ICT and Digital Tools in Education

Teachers today face with many challenges. While integrating technology in the classroom should be something all teachers enthusiastically embrace, the rapid onslaught of new tools has left teachers overwhelmed and unmotivated. Many schools have invested in hardware, software,and internet access but in order for the curriculum to be truly integrated, teachers must also invest their time and effort to learn how to enhance their lessons with the various tools at their disposal. The instructional goal, therefore, of the first professional development series is that given a standards-based instructional goal, the teachers will select the appropriate ICT and digital tools to integrate into the curriculum producing activities with these that promotes 21st Century Skills.
The aim of the course is to provide knowledge on contemporary educational approaches that draw on the principles of ICT education and promote equal learning, participation and learning opportunities for all students. The course aims to be practical and with the use of digital tools to enable teachers to create their own educational material and apply participatory techniques in order to complete the needs of the modern education and make the lesson more flexible and attractive for young learners.

The project aims for the participants to:

  • Understand the concept digital pedagogy and the need for developing a digital pedagogy of your own.
  • Know some of the imperatives that drive change in educational practices.
  • Learn about new digital tools.
  • Get familiar with ICT, digital storytelling and their emerging role in contemporary education.
  • Plan and design effective learning experiences supported by contemporary ICT technologies.
  • Gain basic knowledge, skills and understanding of concepts related to digital tools technology integration.
  • Integrate and utilize technology in their instruction.

Course Language

  • English
  • Note: Participants must have at least a CEFR level B2 knowledge of English in order to be able to participate actively.

Target Groups

  • Teachers working in kindergartens, primary, secondary schools. Independent educators. Managing staff and directors of all level schools and educational organizations.

Methods & Tools

  • Lectures, exercises, discussions, teamwork, role-playing, study visits.

Study Visits

  • During the course, we also organize study visits to local schools. We discuss with participants their needs and we organize study visits to cover these needs. We usually organize study visits to: 

    • Early education – Primary education – Secondary education – Adult education local schools.
    • Special needs education schools.
    • Museums.

In course fee includes

    • Coffee Breaks that include traditional products.
    • Guided tour of the Historical Center of the town.
    • Dinner in a traditional restaurant of the town.
    • Europass Mobility.
    • A small gift with traditional Cretan products.
    • Certificate of Attendance, for participants who attend at least 80% of the course.

Heraklion

  • 5 days
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ICT and Digital Tools in Education (PDF)

Prague

  • 6 days
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ICT and Digital Tools in Education (PDF)

Milan

  • 6 days
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ICT and Digital Tools in Education (PDF)

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