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Progetto “Una scuola per i cittadini del 21esimo secolo”

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Cognome: DI SERIO Nome:_MARIA CELESTINA Corso: JOB SHADOWING WITH ETWINNING PARTNER EDUCATIONAL- DIGITAL TOOLS Ente ospitante: 3rd Veroia Junior High School data: 26/03 – 30/03/2018 Paese: VERIA, GRECIA

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Preface

Having a job shadowing experience with my eTwinning partner was a stimulating and excellent

experience that I will cherish forever. Before leaving we set up several meetings to explain the

Erasmus KA1 project. At first I was supposed to attend a course in London on digital tools but it got

cancelled. I went to an Erasmus+ conference in Milan where they talked about job shadowing and

then I discussed the possibility of doing one with my Greek partner. It was the best choice because I

learnt a lot of different digital tools and I got the opportunity to see my eTwinning partner and

discover her culture and country.

My eTwinning partner and Erasmus KA1 tutor in a job shadowing experience

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PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

MORNING 8:00 – 14:30

MORNING 3rd Veroia Junior High School Meeting with Principal and staff members 5 classes QR Generator from ClassTools.Net Socrative race game teacher/student QR treasure hunt – competition Intro to Powtoon 7 steps – How to become famous Eclasstool Plickers Literature Shakespeare quiz HP Reveal – aurasma (Augmented Reality) mobile devices, LMS (Open eClass) Windows Movie Maker Animoto, Powtoon, Videoscribe Sony Vegas pro

MORNING State Institute of Vocational Training in Veroia Visit of the town of Veria. Visit of the Ancient Greek and Roman ruins in the Archaeological Museum assisted by the students of “Museum and Archaeological sites Keepers” in the State Institute of Vocational Training in Veroia. The guided tour will be part of their training in narration and mediation techniques. Use of QR code Generators to add content about the site that can be accessed by mobile phones The Byzantine Museum of Veroia The Apostle Paul’s Tribune

MORNING 3rd Veroia Junior High School History – Prezi Myths and mythology LIM eclass Videos – Moviemaker, Animoto Immigration video and conference Augmented and Virtual reality HP reveal (former Aurasma) and Blippar to ZapparWorks, iScience, Elements4D that use augmented reality.

MORNING 4th Lyceum of Veroia Literature & Shakespeare eclass Video Coriolanus.. Debate

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The old Cathedral “ The architectural gem of Veria Monasteries & Pilgrimages Traditional Quarters – Kyriotissa and Pangia Dexia, Jewish Barbouta

LUNCH BREAK DEPARTURE

LUNCH BREAK Typical Greek Food

LUNCH BREAK Typical Greek Food

LUNCH BREAK Typical Greek Food

LUNCH BREAK Typical Greek Food

AFTERNOON Arrival at Thessaloniki airport and meeting with Erasmus coordinator/tutor Despoina Pavilou Bus ride to Veria Discussion of School system & students/ classes/schools eTwinning and possible projects in the future

AFTERNOON Visit in the town of Veria City Hall Library Ottoman period monuments Ancient Roman road – Via Egnatia

The Aliakmonas Mountain Vermio &Pieria open theater and a special place where people claim to see the figure of Alexander the Great himself curved on the gigantic rocks. Vergina (Aigai) The museum of the royal tombs Meeting with the staff and the students of “Museum and Archaeological sites Keepers” in the State Institute of Vocational Training in Veroia.

Workshop session on different tools Visit in the town of Veria

Visit to Thessaloniki University and city center

DINNER Typical Greek Meal

DINNER Typical Greek Meal

DINNER Typical Greek

Meal

DINNER Typical Greek Meal

Departure Typical Greek Meal and departure at

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22:40

Job shadowing in Veroia, Greece for Maria Celestina Di Serio Erasmus Coordinator/Tutor: Despoina Pavlidou

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GIORNO 1 Data 26/03/2018 I arrived at the airport of Thessaloniki on time and the Erasmus Coordinator/tutor of 3rd Veroia

Junior High School/ 4th Veria Lyceum was there to meet me - her name is Despoina Pavilou. She is a

very skilled English/History teacher and she is also an expert in Digital Technology Education. We

have been eTwinning partners since 2012 and she has visited Italy three times but this was my first

time in Veria, Greece.

