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.
– Introduction to the course syllabus;
– Human body senses and the way the sensorial information “travel” in our body;
– Laboratory of the Senses: technology and ways of using plug and play sensors;
– Principles and practices of meaningful learning;
– Learning challenges integrated into the curriculum: some examples.
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)
– Exploration of the Laboratory of the Senses technology (sensors and software) through experimentation of provided learning challenges.
– Learn how sensors work (Temperature, Light, Movement/Speed, Sound, Pressure, Weight and Hearth Rate).
– Discussion about the possible scenarios to implement these learning challenges in different school levels and several pedagogical contexts.
– Identification of potentialities in different curriculum subjects.
– Meaningful learning applied to several curriculum item’s.
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)
– Exploration of the Laboratory of the Senses technology (sensors and software) through experimentation of provided learning challenges.
– Learn how sensors work (Temperature, Light, Movement/Speed, Sound, Pressure, Weight and Hearth Rate).
– Discussion about the possible scenarios to implement these learning challenges in different school levels and several pedagogical contexts.
– Identification of potentialities in different curriculum subjects.
– Meaningful learning applied to several curriculum item’s.
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)
– Development of learning challenges and related resources (continuing).
– Trialling of the developed learning challenges.
– Upload of produced resources to the web-based course platform.
13:00 – Lunch
Day 6
(09:00 – 13:00)
– Trialling of the developed learning challenges.
– Upload of produced resources to the web-based course platform.
13:00 – Lunch
(14:00 – 16:00)
– Work presentation and sharing of resources, and assessment of participants.
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.