ICTs and non-formal education tools for teaching Spanish. Training course with visits workshops & in Spain

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1 ICTs and non-formal education tools for teaching Spanish Training course with visits workshops & in Spain

2 TITLE KIND OF ACTIVITY LOCATION PROJECT DATES TARGET GROUP DURATION OF THE COURSE FRAMEWORK OF ACTION APPLICATION FORM WHO CAN APPLY TO THIS PROGRAMME SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT ICTs and non-formal education tools for teaching Spanish Training course with workshops & visits. Cantabria, Spain. From Nov to May Secondary education staff related to teaching Spanish. 10 days + 2 travelling days = 12 days. STAFF TRAINING: this activity supports the professional development of teachers, school leaders or other school education staff in the form of: a) participation in structured courses or training events abroad Pages Application form direct link A school sending its staff abroad. Individuals cannot apply directly for the grant. It is also possible to apply jointly, as a group of different schools, which form a national mobility consortium (consortium application). Only one school will be responsible/applicant. Permacultura Cantabria (NGO located in the north of Spain) in collaboration with local institutions of secondary education wants to invite you, to carry out a training activity sponsored by the ERASMUS+ programme. For our training course we have developed a 12-day programme, in which secondary education faculty (related to Spanish teaching) will explore different areas: the optimised use of ITCs as a learning tool, and the creation of European projects with our students, in order to improve their linguistic and personal competence. In addition we will carry out practical workshops and visits, so that you can get to know the other side of Spain, through our region s tourism and its local and international initiatives. We will also visit several fundamental sites of the Spanish cultural and historical heritage, like the Pontifical University of Comillas, the historic centre of Santillana del Mar or Santander city. 2

3 INDEX 5 PLANNING 8 PROJECT SUMMARY 10 VISITS Day 4 Day 6 Day 8 Comillas and Santillana del Mar Discovering the other side of Spain The importance of history and educational resources 14 MAP 16 PROJECT STAGES Request collaboration We will send you the project for you to check it out Submitting the project online Waiting for the answer of your national agency Start preparing the activity Coordination to arrange applications and other activity preparations Carrying out the activity Elaborating the final report 25 PRACTICAL INFORMATION 3

4 PLANNING 4

5 PLANNING 1 day 2 day 3 day 4 day 5 day 6 day Breakfast 8:30 Travelling day Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast 1st Session 9:30 Travelling day Practical information, logistics and getting to know the surroundings Visit: High School centre Visit: Pontifical University of Comillas and Comillas Foundation The use of ICTs for teaching Spanish: methods and programmes Opening gates to International tourism (Ferries Santander) 11:30 Travelling day 2nd Session 12:00 Travelling day Creating European projects with our students: challenges and opportunities Meeting with language teachers from High School Visit: the historical and monumental heritage of Comillas: Gaudí s Capricho ; Sobrellano Palace The use of ICTs in the classroom: benefits and challenges Museums as an educational resource (Visit to the Maritime Museum) Lunch 13:30 Travelling day Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 3rd Session 15:30 Travelling day Creating projects: team work Exchange of good practices in language teaching Visit: Santillana del Mar s historical site Exchange of good practices of ICTs for teaching Spanish The importance of transportation for tourism: Santander-Somo 17:00 Travelling day 4th Session 17:30 Participants welcome Exchange of good practices for the development of European projects Exchange of good practices Visits: Museum Torre Don Borja and Inquisition Museum Walk and rest Touristic Resources: leisure activities by the coast Evaluation 19:00 Room distribution Presentation of the evaluation system Return and evaluation Daily evaluation Return and evaluation Evaluation Dinner 20:00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Soirée 21:30 Games for introducing ourselves Sharing time Sharing time Sharing time Sharing time Sharing time Rest 23:00 Rest Rest Rest Rest Rest Rest 5

6 PLANNING 7 day 8 day 9 day 10 day 11 day 12 day Breakfast 8:30 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast 1st Session 9:30 ICT resources for teaching Spanish The historical and cultural heritage, Visit: El Castillo Caves ICT tools for developing creativity The project phases: planning and preparation Internship opportunities and experiences in Europe for our students: Erasmus Plus Farewell 11:30 Return 2nd Session 12:00 Online resources for teaching Spanish culture Workshops in the caves: Learning Spanish through non-formal education Creating our own ITC resources for teaching Spanish (part I) Project phases: implementation Networking: Creating future projects (part I) Travelling day Lunch 13:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Travelling day 3rd Session 15:30 Teaching Spanish with social networks Visit: Local products manufacturing and processing Creating our own TIC resources for teaching Spanish (part II) Project phases: evaluation Networking: Creating future projects (part II) Travelling day 17:00 Travelling day 4th Session 17:30 Creating an interactive classroom: ITC and social networks Walk and rest Shared resources presentation Project phases: dissemination and follow up Initiatives and proposals presentation Travelling day Evaluation 19:00 Return and daily evaluation Daily evaluation Daily evaluation Daily evaluation Activity review and evaluation Travelling day Dinner 20:00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Soirée 21:30 Sharing time Cinema forum Sharing time Sharing time Farewell party and providing certificates Rest 23:00 Rest Rest Rest Rest Rest 6

