Validated Training Course Materials for Teachers Professional Development

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The CPDLab project is partly nanced by the European Commissions Lifelong Learning Programme

What?

Three validated and open teacher training courses:

Interactive Whiteboards (IWB): the pedagogical use of IWBs in the interactive classroom; eSafety (eS): for teachers and students in the classroom, in the school and beyond; Future Classroom Scenarios (FCS): teaching and learning activities for the future classroom.

For whom?

The courses are aimed at secondary school teachers. The course materials are designed to be delivered by expert trainers, e.g. teachers trainers (individuals and organisations), teacher associations and local authorities concerned about their teachers professional development.

Why?

All courses are:

Validated: Designed and tested by a pan-European team of experts and teachers from Finland, Norway, Italy, and Portugal, and piloted with teachers from across Europe. Modular: Flexible course structure to pick and choose from modules according to local priorities. Practical: Lots of practical activities and ideas for the teacher in the classroom. Free: All content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported License, allowing commercial use. The content is in English, open to be translated and localised. Complete: Designed to be led by an expert trainer, with a comprehensive Trainer Guide and support content for each course.

Where?

Download the course contents at: http://cpdlab.eun.org

CPDLab course outlines

The outlines show the ve-day courses delivered in summer 2013 to teachers receiving Comenius in-service training grant. Each course is modular, with the exibility to select different modules according to local needs and priorities.

Interactive Whiteboards
Day 1
Me IWB: knowledge, and my skills and school understanding IWB: Knowledge, Skills and Understanding (module 1i) IWB skills audit Knowledge and skills

Day 2
IWB in your subject area, and Assessment IWB in your subject area tips and resources (module 2) Subject Specic Ideas and Assessment Assessment using interactive technology in the classroom (module 3)

Day 3
Student involvement in the Lessons, and Beyond Collaboration and: 1) Presentation 2) Differentiation (module 4) Student Involvement and Collaboration Collaboration and: 3) Social Interaction (module 4)

Day 4
Resource Creation, Communication and Collaboration Resource Creation (module 5)

Day 5
Planning, presentation and delivery Planning Presentation and Delivery (module 7) Presentation and delivery Planning, Presentation and Delivery (module 7) Me and my school

Resources Creation Communication and Collaboration beyond the classroom (module 6)

Exploring online communities, and resources (module 1ii)

Validated training course materials for teachers professional development

eSafety
Day 1
Me and my school eSafety in the 21th century eSafety in your school and classroom (module 1) Discuss: - issues - solutions

Day 2
eSafety in teaching and learning eSafety skills: Digital Citizenship (module 3)

Day 3
Critical thinking and reection eSafety and appropriate use: Digital Literacy (module 5)

Day 4
Practical approaches to take forward Practical approaches to eSafety in the classroom (module 7)

Day 5
An eSafety Programme for your school A whole-school eSafety Programme (module 9) Me and my school

Theory and practice

Skills and tools

Reection and critical thinking

Our schools eSafety Programme

eSafety for young people and teachers (module 2)

eSafety Management: Personal Safety & Well-being (module 4)

Addressing inappropriate use: cyberbullying and sexting (module 6)

eSafety across the school curriculum and beyond (module 8)

eSafety action planning (module 10)

Future Classroom Scenarios

Day 1
Me and my school The Future is here

Day 2
Imagine your Future Educational landscape in the future (module 3) Video of work, competences and learning in future Working with scenarios (module 4)

Day 3
Tools for the future Tools for Future Classroom Scenarios (module 5)

Day 4
Learning Stories and Activities

Day 5
Future School Practices Composing Learning Stories and Activities (module 9) Me and my school

Introduction (module 1) 2 Videos: - Me as an educator - My teaching environment

Different Educational Settings (module 7)

Developing Scenarios

Developing the Learning story

Future School Practices

The Future Classroom and a foresight approach (module 2)

My Learning Story (module 6)

Learning Activities and Design Challenges (module 8)

Conclusions (module 10)

The courses have been developed in the framework of EC-funded CPDLab project (Grant agreement 2011-3641/001-001), coordinated by European Schoolnet and including the following partners: INDIRE (Italy), Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science, Finnish National Board of Education, the Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education, and the University of Oulu (Finland). The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the consortium members and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission and the Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained herein.

Validated training course materials for teachers professional development

Interested in training opportunities at the Future Classroom Lab?

European Schoolnets Future Classroom Lab, a recongurable training space based in Brussels, provides professional development for todays teaching challenges and the classrooms of the future. Check for training dates and book: http://fcl.eun.org/training

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Validated training course materials for teachers professional development