Training Course for teachers and education staff on ICT skills

Course overview

Nowadays there is a growing trend towards integrating Information and Communications Technology (ICT) into teaching and training. New technologies offers to teachers and education staff a wide new range of possibilities and tools, but not without challenges. ICT can be a muddy environment and approaching it without a proper guidance and a practical training can be a time-consuming task.
Taking part in this training course teachers, trainers and education managers will gain an outlook on best practices and concrete ways to use ICT to empower and support education. Through an hands-on approach and learning-by-doing methodology the participants will develop concrete ICT skills that they’ll be able use in the classroom.

Main objectives

This structured course allows participants to improve their ICT skills in a practical and concrete way together with other teachers and education staff throughout all Europe thus gaining as well a broader understanding of education in Europe and exchanging best practices and experiences. The general aim of this training course is to foster excellence in education by empowering teachers, trainers, headmasters and other education staff to integrate ICT tools into teaching and education.
The course has a flexible approach in order to adapt the learning outcomes to the particular needs and ICT skills of the participants.
Thanks to this course the participants will:

Get an overview of the most important new technologies and of the growing trend of integrating ICT into education;
Get to know the best apps, web platforms and ICT solution for teachers and education staff;
Learn how to create engaging and interactive multimedia content and presentations;
Learn how to digitally assess students’ knowledge and understanding in real-time;
Learn the basic concepts of distance learning, e-learning and flipped classroom;
Learn how to create a website or a blog;
Learn how to use ICT tools to make education more engaging, motivating and innovative;
Get a new perspective on ICT tools and learn new ways and best practices to integrate ICT into teaching and training;
Exchange best practices and share experiences with participants and staff coming throughout Europe;
Make contacts with individuals and organizations working in the education field in Europe through everyday cooperation and networking activities.

Sessions planned

Bologna
17/02/2019 - 23/02/2019
10/11/2019 - 16/11/2019
14/06/2020 - 20/06/2020
04/10/2020 - 10/10/2020
Palermo
25/08/2019 - 31/08/2019
02/08/2020 - 08/08/2020
Tenerife
13/10/2019 - 19/10/2019

If none of these dates suits you please mind that if there are at least 8 participants interested we may organize an additional session ad-hoc for your school.

Target audience

This course is addressed to teachers, trainers, educational counsellors, career counsellors, school psychologists, headmasters, school management and administrative staff working in primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools, training centres, adult education schools, higher education and NGOs. Please mind that the course may include teachers from different school levels.
This course is recommended for people with intermediate computer skills. If you consider yourself an basic ICT user we recommend you to enroll in our course “Making the most of new technologies, apps and social media in the classroom” or “Discover the best apps and tools for e-learning, distance learning and web design”.

Language

The course is held in English. For groups with at least 8 participants, we can organize an ad-hoc session in a different language.
Please write an email to staff@ifom.info to get more information about it.

Standard daily programme

Please find below the standard indicative daily programme that will be personalized on participants needs and professional profiles.
Our standard program comprises 7 days of course, of which the first one is dedicated to networking, preparation and cultural immersion and the last one to follow up, specific needs and cultural activities. Please note that we always do our best to accommodate the specific needs of our participants in a flexible way, including but not limited to budget restrictions and travel arrangement. Participants can choose to arrive 1 day before the start of the course and/or leave one day after the end of it in order to enjoy a deeper cultural immersion. Upon specific request we can organize longer or shorter versions of this course.

Sunday	- Participants arrival - Individual orientation and information about the venue and the city - Networking activities - Guided visit in Bologna (optional) - Welcome dinner
Monday	- Course introduction - Competences ex-ante evaluation - How to easily create outstanding multimedia content - Practical work: creating an engaging video with Adobe Spark or PowToon - Introduction to virtual whiteboard - Practical work: turning your iPad or Android tablet into a virtual whiteboard
Tuesday	- The next era of presentations: how to impress and engage the audience - Practical work: creating an interactive presentation with Prezi and/or Mentimeter - Introduction to web design - Empowering the students to use blogs to create portfolios and record learning outcomes - Practical work: creating your personal teaching website or blog - Cultural activities in Bologna and traditional Italian aperitif
Wednesday	- ICT tools for a more effective and engaging classroom management - How to effortlessly switch to non-traditional teaching and interact with your students - Practical work: assessing the knowledge and understanding of the students in real-time - Practical work: creating and running a digital learning group game - Practical work: digitally recapping a concept - Practical work: administering an exit ticket at the end of the lesson - Guided visit in Bologna, Florence or another Italian city (optional)
Thursday	- Introduction to e-learning, blended learning and flipped classroom - Focus on Edmodo as a social learning community - Practical work: creating an e-learning classroom page - Practical work: creating and administering a quiz and an assignment - Practical work: awarding a learning badge and entering a grade - Practical work: communicating with students and parents
Friday	- How to create a lesson around a video - Practical work: adding questions and discussion prompts to a video - Additional ICT tools, apps and web solutions that can be used in teaching and education - Tailored practice based on the participants learning needs and expectations - Dinner in traditional Italian restaurant
Saturday	- Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities - Course roundup and final evaluation - Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony - Additional training session tailored to specific needs (optional) - Cultural activities or additional guided visit in another major Italian city (optional) - Participants departure

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Other relevant facts

Methodology
Costs and Erasmus+ Funding
Certification and Validation of learning outcomes

We tailor the working methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice.
The standard methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach that comprises real-job examples, case studies examination and simulations. We embrace collaboratively working methods that foster mutual learning and cooperation among participants. Our focus is on learning in an interactive and international environment knowledge applicable to the real contexts and/or in the classroom. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange. They include visits with local schools and institutions allowing the participants to better understand the local education system as well as exchange ideas and contacts.
Morning Wrap-up and brief daily evaluations are foreseen to ensure quality of education and to adapt the learning programme to participants' needs better tailoring the education.
We organize optional social, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to know Italy as well as to exchange best-practice and establish professional cooperation and links.
The training and staff team is multinational thus giving a full European dimension to the course.

Teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations are eligible to receive an Erasmus+ grant covering all the costs to attend our training courses including travel, board and lodging, cultural activities and all fees. Our training courses are tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus+ and we offer different options to ensure that the Erasmus+ grant will be sufficient. Read more about Erasmus+ funding, shall you have any problem with your grant please let us know and we will see how to accommodate your needs.
The most common option that we offer to schools and organisations costs EUR 1220 and includes course fee, certification and support fee, accommodation in single room, all coffee breaks, 3 meals per day, walking tour in the venue’s city and local transport during the training course. Based on your preferences and budget you can request different services, a less inclusive/cheaper package or you can choose to organize the board and lodging by yourself and opt to just attend the training course. Read more about how we take care of your subsistence.

At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance including a description of training content and as well as its starting and end date, together - if requested - with the Europass Mobility Certificate.
We support the participants in every step of certification an d validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instruments and Erasmus plus requirements such as staff mobility/learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass mobility certificate.
We experienced that schools and education organizations may require additional documents to certify the competences learned or the presence in the training course. Upon request we can provide additional certification and reporting documents as well as we provide photos of the training course and a sum-up video that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes.

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