We took a bus from Thessaloniki to Veria and had a discussion about the Greek school system and

how digital tools help inclusion and enhance collaboration and learning. In addition, we discussed a

possible future eTwinning project and also the extreme importance of digital competences in every

sector in particular education, culture and tourism needed for a prosperous 21st century European

citizenship. That night we had a very late dinner with an excellent greek salad, feta cheese, souvlaki

and fried courgettes with Tzaziki. The hotel the school booked was Hotel Elia in the city center near

the school.

Her classes – description – total 10 classes

5 classes 2 History classes and 3 English classes (12 hours per week) at the the 3rd Veroia Junior

High School. In this school she teaches the low levels and has many different cases. Some of the

students come from a lower income background and in her classrooms there are students coming

from other countries such as Romania and Bulgaria; contributing to the richness of cultural

diversity.. She has also special need students with autistic & dyslexic problems and other cognitive

issues. In one of her classes there is a girl in a wheelchair.

Class 1 – 23 students -

Class 2- 24 students –

Class 3 – 25 students -

Class 4 -24 students –

Class 5- 26 students -

3 English classes (8 hours per week) at the 4th Veria Lyceum. –

25 students in each class that are quite good

3 hours in 1 class - State Institute of Vocational Training in Veria – adult education

7 programmes in this school – she teaches in the tourism sector

1 class – 6 hours at University of Thessaloniki in Educational Robotics (Virtual Reality)

http://3gym-veroias.ima.sch.gr/autosch/joomla15/

http://iek-veroias.ima.sch.gr/

http://4lyk-veroias.ima.sch.gr/

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GIORNO 2 Data 27/03/2018

Despoina picked me up at 7:45 and we walked to school. We met the principal and other staff

members. Debbie has her own lab room. That day I met the pupils of the 3rd Veroia Junior High

School. The first 2 classes worked on a treasure-hunt game, a quest using mobile devices,

QRgenerator from ClassTools.Net and Socrative student as sites. I also participated in this quest

and it was really amazing to see that the group with the autistic student won. The students

collaborated and enjoyed what they were learning. The task included a series of quests that needed

the collaboration of the students in order to be completed - it was very competitive. They provided

feedback on the tools they had been using through the LMS (Open eClass) sending short texts and

chatting on-line with both supervisors in order to practice narration and mediation skills. Two classes

worked on digital narrative techniques and story-building workshop using multimedia and mobile

devices. They demonstrated what they have learnt and worked on planning their Powtoon – 7

steps on How to become famous. One class worked with Plickers answering questions regarding the

Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing and the last group worked on Augmented Reality from

their History books. It was really interesting to see how a student can expand a topic from a trigger

image by creating an overlap and what fascinated me the most was the fact that for people with

dyslexia or other learning disabilities this was an excellent way of learning. The kids were

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collaborating and really learning. I always believed that digital tools are a great way of learning and I

really got confirmation here.

Plickers is an awesome assessment tool that can be used to quickly assess the knowledge of your

students through multiple choice questions. Despoina showed me how to use Plickers in the

classroom and she showed me a demonstration of how she uses Plickers to answer questions in her

literature class.

The students worked in a lab with a white-interactive board, Wi-Fi hub and tablets. They used

simple software at first like Windows Movie Maker, on-line sites like Animoto, Powtoon,

Videoscribe and finally commercial ones like Sony Vegas pro that was purchased by the school

board for this purpose.

We finished school at 14:30 and then had a nice Greek lunch in a typical restaurant. I had fried squid,

Greek salad, grilled vegetables, and dessert. After we went for a nice walk to admire the city center

and its shops. We also had a very good coffee in a nice coffee shop.

We had a late dinner with souvlaki and salad and called it a day.

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GIORNO 3

Data 28/03/2018

This was an amazing day dedicated to the importance of digital tools such as QR codes in the tourism

industry.

The students of “Museum and Archaeological sites Keepers” in the State Institute of Vocational

Training in Veria used QR code Generators to add content about the site that can be accessed by

mobile phones that do not require Internet accessibility. They took us on a tour and were our guides

in the older part of the town. This town is really worth visiting because of the traditional architecture

and landscape. It took the City Council about two decades to restore the two parts of the town that

best show its history from the 15th to the 19th century. They include the old fortifications, late-

Byzantine churches and houses. Some are well preserved and can be visited but others can only be

seen from the paved and cobbled streets. Spring is perhaps the best time to visit Veria and I took a

lot of photographs. The tour included a fair part of old churches. The students of “Museum and

Archaeological sites Keepers” in the State Institute of Vocational Training had arranged the routes.

