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It was a very difficult period

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this period is a totally new experience for me, i learnt many e-tools to ma

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I think that, like everyone else, the first feeling was confusion. However,  now it is clear that a new world of teaching opportunities has presented itself although face-to-face interaction cannot be replaced.
The initial overuse of you-tube videos for acquisition led me to the conclusion that this strategy alone cannot keep the students motivated. Therefore, there is a need for a variety of tools, such as powerpoint projects or testing devices that could fascilitate collaboration and assessment. Still, there are so much more I can learn, as far as tools are concerned, that it is certain that ove time new elements will be applied to improve my teaching practice.

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As all things in our lives, this situation has both a bright and tough side. Despite the initial feeling of chaos, helplessness and stress, a whole new digital world opened for us (educators) to explore. So many apps and platforms that we didn't even know that they exist, now have become a daily "must" for an efficient learning. I believe that from now on, even when the corona virus situation becomes "loose" and we return to the "good old days", we will continue to use several of our new digital tools. Of course, we shouldn't forget to mention the many black holes in the educational system that have to be mended if we want equality in the chances for education for all our students despite their families' financial, social, structural etc status. There has to be a solution for these major problems.

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I like using technology in my lessons and until meeting covid-19 I thought I'm good at using technology . I face with the facts...
I learn new app and tool to take my students attentions and make learning more enjoyable ,benefical for them.

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This was a difficult and challenging period. First of all, I learned that there are several different ways to teach and motivate my students. In addition, I realiζed that asynchronous teaching (via google classroom) is a valuable tool for me and my students. It was also a great opportunity to incorporate in my lessons multimedia recourses. Finally, I acquainted myself with ICT. On the other hand, I realiζed how important face-to face teaching is and what school really means. It is much more than courses and knowledge transmission. Eventually this experience will benefit my future teaching methods and my whole attitude as a teacher.

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The first thing I learned is that I need to learn a lot more and that I know almost nothing about digital tools. I only used the simplest digital tools. I tried to learn something about the new ones, but I didn't make much progress, because I didn't have time to study.

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We have all come along way since last year when the pandemic broke out and we had to resort to remote teaching.
Personally, I remember how intimidated and stressed I felt at the beginning and how unsure of how I would be able to cope with all this. Yet, little by little, I started to become acquainted with the digital tools we had at our disposal  by watching tutorials and experimenting myself. So, I gradually became more confident. I will surely continue to use all these tools when our physical presence at schools becomes feasible.Tools such as Power Point or Google Slides presentations, , You Tube explanatory videos, interactive worksheets, online dictionaries, games and other resources, e-mails for communication and submission of written work or tests, I will continue to use in class -provided the required infrastructure exists- but also outside of it for more independence.
In-school learning provides the benefit of direct student-teacher communication, which is irreplaceable of course, sets the framework of the learning process, helps build trust, promotes socialization and the creation of strong bonds between peers and also between teachers and students. Technology ,on the other hand enhances and modernizes the teaching practice, is more appealing to the young and therefore more engaging. So, in order to keep the students' interest up, a combination of both is required.
By showing a Presentation or an explanatory video, for example, a topic may be introduced and discussion may be initiated, questions may be answered and clarifications may be given in class. Further investigation, collaborative tasks (ie,projects) or individual tasks (ie. online exercises) may be assigned for homework. The advantages of in-school and online learning are in this way combined.

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As for my experience as a teacher, it was difficult moments in the beginning when education was turned upside down. We started as teachers to think and plan the most appropriate way. What is the best model for achieving distance learning and moving away from material and human losses. We tried many models and we compared them together. We tried platforms and many applications that reflect learning and its outcomes. It was an experiment. Rich in changing the design thinking style and focusing on achieving differentiation in content and evaluation as well as the constant search for the best in a way that is commensurate with the students' levels and preferences and the pedagogy of learning and education. Lifelong independent learners.

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As for my experience as a teacher, it was difficult moments in the beginning when education was turned upside down. We started as teachers to think and plan the most appropriate way. What is the best model for achieving distance learning and moving away from material and human losses. We tried many models and we compared them together. We tried platforms and many applications that reflect learning and its outcomes. It was an experiment. Rich in changing the design thinking style and focusing on achieving differentiation in content and evaluation as well as the constant search for the best in a way that is commensurate with the students' levels and preferences and the pedagogy of learning and education. Lifelong independent learners.