7 PROJECT SUMMARY 7

8 PROJECT SUMMARY Day 1 and 12 First and last day will be intended for travelling. On the arrival day, we will collect participants from train and bus stations and airports in Santander, so as to facilitate the arrival to our centre. The same will be done on the leaving day. Days 2, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11 These classes will be given at the training room. There are four kinds of classes: Workshops given by a teacher of Spanish. Participative classes, in which participants share their experience and knowledge. Group work where projects and future collaborations will be designed. Those in which an expert comes and shares his/ her experience. Days 3, 4, 6 and 8 These classes will be given outside the training room. We will visit different projects and initiatives to learn directly from their examples. 8

9 VISITS 9

10 VISITS Day 4 Comillas and Santillana del Mar Comillas is one of Cantabria s more emblematic villages. Specially interesting from a cultural and historical point of view. Some of the most important modernist buildings of Cantabria can be found there, like the Sobrellano Palace and its chapel-mausoleum, the Pontifical University (national centre of reference for teaching Spanish) and, of course, El Capricho by the famous Catalan architect Gaudi. Santillana del Mar is a great example of an excellent preservation of historical heritage and one of the biggest spotlights of the cultural activity in Cantabria. There we can find a remarkable Historic Monumental site and several museums of great interest, in terms of cultural heritage, like the Torre Don Borja (Contemporary Art) or the Inquisition Museum. 10

11 VISITS Day 6 Discovering the other side of Spain Cantabria is very different from the usual international image of Spain, an area still to be discovered, and a great historical and cultural treasure. Santander, a part from being the most populated city of our Region, it is also a very attractive maritime city, full of charm. This day we will explore this relationship, specially the entrance of international tourism from the city to the rural areas. Visit to the maritime area: Beaches and the main maritime transportations The first stop will be at the travel centre Brittany Ferries. Then, we will get to know Santander s bay and its beaches on a boat trip. Santander s Maritime Museum The Cantabrian Maritime Museum is dedicated to the promotion of the maritime heritage of the Bay. Its resources, one of the most important and complex of the country, allow having a global approach to the marine biodiversity and a perspective of the diverse ways of relationships of human beings with it, through centuries and from different points of view. 11

12 VISITS Day 8 The importance of history and educational resources Visit to the Castillo Caves in Puente Viesgo By the river Pas, where it passes through Puente Viesgo, we find the Castillo Mountain. It hosts inside four caves with prehistoric art, declared World Heritage by UNESCO, in The most remarkable one is called El Castillo, whose vestibule was excavated at the beginning of the XX century, writing the first page of Prehistory in Spain, and the first chapter in Europe. Artisan products production in the Pasiegan Valleys, sobaos and quesadas: JOSELIN Pasiegan Valleys are known for their high quality raw materials, derived from family farming and agriculture. Sobaos and quesadas (handmade baked products) Joselín are a good example of how to exploit this quality in order to keep on producing, with artisan recipes, the traditional desserts of the area. 12

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14 MAP 1 Maritime area (pag. 11) 1 2 Comillas (pags. 10, 12) to Oviedo (2 h.) to Bilbao (1 h.) 3 Santillana del Mar (pag. 12) 5 4 Puente Viesgo (pag. 14) 5 Pasiegan Valleys (pag 13) 14

15 PROJECT STAGES 15

16 PROJECT STAGES STEP BY STEP 1 Deadline to send us the application form is the 15th of January. In order to be able to work together, we need to know that you are interested, that you can meet the demanded requirements and that you agree with the working conditions. In the application form, you will have to fill in your contact details and answer other questions, which will help us to draft the project, so that, ultimately, you can submit it to your national agency. In this manner, we will be able to work jointly and meet the deadline of the first round of Erasmus Request collaboration Application form 16

17 PROJECT STAGES STEP BY STEP We will send you the project for you to check it out Applications will be accepted by strict order of arrival, provided that they meet the minimum requirements. From Permacultura Cantabria, we commit ourselves to answer applications, within a week after it was sent. If your organization is accepted, we will write the erasmus + application, send you all the necessary documents and reports already filled out, so that you can check them out. Thus, we simplify, largely, the work of filling out all the necessary documentation. 17 2

