KA1 — JobShadowing
Piramatiko Geniko Likio Panepistimiou (Crete, Greece)
A JobShadowing focused on ICT resources
Tuesday, 7th December 2021
Use of Quizizz to review the modal verbs.
Using Mentimeter, the students created a word cloud with synonyms of duty, already looked up in Thesaurus.
Presentation about blended learning.
3 important outcomes:
—Increase the engagements.
—Accountability: you are responsible for your own learns.
—Adaptability: make things meet the needs for a specific group.
They use Open eClass instead of Moodle
Wednesday, 8th December 2021
—85% of the students continue the compulsory education, whether if it is a technical school or a high school.
—The Piramatiko Geniko Likio Panepistimiou is the only experimental high school in the city of Rethymno. University students do their internship there in order to learn how to teach before finishing their degree. It should be underlined that they do not need a master's degree in order to teach in a high school in Greece.
German lesson 1 and 2:
Explanations are made in Greek.They practice the modal verbs können and wollen orally with questions. To introduce the vocabulary about body parts Das bin ich, a German song, is used. They play a game to practice this new vocabulary, which improves pronunciation and memory.
French lesson:
The French students did an Erasmus project with a school in Romania the year before. Now they keep in touch as penpals.
They do a cultural visit in Louvre museum using the virtual tools in Louvre museum's web. They practic vocabulary and reading comprehension through this activity.
Thursday, 9th December 2021
Students create and avatar using Pixton because they have to create a group picture for a project they do with high schools from Spain, Romania, Italia and Greece.
A traditional class is conducted, using their books.
They do a listening from Fox News. After answering the questions, they give opinions about the news they have just listened.
They watch a video about Renaissance; afterwards, they create all together a wordcloud using Word-art with key words from the video.
Pel projecte d'Etwinning, Sayings in life, they create their avatar, write a text about themselves in Padlet and add a pin on a map that corresponds to the location of their school.
They do a reading comprehension from their book about Nelson Mandela. Then, they watch Nelson Mandela's speech "I am prepared to die" on YouTube, about which they have to answer some questions.
Presentation of the Spanish educational system:
Mireia and I presented the Catalan educational system and our high school in Vic. Some students and some teachers listened to us very carefully. At the end we welcomed their questions: they were very curious about our subjects in Batxillerat and about our immersive system.
Flipped classroom:
We studied in more detail the flipped classroom methodology. It is a great way to introduce a topic and to see student's weakness and strengths before teaching the lesson.
Friday, 9th December 2021
Students do a speaking task about police officers killed on duty. They read some news about it and, then, using their mobile phones, they need to look it up in more webs (the teacher provides them a couple of links).
A traditional class with "fill the gaps" exercises is conducted. They practice modal verbs.
Games and quizzes:
Our mentor explains us about the benefits of doing games and quizzes during a lesson: it can be a way of assessment, a way of engagement students, a way of working together in pairs...
Online collaboration activities and discussions:
Students learn about the importance of listening, to respect each other and to value the information the receive. They learn to seek information and to work in groups, which allows them to be more creative, to use a correct language, to explore new concepts...