Comenius Regio Project 2012-1-GR1-COM13-10099 2

East Macedonia Thrace Regional Directory for Education

Trabzon Provincial Directorate of National Education Gkiouroglou Charitomeni

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East Macedonia Thrace Regional Directory for Primary and Secondary Education Local Partners

6th Primary School of Alexandroupolis 3rd Gymnasium of Alexandroupolis 3rd General Lyceum of Alexandroupolis Technical Vocational School of Special Education 1ST Level- of Alexandroupolis Organization Regional Training Centre of Alexandroupolis
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Trabzon Provincial Directorate of National Education Local Partners

Bener Cordan Primary school Trabzon Social Sciences High School

Organization Association for The Support of Social Research and Development (TARGED)
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Why ICTs and projectbased learning?

Relevance to Strategic Goals of the EU
8 Key Competences for Lifelong Learning:
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4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

communication in the mother tongue communication in foreign languages mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology digital competence learning to learn social and civic competences sense of initiative and entrepreneurship cultural awareness and expression Comenius-Regio Project, 1st Meeting, Trabzon, 19-20 November 2012

ICTs equip pupils with skills and competences which are necessary for their future lives and employability in the knowledge society. Project-based learning is an instructional approach which gives students opportunities to develop problem solving, decision making, self-assessment, creative thinking and collaborative skills.

ICT use has been integrated into all levels of education In 2001, the Cross-Curricular Single Framework for Study Programmes officially presents ICT skills as cross-curricular skills embedded in many subjects Schools equipped with ADSL broadband connections, school equipment Development of digital education content Initial In-service Teacher-training Specialized In-service Teacher-training in ICTs
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Level 1 (since 2001) More than 100.000 state school teachers have been trained in:
Basic skills of PC use (MsOffice, Internet and e-mail)
Basic knowledge and skills in the educational use of ICTs & software.

Level 2 (since 2008) Training of 28.100 primary and secondary school teachers in the pedagogical use of the ICTs, specifically in:
the use of the internet, digital educational material and Web 2.0 (blogs, wikis,

podcasts, social networks, e-portfolios etc) in education the use of educational software in all school subjects the development of communication & collaboration skills using Web2.0 tools. the cultivation of new attitudes towards teaching and learning

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National School Network (www.sch.gr) interlinks all schools and administrative structures and provides digital services (blogs, email, e-class) and educational material Educational Portal (www.e-yliko.gr) is a bank of educational material (lesson plans, training material etc.) for all grades of primary and secondary education. Educational software has been developed for school subjects and distributed to schools. Digital School is a portal in which textbooks, learning & training material are digitized. Educational TV & Educational TV 2.0 (merging TV & Social Media for collaborative projects)
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Comenius-Regio Project, 1st Meeting, Trabzon, 19-20 November 2012

Comenius-Regio Project, 1st Meeting, Trabzon, 19-20 November 2012

Innovative educational projects in the areas of environmental, health (1992) and aesthetic education (2000) in primary and secondary education. The Flexible Zone (2001) is a two hour curricular innovation: projects regarding themes, issues and problems of everyday life. European projects Comenius programme, etwinning for primary and secondary education.
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The school year 2011-12, research paper was introduced as a new subject in upper highschool:
pupils to develop a project with the aid of modern

media and resources. teacher training specialized in PBL

New curricula with innovative teaching methodologies are pilot tested

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Primary and Secondary Education directors > policies and practices in ICTs and PBL at crossregional level.
Teacher Trainers > training material based on actual needs

State-school teachers of primary and secondary education > training needs, good practices, inservice training.
Pupils > improvement of the quality of teaching
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State-of-the art of ICTs and PBL in the Greek & Turkish education system. Exchange of quantitative and qualitative data regarding the use of ICTs and PBL in the two regions. Exchange of mutual experience and best practices in the field of ICTs and PBL. Investigation of teacher training needs. Teacher training in groups of teachers. The use of digital portfolios Improvement of the quality of teaching & learning

Comenius-Regio Project, 1st Meeting, Trabzon, 19-20 November 2012

Questionnaire for primary and secondary school teachers > teacher training needs. Teacher training material & workshops (according to training needs) Collection of good practices (sample lesson plans that embed the ICTs or sample projects) Training in and Preparation of e-portfolios. Application of good practices in schools (LPs) Day events. Final report.
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Website
three languages (English, Greek, Turkish) all project deliverables

Day events open to all stakeholders News releases in local, regional media Publication of project deliverables (training material, day event proceedings, good practices) Local project exhibitions
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Development of the project logo & brochure Development & administration of the project website Research for accumulation of data Organization & administration of activities: One Day Event & Teacher Training Workshop for Primary Education One Day Event & Teacher Training Workshop for Secondary Education Final Event Development of lesson plans in co-operation with LPs Reports

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LPs: Participate in teacher-training Develop lesson plans Apply new knowledge in subjects

PEK/TARGED: Organize teacher-training & develop training material in co-operation with P1&2.
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Mobilities of Partner 1 in Turkey: 1st Mobility, Organizational Seminar, November 2012 4 persons 2nd Mobility 7 persons, Workshop on development of the portfolio study in primary and secondary schools Benefits for the portfolio studies for self-development of students 3rd Mobility 7 persons
Meeting for the monitoring the project activities and outputs Presentation of the project based learning studies

4th Mobility- 6 persons, Final event-Project exhibition

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Mobilities of Partner 2 in Greece: 1st Mobility, Partnership coordination consultation 2nd Mobility, Day Event and workshop for Primary Education 3rd Mobility, Day Event and workshop for Secondary Education 4th Mobility, Final event; Preparing the final report of the project
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Aims: discussing the tasks and responsibilities stemming from the grant contracts discussing management and financial questions planning the project logo and brochure planning of the project platform/website planning the WBS of activities and events

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Lets start.

Comenius-Regio Project, 1st Meeting, Trabzon, 19-20 November 2012