International learning with Primera.
 In the Long Tail Partnership we are working intensively on Increasing Accessibility of International Professional Development for Language Teachers. Joint effort of the Deutsche Auslandsgesellschaft, Euneos, and STEP Institute gave birth to the three international free of charge online courses for language teachers. Kindly invited to join!
Each course accepts maximum 30 language teachers. We will give a priority to language teachers with fewer possibilities to access the Erasmus+ funding. Therefore, the selection procedure will take place. Please, apply to one course only! If you apply to more of them, we will consider your first application only. The three courses are:
 In the Long Tail Partnership we are working intensively on Increasing Accessibility of International Professional Development for Language Teachers. Joint effort of the Deutsche Auslandsgesellschaft, Euneos, and STEP Institute gave birth to the 22nd Pan-European Conference on Digital Education, edition Digital Teaching of Languages. Kindly invited to join! Time: 27th January 2022 from 15:00 to 16:30 Central European Time Location: Live streaming on Facebook page Erasmus+ Courses by Primera and YouTube channel Erasmus by Primera. The Conference is free of charge, held in English. We issue certificates based on your activity: Certificate of Oral Presentation is available for conference presenters, Certificate of Poster Presentation is available to confirmed presentations on conference Padlet, Certificate of Attendance is available to listeners upon the request. The Programme Digitalization and Inclusion in Teaching Languages – Are They Friends or Enemies? Dr Blanka Tacer, STEP Institute, Ilpo Halonen, EUNEOS, Martin Herold, Deutsche Auslandsgesellschaft, and Spasia Neshkoska, EUNEOS How to Motivate Colleagues who Don’t Like to Use Digital Tools Martin Herold, Deutsche Auslandsgesellschaft Teams & Quizlet: Platforms to Support the Teaching of Foreign Languages Spasia Neshkoska, EUNEOS eTwinning Project: Increasing Accessibility of International Professional Development for Language Teachers Spasia Neshkoska, EUNEOS Joint Virtual English Classes with Language Teachers from All the World Iris Zorić, OŠ Jagode Truhelke Let`s Go Digital! – Example of Good Practice from Kindergarten Vanja Šuško, Kindergarten Sunčana, Zagreb Apply as a participant: follow this international learning event in which teachers share their best practice. Contribute to PadletWould you like to present your best practice on using digital tools in teaching languages, but you don't want to talk in front of teachers? You can still present and get a Certificate of Poster Presentation. Prepare a Power Point (or some other type) of presentation on digital teaching of languages you use in your own class. Upload it to the conference Padlet until 27th January 2022. Please note, presentation should be in English. We will consider only the presentations about digital teaching of languages best practice. Please do not upload any theoretical articles. Looking forward to circling all the teaching ideas. Participate in MentimeterShare your thoughts and ideas about teaching languages using different digital tools on Mentimeter. We will present the answers at the 22nd Pan-EU Conference on Digital Education. By creating this collection of thoughts and ideas you help the community of teachers to grow. The results will be also published in the Pan-EU Conference on Digital Education Facebook group. Benefit from project TwinspaceLong Tail partnership will offer several free professional development opportunities in 2022. Some in English, some in German language. To pursue our goal of increasing accessibility of international professional development for language teachers we established a Twinspace. An online community of teachers aimed at communicating, collaborating, and developing projects. Join the Long Tail Twinspace and benefit from:
We are grateful to all the teachers who contribute to the Pan-European Conference on Digital Education community. A community is a family you choose.
 A free handbook with teaching cases, exercises, and implementation hacks. Engage your students through flipped learning. Read the book if you want to:
Flipped classrooms are more and more used among teachers of different educational levels. The word flipped implies the replacement of traditional schoolwork and homework. In a flipped classroom, the teacher facilitates student collaboration and problem solving at school. At home, students watch teacher instruction using different digital tools and videos and complete reading or some other type of learning activity. Although the use of flipped methodology is increasing, many teachers still hesitate because of the belief that a teacher needs high ICT skills in order to flip the class. With the Flipped Classroom Handbook we show that high digital skills are not necessary. Many low technology activities create an engaged flipped classroom with real life problems which motivate students for learning. To help teachers implement a flipped classroom in a flexible way with respect to their level of professional development we developed three ways of flipping the class: Moon, Mars, and Jupiter. The three ways help teachers and students become accustomed to a flipped classroom gradually in order to prevent technology overwhelming either teachers or students.
