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The EduTubePlus closing conference was successfully held in Athens

The EduTubePlus closing conference was successfully held in Athens, Greece on 3rd & 4th February 2011.   The conference was entitled “On the effective use of video in education: Online Video Repositories & Services and the underlying pedagogy”, and it was co-organised by the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute and the Hellenic Ministry of Education, Life Long Learning and Religious Affairs, Directorate of Educational RadioTelevision. About 145 participants from 10 European countries attended the conference and exchanged ideas on the pedagogical use of...

EduTubePlus Closing Conference Preliminary Programme Online

Preparations for the closing conference of the EduTubePlus project are going well and several interesting invited speakers are now confirmed. If you would like to find out more about the conference programme, you can download the preliminary programme and overview of invited confirmed speakers. A suggested hotel list is also available, so if you would like to find out more information, please go to the conference web pages.

EduTubePlus Closing Conference announcement

The closing conference of the EduTubePlus project will take place in Athens, Greece on 3 & 4 February 2011. This two-day conference will communicate the EduTubePlus project outputs and impact to the public, and to all relevant stakeholders. Furthermore, the conference will bring together media professionals, educational communities and policy makers in order to discuss and exchange ideas on the use of video repositories and services in education and the role of user generated content, as well as on potential business opportunities in the relevant fields. Interested in joining the...

Testing of EduTubePlus in full swing

With about 100 teachers in 8 different European countries now using the EduTubePlus platform, the pilot test phase is now fully operational. Teachers are using the platform to find videos they can use in class, to create learning scenarios incorporating video clips and to upload their own, user-generated video clips. They are also using it to plan their lessons. Cross-border links amngst the teachers taking part are beginning to emerge and the partners are working hard to make sure all feedback from the teachers about how the system can be improved is being taken into account. This pilot will...

Workshop for teachers in Belgium

Eighteen teachers entered the KlasCement office in Gent on Saturday 2 October around 9 am. They did not know each other and were quite curious about EduTubePlus. Wim was the instructor of the day. In the morning they investigated and tested the EduTubePlus website. Peter instructed the group about the tasks and the planning. After lunch they had a workshop about how to make a good video. Not only were tips passed on, but they also worked in small groups on a practical exercise to create their own video clips. Afterwards these clips were shown and discussed. The workshop ended with an...

Greek teachers’ EduTubePlus training workshop

The training workshop for the pilot phase in Greek schools was held on 20th of September in the Educational Radiotelevision offices in Athens. 18 teachers participated, representing 12 schools from primary and secondary public education. These schools included: - one Minority, one Special needs, two pilot primary schools and - one Music, one pilot Lower Secondary School, - one Vocational, one General and at last one Intercultural Upper Secondary School. Participant teachers have a wide range of specialties including Literature, Greek Language, Mathematics, Physics, Informatics and come from...

UK Teachers Prepare for Testing EduTubePlus

The UK workshop for the pilot phase was held between 10-11th September at the Village hotel in Leeds. Four schools were represented and seven participants attended the training from those schools. These include schools in London, Bradford, Sunderland and Islay, in Scotland. The participants were Gerry O’Hanlon and Paul Prest from Academy360 in Sunderland; Lucy Brenmer and Ellie MacGregor from Islay High Scool on Islay; Carolyn Perreet from Oakdale Junior school in London, and Mark Ellis from Aire Valley school in Bradford.  Participants used the full range of EduTubePlus services...

Teacher Training Workshops to take place in September

Workshops will be held in Greece, UK, Italy, Hungary, France, Finland, Belgium and Romania in September to prepare teachers taking part in the pilot. These workshops will include plenty of hands-on practice for the teachers to try out the various applications possible with the new EduTubePlus system. The system allows teachers to access professionally produced video clips, to upload their own user-generated video clips, to create and share learning scenarios using video clips and to access the online learning platform provided to the teachers taking part in the pilot phase.

Project meeting and workshop in Bucharest

Project partners met in Bucharest on 14-16 July in Siveco Headquarters to plan the final stages of the EduTubePlus project. This meeting included the annual meeting of all partners as well as a two day train the trainer workshop aimed at the national coordinators of the project trials which will begin in 8 counties in September. Involving over 70 teachers, these trials will continue until January 2011 and will provide the partners with important feedback about the operation of the EduTubePlus platform in schools.

Workshop in Bergamo for Teachers on Creating their own Video Clips

A group of teachers from the Italian School, Fondazione Maddalena di Canossa in Bergamo, took part in a two day workshop on 1-2 July. This workshop on the 'Creation and Adaptation of Video Resources for Use in the Classroom' was part of their preparation work for the forthcoming pilot testing of the EduTubePlus platform which begins in September and was organised by Armando Persico and Iolanda Riseri from FMC. Despite the glorious sunshine, the teachers worked hard to create their first educational video clips on the topics of mathematics and organ music which will hopefully be the first of...