MoTech – Grundtvig: Strategic Partnership Project

MoTech – Grundtvig: Strategic Partnership Project

MoTech – Grundtvig: Strategic Partnership Project
Minutes from the International Workshops and Consortium Meeting
Koszalin (Poland)
18/06/2014 – 20/06/2014
Image: Participants of the MoTech Workshop in Koszalin
PARTICIPANTS:
Cyprus
Marialena Christodoulidou
France
Françoise Pettelat
Denis Massard
Lithuania
Rita Smilingiene
Violeta Mozdzer
Sweden
Sven Jarvi
Mi Mollberg
Turkey
Bilal Yavas
Mevlut Yildirim
Anna Walkowiak
Urszula Rusiak
Mariola Rink-Przybylska
Katarzyna Sobańska
Poland
1st Workshop and Meeting day (18/06/2014)
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Introduction
Presentation of participants, getting to know the new members of the group
Reviewing the meeting agenda together
Presentation of the host institution Centrum Edukacji Nauczycieli in Koszalin
Visit in primary and lower-secondary school
Zespół Szkół Nr 11
The participants visited the school “Zespol Szkol Nr 11 in Koszalin”. They
observed parts of three lessons: English, Maths and Chemistry during which the
students and their teachers were working with ICT tools (computers and
interactive whiteboards).
Presentation of Corpus Christi ceremony
Corpus Christi, one of the most important catholic ceremonies became the main
keynote of the meeting ( the workshop took place in the period of this event).
The presentation related to Corpus Christi was held by Alicja Lorenz, the
Religious Education teacher trainer who told the story of this event and explained
its role in the catholic church. Thanks to it the members of the workshop were
better prepared to the procession they participated in during the second day of
the meeting.
Image: Participants of the MoTech Workshop in Koszalin
Workshop
The second presentation of the day was held by Urszula Rusiak. The objective of
the workshop is to teach the trainers and the teachers to work with electronic
encyclopedias that could be used in their lessons. The theme of this workshop
was “How to use the Wikipedia encyclopedia for educational purposes”. Urszula
Rusiak presented this tool and its features (neutral point of view, verifiability,
no original research,). She also informed the members of the workshop about
the laws related to copyrights and the way of creating a new Wikipedia entry in
respect of the correct style.
2nd Meeting Day (19/06/2014)
Corpus Christi procession
The members of the workshop participated in Corpus Christi procession in order
to collect necessary documents ( photos) for their Wikipedia entries. They also
could get to know how in Poland this event is celebrated : they saw colorful
processions where the sacrament was carried throughout the city and smalltown streets decorated with flowers and greenery.
Image: Participants of the MoTech Workshop in Koszalin
Workshop
The second part of the workshop “How to use the Wikipedia encyclopedia for
educational purposes” was held by Urszula Rusiak and Mariola Rink- Przybylska.
The participants were taught how to test a new entry and how to travel through
hypertext. They also created a new entry in Wikipedia about traditional religious
events in the Motech partners` countries. Finally, some examples of the use of
the encyclopedia for educational purposes were given and widely discussed.
Image: Participants of the MoTech Workshop in Koszalin
In the end of the 2nd meeting day:
The participants evaluated the workshop as well as the multilateral meeting
outcomes. This was done with an evaluation form thanks to the platform
www.jotform.com. The Polish partner will be responsible for sharing the results
with all MoTech-partners.
3rd Meeting Day and Cultural Visits (20/06/2014)
Coordinators meeting
Some important topics were discussed during the meeting:
-the date of the next meeting in Sweden was established,
-the decision was taken that the final conference will take place in Turkey and
not in Lithuania.
Certificates
The head of Centrum Edukacji Nauczycieli in Koszalin, Stefan Turowski gave for
all meeting participants their certificates for their workshop and consortium
meeting participating.
Image: Participants of the MoTech Workshop in Koszalin
Cultural Visits
The MoTech Partners visied the city center of Koszalin. They were guided by
Katarzyna Sobańska who presented shortly the story of the city. They also went
to Darłowo where they visited the castle.
Image: Participants of the MoTech Workshop in Koszalin