The handbook is a result of an international partnership under the FACTIVE project, KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practice, KA202 - Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training, Grant Agreement: 2020-1-PT01-KA202-078344. The FACTIVE project aims to enhance the quality and relevance of the learning offer in Textile and Clothing VET training by developing an innovative learning approach to improve the level and the assessment of learners’ competences and equalize the VET training quality to the modern, creative and innovative needs of the current Textile and Clothing industry in Europe.
 Date: 16th December 2021 from 15:00 to 16:30 Central European Time (Brussels Time) Location: Live streaming on Facebook page Erasmus+ Courses by Primera and YouTube channel Erasmus by Primera. The Conference is free of charge, held in English. The programme: Presentation of the Newest Handbook: Flipped Classroom - Reinvent Your Teaching Practice Dr Blanka Tacer & Monika Legnar, STEP Institute, Erasmus+ Courses by Primera The Importance of Encouraging Students for Entrepreneurship Vedrana Šarec, Craft and Industrial School Županja iDoceo: Teacher Gradebook and Planner App David Seguí Insa, Colegio José Arnauda, Alicante VET Education and Climate Action Project Branko Rumenović, Bernardin Frankopan Grammar and Vocational School, Ogulin Welcome to join. Share and invite also your teacher colleagues to join. Participants will be able to receive a certificate of attendance upon request. The Pan-European Conference on Digital Education is a monthly event. Usually delivered on the last Thursday in month. Apply as a presenter: share your teaching case and show other teachers how you use different digital tools in your teaching practice. Apply as a participant: follow this international learning event in which teachers share their best practice. If you want to use your Erasmus+ grant this fall, welcome to join our confirmed courses in Ljubljana:
  Last week, FACTIVE consortium met for the conclusion of some of the IOs and advance on the next ones. First journey began with the hosting partner, MODATEX, presenting their facilities. Then, the journey continued with an additional transnational project meeting where several aspects were discussed. Communication, presented by AEI Tèxtils; quality, presented by Cre.Thi.Dev., and management aspects, among others. Also, the IO6 - FACIVE Community Practice was updated by CIAPE. Then, the consortium focused on the validation of the IO2, the FACTIVE learning methodology. STEP institute conducted a theoretical and a simulation case that enabled the partners to experiment, to check and to give the final validation to the IO. Also, an update of the IO4 - FACTIVE Handbook, that will include guidelines for VET trainees, experts, and companies in how to apply this FACTIVE flipped classroom methodology (IO2), was presented by CITEVE. The discussion and clarification of the next steps of this IO concluded on the last day of the event. The second day was about the IO3 – FACTIVE training toolkit validation. This IO consists in a Massive Online Open Classroom (MOOC) that will be the platform where students and trainers will learn, improve, and evaluate knowledge and skills. Link Campus University gave a theoretical lesson on flipped classroom and the ways of making it attractive as well as the chance to consortium to check and review the platform. The last session, as mentioned, focused on the IO4 and the IO5 – Compendium of pilot testing reports. The IO4 discussions concluded after a workshop dynamized by CITEVE. The Institut de Terrassa conducted a discussion about the definition, tasks, and responsibilities about the IO5, that will compile several pilot trials of the whole FACTIVE flipped classroom experience.  FACTIVE partners during the IO4 workshop. The FACTIVE project is advancing on its own objectives successfully and the partnership agrees on the quality task everyone is doing, giving specific value to the communication and confidence among all of them.
