Technology era

• Getting to know how to use a diversity of digital resources in order to make activities more interesting for students.
• Increasing student´s engagement and motivation.
• Taking advantage of student´s devices in and out of the classroom.
• Developing collaborative activities.
• Increasing performance and effectiveness in the preparation of the lessons.
• Taking advantage of available resources for the classroom, free and easy to use.
• Being more effective teachers, spending more time on students rather than bureaucracy.
• Offering students more support on ICT.

• DAY 1: Preparing your lesson

Creating a Google Account.

Blended Learning and Flipped Classroom.

Project Based Learning (PBL).

Types of Learning Management Systems (LMS).

Workshop 1: Preparing the class. Research and collect information for the project by using Google Tools (Drive, Keep) and Evernote.

Google Apps.

Communication activities

Workshop 2: Create a blog in Blogger.

Workshop 3: Tools for modifying our resources: Picasa (Photo Editor), PicCollage and PhotoGrid (collage), Skitch (integrated tool with Evernote).

Wiki: Collaborative tool for projects (wikispaces).

Workshop 4: Create a Google Sites for students.

Audacity.

Workshop 5: Create an eBook using Book Creator.

Workshop 6: Create a presentation using Google Slides.

• DAY 2: Preapering your tools

Video platforms.

Youtube, Khan Academy and TedEd.

Copyright compliance and the use of external resources.

Video edition

Workshop 7: Create a video tutorial using Screen Cast.

Workshop 8: Create a video for a Flipped Classroom lesson using Explain Everything (interactive screencasting whiteboard).

Group discussions

Workshop 9: Creating a quick assessment with Google Forms.

Kahoot

Workshop 10: Create an assessment using Socrative (real-time formative assessments).

The methodology used in the course is ‘learning by doing’ in the form of a guided tutorial. The teacher, after briefly explaining some concepts and approaching the necessary tools, proposes a project in which students will have to create educational resources for the class.

The teacher then becomes a support, helping the students in their learning experience, at the end of the course there will be a test to assess the learning outcomes and the knowledge gained.

• By completing this course, you will acquire new competencies and will be able to:
  • Understand different models of instruction using ICT.
  • Learn how to use collaborative tools using cloud computing tools: Google Apps
  • Search and select appropriate already available videos and other resources.
  • Create video resources: Record, edit and deliver video.
  • Create audio-visual interactive activities.
  • Deal with main issues using technology in class.
  • Make students create their own content.
  • Get instant feedback from students.
  • Use different ways of getting a quick and easy assessment.