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I had previous experience in blended learning so the COVID-19 situation did not affect my teaching although I am teaching first grade.

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Well in the very beginning and since as a Head I get only two hours classes teaching, I worked witn my students with google classroom through asychronous teaching mainly.
This year I also teach two hours but my lesson is basically linguistic, latin, grammar and syntaxe, so not many things I can really afford to my students by apps, tech etc and practice all these ICT tools I learnt about in previous seminars. But I can use tech and the apps in the Erasmus project for good, that's certain, in the eTwinning projects and in all celebrations we prepared for online dissemination. The following link could be a great example concerning using the apps for an online celebration, the celebration concerns the 200 years passed since the Greek Revolution:

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4ο Λύκειο Αλίμου: "Από το Μακρυγιάννη στο Μακρυγιάννειο"/25 Μαρτίου 1821.

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I learned how to interact with students without physical interaction. I understood how difficult is to keep students active. I tried methods engaging people in lesson and theese methods can be adapted for use in normal classroom seetings

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The biggest challenge was to make the lessons motivating for my students as I teach in the primary school and to be more creative.
I have learned that learning can also be outside the classroom , something that I had never imagined before.
The advantages are that I have discovered new strategies and many new tools that I will definitely continue using after this period.

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Keeping the students focused and active was challenging. For this reason I followed several trainings to help me learn and use several tools and ways to achieve a more effective distance learning.

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It has been a very productive year and the students responded in a very positive way in the new way of teaching and learning. I found an opportunity to implement all the things I had learnt in my B2 learning during the previous lockdown. It has been a very interesting experience. I can't wait to get the feedback questionnaire for the overall experience form my students and see its strengths and weaknesses.

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In this period, I have learnt how to use different digital tools. I have tried different ways to approach content effectively, using technology.

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At the beginning I was shocked. I didn't know how I reach my students.  luckly  we have interactive boards in our classes so I thought teaching through zoom with e-books is enough. But it isn't. I try to find and learn different app , tools to  make my lessons more interesting and more usiful for my students. I like learning and using technology.

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The only disadvantage for me is missing my Ss.
The rest of points are pros:
·        Opportunity to study at any time. A student who studies remotely can decide for himself when and how much time during the semester to spend on studying the material. He builds an individual training schedule for himself.

·        Opportunity to study anywhere. Students can study without leaving home or office, being anywhere in the world. All you need to start learning is a computer with Internet access. The absence of the need to attend school every day is a definite plus for people with disabilities, for people living in hard-to-reach areas, and parents with small children.

·        In-service training. To study, it is not necessary to take a vacation at the main place of work, go on a business trip. You can also study remotely in several courses or in several educational institutions at the same time.

·        Opportunity to learn at your own pace. It is not necessary to study at the same pace as other students. The student can always return to the study of more complex issues, watch video lectures several times, reread correspondence with the teacher, and already familiar topics can be missed. The main thing is to successfully pass the intermediate and final certifications.

·        Availability of training materials. Access to all necessary literature is opened to the student after registration in the distance learning system, or he receives study materials by e-mail. The problem of lack or absence of textbooks, manuals or manuals disappears.

·        Mobility. Communication with teachers, tutors is carried out in different ways: both on-line and off-line. Consulting a teacher by e-mail is sometimes more effective and quicker than making a face-to-face meeting in person.

·        Study in a calm environment. Intermediate certification of distance learning students takes the form of on-line tests. Therefore, students have less cause for concern. The possibility of subjective assessment is excluded: the system that checks the correctness of the answers to the test questions will not be affected by the student's success in other subjects, his social status and other factors.

·        Individual approach. In traditional teaching, it is difficult for a teacher to pay the necessary amount of attention to all students in the group, to adjust to the pace of work of each. The use of remote technologies is suitable for organizing an individual approach. In addition to the fact that the student chooses the pace of study, he can quickly get from the teacher answers to questions.

·        Distance education is cheaper. If you compare the cost of distance learning and distance learning, then distance learning is likely to be cheaper. The student does not have to pay for travel, accommodation, and in the case of foreign universities do not need to spend on a visa and passport.

·        Convenience for the teacher. Teachers, tutors, teachers engaged in pedagogical activities remotely can pay attention to more students and work, even while on a business trip or at a conference abroad.