For more information: factive@gmail.com - factiveproject.eu - Instagram - Linkedin  Date: 18th November 2021 at 15:00 Central European Time (Brussels Time) Location: Live streaming on Facebook page Erasmus+ Courses by Primera and YouTube channel Erasmus by Primera. The Conference is free of charge, held in English. It is a part of an Erasmus+ project Career guidance in working life (2018-1-NO01-KA204-038870). The conference will be dedicated to trainers and teachers, from kindergarten to adult education, and other people interested in the field of professional and personal development, career guidance, and the connection between adult education and formal education. The programme: Individual Placement and Support: Practical Implementation of the IPS Method Frode Heieren, Fonix Re-Authoring the Future: How Narrative Affects our Work and Life Petra Založnik, STEP Institute Applying Practical Activities: Creative Facilitation Tânia Espírito-Santo, Citeve Teaching Important Life and Professional Skills: Erasmus+ Project Mojca Vukovič, Ljudska univerza Rogaška Slatina Welcome to join as participants. Share and invite also your teacher colleagues to join. Participants will be able to receive a certificate of attendance upon request. The Pan-European Conference on Digital Education is a monthly event. Usually delivered on the last Thursday in month, but this time it will happen on the 18th of November. Make sure not to miss it. This year we still have two confirmed courses in Ljubljana, if you want to use your Erasmus+ grant by the end of the year. Join two interactive learning experience with supportive trainers.
 FREE WEBINAR with Dr Albert & Leonida Mrgole, therapists and parents of four children. Date: 8 November 2021 at 20:00 Central European Time (Brussels Time) Location: Live streaming on Facebook page Erasmus+ Courses by Primera and YouTube channel Erasmus by Primera. Adolescence is the last period before adulthood. In this period, children are developing mentally, physically and emotionally. It is not an easy task for them, so it is very important that they have us parents for support. Parents who wouldn’t fall even in the strongest hurricane. That's why it is especially important that we, as adults, maintain a connection during this period. Even if we don’t always agree with our adolescents, even if they are cross lines and sometimes do silly things. In this webinar, we will talk about the experiences of parents, our own above all. You will learn:
The webinar is free of charge, held in English. Warmly welcome teachers and parents. Send this invitation to other parents who might be interested to join. Albert and Leonida, authors of the book Connect with Your Teenager, are successful and well known therapists in the field of parenting and family relationships. They organize numerous workshops for parents and couples. They have been working in this field for over 20 years and are known for leading unforgettable events. Albert has a PhD in sociology and studied psychology, doing fieldwork with marginal youth in a residential care institution. He developed a program for rescuing school dropouts, which received the European Innovation Award. He has been a practicing psychotherapist since 2003. Albert initially trained in systemic family therapy, and he and Leonida continued their studies with Imago clinical therapy techniques and began working as co-therapists. Leonida is a trained reflex therapist and learned about psychology and parenting techniques “in the field.” Also, check Primera's Erasmus+ Courses for teachers and trainers.
This year we still have two confirmed courses in Ljubljana, if you want to use your Erasmus+ grant by the end of the year. Join two interactive learning experience with supportive trainers.