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GIORNO 4

Data 29/03/2018

I assisted the second part of the workshop in the 3rd Veroia High School regarding Augmented and

Virtual reality in History and Foreign Language lessons. The students had been trained to produce

their own material related to narration, like videos and sound recordings and they incorporated this

material in “trigger” images in their text books so that they can be accessed by mobile devices. They

used HP reveal (former Aurasma) and Blippar to incorporate the material. They also quickly

explained ZapparWorks, iScience, Elements4D, Quiver that use augmented reality. I really enjoyed

her History lesson on Greek Mythology. She has all her digital tools and material in her e-class. Later

that morning there was a conference in their auditorium on Immigration. The students had prepared

wonderful drawings and slogans on this topic – Mare Nostrum. The Principal and the Art teacher

gave a very touching speech on this issue and explained how the Greeks immigrated to the USA and

all their hardships through a short video. They also asked me about my family’s story as I am the

daughter of two Italian parents who immigrated to Canada in search for a better life. This experience

was touching, enriching and very emotional.

After a very intense morning we had a great Greek lunch with lamb, etc.. After lunch we had a nice

walk in the city center and then went to Despoina’s house to revise all the things we did together

and she explained into detail Quiver, HP Reveal, QR treasure hunt etc…

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GIORNO 5 Data 30/03/2018

The last day I job shadowed her in the 4th Lyceum of Veria “Shakespeare in Literature”, “The

dynamics of Literary narrative in Politics”, “Ethics and Politics” are the main issues she dealt with in

her 3 classes of senior students. She used digital tools to present each issue and to debate over it.

We finished watching Coriolanus and then they opened a debate and discussion. She used projector,

PCs, mobile devices and work in labs. They also used video presentations, audio recordings to create

a collaborative thesis on each topic. also using Google drive to enhance collaboration and Plickers.

At 16:30-19:30 We were supposed to attend a three-hour workshop at the University of

Macedonia, in Thessaloniki. It was aimed at teachers of all levels and types of education focusing on

the use of advanced robotics in education. It is part of a post-graduate course and we were

supposed to collaborate with 16 other teachers on the possibilities that robotics present in a

classroom and possible ways of using them with our students in a wide range of lessons and

activities. Unfortunately, a pipe exploded and flooded the area, so all lessons were cancelled.

Therefore, we had a discussion about this topic in a coffee shop. It is very interesting topic that I

would like to develop even if I do not have much experience.

My flight was at 22;40 so we had a very quick walk in the city center and then she drove me to the

airport - I was sad to leave. This was a very great professional experience. I really learnt a lot about

different digital tools and how they can make learning easier more motivating and collaborative. I

am now showing my students and colleagues everything I learnt and I feel very enriched and

empowered and I am really glad that eTwinning and Erasmus + gave me this wonderful opportunity.

I really hope I could go back to Veria in the future and that this job shadowing will permit us to open

another eTwinning project.

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FOLLOW_UP

This experience has had an important impact on my teaching methods, classroom dynamics and

inclusion. I have brought back a lot of digital knowledge which I have shared with my colleagues

and students. In addition, I also presented this project at a Regional eTwinning seminar held at our

school in May 2018; promoting the cultural heritage of my territory.

I sincerely think that this project was extremely positive and I would recommend it to any teacher

who believes in lifelong learning and enhancing digital educational skills The only negative

feedback I have is that it was too short.

In conclusion, l would like to thank my colleague Elisa Alberghi, Erasmus+ and eTwinning for giving

me this wonderful experience.

I have opened an eTwinning project where we can use some digital tool to share, collaborate and

narrate the stories that belong to the digital culture heritage and creativity of our students.

My Digital Experience

digital tools in Education

https://youtu.be/YiLT462WeSY

https://youtu.be/dd2gSCOCnes

Easter in Veroia

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eTwinning project

https://twinspace.etwinning.net/66741/pages/page/397546

QR CODES

https://goo.gl/D4fsoL

http://www.classtools.net/QR/qr_generator.php?fold=38&fname=GKXLY&diff=0

eclass/augmented reality

http://eclass.sch.gr/courses/EL722131/

History lesson/immigration prezi

http://eclass.sch.gr/courses/G971116/

POWTOON

https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/csW6doz29aw/oer/?mode=movie#/

HP REVEAL

https://www.hpreveal.com/

Start my account and students follow

Socrative

https://b.socrative.com/login/teacher/

Plickers

https://plickers.com/signin

Quiver app

Colour 3D images

Elements 4D app

Zappar app

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Zappar virtual box

Glasses android

SOME MEMORIES

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