CALENDAR

PROJECT CALENDAR

 

 

	On the students’ blog	On moodle, etc.
09/08	Getting to know each other.	Implementation of moodle platform the forums and the.
10/08	Students’ module: “About me.	Teachers’ training module: “E-learning as a global educational resource”: discussions
11/08	Students’ module: “Free time activities in the different countries”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “E-learning platforms in general”: discussions about e-learning; growth, general aspects,  educational value and of the most common  open source platforms.   First project meeting in Portugal: detailed planning of the project.
12/08	Students’ module: “: “About my school: part 1”. ”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Creating a virtual classroom on the Moodle platform, part 1”: how to create a virtual classroom; how to use the forums; how to create a glossary.   Students will create accounts on the virtual classroom; familiarize with the environment; learn about forums as educational resources and use the moodle forums to discuss their first impact with the platform; create some brief glossaries of a topic of their choice (every school may choose a different topic).
01/09	Students’ module : “About my school: part 2” : students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Creating a virtual classroom on the Moodle platform, part 2”: teachers will use the moodle platform to create: sample lessons; tests and assignments (open questions, close tests, true-false test, etc.); evaluation and self-evaluation grids; sample wikies.   Students will carry out the sample lesson and activities; self-evaluate their work; be informed about their results and evaluation criteria.
02/09	Students’ module: “My favourite film” students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Blogs as communicative and educational resources”: teachers will learn the general features of blogs and gain an overview of the most widely used blog publishing platforms and  blog formats/types (personal, professional (e-portfolio), community, etc.).Teachers will inform-learn (according to their expertise) about blogging, create sample blogs or update their existing ones, sharing them with the colleagues.
03/09	Students’ module: : “My favourite novel/book: part 1”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Web 2 tools as global educational resources”: overview of the most widely used Web 2 tools as communicative and educational resources: videoconferencing tools; videocasting tools; screencasting tools; podcasting tools; photosharing tools; internet phone services, etc.   teachers will inform-learn (according to their expertise) about the above mentioned Web 2 tools, experiment their use with the other colleagues and make their students experiment them with their peers, having arranged students communication sessions with some schools in the partnership (according to the schools’ timetables).   Project Meeting in Constanta and Targoviste, Romania (beginning of March).
04/09	Students’ module: : “My favourite novel/book: part 2”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “designing e-lessons for adult learners”: teachers will discuss how  to design e-lessons (content organization, activities, evaluation, technical aspects) on the dedicated page of the teachers forums.   Optional modules: all schools, according to their possibilities/expectations will follow one or more optional modules, in collaboration with colleagues of the same discipline in the partnership. Such modules will be carried out from April 2009 to March 2010, with the exception of the summer months.   Contents have already generally been agreed, but will be detailed after the approval of the various institutions and the first Project Meeting. Subjects: European Literature; European History Maths, Sciences, English, ICT, Social Studies, Economics, IT, Electronics, Statistics.   Every school participate in one/different  module(s) and in a general discussion about them (designing; type of activities, results, evaluation etc).   To contribute variety and action research into the partnership, teachers will strive to create (or make the students create) or adopt motivating  activities and applications, such as: power point presentations, c-map tools. webquests, online questionnaires, etc.; web 2 tools, and resort to as many evaluation  procedures as possible: summative, formative, objective, subjective students self-assessment.   Teachers will create or re-elaborate existing modules on their disciplines and deliver them to their students; collaborate with all colleagues on general issues related to the modules; collaborate more specifically with colleagues of the same discipline and arrange parallel sessions with them and their students;   Students will: contribute to the creation of modules-if applicable; follow the modules; self-assess their work, be evaluated and informed about evaluation procedures, discuss their work, outcomes etc. with their peers and teachers.   Project Meeting in Spain (end of April).
