WEBSITE THAT TELLS A STORY: A PROJECT WEBSITE SETUP - COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

Introduction

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This course is aimed at teachers and school staff from pre-school level to primary, secondary, vocational, adult and special needs education, staff of non-government organizations, government and policy makers and company staff as well as students and all those who want to improve their digital competences and learn how they can create a simple and functional free website for school projects or portfolio. The course will focus on technical and functional aspects of setting up a free website with drag and drop technology and on theoretical aspects of the contents and properties an educational project website should encompass such as blog, calendar, resources, media and contacts. Participants are expected to have at least B1 level of English proficiency and should be able to use internet search engines, email, word and powerpoint. There is no need to have any knowledge of coding or website design because these will not be addressed in this course at all.

 

Methodology

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Methodology is based on theoretical input, presentations of examples of good practice as well as demonstrations and experience comparisons and in the most part practical work on website setup. Participants will have the opportunity to set up a free website and interlink several pages of a website which will include calendar, blog content, resources (such as photos, videos, presentations), feedback and contact forms, and maps. This will enable them to set up functional and free websites for their educational school projects. Another focus will be on engagement on visitors with the website and we will present examples and do practical work on setting up a website which will engage the visitor by telling a story.

 

Objectives

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• Improving the participants’ digital competences, in particular the ability to set up a free website, create, publish and share content.

• Understanding of storytelling and narrative building as part of web design.

• Developing communication, collaboration, presentation, problem solving, negotiation, critical and creative thinking skills.

• Improving digital skills in work with text, photography and video.

• Boosting participants’ confidence in use of technology.

• Enhancing professional skills through mastering tools for virtual communication and collaboration.

• Providing and exercising creative ideas and practical resources for successful educational project website setup.

• Improving English fluency (official language of the course).

• Promoting intercultural awareness. 

• Sharing experiences of school project work and use of ICT in education from different organizations in order to help each of us to be more effective in our work.

• Strengthening the European collaboration among people using ICT in education in different contexts.

• Providing insights into different education systems.

 

Networking opportunities and cultural programme

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The course includes networking opportunities and cultural exchange opportunities to create European dimension and find possible partners for future projects as well as a city tour or a cultural trip (depending on the location). These are included in the course fee and at no additional expence for participants.

 

Preparation

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After registration participants will receive a pre-course questionnaire which will be used by the trainer to learn about participants’ teaching backgrounds and to assess their exact needs. Before the beginning of the course a basic reading list will be suggested to participants to prepare for the training. Participants will also be asked to prepare a presentation about themselves, their professional context and their culture. Participants will receive information about the country they are going to visit in order to prepare them for their cultural experience.

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Follow up

 

After the course participants will be asked to share what they have learned with the rest of the staff in their schools. Moreover, they will be encouraged to share materials showing how they are using what they have learned in their everyday work in terms of ideas, photos, videos, lesson plans, assessment and self-assessment forms, etc. creating an open educational resource available to everyone else from the group. Further books and articles to deepen the topic and contacts with some other practitioners all over Europe and in the world will be suggested by the trainer. The methods shared and explored and the bibliography given will allow the participants to complete and improve their educational path.

 

Certificate

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Each participant will get a course attendance certificate and the Europass Mobility Document.

 

Accommodation

 

We do not directly offer accommodation and subsistence and participants are responsible for organizing it by themselves.

 

Paperwork

 

We also provide all the support with paperwork you might need for your Erasmus+ project documentation such as mobility agreement, registration letter, etc.

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Cancelation policy

 

Free cancellation up to 30 days before the start. After that, the reservation is not refundable. Changes in name and profile of the participant are possible any time before the start of the course (replacement participants from the same school/org are accepted at any time). In case the school/org doesn't find a replacement, we will still offer a place at any of our confirmed courses later in the year without any additional costs but we can not guarantee that every course session will be confirmed and the school/org will only be offered to choose from already confirmed course sessions. In case it will not be possible for the participant to attend the course or for us to organize the course due to extraordinary circumstances (classified as such by the European Commission) which present themselves in the period of less than 30 days before the start of the course and we don’t manage to find an alternative solution, we will keep 50 % of the payment and refund the remaining balance of 50% to the payer’s bank account.