Online Safety and Internet Addiction – Think before you click!

Course Description

Our digital world is changing rapidly. New communication methods appear, and while using them, we expose ourselves to new threats and risks.
As the web has become a part of mainstream life, some educators and professionals have noted that a significant percentage of people using the web do so in a compulsive and out-of-control manner, this is Internet addiction! Discover how to control it with real-life scenarios and help students and co-workers learn how to use the Internet in a balanced way.

The course also hosts a special section on Social media. Social media have become second nature to us: posting photos with friends, sharing our location at a party, and holidays. But how safe is it for anyone to use them so recklessly? With this course, you will learn the basics about Internet Security, the dangers you and your students might face online such as fraud and harassment, how to prevent unauthorized access of your data and how to protect your own and your students’ online identity.

Topics Include

• Internet Addiction and how to confront it
• Basic concepts of Internet Security
• Social Engineering
• Safe Browsing in the classroom/work/home
• Social Media Security
• Cybersecurity
• Cyberbullying in school and how to confront it – discussion with criminology expert

Aims in relation to the development of your organisation

• Gain knowledge to protect the students’ online activity.
• Learn ways to efficiently manage cases of student’s Internet Addiction.
• Confront incidents in school such as Online harassment, depression, trolling and Cyberbullying.

Creativity, an essential skill for teachers: Because a classroom can be a place of creativity!

Course Description

Creativity represents one of the fundamental skills for the 21st century as complex problem solving and creative thinking are necessary acquisitions in society and in the labour market. Educational institutions emphasize the importance of children being creative and ready for the future. However, how is it that possible when educators are lacking behind?

The course will enable primary and secondary school teachers to realize the importance of self-improvement in regards to creativity, to familiarize themselves with tools that work on creative thinking and teamwork skills and to help them integrate these kinds of tools in the classroom.

Topics Include

• Introduction to Creative Skills
• Creative Thinking Skills (parts 1&2)
• Team Work
• Digital Tools

Aims in relation to the development of your organisation

– Improve teachers’ creative skills through theoretical and practical activities
– Make classes more engaging and interactive for students

Our cultural identity: Experience the culture and heritage of Cyprus

Course Description

Culture has the power to transform entire societies, strengthen local communities and forge a sense of identity and belonging for people of all ages. Youth can act as a bridge between cultures and serve as key agents in promoting peace and intercultural understanding.

Culture is defined as the language, beliefs, values, heritage etc. for any society/country and also identifies the people of each country.

This course is addressed to young people and youth workers who want to discover and explore the cultural heritage of Cyprus and its hidden gems that make it a unique part of Europe. During the course you will discover Cyprus’ rich history and culture, explore the traditions and customs of the island and meet the most popular ancient jobs and local products thus offering a magnificent transnational experience. Whatever the season is, Cyprus offers the opportunity to everyone to experience something new, interesting and exciting such as wine making as Cyprus has been a vine-growing and wine-producing country for millennia, or maybe experience the traditional use of ‘roses’ for making a plethora of rose products, or explore the national part of Akamas following one of the many nature trails reaching the turtles, or even getting to know the locals’ habits at the well-known ‘kafenio’ for an intercultural debate.

Come to Cyprus explore and enjoy the weather, sandy beaches, mountains, traditional food, culture, people, hospitality and many more!

Topics Include

• The importance of cultural-awareness for promoting European values
• The Cultural Heritage of Cyprus
• Getting to know the ancient wine-growing and wine-producing through the years
• Meet the popular wine routes of Cyprus
• The green heart of Cyprus – From Troodos mountains to the national part of Akamas
• Reflect on urbanisation and re-visit rural life
• Gastronomy: taste the local products
• Learn the basics of the Greek Language

Aims in relation to the development of your organisation

• Promoting cultural awareness and historical heritage of a European country
• Equipping youth with European values of unity and diversity
• Empowering youth with civic competences
• Enriching language learning
• Reflecting on urbanization and sustainable development
• Exploring civic and social engagement and participation in non-formal learning activities
• Improve the cultural heritage competences of young people and youth workers

The Connected Educator: Media Literacy Skills for Educators

Teaching languages in the 21st century: Because learning a language was never more interesting!

Course Description

Learning a language. An action that many people find boring, aimless, or just rocket science for them. However, it is actually as uninteresting or difficult as one might imagine? With the world evolving to a more digital society, learning a language cannot be an exception to this change.

Teachers of any filed are trying, especially now, to find innovative ways to include digital means in their curriculum in order to engage students, to make lessons more interesting and more responsive to this new digital reality.

If you are a language teacher trying to find innovative ways to make your classes more attractive, this course is for you! It will allow you to understand the importance of using digital tools in classroom, especially for teaching a language, it will help you get to know specific ICT resources that can enrich language learning in classroom and make students more interested. Lastly, this would be your opportunity to enhance your own digital and ICT skills through what you love the most, your work.