18 PROJECT STAGES STEP BY STEP 3 The last step is to submit the project in the online form of the Erasmus + application. This is your responsibility, but It will be very simple because we will send you the written project and you only have to fill in the different questions of the form and click submit. Still, it is important to check that all signed and stamped documents are attached, that all data are correct and, especially, to do it all before midday, the 1st of February (official deadline). We suggest not leaving it for the last day, in case any problem arises. Submitting the project online 18

19 PROJECT STAGES STEP BY STEP 4 Waiting for the answer of your national agency National agencies normally take the decision of approval or denial within 2 months. Thus, we would know if we succeeded, the latest, in the midst of April. Whatever the answer would be, it is very important, that you inform us as soon as possible, so as to keep on organizing. We will keep in contact, if we don t hear from you by the end of April, we will write you asking for any news. 19

20 PROJECT STAGES STEP BY STEP Start preparing the activity In case the project is approved (Congratulations!), we will need to start with the organization of the project. If all the due dates are respected and nothing strange interferes, by the midst of June, your National Agency should have deposited you, the 80% of the grant awarded. Once your organization receives this amount you have to make a transfer to our entity, so that we can start with the staff recruitment and the preparation of the activity. The amount you should deposit in our account is the 79% of the total amount received. 20 5For instance: If we apply for a 15 people project and we are awarded with , in June you would receive the 80% of that amount, that is Of these you have to transfer the 79% to Permacultura Cantabria, that is The rest, the 21%, will be the amount that you have at your disposal for the travel expenses and the preparation of the activity. Thus, neither your agency, nor ours, will have to advance any money and we won t run any risk. Distribution Example: Awarded For the sending organization For Permacultura Cantabria TOTAL 1 st payment 80% (Around June) nd payment 20% (2 months after justifying) % of the total 63% of the total

21 PROJECT STAGES STEP BY STEP Coordination to arrange applications and other activity preparations At the beginning of the academic year (September 2016), your organization should start with the participant s selection process. The group must have one person in charge, a coordinator, who will manage the necessary documentation and stay in close contact with the Spanish organizer. Our organization will facilitate all the necessary information: location, emergency telephone numbers, how to get there, what to bring, the programme of activities and any other relevant information necessary to carry out the activity successfully. 21 6

22 PROJECT STAGES STEP BY STEP 7 We will make sure that the activity is carried out successfully and, ultimately, provide participation certificates and diplomas. Your coordinator has just the single task of writing a small evaluation every evening (15 minutes). Thus, when we finish the activity, you will have all the necessary documentation to elaborate the final report appropriately. Carrying out the activity 22

23 PROJECT STAGES STEP BY STEP 8 Finally, and in order to close the project, it is necessary to write a simple report and submit it to your national agency. If the coordinator did his job during the activity, it will be very easy. Sometimes, some organizations have assigned a certain percentage of the budget for pocket money, but only gave it to participants after they had written a little memory of their experience, when the activity was over. Anyhow, your organization is responsible to close the process. Once it is done, the National Agency will deposit you the final amount, which will be entirely for your organization. Elaborating the final report 23

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25 PRACTICAL INFORMATION HOW TO GET THERE Cantabria is located in the north of Spain. You can reach here by: Plane: there are 3 airports (by order of proximity): Santander: It is the best choice and the most close to the location of our activity. Ryanair is operating from several countries, at low fares, with Santander as destination. If a cheap flight is not found, you can also consider flying to Bilbao or Madrid. We will help the sending organization with the travel arrangements, sending detailed information, with enough time before the activity starts. Permacultura Cantabria will be in charge of the travels from the airport, bus and train stations to the accommodation, both in the arrival and leaving days. This service will be coordinated and will follow an established schedule, which must be respected. In case that participants couldn t reach this schedule, they should get to the activity facilities by their own means. Bilbao: It is one-hour drive from Santander. There is a good bus connection, leaving every hour from Bilbao bus station to Santander bus station. Madrid: Madrid is the capital city of Spain and it has the one of its principal airports. From Madrid you can arrive to Santander by bus or train. Bus: either from Bilbao or from Madrid, here you have the website of the bus company which covers this itinerary: Train: from Madrid you could also get to Santander by train: 25

26 VARIOUS DETAILS ACCOMMODATION Accommodation will take place in one of the available hostels of the organization. We attach some images of the most usual places where we carry our activities out. All facilities have bunker bedrooms, activity rooms, Wi-Fi, bathrooms and hot water showers. They are also in compliance with the national regulations about public accommodation. In the case that someone has special needs, allergies or any other relevant information that should be taken into account so as to organize or adapt the activity and its infrastructures, he or she should notify it in the application form. 26

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28 Urb. Bautizan, N4, Bajo B, La Helguera, Penagos, Cantabria, Spain tfn.: