PROGRAMME FOR SEMINAR 23.-26.01.2013, FINLAND + Contact information WEDNESDAY 23.01.2013 ARRIVALS: Ventspils arrival time estimate 15.45 to Helsinki Airport. Mrs Eija Immonen will be there to welcome you, give you travelcards and escort you to the hotel. Tartu arrival time estimate 17.05 to Helsinki Airport. Ms Noora Lindholm will be there to welcome you, give you travelcards and escort you to the hotel. DINNER: 19.00 at Restaurant Kiila (Location is next to your hotel) THURSDAY 24.01.2013 BREAKFAST BUFFET: 07.45 at Restaurant Kiila. TRANSPORT FROM HOTEL TO SOTUNKI: 08.30-8.40 Ms Noora Lindholm will meet you all at the Hotel reception. We will walk (~ 600m) to the Central Station ( Rautatientori ) and go to a Bus (742) to Sotunki school. Remember to bring your travel cards! Bus leaves at 08.55 from the station and arrives to Sotunki around 09.22. PROGRAMME in Sotunki: A quick tour inside the school building. 10.00 Coffeebreak (at the IT-classroom) Principal of Sotunki upper Secondary school and Distance Learning centre Mrs Päivi Sillanpää welcomes you to Finland and to Sotunki! Discussion about the project and its current state. 10.15 Each school presents one video conferencing tool & discussion(~ 15 min each) - Sotunki : Adobe Connect pro - Tartu : Microsoft Lync - Ventspils : Skype
12.15 Lunch at the school café 12.50 Move to Ollila (the rowhouse outside, next to our school) Sotunki will demonstrate the use of Adobe Connect pro tool and discuss its user experiences. 13.30 Coffeebreak (at Ollila ) 14.00 Second Life - what is it? Sotunki will give a presentation of the virtual 3D-world called Second Life. TRANSPORT FROM SOTUNKI TO HELSINKI Bus (741) leaves from near our school at 15.29 and arrive to Helsinki Central Station ( Rautatientori ) at 16.05 A Tour around Helsinki (on foot, ~ 45 minutes). Free time. DINNER: 19.00 18.45 We will meet you at the Hotel reception, and lead you to the restaurant together (on foot, ~ x m)
FRIDAY 25.01.2013 BREAKFAST BUFFET: 07.45 at Restaurant Kiila TRANSPORT FROM HOTEL TO SOTUNKI: 08.40 You walk (~ 600m) to the Central Station ( Rautatientori ) and go to the Bus 742 to Sotunki school. Remember to bring your travel cards! Bus leaves at 08.55 from the station, platform 11, and arrives to Sotunki around 09.22. Remember to push STOP button at the bus. PROGRAMME in Sotunki: WORKSHOPS: We will meet at the entrance hall. 09.30 We will be divided into working groups as follows: Mathematical subject teachers o Eija Immonen (FI) Math, physics o ra B rente(lv) Math o Leons B rzi š(lv) Physics o Hans Ibrus (EE) Physics, computer studies o Viktoria Goidina (EE) Mathematics o Alexandra Korshunova (EE) Chemistry, biology, physics Language teachers o Pirjo Mälkiäinen (FI) Sweadish o Svetlana Ivanova(LV) English o Ilga Egl te(lv) Latvian o Jelena Liiv (EE) Russian language General studies (science and humanities) teachers o Ari Immonen (FI) Geography, IT-support o Em lija Lesi a(lv) Biology o Kaie Konsap (EE) Geography o Kaido Orula (EE) History o Inese V tola(lv) Art, culture Management tools *** o Noora Lindholm (FI) study secretary o Dace Bergmane(LV) IT o Ija Lasmane(LV) School s headmistress o Ain Jahhu (EE) Computer studies o Juta Nugin (EE) (Chemistry) In each working group, answer these questions: how is distance teaching carried out at the moment, in Your subject, in your school? How are lessons carried out? How do you give homework and how do the students return their homework? How do you give feedback to your students? Do you use special tools for your teaching? Each member can give a short presentation to their group. *** What tools are being used at the moment in each school? 10.30 Coffeebreak (at IT-classroom + at Ollila) Continue work within the Workshops
12.15 Lunch at the school café 12.50 Sotunki will give a presentation of Fronter (at the IT-classroom) 13.30 Coffeebreak 14.00 Discussion about the future of the project (video conferencing seminars during Spring?) 14.30 A video greeting from 200 km away : A distance teacher from Mikkeli (St. Michael) (at classroom 324) ENDING THE SEMINAR WORK Certificates TRANSPORT FROM SOTUNKI TO HELSINKI: Bus (741) leaves from near our school at 15.29 and arrive to Helsinki Central Station ( Rautatientori ) at 16.05 Free time. DINNER: 18.00 17.45 We will meet at the Hotel reception and go to the restaurant together (on foot). SATURDAY 26.01.2013 DEPARTURES: Ari Immonen will meet with Latvian colleagues at the hotel reception at 07.00 and escort them to Helsinki Airport (breakfast is served at airport). Pirjo Mälkiäinen or Eija Immonen (if necessary) will escort Estonian colleagues to harbor Katajanokka to ferry and breakfast is organized during that morning.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION Contact info: Ms Noora Lindholm (+358) 50 304 3717 noora.lindholm@vantaa.fi Mrs Eija Immonen (+358) 40 703 0547 eija.immonen@eduvantaa.fi Mr Ari Immonen (+358) 40 546 2757 ari.immonen@eduvantaa.fi Ms Pirjo Mälkiäinen (+358) 50 549 8820 pirjo.malkiainen@eduvantaa.fi Your hotel: Hotelli Finn phone: +358 9 684 4360 address: Kalevankatu 3B 00100 HELSINKI Sotunki school: Sotungin lukio ja etälukio phone: +358 9 839 30066 address: Sotungintie 19 01200 VANTAA Taxi in Helsinki: +358 100 0700 Taxi in Vantaa: +358 100 7300 Emergency number in EU: 112 Currency: EURO 1 EUR = ~ 0.70 LAT [http://www.ratesfx.com/rates/rate-converter.fi.html 16.01.2013] Harbor, Katajanokka (Viking Line XPRS ferry) address: Katajanokanlaituri 8 phone: +358 9 310 33656 Open: mon-sat 9.00-21.30