Topics Include

• The importance of ICT tools in the classroom of today
• Present like a Pro
• Learning a language through music and movies
• The use of videos
• From books to mobile apps

Aims in relation to the development of your organisation

• Improvement of digital and ICT skills and knowledge of language teachers
• Development of language teachers’ creativity
• Discovery of new ways to make classes more interactive and attractive to the new generation, the digital natives
• Ability to adapt to new digital challenges

English Teachers Guide to Dyslexia: Utilizing ICT tools to enhance motivation of dyslexic students

STOP Cyberbullying: Prevention and Intervention Practices for Educators

Our cultural identity: Experience the culture and heritage of Cyprus

Course Description

Culture has the power to transform entire societies, strengthen local communities and forge a sense of identity and belonging for people of all ages. Youth can act as a bridge between cultures and serve as key agents in promoting peace and intercultural understanding.

Culture is defined as the language, beliefs, values, heritage etc. for any society/country and also identifies the people of each country.

This course is addressed to young people and youth workers who want to discover and explore the cultural heritage of Cyprus and its hidden gems that make it a unique part of Europe. During the course you will discover Cyprus’ rich history and culture, explore the traditions and customs of the island and meet the most popular ancient jobs and local products thus offering a magnificent transnational experience. Whatever the season is, Cyprus offers the opportunity to everyone to experience something new, interesting and exciting such as wine making as Cyprus has been a vine-growing and wine-producing country for millennia, or maybe experience the traditional use of ‘roses’ for making a plethora of rose products, or explore the national part of Akamas following one of the many nature trails reaching the turtles, or even getting to know the locals’ habits at the well-known ‘kafenio’ for an intercultural debate.

Come to Cyprus explore and enjoy the weather, sandy beaches, mountains, traditional food, culture, people, hospitality and many more!

Topics Include

• The importance of cultural-awareness for promoting European values
• The Cultural Heritage of Cyprus
• Getting to know the ancient wine-growing and wine-producing through the years
• Meet the popular wine routes of Cyprus
• The green heart of Cyprus – From Troodos mountains to the national part of Akamas
• Reflect on urbanisation and re-visit rural life
• Gastronomy: taste the local products
• Learn the basics of the Greek Language

Aims in relation to the development of your organisation

• Promoting cultural awareness and historical heritage of a European country
• Equipping youth with European values of unity and diversity
• Empowering youth with civic competences
• Enriching language learning
• Reflecting on urbanization and sustainable development
• Exploring civic and social engagement and participation in non-formal learning activities
• Improve the cultural heritage competences of young people and youth workers

Erasmus+ Efficient Project Management and Coordination

Course Description
The course is designed to provide guidance and support for the efficient and effective implementation, participation, management and coordination of Erasmus+ projects in fields of education, training, and youth. The Erasmus+ programme supports actions, cooperation and synergies between organisations in order to strengthen the profiles of professionals, upgrade the services provide and enrich tools and resources in teaching and learning both informal and non-formal learning settings.

The investment in knowledge, skills and competences will benefit individuals, institutions, organisations and society as a whole by promoting the European values, ensuring solidarity, and ensuring social inclusion, access and participation of all people in the digitalised society and the labour market. Once you have the opportunity to participate in an Erasmus+ project, then do your best to successfully implement all activities, develop all products, organise all events and monitor the financial aspects while keeping up the quality of the work and reaching out to disseminate the results to others.

Topics Include

• Decoding all aspects of a KA2 proposal
• Defining terms and explaining requirements
• Management and Communication
• Platforms and tools
• Gantt Chart and time schedule
• Financial aspects and project budget
• Eligibility of expenditure
• Timesheets and financial evidence
• Quality control and monitoring
• Reporting templates
• Dissemination and exploitation
• Impact and sustainability

Aims

• Acquire in-depth knowledge of project implementation and management
• Understand the needs and requirements of being a partner in a KA2 project
• Identify activities, tasks, roles and responsibilities
• Understanding the financial demands and requirements of an approved budget
• Gain first-hand experience of developing a dissemination and exploitation plan
• Understand the importance of quality assurance and monitoring

Teaching languages in the 21st century: Because learning a language was never more interesting!

Course Description

Learning a language. An action that many people find boring, aimless, or just rocket science for them. However, it is actually as uninteresting or difficult as one might imagine? With the world evolving to a more digital society, learning a language cannot be an exception to this change.

Teachers of any filed are trying, especially now, to find innovative ways to include digital means in their curriculum in order to engage students, to make lessons more interesting and more responsive to this new digital reality.

If you are a language teacher trying to find innovative ways to make your classes more attractive, this course is for you! It will allow you to understand the importance of using digital tools in classroom, especially for teaching a language, it will help you get to know specific ICT resources that can enrich language learning in classroom and make students more interested. Lastly, this would be your opportunity to enhance your own digital and ICT skills through what you love the most, your work.