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During this period, I learned to use new educational materials. I attended different trainings. I gave importance to learning with games.

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I missed the traditional f2f banter that exist in language learning before, during and after the session that promote informal language learning and practice. However, we continually tried different means of filling this gap such as 5 minute chill talk , mug time banter. It was the sharing of tool and pedagogy sessions with peers that could be adapted across different disciplines and subject that I enjoyed since it brought new life to my own teaching approaches  and forced me to constantly reflect by dismissing, adapting and adopting new tools and approaches that suited my students ( individual/group) and the content/ subject. This now moves on to experiment with a a blended learning approach that promote students learning. I think blended learning strategies will always be in a continuous mode of change due to new technologies.

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I think that Hybrid teaching represents a mix of frontal teaching and distance teaching. In recent months it has undergone a forced acceleration. It is currently used by an increasing number of educational establishments.

Despite the challenges posed to both teachers and students, it represents a great opportunity to ensure the continuity and resilience of our educational system in the face of possible crises similar to the one we are experiencing today.

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The positive aspect is for shure, that finally we teachers had to devellop our digital and methodologigal skills within a couple of months. So it was possible to discover a lot of useful tools, implement the structures for learning processes in distance. And with these new developments it was possible to discover our colleagues all over Europe, being busy to solve the same problems. So corona helped to get closer, using platforms such as eTwinning. As an educator for prospective teachers I came to the conclusion, that digitalization and cooperation including teachers all over Europe must be a central goal in teacher training.
The bad side: We left behind a lot of studends without digital equipment...:-(( And until now many colleagues try to keep the old fashioned structure of their lessons..... storing thousands of worksheets on their moodle platforms....just acquisition without meaningful production..

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This period was so difficult at first  because there was no help.I spended a lot of hours for self education.But this period made me better too. As my subject is once a week the digital tools made the distance learning better. at school there are no interactive boards not even projectors  ,so distance learning faciliated our collaboration and made the lesson attractive

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At first, I had to get used to the Webex platform and handle some problems with 'misbehaviour'. Then I had to consider what devices my students used, what their connection speed was and how feasible it was for them to have both the Webex platform on and another app - most of the times that was not feasible. Yet, I explored more online material, which I can insert in my daily teachng practice - either in class or sent to students online - even after the emergency situation.

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I am a music teacher, so you can see teaching time during the pandemic is quite a challenge. I came to realise that there are many ways to teach something, different technics that can be used and only the ones that we were used to.

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I learned to handle and utilize the capabilities of webex and try to be flexible in teaching. Of course a little or less great preparation was necessary. I believe that the utilization of email, Google docs and eclass could be used even after the covid era.

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As a teacher, it was an opportunity for us to improve ourselves and experience a new way of teaching.While we were teaching to students, we became learners and tried to develop ourselves in an environment which was new to us.I learnt different techniques, tools taht can enrich my teaching process.We learnt that teaching can took place everywhere if you plan what you teach with the correct methods and tools.

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The pandemic forced us to reconsider the way we teach and how our students learn. We had to seek tutorials on how to supplemet our lessons and we tried to make the new lessons more appealing. We had to make choices based on new time limitations and we were obliged to find alternative ways of assessment. However, despite the difficulties, we are all coming out of the experience more qualified and wise. Nobody can substitute the teacher but it is the teacher who has to constantly develop so that students feel guided and inspired every step of the way.

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It was difficult to adapt to the new conditions of education. Although, distance learning, despite the fact that is inferior to face to face, helped me to be more flexible with new technologies.

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In fact, to adjust distance education was too difficult both me and my students at the beginning of pandemic.. Because we just used traditional teaching methods in our classrooms.After pandemic, we had to use technology. We had to learn and recognize new teaching materials. Now we use these materials and it will be sometimes so easy to teach a subject. Students have fun while learning.I enjoy using tecnologhy.

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WE were unprepared for distance learning and we had no training for this kind of teaching. Through time we get familiar with tools and possibilities in distance learning and some of these tools are useful even in teaching in class. The last year was difficut for everybody but encouraged teacher to create on line communities and help each other by providing ideas and material. Communication with parents is very essential these times because of the phsychologic problems of kids who we have to support in every day communication

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I think that this period is challenging for both teachers and students: teachers should try harder, to develop new materials, to adjust the existing ones etc.  On the other hand, students should get used to  new teaching approaches, much more different from the traditional ones... 

