VIRTUAL E-CLASS

PROJECT Guidelines for participating teachers

Research Centre for Language

Teaching, Testing and Assessment

Faculty of English Studies

National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Email: rcel@enl.uoa.gr

Κέντρο Έρευνας για τη Διδασκαλία Γλωσσών

& την Αξιολόγηση της Γλωσσομάθειας

Τμήμα Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας

Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών

Email: rcel@enl.uoa.gr

http://rcel.enl.uoa.gr

Welcome to the Virtual e-Class project!

Are you ready for a “drive”?

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You are a

foreign language

teacher and

have just found

out about the

project and the

Virtual e- Class

Community.

Do you want to

participate?

It’s very easy!

Take a look at

the steps on the

left!

Step 1: Find detailed information about the project and its products on our webpage and our portal:

https://sites.google.com/site/virtualeclasscommunity/home

Step 2: Visit the webpages below and get to know other participants and their work. (Click on “ like” and leave a message or post a message for a first contact!)

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/virtualclass/

• https://www.facebook.com/virtualeclass

Step 3: Download the project leflet, the official call for participation and the application form from our Webpage.

Step 4: Apply for participation. Email your application to the Project Coordinator.

virtualeclass@windowslive.com

You can also call the Project Coordinator, if necessary!

Sophie Argyropoulou

+30 210 7277770

+30 6951 848872

USEFUL TIPS!

Name/title of your school

Class that wants to work for the

project (and age of students)

Target language

Students’ level of target

language competence (Use the

six level scale of the Council of

Europe: A1-C2)

Topic proposed

Communication details!

1. 1. In your application form include all

of the information bellow:

2. You are hoping to find a good class to

work with. The Project Coordinator will

help you to find it!

Classes eligible for participation

5th & 6th grade (elementary school)

7th, 8th and 9th grade (secondary school)

THE ROLE OF YOUR PROJECT COORDINATOR

Various European Forums

for language learning

European Lifelong Learning

communication platforms.

Pages related to social

networking and educational

exchange programs

The official correspondence via

the School Networks

Communicating with School

and community authorities.

Visiting the website of the

RCeL (the research centre

which has been supporting this

project).

The official website of the

project.

The ETwinning platform

Other social networking links.

Tries to find the right sort of classes

to work together, so she searches in:

Has updated information that may be

of interest to the project through:

She also uses the Project website

and Facebook, as well as her own

personal professional contacts!

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Greece,

France,

Spain,

Italy,

Turkey,

Romania,

Poland,

Bulgaria

are some of

the countries

which

participated

in our project

2 years ago!

The participating class is found! Are you ready!

Start contacting your fellow partner class! The

coordinator will put you in touch! Good Luck!

Attention!

Participation in the project demands:

good knowledge of New Technologies (ICT) and competence in using them

good technical school equipment, for online communication!

HAVE YOU MET EACH OTHER? GOOD!

WHAT NEXT?

When?

The oftener, the better!

How?

Facebook?

Skype?

Messenger MSN?

Hangout Google ?

ooVoo?

lWizlQ?

WebHuddle?

DimDim?

Or email!!!

Choose from:

“Our art treasures: A bridge

to connect our cultures”

“Τhe myths, stories and

storytellers of our country”

“Music and words that

connect our cultures”

“Let’s make our world better

with sports”

“Having fun with culture»”

Decide the thematic area you will

develop collaboratively!

Decide the time and the way of

communication!

AND NOW IN ACTION!

Share creative ideas!

Share responsibilities!

Share your special abilities and

skills! They can facilitate your

cooperation!

Decide the final product together!

Benefit from your students’ talent

and knowledge! Listen to them!

Use creative innovative digital

tools that stimulate your

students’ imagination!

Work plan

Time schedule

Web sites, links, blogs, software,

smart tools, suggestions etc.

Newsletters about the project

Experiment with Technology! It

is tempting, original, fun and

addictive!

Share your creations or ideas

with the community!

Plan your steps!

Support material!

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Creative ideas!

Blog, Website,

power point

presentation,

movie maker,

collage, digital

poster,

drawings,

illustrated

album, audio

files, poems,

songs, plays,

newspapers,

articles, posts,

flash products,

comics, slide

shares, games,

e-books…

Allow your students to make their own decisions, and

be creative. Help them work with each other in groups

and with their peers from the other country!

Communicate your ideas! Send small samples of

your work to the Virtual e Class community !

GAINING FROM THIS EXPERIENCE

Friends

Partners

Knowledge

Experience

Recognition

Intercultural awareness

Personal development

Professional development

Friends

Knowledge

Communication skills

Intercultural awareness

Interlingual awareness

Fun

Collaborative spirit

Motivation

Your rewards: Your students’ rewards:

…and maybe the first prize!

IT’S GREAT TO CREATE!

The e-Class project of our European virtual community gives

participants the opportunity:

To collaborate and create

To escape from traditional ways of teaching and try new ways of

learning!

To trust your students and to stand next to (and not opposite) them!

to experiment with the new generation of educational tools and to

display your work in more attractive and effective ways.

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The Research

Centre for

Language

Teaching, Testing

and Assessment

Faculty of English

Studies

National &

Kapodistrian

University of

Athens

(RCeL)

supports your

participation

and promotes

your creative

mood!

Thank you Sofia Argyropoulou

Project Coordinator

Creativity and innovation are rewarded!