| Course Title |
Integrating ICT Tools To The School Curriculum |
| Course Provider |
Anatolia Education and Consultation with PIC: 924693047 |
| Sessions: |
21-27 November 2016 (changes are possible)
16-22 January 2017
13-19 March 2017
02-09 April 2017
15-21 May 2017
17-23 July 2017
21-27 August 2017
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General information( Main topics of this course)
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Content of the course
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This course is a kind of teacher training course which aims to support school staffs with ICT (Information and Communication Technology) based learning in their personal and professional development and school environment in line with priorities of Erasmus Plus Program.
As you know students’ access to technology at school and at home has increased astronomically over the last few years, which forces the teachers and trainers to use the ICT technology in their courses intensely in order to motivate the new generation learners to learn, search and gather the information. Rapidly changing technology requires schools to integrate their teaching methods with ICT tools. So teachers are expected to practise their newly developed skills in teaching. For this, teachers must have access to adequate training and ongoing professional development With that course programme, we aim that participants gain experience for themselves a variety of software and online tools in order to integrate technology into their classrooms and support them to be motivated to use new teaching and learning methods and techniques.
As a course provider, we want to develop their professional skills, and introduce to appropriate websites related to 21st-century teaching methods focusing on creative thinking with interactive and inspiring workshops in a friendly atmosphere.
è Teachers and Online Learning Activities
- Mentioning the sample portals being developed where teachers can network and share information including best practices.
è Key Issues and Concerns
- Challenges in implementing ICTs effectively in existing schools
- budgetary allocations for deploying ICTs in school education
- creating an ICT friendly environment in schools
è Availability of Infrastructure to Support ICT (in the participant countries)
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| This course will offer |
This course will offer to you :
- Modernisation of your teaching style
- Developing a school policy plan on Integrating ICT tools to the school curriculum
- Introduce you toICT skills and pedagogical skills
- Utilization of ICT in your teaching
- Developing positive attitudes towards ICT on the part of teachers and principals
- Use of a virtual learning environment
- Improving your own teaching methods in relation to technology
- Managing and integrating ICT in your lessons
- Developing your ICT skills and make use of various Web 2.0 Technology tools and programmes.You will be given the opportunity to try out and have practice and get feedback all the programmes introduced to you.
- Adaptation of the use of the tools to your teaching & learning situations & contexts
- Focusing on effective teaching strategies that encourage the active involvement of all students in productive educational
- Tips for how to develop strategies to improve the educational quality of the school .
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| Objectives of the course (Learning Outcomes) |
- To respond to the needs of teacher’s personal and professional development skills to integrate ICT tools to the school curriculum.
- To improve trainees’ knowledge in the field of innovation and ICT based learning
- To provide practical guidance to the use of a range of ICT tools
- To help teachers reflect on their own teaching methods in relation to technology in the classroom
- To design lessons based on ICT and project based learning
- To increase the quality of digital learning
- To support and promote the use of digital technologies for learning and teaching.
- To become familiar with a wider range of useful tools and resources for integrating ICT
- To provide practical ideas for classroom and school practices
- To ensure more aware of the benefits of ICT
- To ensure improvement of your teaching styles
- To provide more student-centred teaching
- increase capacity
- To improve competences linked to the trainees’ professional profiles
- To revise and strengthen the professional profile of your teaching
- To promote broader understanding ofinternationalisation
- To increase the interest in education trends
- To provide added value of your teaching and learning style by meeting colleagues of different nationalities within the EU, and allow to discuss their background and cultural differences, and build a network of teachers for future cooperation
- To increase the capacity in terms of modernisation and international educational activities
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| Competences acquired |
Competences acquired are:
- To develop a vision on how to create ICT based and student centred learning
- To follow the developments in the field of ICT
- link the mission of the school to the goals of
- To define a relevant list of ICT based learning tools
- To get knowledge/skills/attitude
- To know the big differences and similarities among the educational systems
- To gain experience in an international learning environment.
- To list the needs and problems in the field of education
- To test existing and new activities
- To develop new international school policy
- To be acquainted with and know how to usevariety of software and online tools
- To set up and maintain cross curricular cooperation
- To be familiar with relevant databases and other sources in order to Integrate ICT tools to their teaching environment
- To keep up with the developments in the field of ICT based learning-teaching tools.
- To make the students and colleagues enthusiastic about new teaching and learning style
- To coach colleagues about fostering quality improvements of their teaching style and dissemination of good practices.
