Participants for GO! Atheneum Brakel : Katrien De Schepper,
Christelle Soil, Katty De Vos, Lieselot Herremans, Carla De Pessemier en Jolien
Verliefde.
Host school
: INETE Lissabon, Travessa da Escola Araújo nº15, Lisboa
The entire group with a
representation of 28 participants worked together in INETE school in Lisbon
during this training week. We were warmly welcomed in our host school from
March 6 to March 10 for even more collaboration and initiatives in digital
education.
On Monday, March 6, we became
acquainted with the Portuguese education system and how this school has taken
care of its students during COVID, and what digital resources they have used
for this.
Moodle was, among other things,
the platform with which teachers gave their students digital assignments. The
operation of this free platform was explained in detail and a number of
assignments were ready for the group to experience how this platform works.
During subsequent workshops,
under the supervision of the electromechanics students and Mr. Nirav and Jorge,
we made a design of the undercarriage for a car using the Autocad program,
followed by Fusion 360. Both enthusiastic teachers also demonstrated how to
print different parts with 3D printer.
They also gave a demonstration with the
laser and cutter.
The next day the workshops “digital
tools for teaching” were on the program. Patricia and Cheila, two very dynamic
Portuguese teachers, demonstrated all kinds of digital tools that can be used
during the lessons: Wordwall, Animaker, Fakebook, Duolingo,Edpuzzle, ChatGPT
and many other examples.
During the cultural program in
Lisbon we visited Obidos, a very famous colorful fortress village with numerous
alleys with small white houses painted with the typical blue and yellow borders
around doors and windows. In Sintra we visited the castle and the beautiful
gardens under the expert guidance of Cristina, coordinator of this project. We
also visited the coastal villages of Cascaïs and Nazaré, known for its high
waves and very popular with surfers. We were also introduced to typical Portuguese
dishes and Fado music. During a visit to the Fado Museum in the Alfama
district, we were introduced to the history of this passionate, sometimes sad
music associated with Portugal.
The coordinators of this Erasmus+ project also met to
prepare for the submission of the final dossier and to arrange other
administrative matters. This perfectly organized and very instructive training
week ended with the presentation of the certificates. INETE's teachers gave us
a fantastic experience, not only educationally but also culturally,
gastronomically and socially.