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I think that this period is challenging for both teachers and students: teachers should try harder, to develop new materials, to adjust the existing ones etc.  On the other hand, students should get used to  new teaching approaches, much more different from the traditional ones... 

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Anna, Greece

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One of the good things of online teaching is that students who were feeling insecure and chose not to participate in the physical classroom became much more involved and self confident online. Among the troubling realities of  distance learning is that it burdened even more  low income families by creating difficulty and anxiety to poorer students.

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What I have realised during this period is the value of collaborative digital tools in contrast to other digital applications that do not allow collaboration. They certainly facilitate discussion and collaboration. Moreover how studends value working in smaller teams - e.g. breakout sessions in rooms - to curry out centrain tasks.

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COVID-19 offered numerous learning opportunities while also imposing significant constraints. Distance learning encouraged us to think about our teaching: the balance between longer lectures and shorter tutorials; the structure of learning; the role of online vs. face-to-face opportunities. It was a good opportunity to discover new pedagogy tools.

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Any crisis could be a chance to a proffesional development

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Any crisis could be a chance to a proffesional development

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The pandemic period we have been the last year it is great chance for a personal and a proffesional develpment an urge to walk forward to adapt new digital tools and strategie in order to promote the blended learning for our students. (e.g. flipped classroom).

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The unique cirumstances we have been living the last year, lead to the sudden introduction of the educational world to the distant learning.
My initial concerns referred to both my personal but also my students' familiarity with technological tools needed to put in practice.
Nevertheless, the time has passed, and after many hours of practice along with the help of webinars on the use of specific technological tools, my teaching approach has changed for the better.

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The teachers definitely belong to a fast-adapting "clan." Having their students' best interests in mind they have struggled with many beasts to keep on passing knowledge out to them. The COVID-19 distance learning period has given me the opportunity to implement more of the techniques and new technologies expertise I have aquired in the course of my carreer and do it more freely and in a larger scale. Working at a school that is fairly well-equipped the exploitation of personalised knowledge of the students everyday realities at home renders it easier for me to plan and become more flexible in the interactive materials they responded more positively to during lockdown.
The kids create at school watching videos, images and sounds, collaborate, use their mobile or other applications to investigate and implement, they play and research. And the students who don't have access to these tools at home, will make use of them in the classroom. Students can also use collaborative spaces (google tools, viber etc, padlet) to communicate and cooperate, youtube and other websites to aquire knowledge and pass it on, and so on... The list is endless depending on the group

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My name is Miguel Cecilio from Almagro (Spain). I'm Technology and also ICT teacher. I'd like to explain my experience with my students during  the period of school closures   (from 14 March to 30 June in Spain 2020). The foundations of my methodoloy was the Google Classroom platform where I shared contents, activities and tasks (I had a wide experience with this platform for four courses and my pupils too). In addition, I used videoconferences with Zoom (sharing screens in order to check what students were doing). The main methodologies I implemented were  flipped-classroom blending with Project Based Learning.
Finally, to evaluate the outcomes of my learners I manged Socrative's web, tasks of classroom and Edpuzzle programme (short videos with questions inside them) getting good achievements in the key competences.
During the present course our schools are working and in specific levels (15 and 16 yo) half of the learners in classroom and the other half at home following the lesson by streaming at the same time. Consequently, the skills I developed  during the lockdown it has been the roots for the present course.

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The time is such that it seeks change. Getting started was not easy and I studied every day. I realized that I needed to set learning goals more clearly. I have learned to use a number of new digital tools and this makes me immensely happy.

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I felt that the way I was teaching so far didn' t quite reached the demands of the on line education. We cannot teach using on line by following the traditional way of teaching. I also have the impression that my knowledge over web tools was not that sufficient.  One year after i think I have impoved but definetely I need to practice more.

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I think pandemic time shows how is very important the emotional appearance in a lesson. Teach something means take care activities that childern can't do in classroom/online or at home.  Lesson must change,  because situations are changed; we need to maintain high attention with research solutions of real problem first of all. Web tools are a little part of a lesson; it need add a good anteraction between teacher and student, in which informations must be immediately spendable in everyday life.  This idea is always present wherever we're theaching and wherever children are learning.
Marcello C.