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| European Development Plan |
We have created this course for you in the line with priorities of Erasmus Plus Program. Please emphasize the below items which are the parts of Erasmus Plus Program while you are writing your European Development Plan in your proposal form.
v The Erasmus Plus Program support to digital learning and support the creation of flexible learning pathways in line with learners' needs and objectives.
v European added value of Erasmus+ foster quality improvements, innovation excellence and internationalisation at the level of education and training institutions, in particular through enhanced transnational cooperation between education and training providers improve the level of key competences and skills, better use of EU transparency and recognition tools and the dissemination of good practices.
v The course chosen by you is expected to bring positive and long-lasting effects on the participants and participating organisations involved
v As regards students, trainees, apprentices, young people and volunteers, the mobility activities supported under this Key Action mobility are meant to produce the following outcomes:
- Improved learning performance;
- enhanced employability and improved career prospects;
- increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship;
- increased self-empowerment and self-esteem;
- improved foreign language competences;
- enhanced intercultural awareness;
- more active participation in society;
- better awareness of the European project and the EU values;
- increased motivation for taking part in future (formal/non-formal) education or training after the mobility period abroad.
- improved competences, linked to their professional profiles (teaching, training, youth work, etc.);
- broader understanding of practices, policies and systems in education, training or youth across countries;
- increased capacity to trigger changes in terms of modernisation and international opening within their educational organisations;
- greater understanding of interconnections between formal and non-formal education
- better quality of their work and activities in favour of students, trainees, apprentices, pupils,
- greater understanding and responsiveness to social, linguistic and cultural diversity;
- increased ability to address the needs of the disadvantaged;
- increased support for and promotion of mobility activities for learners;
- increased opportunities for professional and career development;
- improved foreign language competences;
- increased motivation and satisfaction in their daily work.
v Activities supported under this Action are also expected to produce the following outcomes on participating organisations:
- innovative and improved way of operating towards their target groups, by providing for example: more attractive programmes for students, trainees, apprentices, young people and volunteers in line with their needs and expectations; improved qualifications of teaching and training staff; improved processes of recognition and validation of competences gained during learning periods abroad
- more modern, dynamic, committed and professional environment inside the organisation: ready to integrate good practices and new methods into daily activities; open to synergies with organisations active in different social, educational and employment fields; planning strategically the professional development of their staff in relation to individual needs and organisational objectives; if relevant, capable of attracting excellent students and academic staff from all over the world.
v Aims of the mobility projects:
- support learners in the acquisition of learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences) with a view to improving their personal development
- increase the capacities, attractiveness and international dimension of organisations active in the education, training and youth fields so that they are able to offer activities and programmes that better respond to the needs of individuals, within and outside Europe
- reinforce synergies and transitions between formal, non-formal education, vocational training, employment and entrepreneurship;
- ensure a better recognition of competences gained through the learning periods abroad.
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| Why you should take this course? |
Because
- this course will be an opportunity to respond your professional and personal development with the line with Erasmus Plus Program priority.
- it is a course that will transform your deficiencies into positive with European added value.
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| Target group |
All kind of teachers, trainers, educators |
| Methodology |
We will focus on practical and skills-based -interactive learning, immediate feedbacks, hands-on activities and
inspiring discussions on best practices
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| Preparation |
Before the course,
- A detailed pre-course questionnaire to indicate their level of experience,teaching backgrounds and training will be completed by participants.
- They will also prepare a presentation to reflect their own teaching method.
- A closed Facebook group will be created for getting know each other of all participants and to share practical information.
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| Validation |
A course participation certificate and Europass Mobility Certificate will be given to all participants.
A Europass CV will be filled together according skills and competences gained during the course by participants.
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| Post course support |
Participants will be invited to Facebook page which updated information shared. |
| The course fee |
490 € (7 days) (course only)
1390 € (course + accommodation+meals+guided tours)
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| Course venue |
Paris, France
Barcelona, Spain
Brussels, Belgium
London, the UK
Antalya, İzmir, Afyonkarahisar, TURKEY
Promotion film of Turkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CBllQ3Uchk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewO_dENji8g
Promotion film of Antalya, İzmir, Afyonkarahisar
https://vimeo.com/32538765
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmOiF3EGomI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hkJAdnYMKo
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| Evaluation |
- Participants are actively involved in all sessions and immediate feedback given where appropriate.
- Their own daily evaluation report will be written by themselves
- The course ends with an evaluation session
- A post questionnaire to indicate their level of experience during the course will be completed by participants.
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| Sustainability |
Participants will be delivered soft and hard copies of all lesson materials, which they can review at their leisure in addition to presenting them to their colleagues at their own institutions.
A mailing list of participants and also a Facebook page will be created in order to exchange ideas/experiences with collaborative and group work.
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| Practical information |
After confirmation of the course (venue, accommodations, transport etc.) And we will ask you to fill in a document related to arrival and departure dates / time of you.
We will give some information about hotels in different price categories, but participants are free in choice of hotel and restaurants.
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| To find out more: |
Email us at: anatoliaec@gmail.com
Visit: http://www.anatoliaec.com / http://www.anatolia-ec.com
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For more information and registration please send an email at info@easyerasmus.com
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