Koen Timmers

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Koen Timmers is a former lecturer technology in teacher training department of PXL university college in Hasselt. He did research about the use of technology in education at Sheffield-Hallam university.[1] He currently is the director and co-founder of Take Action Global[2]. In 2016 he decided to start using technology for good through education by embracing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.[3] For this he launched several educational projects.[4] In order to reach more teachers globally he worked with Jane Goodall, Princess Esmeralda of Belgium, WWF and UNHCR. Timmers is mostly working on climate education.[5][6]

In 2018 Timmers was announced by Bill Gates[7] to be one of the 10 finalists of Global Teacher Prize. In 2019 he was accepted to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). In 2021 he did a TEDx talk "When education tastes sweeter than winning the lottery"[8] at the University of Hasselt.

Timmers is co-author of the book "Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Standing at the Precipice".[9]

Timmers has delivered keynotes about climate education and the use of technology in education.[10][11][12][13][14]

In 2023 Timmers became an Ashoka fellow[15].

Projects

  • 2015: Project Kakuma[16] offering free education to thousands of refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp[17][18]. The school has been called one of the 16 schools defining the future of education by World Economic Forum in 2020.[19]
  • 2017: Climate Action Project[20]. This free project unites 3.4 million teachers and students online across 149 countries. The purpose of the project is to bring climate education to schools to make students more knowledgeable about climate change and stimulate them to share solutions and actions online.[21] The project is supported by WWF[22] and UN Environment Programme. [23][24][25]
  • 2019: Innovation Lab Schools. Timmers built 2 schools in Tanzania in partnership with Jane Goodall Institute. They were featured in Jane Goodall's documentary "The Hope". The project was one of the finalists of the 2018 UNESCO prize for innovation in education [26]

References

  1. ↑ "Nine tips to make your remote lesson a success". Microsoft Education Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  2. ↑ "Our people - Take Action Global". 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  3. ↑ Rubin, C. M. (2019-07-05). "The Global Search for Education: Teachers Without Borders". Medium. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  4. ↑ "This teacher is bringing the world – and a few big name celebrities – into local classrooms". 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  5. ↑ "BBC World Service - The Climate Question, What do we tell the kids?". BBC. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  6. ↑ "Koen Timmers: "Through creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration, students can bring about direct climate action"". Equal Times. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  7. ↑ "Bill Gates announces UK teacher in global top 10". BBC News. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  8. ↑ Timmers, Koen (2021-04-22), When education tastes sweeter than winning the lottery, retrieved 2023-07-02
  9. ↑ "Researchgate.net".
  10. ↑ Moderator, EPALE (2020-09-02). "Keynote Speech - Koen Timmers". epale.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  11. ↑ "#EdCrunch2018 представляет: Кун Тиммерс – лучший учитель мира". vestniknews.ru. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  12. ↑ "Keynote speaker". na.eventscloud.com. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  13. ↑ Webmaster (2019-04-07). "Jane's visit to Belgium - 16 March 2019". Jane Goodall Institute Belgium. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  14. ↑ "EdTechX Summit Online". edtechxeurope.com. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  15. ↑ "Koen Timmers | Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker". www.ashoka.org. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  16. ↑ "Project Kakuma – Free education for refugees". Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  17. ↑ Davis, Vicki (2017-08-22). "Teachers Teaching Refugee Children over Skype". Cool Cat Teacher Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  18. ↑ Src='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/02cbe95f417482d6bdab94e1ab3abf71?s=20, <img Data-Lazy-Fallback="1" Alt=; #038;d=blank; Srcset='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/02cbe95f417482d6bdab94e1ab3abf71?s=40, #038;r=pg'; #038;d=blank; Decoding='async' />carylsue, #038;r=pg 2x' Class='avatar Avatar-20 Photo' Height='20' Width='20' Loading='lazy' (2018-02-15). "Project Kakuma: 150 Educators Across 6 Continents Offering Free Education to African Refugees via Skype". National Geographic Education Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ↑ "Schools of the Future Defining New Models of Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution" (PDF).
  20. ↑ "Climate Action Project". climate-action.info. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  21. ↑ "The Climate Action Project Wants Every Student to Create Solutions to Climate Change". Global Citizen. 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  22. ↑ "Climate change resources for schools". WWF. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  23. ↑ [email protected] (2022-08-08). "#TeachersTransform climate education: How the Climate Action Project became a global movement". Teacher Task Force. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  24. ↑ Src='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/83fca408c3dc3dea688c8a1cf50f2bf1?s=20, <img Data-Lazy-Fallback="1" Alt=; #038;d=blank; Srcset='https://Secure.gravatar.com/Avatar/83fca408c3dc3dea688c8a1cf50f2bf1?s=40, #038;r=pg'; #038;d=blank; Staff, #038;r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-20 photo' height='20' width='20' loading='lazy' decoding='async' />National Geographic Education (2017-11-09). "Climate Action: 250 Schools, 69 Countries Focusing on Climate Change". National Geographic Education Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  25. ↑ "Bett is the UK partner for Take Action Global's Climate Action Project". Bett Global 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  26. ↑ "Meet the finalists of the 2018 UNESCO prize for innovation in education".

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