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This is our presentation for the Erasmus course The Best Digital Tools for Language Teachers

https://view.genial.ly/625eee12b4f2920018d758d0/video-presentation-our-school

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Escola Básica e Secundária Quinta das Flores

Our school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZeXX7pCWzU

Our school is located in the old city of Coimbra, founded in 1290.

It has the 2nd oldest university in Europe.

The university and the city are famous for its traditional music - fado.

The universtity students wear a traditional uniform (black outfit).

EBSQF is a- 37-year-old integrated school, which combines the national curriculum with the artistic teaching (music and dance)

The school in numbers

1177 students143 teachers5th to 12th gradesmandatory education - up to 12th grade

- regular- sciences and technology; languages, economy and visual arts;- artistic (music and dance), - professional (Sport, ICT, Health, Jazz)

3 Types of courses

- elementary (9 to 11); - intermediate (11 to 14); - secondary (14 to 17)

3 Levels

Some of our spaces at school

The staff room

The library

The canteen

The auditorium

Some of our clubs

The Arts club

The Radio Club

The German Club

The European Club

Ana AmaroEnglish teacher - 5th and 9th gradeClass headteacherGerman Club responsible

Who we are

Gabriela RodriguesEnglish teacher - 8th and 10th grade

Who we are

Paula MesquitaEnglish teacher - 5th grade and professional courses 11th and 12th grades(Jazz, Health, Sport, ICT)

Who we are

Our goals and expectations

- improving our digital competence;-applying the new knowledge to our language practice;

- challenging us professionally;-changing ourpractices in language teaching

Ana Amaro, Gabriela Rodrigues, Paula Mesquita

Thanks

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Mais oui mes amis! Pretty much everything is closed in Nice today. There is no public transportation and much restaurants, shops and museums are closed. However, the locals celebrated the Start of Spring with a huge gathering which encompasses traditional dancing, music and general frolicking around the Roman Ruins. In Nice be Niçoise and make a picnic in the park.

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During our first day we met our teacher Frances and our classmates from Spain and Germany. We presented our school and ourselves and we learned about new strategies and digital tools, such as radio.garden and Drive & Listen.

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Listen to radio stations all over the world...

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Listen to live Nice radio on Radio Garden

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Listen to live Nice radio on Radio Garden

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Get to know Nice while driving...

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With Symbaloo we can easily save, share, and organize our favourites. It's a time saver online bookmark manager for educators. We can use it as a homepage on any browser or Internet-enabled device.
On this day we also learned about Nearpod, a collaborative presentation tool useful to edit videos and use them in an educational context.
Lyrics Training is a web platform to learn languages through music. Learners can choose to fill in the lyrics , to sing along  through Karaoke mode or to game.

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Symbaloo: Bookmarks & Favorites - The #1 Homepage for Educators

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Easily save, share, and organize your favorites with Symbaloo; the best online bookmark manager for educators. Use Symbaloo as a homepage on any browser or Internet-enabled device. Create a free account today!

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Today we took a ride on a carousel. No, not that kind of carousel! That's a technique which envolves simultaneous work stations.  Each group is given different tasks/tools  and then move from station to station, discussing the task as they go. We were divided into three groups and learned about design templates (Canva), Emoticons & Emojis, Still Images  and Mind Maps (Coggle).

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Today we started our morning using a set of cards. The Strength Cards are designed to facilitate reflection and help people share narratives around their own strengths and successes. Then we moved to other tools that bring creativity to the classroom and help to create digital books: Book Creator and Story Jumper.
Project Zero is an online resource that explores topics in education such as deep thinking, understanding, intelligence, creativity and ethics.
To finish our working morning we analyzed how Instagram influences teenagers' behaviour and discussed the dangers hidden in social media. Taking into account a tragic incident caused by a poll voting on this social media, we used it to motivate students to write different types of texts.

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On this last day, we were given one hour to create an engaging activity for our students!
We really tried and did our best. We focused on incorporate one or two digital tools in a lesson, connecting them to our written curriculum.
Important reminder: Remember that a digital tool is NOT a lesson.

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May 6th: Part 2  -Closing ceremony and certificates

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May 6th: Part 2  -Closing ceremony and certificates

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At the end of our training, we revisited our initial burning questions, shared parts of the work in progress with some colleagues, received our certificates and took the official photo.

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As there wasn't an official farewell dinner, we made our own. There is no Côte d'Azur without Moules frites and Chardonnay!
We listened to the accordéon, laughed a lot and told funny stories and were attended to by a Brazilian waitress. That's Nissa, la Bella!..and us!

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On the last day, we had time to get to know a little bit of the local culture. Ana and Paula went on an adventure with a hop-on hop-off bus along the town and its surroundings. We took some time to visit Villefranche-sur-Mer, a wonderful settling nestled into a lovely bay overlooking the cruise ships in front of Cap-Ferrat. We were lucky enough to watch La Rade Classique - a race of old classical cars. It was the calm before the tempest- our eventful journey back.

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One of the cultural activities available for the last day was a Nice Food Tour. We started at Auers Chocolatier where we tasted some wonderful chocolates and dried fruit. Then we moved on to the busy and colouful Flower Market where Frances, our guide and teacher, gave us dried tomatoes and olives to taste. French pastry with red fruits was a treat waiting for us at Le Promenade des Anglais, the perfect scenery to enjoy such delight. We moved on the busy streets of Vieux-Nice, to the Caves Caprioglio wine shop just to find out that rosé wine, cheese and onion and anchoves pie are a perfect match. Just across the street we still had the chance to taste wonderful olive oil and Modena Vinegar at Maison Bremond, and finally, we ended this wonderful food tour at Chez Theresa to enjoy the traditional  Niçoise socca (a pancake made of chickpeas) which goes well with the Socca beer. It was a tour to remember, which filled my stomach and my heart, as well.