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We all adapt. Time implies change. I learned to know my adaptability. Change was urgent. I looked at teaching differently. I used new tools, created new materials that became part of my daily practice. Everything for my students in an ever-changing profession. One more reason for this training.

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It was certainly a hard time when we in one day we found ourselves in a completely new teaching situation we had never encountered before. We were both trying to keep on teaching our students but at the same time teaching ourselves how to get to grips with new tools, methods , platforms e.t.c.. Endless hours of personal work with no formal training on th epart of the state.  We did it and I personally learnt to use new digital tools and incorporated a lot of tools I already knew in my teaching. However, my lessons were limited to presenting or sharing content with my students and seriously lacked the elements of collaroration, discussion an dinteraction that face-to -face teaching have. This is what I would like to develop more and this is the reason why I;m here. Of course, when we came back to f-to -f lassons , I continued using the e-class but I would liek to improve my online teaching and the blending of these situations.

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It was a difficult moment when making the decision to switch from (face-to-face) learning to distance learning. We were in a race against time to convert students ’lectures into electronic courses that they study on their own and the lecture turned into a discussion session. We went through a difficult circumstance and learned a lot from it.

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I pandemic situation in which people all over the world face death can not and should not be an opportunity for anything

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In this stage of the pleasant new year, we learned various techniques, strategies to motivate students. I use various applications to monitor distance learning.

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I realized it was easier to discover individual needs and to attend them. I elaborated new material to help them learn on a self-directed way which I'm using this year when the students are in school. Not all the students learn in the same way and if we offer them different resources to learn it will be easier to individualize.

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I realized it was easier to discover individual needs and to attend them. I elaborated new material to help them learn on a self-directed way which I'm using this year when the students are in school. Not all the students learn in the same way and if we offer them different resources to learn it will be easier to individualize.

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I've been out of classes.

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During the pandemics I worked mostly with Google classroom because it was the platform chosen by my school. I had never worked with this tool and it was very interesting to discover everything we could do. In fact I developed a lot of ICT skills during this hard period. I tried to give my students different activities which allowed them to develop their skills. Videos and pictures to comment on, write texts, give opinion. Research work, visiting websites participating in  discussion forums. It is sometimes difficult to imagine how to bring some activities into the in-school learning only because it is difficult to let go of  the control. It 's difficult to let them "fly" on their own specially when you know some of them are going to fail, at least in the beginning. It's a hard job to try to make our students more autonomous.

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I have learned to promote more interactive lessons, include questions using different platforms, adding team work in breakout rooms, be faster, reduce quantity and improve quality of discussion...

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During the time of Covid-19 pandemic and synchronous and asynchronous teaching I realised how helpful technology can prove to be for my work as a teacher.The use of multimedia resources and various different tools improved the process of learning for my students

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I had a very difficult time, as many of you!
Now, I am gratful for this experience, because my students and I, learned  so much!!!
I used padlet, nearpod, classroomscreen,kahoot,Foxit reader and other digital tools.
We are living in a unique historical moment and I strogly beleive that it's our responsibility too, to change things in education...
Challenge accepted !!!!

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I have learned to manage my lessons more effectively and to set learning objectives better. I have also discovered many new useful apps, websites and materials that can be used both in online and traditional lessons so they will be useful even in the future.

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Distance learning has helped me in terms of developing myself and my technology skills in tools and applications and how to deal with students with friendliness and respect and taking into account their psychological feelings during the Corona pandemic

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I've learned, with the hard way, that it doesn't fit the methods of traditional learning in online learning.

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I have learned that however different methods we try online, we still need to have face to face education and keep an eye on the students. On the other hand, this period has helped me to get more ideas about the distance learning and I have also had chance to follow some different webinars regarding my profession.

