Erasmus+ KA1 Courses

From Bee Bot to the Modern Programmable Robots

Teacher training on STEAM Education and more.

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Let food be your medicine, and medicine be your food” Hippocrates

Description

STEAM is the acronym that stands for five academic disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. Rather than teach each area separately, STEAM education integrates these disciplines for use in real-life applications. The course focuses on enriching STEAM secondary education curriculum through innovative activities for students, expanding available learning and teaching resources as well as enriching educator’s skills on engaging and motivating their students. This course is a kind of teacher training course which aims to support school staff with a new and innovative teaching approach methodologies proved and wide accepted by education community. Our flexible and collaborative courses are created by leading experts and experienced educators. Whether you are newly qualified, an experienced teacher or a STEAM Ambassador, we’ll help you engage, inspire and progress the learning of your pupils and students. We’ll support you to reflect on your practice and take what you learn back into the classroom. At the end of the project, Participants receives “An INNOTOMIA STEAM Training Certificate” that verifies the development of new pedagogical and didactical approaches based on educational technologies towards STEAM in education.

Approach

The course will combine theory input and discussion with analysis of practical cases with the purpose of finding out different possible solutions. The methodology used is mainly content-based language instruction (communication through specific content), text discussion, oral presentation and discussion, role-playing, self- and meta-reflection, debating and group interaction will be the strategies more frequently used. In practice, we use: technical study visits to local private and public institutions, meetings with local professionals to exchange good practices, job shadowing experiences, workshops to introduce new .

Learning Outcomes

Gain expertise on training techniques to develop striking projects based on STEAM, know about state of the art tools, learn how to set up an effective and safe STEAM laboratory, where the educator can use appropriate technologies to attract student’s interest and maximize their performance as learning is a process of active engagement with experience. Further you learn how to develop a school policy plan on coding and robotics in an effective and innovative way, structure your learning objectives based on STEAM, find out ways to encourage the students to code and create their own robots in the scope of blended learning, understand the importance of group dynamic and being creative and innovative, expand your ICT skills and make use of various Web 2.0 Technology tools and programmes and final adapt new and innovative tools and methods to your teaching & learning cases & contexts. The educational material is based on successful contemporary innovative techniques on STEAM and is provided free to all learners in a form of a practical implementation manual-textbook. The ultimate aim is to create tools for learners which will strengthen STEAM knowledge on a modern school at European level.

Programm

DAY 1 

Welcome, Introduction and ice-breaking, needs  analysis and goal setting 

DAY 2 

The importance of STEAM education 

STEAM and Innovation Test Cases 

DAY 3 

Learning activities for students (Blended learning and project based learning example demonstration.) STEAM-rich interfering activities 

DAY 4 

STEAM classroom teaching and learning resources Enhancing and Reforming STEAM curricula, pedagogy  and assessment, practical exercises, digital  storytelling, creating and designing. 

DAY 5 

STEAM communication and collaboration in individual  and group practical activities. Rethink your classroom  according to STEAM. - Course Evaluation First Week 

DAY 6 

Guided tour in local attraction (on request)

DAY 7 

Free Day (departure of participants attending the  basic course). 

DAY 8 

Promoting effective STEAM Education in educational  organisations. Strengthening partnerships with local  community and innovative companies – Study Visits in selected companies 

DAY 9 

Enhancing Professional Development of Schools and  Teachers. Motivating and engaging students in the  STEAM – Study Visit in Schools Workshops 

DAY 10 

Career counselling, providing guidance for STEAM  students How can I use gained knowledge & tools in  practice? - Museum of Science and Technology UoP 

DAY 11 

Developing Action Plans - Project-based learning  courses / Hands-on product training courses2 Course Evaluation Second Week 

DAY 12 

Feedback and certificates - Departure of participants.

Cultural Programm.

In the northwestern part of Peloponnese, the city of Patras is the capital of the region and an important commercial port of the country. The newArchaeological Museum of Patras, the church of Saint Andrew and the Fortress of Rio are some of the attractions visitors must see, while a strollalong the Rio-Antirio Bridge is a unique experience, along with participatingat Patras carnival cultural events. There are many points of interest in this region including the Vouraikos Canyon and the rack railway, the Monastery of Agia Lavra and the Monastery of Megalo Spileo (Big Cave), the Cave of the Lakes and the Museum of Sacrifice bythe People of Kalavryta. The main attraction in popular Kalavryta is the skiresort.

We Support You.

If you are interested in submitting any kind Erasmus+ KA1 project proposal, we support you in preparing and submitting the application to your National Agency.  We have developed a set of guidelines for the preparation of the KA1 e-form, which we provide with no additional fee.  All the activities andservices are fully covered by the grant received by Erasmus+ if the project is approved.

We are Flexible.

We act as receiving organization and accept students, teachers and staff any time of the year.  Courses are offered in corresponding target group format.  Each course is structured so that it ispossible to attend the basic level (20 hours in 6 days) or the advanced level(40 hours in 12 days).  Courses are offered starting from March to November.

We Certify our Courses.

Innotomia is an expert and skillful training organization, using educators with vast exercisein the field of initial, continuous and permanent Vocational Training.  We certify every mobility experience with the issueof Europass Mobility certification and a certificate of attendance.

COURSES

20-24 Mar 2023

10-14 April 2023

24-28 April 2023

15-19 May 2023

22-27 May 2023

12-16 June 2023

26-30 June 2023

10-14 July 2023

24-28 July 2023

COSTS

Course fee

€ 340,00/week

Accommodation

HB SR: € 85,00/day

HB DR: € 60,00/day/part

FB SR: € 95,00/day

FB DR: € 80,00/day/part

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