05/09	Students’ module: “About my town/country, part 1”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “teaching different subjects with massive use of ICT part 1”: teachers will discuss how ICT can be best used to convey disciplinary contents and exchange info about specific programmes applications. The discussion will be carried out on the dedicated page of the teachers’ blog.   Parallel Learning e-modules (see above). Optional modules: see above.
06/09	Students’ module: “About my town/country, part 2”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: teaching different subjects to adult learners with massive use of ICT part 2”: teachers will discuss how ICT can be best used to convey disciplinary contents and exchange info about specific programmes applications. The discussion will be carried out on the dedicated page of the teachers’ blog. Optional modules: see above.
07/09	Getting in touch over the summer and free discussions	Getting in touch over the summer and free discussions
08/09	Getting in touch over the summer holiday; free discussions	Getting in touch over the summer holiday; free discussions Project meeting in Norway (25th-30th): only for coordinating teachers (not for students).
09/09	Students’ module: : “Traditions in my town/country: part 1: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Student’s centred lessons”: teachers will discuss student’s centred versus teachers’ centred approach, and how ICT can contribute in involving students’ participation more”. The discussion will be carried out on the dedicated page of the teachers’ forums.   Optional modules: (see above)
10/09	Students’ module:  : “Traditions in my town/country: part 2”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog.. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Learning styles” teachers will discuss students’ learning styles theories, with special regards to adult education, and how ICT can contribute in enhancing students’ abilities and talents and memory retention. The discussion will be carried out on the dedicated page of the teachers’ forums.   Optional modules: see above.   Project Meeting in Riga (Latvia).
11/09	Students’ module: “My own blog/portfolio to know me better”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Motivation”: teachers will discuss motivation theories with special regard to adult education, and how ICT can contribute in enhancing students’ motivation. The discussion will be carried out on the dedicated page of the teachers’ forums.   Optional modules: see above.
12/09	Students’ module: “Integration at my school”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog describe their schools. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Assessment”: teachers will discuss assessment theories with special regard to adult education, and practices and ICT applications that can be used to create ethero-self evaluation grids, charts, etc. The discussion will be carried out on the dedicated page of the teachers’ forums.   Optional modules: see above.
01/10	Students’ module: “Keeping healthy and fit”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Inclusion of adult learners and drop out prevention” teachers will discuss inclusion and drop out prevention policies with special regard to adult education, and how ICT can contribute in reducing the phenomenon “.The discussion will be carried out on the dedicated page of the teachers’ forums.   Optional modules: see above.
02/10	Students’ module: “European stereotypes: part 1”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “Integrating disadvantaged adult learners” teachers integration policies and how ICT can contribute in creating  more inclusive school systems“. The discussion will be carried out on the dedicated page of the teachers’ forums.   Optional modules: see above.   Project Meeting in Portugal.
03/10	Students’ module: : “European stereotypes: part 2”: students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ training module: “School systems in the different countries with special regard to adult education,”; teachers will discuss their school systems and adult education didactic offer to focus on strong points that can be transferred in other systems”. The discussion will be carried out on the dedicated page of the teachers’ forums.   Optional modules: see above.
04/10	Students’ module: “European etiquette” students will follow a lesson plan that will be uploaded on the dedicated page on the student’s blog. Afterwards students will post messages on the same topic, to comment the lesson or add extra contents.	Teachers’ traning module: “Summing us this experience” teachers  will write comments about the development of project so far, on the dedicated page of the teachers’ forums.   Revision and validation of all e-materials: object learning, blog, etc.   Project meeting in Sweden.
05/10	Students’ module: “Summing up this experience” students will write comments about the development of the project so far, on the dedicated page of the students’ blog.	Revision and validation of all e-materials: object learning, blog, etc.
06/10	Students’ module: “Summing up this experience” students will write comments about the development of the project so far, on the dedicated page of the students’ blog.	Reports of results and final evaluation.   Project Meeting in Viterbo (Rome) and Rovereto, Italy (first week in June).
07/10		Reports of results and final evaluation.