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It was March 2020 when for the first time in my life I felt at a loss. I had to work on line without having taken not even a couple of hours webinar on how this is done. Thank God I managed to survive that adverse situation and due to insistence and personal hard work-I remember myself waking up early in the morning and staying up late in order to prepare for the next day- NOW I can boast: Yes, I did it. I learned a lot of new tools and produced more creative and student-friendly work. I will definitely integrate all this knowledge both into on line and in-school learning 

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It was March 2020 when for the first time in my life I felt at a loss. I had to work on line without having taken not even a couple of hours webinar on how this is done. Thank God I managed to survive that adverse situation and due to insistence and personal hard work-I remember myself waking up early in the morning and staying up late in order to prepare for the next day- NOW I can boast: Yes, I did it. I learned a lot of new tools and produced more creative and student-friendly work. I will definitely integrate all this knowledge both into on line and in-school learning 

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In this period I found myself spending hours in front of a PC trying to learn the tools I needed to communicate with my students , teach them and motivate them.

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In the period of pandemic we have completely shifted from traditional learning to online we have to learn using many technology that we can keep touch with our student like Microsoft teams google form and gaming maker platform to keep student active more engaging in the learning process.

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I can say that I was rather well prepared to online teaching. I new many useful tools. I understood how to implement technology into the process. But I couldn't really imagine how the lack of face-to-face realation could be difficult.

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Renata,Greece.
I think the pandemic was even a chance to become more flexible and render the learning experience more creative.

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In this period I was unprepared about digital learning. I have tried to learn new approaches in order to motivate my students.But I still need to improve my technological skill.

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Looking back...
What have you learned in this period?
That's I've got the power, meaning that I can teach and have students involved and engaged no matter what, as long as the technology is there. That teachers can be very resilient and reinvent themselves. That "good" students fail too and many not like distance learning. That "bad" students can be great. That shy students can be inspirational and driven by distance learning. That I am still learning myself. And I love it!

How could this experience help you improve your daily teaching practice?
By enhancing digital integration into brick and mortar classes so that we can all have classes and learn something no matter what! All of us, students and teachers.

What new tools and strategies that you discovered in a distance learning setting could be used in the classroom setting, and how?
I am not a very good example at this... But... having to engage. The element of surprise and of a good clicker or a good game can be very engaging. I would like to do this more in F2F classes from now on.

How could you bring “the best of both worlds” – that is, the advantages of distance education combined with all the benefits of in-school learning – to your current practice?
Making it all a seamless experience. Having students using the same tools and performing the same kind of activities by means of their mobiles in class and doing basically the same when they were confined at home or during lockdown for all of us.

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During the pandemic I can say I learnt, up to a point, how to use technology and digital material and tools to teach Sport and Physical Education and to communicate effectively with my students. With my colleagues we have formed a Collaborative Learning Community, to quickly produce and gather new digital learning product. This was very helpful and should be keep going on, even after the end of school closures. It would also be useful for me and my classes to keep using the learning platform (e-me) to share videos and extra material that my students are interested for, to make announcements, to communicate with parents and to have access to class portfolios.

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In this períod of remote learning I get closer to some students, because it´s easier speak with them in a call in the Teams or in the Zoom, even when we return to school. The students discover how easy is group working, using some plataforms that some already used but for confraternizing when they gaming. The teacher can use some vídeos (recorded or not by you) for aquisition. However, I already used, even in presencial class, but more ponctualy that last strategy. I also organize better the week of work for give to the students the oportunity to be more autonomous.

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During the Covid-19 pandemic I adapt and  implement teaching and learning approaches, in order to motivate my students in their distance learning process. to participate more actively in distance learning using more interactive activities and games.

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I can't say that I was completely unprepared for online teaching: I had already started using online tests, I had taken a Moodle training course, I was already using email collaboration with students, but March 2020 opened up a world in which I did not yet have the courage to enter. I immersed myself in the world of online courses to understand from the position of student what would be the best option for working with my students. I am sincerely convinced that I will keep many of the online tools discovered in physical school, because it allows me to individualize the learning process of my students.
And the fact that I had positive feedback from them makes me continue.

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Thiws pandemic allowed schools in Greece to take the challenge and engage technology in their everyday practice. This is an attitude which I strongly hold on and I wish I can use these tools in the future as well.

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I'm really grateful because I had the chance to implement all that I had learned about web2 tools .This way, I feel that my online lesson were more appealing to my students

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I was unprepared for online teaching. I still need training on how and when to use appropriate digital tools. I believe I will use them when we get back to schools.

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How could this experience help you improve your daily teahing?
I have to acknowledge that the lockdown took me off-guard. More or less I was unprepared for an online teaching. But I have to admit that online teaching is a challenge and as such we can find new opportunities. I realised that each lesson is not a pre-cooked lunch. I have to plan every detail with only one goal. To make my lesson interesting and productive.