 Date: 28th October 2021 at 15:00 Central European Time (Brussels Time) Location: Live streaming on Facebook page Erasmus+ Courses by Primera and YouTube channel Erasmus by Primera. The Conference is free of charge, held in English. The programme: 15:00 - 15:30 Bringing Football to the Classroom Andreas Holtberget & Zdravko Stojkoski, EuroClio 15:30 - 15:50 The Impact of the Virtual Learning Platform EDUKA on the Academic Performance of Primary School Children Irina Kliziene, Kaunas University of Technology 15:50 - 16:10 Creating, Sharing and Reusing Interactive H5P Content in Mathematics Igor Bogdanoski, Primary School Blaže Koneski Prilep 16:10 - 16:30 Project Based Learning: The Roman Narona Daily Life in Ancient Rome Zorana Vekić, Secondary School Metković Welcome to join either as presenter or as participant. Share and invite also your teacher colleagues to join. Participants will be able to receive a certificate of attendance upon request. The Pan-European Conference on Digital Education is a monthly event. Usually delivered on the last Thursday in month. Apply as a presenter: share your teaching case and show other teachers how you use different digital tools in your teaching practice. Apply as a participant: follow this international learning event in which teachers share their best practice. If you want to use your Erasmus+ grant this fall, welcome to join our confirmed courses in Ljubljana:
 Date: 30th September 2021 at 15:00 Central European Time (Brussels Time) Location: Live streaming on Facebook page Erasmus+ Courses by Primera and YouTube channel Erasmus by Primera. The Conference is free of charge, held in English. The Programme: The impact of Artificial Intelligence in Education Nada Ratković, Srednja strukovna škola bana Josipa Jelačića Sinj Artificial Intelligence in Practice: Jukebox Waste Sorting Machine Pavlinka Veljanoska, OOU Goce Delcev Europe Code Week - How to Use Coding in Teaching Vedrana Šarec, Craft and Industrial School Županja More Nature in Our Classroom - STEM Activities with Plants Mimoza Sulaj, Emin Duraku School Welcome to join either as presenter or as participant. Share and invite also your teacher colleagues to join. Participants will be able to receive a certificate of attendance upon request. The Pan-European Conference on Digital Education is a monthly event. Usually delivered on the last Thursday in month. Apply as a presenter: share your teaching case and show other teachers how you use different digital tools in your teaching practice. Apply as a participant: follow this international learning event in which teachers share their best practice. If you want to use your Erasmus+ grant this fall, welcome to join our confirmed courses in Ljubljana:
 International learning with its diversity is an irreplaceable experience for every teacher. It provides insights into different teaching practices across Europe. Thanks to international learning teachers are able to network with other teachers and bring international dimension to every single student.
Let's say you are a teacher in Croatia. You are committed to project-based learning. This evening you are drafting a new project based learning experience for your students. Topic: circular economy. Thanks to international learning experience you are able to create a project in which you include an entrepreneur from Italy who is making mushrooms out of coffee waste, an architect from Denmark who creates circular buildings, and a young student from France who is making beer out of bread. Sounds inspiring? Yes! Sounds impossible? Yes! Or not if your continuous professional development includes international learning. Such dreams are possible if training providers across Europe work together. Cooperate to support teachers in delivering real teaching for the 21st century where creativity and collaboration leads success. Erasmus+ Teacher Academies aims just that. Unite teacher training providers. Join forces to strengthen international learning for teachers. In Primera Courses and Step Institute we are strongly motivated to contribute to Erasmus+ Teacher Academies projects which will search for answers that are burning in our hearts for a long, long time. Let’s see some of the important questions and barriers that prevent teachers from fully benefiting from international learning within the Erasmus+ projects. We hope that Erasmus+ Teacher Academies in which we will participate as partners will bring answers. #1 Embracing multilingualism. Digitalization in education during pandemic is stronger than ever. So is the need of supporting teachers in digital and international endeavours. European Union alongside the teaching organizations community offers countless international learning opportunities for teachers. But those opportunities are not accessible to all teachers because of the language barrier. Most of the international learning opportunities are in English. Consequently, teachers with lack of English language skills resist participation in international learning or they cannot fully benefit from it. By answering to this gap more teachers will create projects as mentioned above as is the case with the circular economy. #2 Creating networks and communities of practice. If communities of practice are led top down, they tend to become slow. Consequently inactive and failing to support teachers. With digitalization we are able to create an agile teaching community with engaging international events on a regular basis. Agility allows us to answer quickly on all the initiations which come directly from teachers. With digitalization it is also easy to connect teachers and share their best practices. Collaborating this way is much more sustainable compared to collaboration which is alive only during the project lifetime. #3 Teaching 21st century skills. Initiative, creativity, collaboration, leadership, flexibility etc is impossible to teach isolated. Having a teacher who will bring international collaboration directly into a classroom is like cooking Chinese before going to China. It gives students a feeling of real life and it develops skills they will need in the future regardless of their choice of a career. Ready to innovate, share and engage. Erasmus+ Teacher Academies welcome! Contact us for partnership inquiries within Erasmus+ Teacher Academies: blanka@step-institute.org. 2021 call deadline: 7 September. |
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