Make technology your friend! - Training course in Madeira, Portugal
ICT – Information and communication technologies, Pedagogy and didactics, Using ICT to engage students in the modern classroom2
At your request, the courses can be structured for a different schedule (5 or 7 training days).
Course fee: According to the Erasmus+ guide, 80 euros / training day, including course preparation, training, training materials, administration costs.
Description
Profile of the participants:
The participants are teachers (working in kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools etc.) or adult trainers active in the sending organization interested in Digital learning and in growing a creative and intercultural environment in their institutions, with or without previous experience, willing to develop themselves professionally not only through the course, but by involving themselves in preparatory and follow up activities. They must be interested in other cultures and in developing the institution’s European dimension.
Objectives:
The main outcome of this course is to enable the participants to implement digital technologies in their practices of teaching, learning and assessment in order to create a fun and engaging environment, helping them to:
– to develop ICT competences about applying technology in different educational settings in order to improve the motivation and the creativity of the students;
– to share best practices and transfer knowledge and methods between different cultural zones (at least 3 countries) and different learner ages;
– to develop tools (a digital game, an E-portfolio, digital stories) about ways of applying technology in education for different age groups;
– to enable participants to find at least 5 activities and techniques for their own teaching context in order to boost the motivation of their students;
– to increase participants’ confidence in using web 2.0 social media tools;
– to gain inspiration to apply digital technology in the classroom
– to promote European cooperation in the field of education within the framework of the Erasmus+ program by partnership building;.
Learning objectives
By taking part in this training course, the participants will:
- Develop competences regarding applying digital education activities and techniques in different formal settings
- Develop communication, collaboration, presentation, problem-solving, negotiation, critical & creative thinking skills;
- Develop competences of ensuring harmonious group building (taking into account diversity challenges) and transforming the class as a group into a team
- Have a better understanding of their own competence as teachers and will learn how to develop creative digital strategies for dealing with challenges in their own schools and classrooms
- Learn how to develop tools (a digital game, an E-portfolio, digital stories) and learn about ways of applying technology in education for different age groups
- Identify at least 5 activities and techniques for their own teaching context in order to boost the motivation of their students;
- Have a better confidence in using web 2.0 social media tools;
- Be inspired to apply digital technology in the classroom
- Understand the students’ different realities and how to use digital methods and tools in order to better teach them
- Learn how to use tools that will help create bonds between the students and the teacher in a way that every student feels encouraged
- Develop ICT competences about applying technology in different educational settings in order to improve the motivation and the creativity of the students and to ensure the progress of every child;
- Improve their interpersonal relationships
- To promote European cooperation in the field of education within the framework of the Erasmus+ program by partnership building
- Develop e-tools and techniques that can be used in order to increase student’s motivation and combat drop-out phenomenon;5
Methodology & assessment
The main methods will be through practical training, exercises, role-playing, cooperative work, various activities and discussions. The content is based on „learning by doing” combined with “reflection upon action”. The training course has a holistic approach:
Experiencing: different educational settings, different digital education methods and tools (Plickers, QR Codes, escape rooms in Google Forms, Goosechase, Jeopardy games, Wordwall, Quizlet, Flipgrid, Cloud tools – Google Suite, Designing Crosswords & Quizzes, Mind Maps & Word Clouds, Avatar etc.)
Reflecting: on the methods and its impacts, on the power and limits of digital and inclusive education, on building a pedagogical process etc.
Transferring: to the own reality of participants, in order to improve ways of working with their students
Sharing: different perceptions, current situations and experiences.
Developing: the building capacity of the participants (to be transferred to their students) by including them in the decision process of the training course designing
lessons learnt and best practices on digital and inclusive education in school activities226
Certification details
EUROPASS MOBILITY DOCUMENT
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
Additional information
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Language:English
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Target audience ISCED:Early childhood education (ISCED 0)Primary education (ISCED 1)Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
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Target audience type:Head Teacher / PrincipalTeacherTeacher Educator
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Learning time:25 hours or more
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