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I had been using blended learning activities for some years before the health emergency but the last months have helped me adjust some of the ones I had designed and reflect on the pedagogy behind them. Paradoxically (or not), I have been focusing more on the social, face-to-face part of these activities, switching more and more towards a flipped classroom model.

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During the lockdown last year I was an English teacher and my pupils were 3 years old. I used Genially with videos and songs to teach them and Zoom, TEAMS and ClassDojo to communicate with their families.

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, I tried to implement new teaching and learning approaches, in order to motivate my students to participate more actively in distance learning. So, I have used different tools to engage my students in online activities [for example, Googleforms, kahoot games].

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Reflecting on my teaching experience during the pandemic I would say that I learned a lot more than I knew before about technology and web2 tools and apps. Although I was familiar with some of them through ICT training, I had the tendency to use the same tools all the time. Distance learning helped me discover all the benefits of eclass and tools like padlet, eBooks, quizzes etc. I can keep in touch with my students after the school day, answer their questions or queries, mark their tests and assignments and send them detailed feedback. They can contribute by posting on the padlets, read other students' work and respond to them. Of course, it takes a lot of time for me to prepare the material, reply back and give adequate feedback. I feel I am all day long in front of my computer, which is exhausting.
When returning back to face to face teaching, I will definitely keep on using these tools. Besides, my students asked me to do it because it saves a lot of time and it's more interesting. I'm aware of the time and effort needed, but I'm persuaded it's for the best of both, students and teachers, and the education process overall.

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The school shutdown brought several challenges to me and my students. The first one, was trying to engage my students in my online lessons, synchronous and asynchronous. The most positive from this period as a teacher, for me, was the possibility to engage my students in activities that they should solve using mobile devices. At school that was not possible, because some of them didn't have the devices. However, during online teaching and with the school help, they all had devices. As in Portugal all students are being provided with laptops, I will be able to continue engaging my students with the activities that I held, even after the school opens.

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I used many different digital tools, plattforms and apps that I will continue to use in my teaching with my students.

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Technically speaking, the practical knowledge I already had allowed me to easily adapt to distance learning. However, it was not (and is not being) easy to change/adapt my pedagogical practices, since the whole structuring of my classes is still based on the face-to-face perspective.

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I was interested in technologies even before pandemic, but, for sure, I hade to improve the use of it during the lockdown period.
I think that using GSuite, Kahoot!, Mentimeter, etc in the ordinary school, could let me feel free, at least, in knowing the tool and I could think only about the new application of it.
I was lucky because I didn't have to learn new tools and I could focus only on how to apply my knowledge.

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The pandemic has pushed things forward faster. I have learned a lot about overcoming internal obstacles regarding technology. I will also happily continue to use tools like the eclass ,e- mails and blogs with my students. And I am motivated to learn and use more technological tools. This goes together with developing more efficient pedagogical practices and learning more about the subject I teach.

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What have you learned in this period?
That anything can be done when you find yourself in need of technology.

How could this experience help you...?
I would like to keep using some tools that  I ' ve recently found online for material reviewing or testing such as kahoot.

The biggest chalenge...
That we had to keep educating young learners without any technological support or knowledge and we lived up to all expectations.

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What have you learned in this period?
I learned to use online teaching tools like e-me and e-class in order to communicate and guide my students to achieve a better understanding of

natural phenomena

How could this experience help you improve your daily teaching practice?
By keep providing to my students online material,sources and projects through those platforms, even after pandemic restrictions are lifted.

Setting aside positives of online distance teaching though, what troubles me is students who suffer from learning disabilities (e.g. dyslexia, ADHD, epilepsy etc) since they can't afford to spend enough screening time.

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Working from home last year was really difficult at first. I had to learn how to make video lessons and how to share content. Luckily I found new tools online that I shared with my students via Edmodo.
Thinglink, Adobe spark, Playposit, WordArt, Vocaroo were useful for sharing content or for asking them to play games with new vocabulary or structures. What I find very useful is for them to create quizzes or presentations for their classmates so that they can show acquisition of content and also use their creativity
This year we are in a blended situation, some classes are at school some are not. I am trying to use different approaches both in my face to face classes and in my online ones.