Topics Include

• The importance of ICT tools in the classroom of today
• Present like a Pro
• Learning a language through music and movies
• The use of videos
• From books to mobile apps

Aims in relation to the development of your organisation

• Improvement of digital and ICT skills and knowledge of language teachers
• Development of language teachers’ creativity
• Discovery of new ways to make classes more interactive and attractive to the new generation, the digital natives
• Ability to adapt to new digital challenges

English Teachers Guide to Dyslexia: Utilizing ICT tools to enhance motivation of dyslexic students

STOP Cyberbullying: Prevention and Intervention Practices for Educators

Our cultural identity: Experience the culture and heritage of Cyprus

Course Description

Culture has the power to transform entire societies, strengthen local communities and forge a sense of identity and belonging for people of all ages. Youth can act as a bridge between cultures and serve as key agents in promoting peace and intercultural understanding.

Culture is defined as the language, beliefs, values, heritage etc. for any society/country and also identifies the people of each country.

This course is addressed to young people and youth workers who want to discover and explore the cultural heritage of Cyprus and its hidden gems that make it a unique part of Europe. During the course you will discover Cyprus’ rich history and culture, explore the traditions and customs of the island and meet the most popular ancient jobs and local products thus offering a magnificent transnational experience. Whatever the season is, Cyprus offers the opportunity to everyone to experience something new, interesting and exciting such as wine making as Cyprus has been a vine-growing and wine-producing country for millennia, or maybe experience the traditional use of ‘roses’ for making a plethora of rose products, or explore the national part of Akamas following one of the many nature trails reaching the turtles, or even getting to know the locals’ habits at the well-known ‘kafenio’ for an intercultural debate.

Come to Cyprus explore and enjoy the weather, sandy beaches, mountains, traditional food, culture, people, hospitality and many more!

Topics Include

• The importance of cultural-awareness for promoting European values
• The Cultural Heritage of Cyprus
• Getting to know the ancient wine-growing and wine-producing through the years
• Meet the popular wine routes of Cyprus
• The green heart of Cyprus – From Troodos mountains to the national part of Akamas
• Reflect on urbanisation and re-visit rural life
• Gastronomy: taste the local products
• Learn the basics of the Greek Language

Aims in relation to the development of your organisation

• Promoting cultural awareness and historical heritage of a European country
• Equipping youth with European values of unity and diversity
• Empowering youth with civic competences
• Enriching language learning
• Reflecting on urbanization and sustainable development
• Exploring civic and social engagement and participation in non-formal learning activities
• Improve the cultural heritage competences of young people and youth workers

Erasmus+ Efficient Project Management and Coordination

Course Description
The course is designed to provide guidance and support for the efficient and effective implementation, participation, management and coordination of Erasmus+ projects in fields of education, training, and youth. The Erasmus+ programme supports actions, cooperation and synergies between organisations in order to strengthen the profiles of professionals, upgrade the services provide and enrich tools and resources in teaching and learning both informal and non-formal learning settings.

The investment in knowledge, skills and competences will benefit individuals, institutions, organisations and society as a whole by promoting the European values, ensuring solidarity, and ensuring social inclusion, access and participation of all people in the digitalised society and the labour market. Once you have the opportunity to participate in an Erasmus+ project, then do your best to successfully implement all activities, develop all products, organise all events and monitor the financial aspects while keeping up the quality of the work and reaching out to disseminate the results to others.

Topics Include

• Decoding all aspects of a KA2 proposal
• Defining terms and explaining requirements
• Management and Communication
• Platforms and tools
• Gantt Chart and time schedule
• Financial aspects and project budget
• Eligibility of expenditure
• Timesheets and financial evidence
• Quality control and monitoring
• Reporting templates
• Dissemination and exploitation
• Impact and sustainability

Aims

• Acquire in-depth knowledge of project implementation and management
• Understand the needs and requirements of being a partner in a KA2 project
• Identify activities, tasks, roles and responsibilities
• Understanding the financial demands and requirements of an approved budget
• Gain first-hand experience of developing a dissemination and exploitation plan
• Understand the importance of quality assurance and monitoring

Technology Tools for Educators: How to be a Modern and Innovative Digital Online Teacher!

Course Description

This course is designed to give teachers and educators an inside look and instructions surrounding the latest education technologies and innovations. This course’s aims will be to explore the best practices of using technology in the classroom, and discuss ways to increase student achievement by utilizing different freely available applications.

We will be creating a digital notebook to enhance our productivity and classroom organisation. Give tips on designing better assignments and friendly worksheets students. Dive into various social networks which can help classroom management and collaboration between students and teachers, learn how to create quickly a classroom website, help manage classroom assignments, grading and much more.

Additionally, the introduction of remote and online teaching which has become a reality in today’s pandemic condition has disrupted traditional classroom education. New tools and methods have surfaced and we will be looking some of the most successful one’s together with helpful tips to have an engaging online classroom with elements of gamification and interaction.

Topics Include

• Social Media Tools (Edmodo.com, Classroom dojo, Schoology)
• Creating a student-friendly worksheet
• Creating notes
• Managing a Virtual classroom
• Useful Applications for gamification and online teaching
• Using Google Classroom tools
• Creating a quick class website
• Creating interactive video lessons

Aims in relation to the development of your organisation

• The school will utilise in new interactive ways tablets and computers.
• The teachers will gain knowledge of classroom management applications which will save time and effort.
• Teachers will learn tools that will support efficient online teaching.