February mobility on Belgium

On the second week of February a group of teachers from Portugal, Island and Greece went to Brakel, Belgium, to participate in the ERASMUS PROJECT DIGI.R.E.DI.L, at GO Atheneum Brakel school, where several ways to use alternative learning techniques and methods to motivate the students were discussed.

On the first day, 7th of February, we made a school tour to understand how some classes are taught in the school. We learned some techniques used by some teachers and how they use the kids interests to motivate them in class, especially during the pandemic home stay.

On day two, 8th of February, it was utilized 3D printing program, TinkerCad, where we worked and learned some techniques and printed objects that ourselves had created.

On day tree, 9th of February, we visited Bruges, a mediaeval city. We made a tour, with a guide, that explained us the story and the landmarks of the city, especially Flemish and Maximiliano history. We made a tour by The Beguinage (Begijnhof), where the nuns and some widows live, and had a glimpse of the European movement of the Beguines in the Middle Ages. We also visited the Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan museum, where it was explained how the beer is produced, packed and delivered.

On the 10th of February we returned to the school to learn how to use technology produced by other entities, as video games, in classes. The use of games has been shown as a good complement to add to books, especially in some areas that are very exploited and studied by game producers, like history, civilization and languages. With that in mind, we produced and played some games that could be used in class, with virtual reality glasses.

On February 11th, we learned some techniques of transformation from 3D to 2D, using TinkerCad, to produce our own VR-Glasses, with Laser-Cutting techniques, that could be assembled in 3D forms. We took a virtual tour of the school, a tactic that the school applied to introduce it to new kids and families. We also use a virtual App and posters (Curiscope t-shirt and curiscope multiverse posters) visualizing the 3D forms of planets and human organs and we talked about the several applications and matters of these techniques.

Catarina Correia