Day 1
(18:00 – 20:00)
Welcome to Leiria, Portugal (Organization and hotel check in)
– Participant arrival.
– Registration at the Hotel.
– Presentation of the course, the trainers and participants.
– Getting to know each other.
– Individual orientation and information about the venue and the city.
20:00 – Welcome dinner
Day 2
(09:00 – 13:00)
09:00 – Meeting at the Hotel Reception.
– Reflecting on 21st Century Competencies.
– Why use eTwinning to achieve the Key Competences?
– Presenting eTwinning as a tool that helps the teaching and learning process.
– Introducing the eTwinning Portal.
– Exploring the portal. Find out how inspirational it can be.
13:00 – Lunch
(14:00 – 20:00) – Cultural activities/Study Visits. Full Pack
14:00 – Visit to Fátima Full Pack
16:30 – Visit Monastery of Batalha Full Pack
17:30 – Free time for shopping. Full Pack
20:00 – Dinner at Batalha – Portuguese food and wines. Full Pack
Day 3
(09:00 – 13:00)
– Introducing the different spaces in eTwinning Live.
– Edit your own profile.
– Meet other teachers.
– Use the mailbox.
– Use the Chat and Video Tools.
13:00 – Lunch
(14:00 – 17:00) – Cultural activities/Study Visits
14:00 – Reception in City Council of Leiria.
15:00 – Visit to the Castle of Leiria.
16:00 – Visit to museum MIMO.
Day 4
(09:00 – 13:00)
– Exploring eTwinning Live.
– Learning about events. Exploring the event’s tool. Promote one event.
– Learning about Groups. How to participate? How to build one?
– Learning Self Teaching Materials. Exploring.
– Learning about the Professional Development opportunities in eTwinning.
– Projects showcase – Portuguese teachers will show their eTwinning projects. (the process and the tools they have used)
13:00 – Lunch
(14:00 – 20:00) – Cultural activities/Study Visits. Full Pack
14:00 – Visit to the beach Praia do Norte Full Pack
16:00 – Free time in Nazaré town Full Pack
20:00 – Dinner (beachfront) Full Pack
Day 5
(09:00 – 13:00)
– Tips and hints for a successful eTwinning project.
– How to build an eTwinning project?
– Looking for inspiration by using the tools in the platform.
– Looking for partners and meeting partners with the tools in the platform.
– Building and presenting an idea to the group and/or to Europe through the forums.
13:00 – Lunch
Day 6
(09:00 – 13:00)
– Planning a project. All the stages to achieve a good plan.
– Start a project – How to use collaborative tools such as Google Drive when starting a project.
– Exploring different tools (web 2.0 tools included) that help and implement collaboration while building a project.
– Explore different web 2.0 tools to use in eTwinning Projects. (Padlet, Answergarden, Titanpad, Kahoot, Powtoon, Socrative, Canva, StickyMoose and others)
13:00 – Lunch
(14:00 – 16:00)
– The Twinspace – How to use it? How to take full advantage of it? How to use the web 2.0 tools in the Twinspace?
– Presenting the eTwinning project to the group. Peer discussion.
20:00 – Farewell Dinner
Day 7
(10:00 – 13:00)
– Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities.
– Dissemination Strategies.
– Course roundup and final evaluation.
– Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony.
– Participants departure.