Informative webinars:CPDLab training courses

September 2013

CPDLab webinar - agenda

1. Background

2. Overview of the three CPDLab Courses:i. Interactive Whiteboard (IWB)ii. eSafety (eS)iii. Future Classroom Scenarios (FCS)

3. Accessing and using the courses - guidance

1. BACKGROUND

• Commission Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) funded project – 2 years, ending Sept 13

• Coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN) with partners: Finland (FNBE, and UOULU), Norway (NCIE), Italy (INDIRE), Portugal (DGE)

• Delivered three training courses for secondary schools - all pedagogical focus

• Involved experts: teachers from partners, University of Wolverhampton, EUN IWB working group, Insafe Network, iTEC project (FP7)

CPDLab course development process

Developed by project partners, experts including expert teachers

Teacher feedback addressed from pilots and validation surveys

Signed off through validation & quality assurance processes

Branding applied,correct references and permissions

IWB eS FCS

2. OVERVIEW OF CPDLAB COURSES

• Practical – activity-based, peer exchange, critical reflection

• Alternative pathways/ modular structure for localisation

• Trainers’ guide – complete course content, flexible to swop in own materials to structure

Modules can be separated

Adapt course fordifferent subjects

Adapt timingfor experimenting

Cover over differentnumber different sessions

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Activity IWB 1.5 Examples to Explore

Course: Making the Most of your Interactive Whiteboard– a pedagogical approach

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Examples to Explore

In this session, you have time to look at examples of existing resources.

You can use this time to share your own materials with other participants, you can also explore the online communities and locate useful resources.

Find some good examples to share.Consider: How do you know you have found a good

resource?

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Online Communities

Commercial Supplier online communitiesDymo-Mimio: www.mimioconnect.come-Instruction: www.einstruction.comPromethean: www.prometheanplanet.comRM: www.easilearn.comSMART: www.exchange.smarttech.com/index.html

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Websites to Visit

Here are just a few examples to get you started, you can add your ideas on to the next page.

http://moe.eun.org/web/iwbworkinggroup/guidelineshttp://lreforschools.eun.orgwww.whiteboardblog.co.ukwww.triptico.co.ukwww.topmarks.co.uk

Websites for Copyright Guidance:http://www.copyrightandschools.org/

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My Suggestions

• Please add your own suggestions of useful online communities or websites below:

Modules can be

repurposed for different

audiences:Principals,

ICT coordinators

As an evening or Saturday Modular Course(6 weeks – 2.30 hours each session)

eSafety: a life skill for all of us, inside & outside the classroom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pYHN9iC9I&sns=em

eS 1.2 eSafety Course Overview

eSafety: improved safety in school and classroom

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Today and during the course we will look at how to ...

• Help our pupils to be safe and responsible digital citizens.

• Consider whole-school strategies for eSafety in teaching and learning.

• Examine eSafety risks and see how to plan to mitigate risks.

• Explore eSafety resources, materials and tools to share with our school colleagues

• Develop digital competences that we can use in our classroom.

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Before we begin...

• Health and safety note• Today’s programme• Facilities• Wifi and login passwords• How to access and use the Course Support

Content• Your Learning Reflections

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Development of innovative scenarios:M2,3,4

Activity 1.1 Forming teams (Warm up exercises)

Length 60 min

Objective To get to know the participants in small groups and discuss the importance of the working environment for teachers and students.

Participants should be able to appreciate the innovative use of technology to support 21st century skills in the classroom, exemplified by using the iTEC TeamUp tool to form collaborative groups.

Description The trainer introduces him/herself and welcomes the participants to the course. The day starts with warm up exercises

1) Tell me who you are and what is the most beautiful place you have ever visited?

2) What would be the best room/space for you to work in as a teacher? First questions in the warm-up exercise lead to a discussion of learning space and the concept of learning space. More specific questions can be:

How many schools have you worked in? • Did you get to influence the design of the school? • In how many ways can you use school spaces/premises? • What are the acoustics / lighting / indoor air like in your school? • Which other facilities are available to the students in addition to the classroom? • Do you have enough space for teaching purposes? • What kind of technology is in use in your school and what is it used for? • What is a good space for learning? About 25 min are allowed for the discussion. The results of the discussion will not be summarized. The Team Up tool is used to profile participants and form heterogeneous group so that each group has as many nationalities as possible. (Group size 3-4).

Activity content/Guidance note

3. Exploitation of courses

• EUN Future Classroom Lab workshops eg:– eTwinning, Flemish MoE workshops– Comenius Summer 2013 courses– Comenius Spring 2014 courses

• Project partners – national/regional plans

• CPDLab courses: Guidelines to access the use the courses

www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org

http://fcl.eun.org

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Future Classroom LabOperational – Feb 2012

What next for you

• Teachers: Comenius 2014 course – apply to national agency for grant by 17th September.

• Training organisations and expert trainers: CPDLab courses published and available for download by end September from CPDLab website.

• All: keep in touch by signing-up to FCL newsletter – includes CPDLab news, other project news and opportunities.

The work presented on this document is partially supported by the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme – project CPDLab: Continuing Professional Development Lab (Grant agreement 2011-3641/001-001). The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the consortium members and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission and the Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained herein.

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