contact
Eliane Suter
044 585 19 18