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I was a unique experience. Despite the problems of online education the process was good and the courses continued well.

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During the pandemic I used Google Classroom as an educational platform. Also I used ZOOM for synchronous learning. I've never used them before but I had to learn how to do it (and very quickly).
In that time my task was not only to teach students my subject, but also teach them and their parents to use technologies.
I've discovered and I'm still discovering for myself super educational online tools and implement them in my work with students.
In face-to-face learning I'll continue to blend synchronous and asynchronous tasks. It allows to all the students learn in their own pace.

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I think that on line education as the only way of  learning /teaching method  may be used only in a period of emergency , it can be used as a valid icomplement to face to face education; When school were closed I didn't find difficult to use some ICT tools which gave me an immediate feedback of pupils'understanding and let them collaborate in some activities; I used these tools in my etwinning projects and some pupils had been accostumated to use them

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I really think the only good thing the pandemic has given me was the chance to become a better teacher. As an English teacher, before the lockdown, I already used some ICT tools in my lessons but when I was sent home and had to connect with my students through other means I tried to get the more information I can so that I can prepare my lessons in a clear and understandable way. I learned a lot through webinars, courses, videos which explained how to use apps and I manage to focus on some of them that are suitable for my students' ages. Of course there were some difficulties, especially on the digital literacy part and on the technological instruments but it was possible to develop an engaging and motivating work during that time. When we return to school my main concern was to continue the process so I try to have some of my lessons in the ICT classroom and we continue to use some of the digital tools we discovered in distance learning. We are trying to combine the "two worlds" and I really think we are getting there taking small steps every day.

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Online education is not a substitute for face-to-face education, especially for students who need individualised support and more personalised follow-up. Many students have many organisational and concentration difficulties which are accentuated when they are alone at home. Others surprised by their active and constant participation in the tasks using new digital tools, shy and reserved students blossomed.
The combination of both allows an enrichment of students and teachers. I believe that this constant exchange of new knowledge through other tools will contribute to the development of new skills.

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We all had to adapt to a new way of teaching and learning, last year and this year as well.There's  a positive side to everything in my view,and the newly acquired skills will certainly prove to our benefit in the long term.

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We all had to adapt to a new way of teaching and learning, last year and this year as well.There's  a positive side to everything in my view,and the newly acquired skills will certainly prove to our benefit in the long term.

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The school closure due to the pandemic really caught most of us by surprise. We had to adapt to a new learning environment, though some of us (quite few!) may used online platforms for asynchronous and synchronous classes. As a result, personally I explored new ways of teaching using technological tools. Some of them I started using them when schools reopened, as they facilitated the learning process in a fun and engaging way for students.

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A reflection on my teaching experience during the pandemic.
At the beginning, it was a hard time. We had to use new technologies and tools we had never used before. Then, I realized that most students are good at social networking sites but they have serious problems to upload some docs or connect on a simple calling conference because some of them emailed me to ask for some help. When students overcame this situation, it was a nice time because we could exchange projects and they were more active in the process of learning.

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I used the online platforms for asynchronous and synchronous classes with my students for the first time. My students could send me messages. It was really great to answer to all of them. I did not actually discover new tools or strategies but I learned a lot from using them in a real life situation. Working at your own pace is something I enjoy in distance teaching and learning. In the physical classroom all senses are present; it is a more comprehensive kind of teaching and learning.

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I have learned how to use a variety of tools that I didn't have the chance to use in the real classroom.

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Webex meetings, distance learning, teaching in front of a screen... expecting my highschool students to respond, react, participate... Well the pandemic factor changed the routine for good!
What have I learned?
1. To be patient with  myself and my students and take time to adjust to  the new environment-situation  and acknowledge  it.
2. To reorganize my lessons  : both the implementation and the goals.
3.  Motivation for learning is  not  a matter of  distance or face to face education  but  a status of mind.  As a teacher I cannot control it but I can inspire or enhance it.
4 I explored new digital tools compined with the old classic methods.

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The pandemic has caught most of the teaching community by surprise and we all had to adapt our methods and acquire new skills at a flash. I spent endless hours in front of my computer screen trying to set up my e-class and to enhance my digital skills. I have considered myself computer literate, but it seems that CoVid literally challenged this perception. Still, there are tools I use, such as Padlet which I couldn't use in my regular class and they have transformed the students'mood.