ICT and Digital Tools in Education

Digital tools can make teaching more flexible, creative and engaging, both in the classroom and at a distance. This hands-on course gives teachers a practical digital toolkit they can use straight away. Participants start with a digital pedagogy for creation, literacy and numeracy. They explore synchronous and asynchronous distance education, Web 2.0 principles and cooperative, blended and flipped learning. They also practise class management with Google Classroom, Forms and Drive, Microsoft Whiteboard, Diigo, Slidesmania and Canva. They then create interactive content (images, maps, mind maps and timelines) and take their first steps with live streaming:

  • setting up a distance education class with OBS
  • streaming to Twitch, Facebook and YouTube
  • practising OBS tools for online classes

Participants also explore gamification, game mechanics and digital games as teaching tools and create their own game scenario with Genially, Gimkit and Cram. The course ends with a full OBS workshop: streaming practice, video editing, video narration and narrated presentations. Participants leave with their own digital materials and a recorded online lesson.

The course aims to build teachers’ digital confidence and give them practical, ready-to-use tools for blended, flipped and distance teaching. It helps them create interactive materials, manage digital classes smoothly and run engaging live or recorded online lessons. It also shows how game-based learning can motivate their learners. In this way the course contributes to the Erasmus+ priority on digital transformation and the development of teachers’ digital competence (DigCompEdu).

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply digital pedagogy to creation, literacy and numeracy
  • Plan synchronous, asynchronous, cooperative, blended and flipped learning based on Web 2.0 principles
  • Manage classes with Google Classroom, Forms and Drive
  • Create materials with Microsoft Whiteboard, Diigo, Slidesmania and Canva
  • Create interactive images, maps, mind maps and timelines
  • Set up a distance education class with OBS and stream it to Twitch, Facebook and YouTube
  • Edit videos, add narration and create narrated presentations with OBS
  • Use gamification, game mechanics and digital games as teaching tools
  • Design a gamified activity with Genially, Gimkit and Cram
  • Plan follow-up and dissemination activities and integrate the course into future Erasmus+ projects

Course Language

  • English Note: Participants must have at least a CEFR level B1 knowledge of English in order to be able to participate actively.

Target Groups

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

Methods & Tools

  • Lectures, exercises, discussions, teamwork and role-playing.

Heraklion

5 days

Course details & day-by-day programme (PDF)
Included in the course fee
  • Coffee Breaks that include traditional products
  • Guided tour of the Historical Center of the town
  • Dinner in a traditional restaurant in the town
  • Europass Mobility
  • Certificate of Attendance, for participants who attend at least 80% of the course
  • Learning agreement (upon request)
  • A small gift with traditional Cretan products
  • Curated list of recommended hotels
  • Full day chat assistance
  • Wi-Fi connection

Athens

5 days

Course details & day-by-day programme (PDF)
Included in the course fee
  • Coffee Breaks that include traditional products
  • Europass Mobility
  • Certificate of Attendance, for participants who attend at least 80% of the course
  • Learning agreement (upon request)
  • Full day chat assistance
  • Wi-Fi connection

Milan (Novara)

6 days

Course details & day-by-day programme (PDF)
Included in the course fee
  • Coffee Breaks that include traditional products
  • Europass Mobility
  • Certificate of Attendance, for participants who attend at least 80% of the course
  • Learning agreement (upon request)
  • Full day chat assistance
  • Wi-Fi connection

Testimonial

I highly recommend ErasmusLearn courses - it's a great experience, full of useful knowledge and fantastic instructors!
Agnieska KwolekPoland
The offered course is very helpful for the teacher and allows you to gain skills in using tools in teaching the digital generation.
Lidia Beata WójciakPoland
It was a very useful course. I learned new skills that I can use to improve my teaching and make it more relevant for the students using it.
Vieru Irina ElenaRomania
Thank you for an amazing week rich in information and interesting ICT tools!
Popa Adina DeliaRomania
It was a very useful experience and the instructors did a great job by presenting the education material of the course.
Ardeleanu Claudia ElenaRomania
I had an amazing time in Heraklion and learned some tools that I can try out for my own lessons. The instructor Nikos was very nice and answered all the questions we had. I can recommend this course in this amazing island Crete. The organization offered a great meal in a traditional restaurant. The course of about 5 days was not too long, and the time made it possible to explore the island.
Petra SülzerGermany
I had an amazing time in Heraklion and learned some tools that I can try out for my own lessons. The instructor Nikos was very nice and answered all the questions we had. I can recommend this course in this amazing island Crete. The organization offered a great meal in a traditional restaurant. The course of about 5 days was not too long, and the time made it possible to explore the island.
Petra SülzerGermany
I enjoyed learning here: supportive and efficient staff, an engaging educational environment and the amazing beauty of Crete.
Anna FedyukhinaEstonia
I´d like to thank you for the course in Crete, it was a great choice. I got to know many possibilities of different apps to use in my lesson and it was great that we spent our time by practising not just theory. Our instructors were patient and always ready to help with their smiley faces. Thanks for everything.
Kateřina HejnáCzech
It is a very interesting course with well trained teachers.The atmosphere is pleasant and friendly.
Monica GatejRomania

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