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European Union Erasmus + Program - KA229 - School Exchange Partnerships

” Digital Citizenship Education: Using Smart Technologies Smartly”

ID Project: 2019-1-IT02-KA229-062415_3

Short-term joint staff training events

7-11 October 2019, Colegiul Energetic, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania

REPORT OF THE MEETING

The first meeting of the project was a Short-term joint staff training events and took place

in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania between the 7th of October and the 11th of October, 2019 at

COLEGIUL ENERGETIC.

The participants of the meeting were 2 teachers from Turkey, 2 teachers from Spain, 2

teachers from Italy (coordinators) and over 20 teachers and students from Romania.

The main topics of the meeting were:

Workshop – Project management (organization of the project, goals of the project, tasks for each school, activities,Dissemination Plan, Evaluation Plan, Communication Plan, Planning next meeting/ mobilities, financial aspects)

ETwinning course Course - How to make a web page Making online surveys Digital instruments for education (Google drive, Simulating software for E-Banking, Apps

for making learning games, How to make a digital magazine, Tools for webinars, Making online tests etc)

Workshops at school – using online Learning platform, testing the platform, testing online instruments – Hands-on activities

Mobilities – confirmation of the destinations; Reflection of the meeting and conclusions; Debates, Evaluation of the meeting

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Day 1 - 7th of October

The project partners from Italy, Turkey and Spain arrived at Râmnicu Vâlcea and they were

welcomed by the Romanian team.

Students from Colegiul Energetic presented our school, our city Ramnicu Valcea and invited

the participants to see a film about Romania. The teachers presented information about Erasmus+

program and information about the project (goals, tasks for each school, work methodology,

impact, and program of the first meeting).

Welcome meeting with teachers, students and local representatives at Castel Hotel - Presentation of Romania, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Colegiul Energetic, - Presentation of the meeting program, - Workshop Project Management

Day 2 - 8th of October

The participants of the project were welcomed by the Headmaster of Colegiul Energetic, teachers, students and local representatives. Teachers from Italy, Turkey and Spain were welcolmed at Colegiul Energetic, respecting the tradition. Students dressed in traditional costumes served the teachers with bread and salt.

Welcome at COLEGIUL ENERGETIC

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At the beginning of the meeting, the teachers used a digital tool, called wordart.com, in

order to express their expectations about the meeting and their expectation for the partnership

and collaboration.

Expectations of the collaboration - Wordart.com

The groups of teachers from each country shared presentations of their countries, cities,

schools and educational systems. All teams impressed the audience.

Partner school presentation - Presentations of the participants about their country, town/city/school

The activities continued with school visit.

School visit

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Before lunch, the teachers were invited to participate in a lesson about How to make a

logo. The students presented tutorials (made by them) about how to make a logo and the logos

they designed for the project. In the end, students and teachers connected on Kahoot for a test

about famous logos and about how to make a good logo.

Computer Science lesson - How to make a logo+ Kahoot test

The work session continued in the Computer lab, with a presentation, made by the school

psychologist, Oana Badoiu, about Digital citizenship and well-being: helping our students use

technology in healthy way. Our colleague presented interested things for our future activities and

for our future meetings with, students, parents, teachers and local representatives.

Digital citizenship and well-being: helping our students use technology in healthy ways- School Psychologist – presentation

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After lunch, the work session continued with:

Workshop – Project management (project organization, goals of the project, tasks for each

school, activities, dissemination plan, evaluation plan, communication plan, planning next

meeting/ mobilities, financial aspects)

ETwinning course

How to make a web page course

Using Learning platform

Making online surveys

Debates

Before dinner, teachers visited Ramnicu Valcea and important educational places in our

city.

Visit RAMNICU VALCEA

The day ended with a relaxing traditional dinner, where the participants got the chance to

improve their English skills and to find out more about the educational systems and cultural

aspects from all the countries.

Day 3 - The 9th of October

On the 3rd day of the project, the teachers visited Colegiul National de Informatica „Matei Basarab” from Ramnicu Valcea and participated in a programming lesson for beginners with

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microbits, using microbit.org platform. Students explained the steps of the activities, then they involved teachers in working on some examples.

The lesson can be taught to 7 to 18 students in different classes: ICT, Programming or others.

Programming with MICROBIT – Key4future – Workshop – Colegiul Național de Informatică ”Matei Basarab”, Ramnicu Valcea

Each team presented Digital tools for education. We all discovered interesting information, useful for our future didactic experience.

Digital instruments for education (Google drive, Simulating software for E-Banking, Apps for making learning games, How to make a digital magazine, Tools for webinars, Making online tests etc)

Workshops at school – using online platform, testing the platform, testing online instruments – Hands-on activities

Cultural visit - Horezu Monastery, Horezu pottery, Trovants from Costesti, traditional dinner

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In the afternoon, the guests participated in a cultural visit at Horezu, where they admired Horezu Monastery, traditional pottery and the Trovants from Costesti.

Day 4 - The 10th of October

Documentary visit to DIGITAL MUSEUM Micro-Folie, Sibiu – Digital Museum, Virtual Reality, Fab Lab

The participants visited Sibiu, a cultural city from Romania. The purpose of this visit was to

visit DIGITAL MUSEUM – MICRO FOLIE (the second in Europe).

Teachers experienced very interesting digital adventures in the three sections of the

museum – Digital Museum (visiting famous places in the world with the help of technology),

Virtual Reality (3D adventures), Fab-Lab (3D Printer and other devices for organizing workshops for

children).

The activity was also to discover information on Romanian culture and values, the historical

part of the city.

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Day 5 - The 11th of October

Report of the meeting, Feed-back forms, Evaluation of the meeting, Conclusions, Certificates, Departure of the participants

On the last day, teachers discussed about the report of the meeting, they decided the next

meeting in Italy, they pointed again the future tasks, overseen the webpage, the eTwinning

platform and the learning platform used for the DCE guide. They also completed online evaluation

forms in Mentimeter and Kwiksurveys.

Each team expressed expectations, conclusions and opinions. The communication among

partners was great and prolific for the project.

The headmaster of Colegiul Energetic gave to all participants certificates and congratulated

all for the work done.

In conclusion, the meeting met its goals; the activities were held in a relaxing atmosphere,

everybody enjoyed the time spent together, learning and sharing precious information.

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prof. Tenea Codruta