Courses start on:
22 September 2024
Barcelona, Spain
20 October 2024
Athens, Greece
3 November 2024
Larissa, Greece
5 January 2025
Barcelona, Spain
16 February 2025
Angra do Heroismo, PT (Azores)
16 March 2025
Larissa, Greece
13 April 2025
Athens, Greece
27 April 2025
Barcelona, Spain
15 June 2025
Larissa, Greece
27 July 2025
Split, Croatia
10 August 2025
Fira, Greece (Santorini)
21 September 2025
Barcelona, Spain
19 October 2025
Athens, Greece
2 November 2025
Larissa, Greece
Each course session is available with 7 days and 10 days programme option
Additional dates and tailor made courses are possible on request
WEBSITE THAT TELLS A STORY: A PROJECT WEBSITE SETUP - COURSE DESCRIPTION
Introduction
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
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.
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Understanding of storytelling and narrative building as part of web design.
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Developing communication, collaboration, presentation, problem solving, negotiation, critical and creative thinking skills.
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Improving digital skills in work with text, photography and video.
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Boosting participants’ confidence in use of technology.
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Enhancing professional skills through mastering tools for virtual communication and collaboration.
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Providing and exercising creative ideas and practical resources for successful educational project website setup.
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Improving English fluency (official language of the course).
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Promoting intercultural awareness.
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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.
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Strengthening the European collaboration among people using ICT in education in different contexts.
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Providing insights into different education systems.
Networking opportunities and cultural programme
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Draft Programme
7 day programme (35 didactic hours = 5*45 min + 15 min break per day) 560 €
Day 1
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Welcome and introduction of trainers and participants.
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Cultural exchange.
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Warm ups and icebreakers.
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Course expectations and needs analysis, setting up a collaborative learning environment and creating an educational contract.
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Outline of the programme.
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Introduction to the concept of web design
Day 2
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Overview of examples of different types of websites
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Analysis of website functions - case studies
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Exploring preferences and setting up your own website
Day 3
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Setting up the website navigation menu and key pages of the website
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homepage
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activities
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resources
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contact
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Day 4
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Exploring built in elements for web design
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text boxes, shapes, lines, buttons, frames, strips, galleries etc.
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City tour or a cultural trip
Day 5
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Adding and adjusting text, photos and videos to the key pages on the website.
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Adding sub-pages and interlinking them to the website navigation menu, webpages on the website and external web pages.
Day 6
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Online tools for collaboration in educational and ICT based projects
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eTwinning
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European School Education Platform
Day 7
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Presentation of outputs.
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Group reflection, feedback and discussion.
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Dissemination strategy and European dimension.
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Validation of the learning outcomes.
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Evaluation of the course.
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Closing session.
10 days programme (50 didactic hours = 5*45 min + 15 min break per day) 800 €
Day 1
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Welcome and introduction of trainers and participants.
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Cultural exchange.
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Warm ups and icebreakers.
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Course expectations and needs analysis, setting up a collaborative learning environment and creating an educational contract.
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Outline of the programme.
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Introduction to the concept of web design
Day 2
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Overview of examples of different types of websites
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Analysis of website functions - case studies
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Exploring preferences and setting up your own website
Day 3
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Setting up the website navigation menu and key pages of the website
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homepage
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activities
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resources
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contact
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Day 4
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Exploring built in elements for web design
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text boxes, shapes, lines, buttons, frames, strips, galleries etc.
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City tour or a cultural trip
Day 5
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Adding and adjusting text, photos and videos to the key pages on the website.
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Adding sub-pages and interlinking them to the website navigation menu, webpages on the website and external web pages.
Day 6
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Online tools for collaboration in educational and ICT based projects
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eTwinning
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European School Education Platform
Day 7
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Creating and embedding sheets, slides, docs and forms
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Adding downloadable content
Day 8
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Introduction to blog functions and settings
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Adding and editing blog posts
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Blog posts layout and display options
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Differentiated display of blog posts across pages
Day 9
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Search Engine Optimization - how to get found on Google and other search engines
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Fine tuning the display options in search engines
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Final finetuning and control of the overall website setup and functioning.
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Individual support.
Day 10
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Presentation of outputs.
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Group reflection, feedback and discussion.
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Dissemination strategy and European dimension.
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Validation of the learning outcomes.
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Evaluation of the course.
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Closing session.