One of the main benefits of participating in Erasmus+ Projects is the possibility of taking part in various Professional Development Opportunities, including attending tailor-made courses abroad. Watch this testimonial from Ms Janice Vella Muscat, educator at St Nicholas College Mgarr Primary School, who had the opportunity to receive Erasmus+ funded training in July! #ErasmusDays #ErasmusDays2024 #EUPA #EUPAMalta #ErasmusAccreditation
An Erasmus+ Course
Ms Nadia Mifsud, Ms Maria Gatt and Ms Diane Mifsud, educators at St Nicholas College Mtarfa Primary School, recently attended the Erasmus+ Course ‘Attention Please! Digital Tools and Techniques for Student Engagement’ in Budapest, Hungary.
Continue readingMs. Lara Portelli and Ms. Riann Fenech Gladwish from St Nicholas College, Mtarfa Primary School, attended the Erasmus+ Course ‘Using ICT Tools to Integrate Migrant Students in the Classroom’. The course was held between the 1st and the 5th of July in Florence, Italy. Our educators were presented with various apps they can use in the classrooms to help integrate migrant students at school.
Continue readingWell done to Ms Jade Fenech, Ms Ruth Barbara and Mr Josef Sant from Dingli Primary School, who have been awarded the National Quality Label for the eTwinning project: Playing Through Time.
In July 2024, Ms Janice Vella Muscat – a Primary Teacher from St Nicholas College, Ä anni Cilia Primary School in MÄ¡arr – had the opportunity to attend a five-day course titled ICT Tools for a Creative and Collaborative Classroom in the beautiful city of Florence, Italy. This mobility experience was truly enriching, both professionally and culturally. The course brought together educators from various parts of Europe, including participants from Greece, Poland, Austria, Budapest, and Bilbao. It provided an ideal platform for exchanging ideas and learning about the latest innovations in the field of education technology.
During the course, Ms Vella Muscat was introduced to a variety of ICT tools that can greatly enhance teaching and learning. Some of the key tools we explored included Padlet, Copilot, Gemini, and ChatGPT, each designed to foster creativity and collaboration in the classroom. The educators also delved into digital tools for assessment, such as Plickers, Slido, and Eduaide, which offer dynamic ways to engage students and assess their progress. These tools provide a wide range of possibilities to make learning more interactive and student-centered.
A significant portion of the course was dedicated to exploring AI tools, which are rapidly evolving and becoming more integrated into educational settings. The discussions surrounding AI tools, especially those for image creation and content generation, highlighted the growing impact of artificial intelligence on teaching practices. This course not only equipped Ms Vella Muscat with practical ICT knowledge but also gave her a deeper understanding of how AI can shape the future of education.
This mobility was made possible thanks to St Nicholas College Accreditation funds, co-funded by the European Union.
Ms Doreen Vella Galea, Ms Bertagna Ali Hassan Paris, & Ms Suzanne Aquilina from St Nicholas College Rabat Primary school, embarked on an Erasmus journey to Dublin on 4th March 2024 where they spent a week Job Shadowing, exploring, and discovering how different schools in Dublin go about their academics.
The 3CL Foundation is organising a workshop on the role and impact of Generative AI on education, the world of work and society at large and young people in particular. The panel will include experts in tech, AI, education and the labour market, who will discuss an early-stage research project on how young learners are using ChatGPT and other AI tools, and answer practical questions on the Generative AI hype cycle. Educators are invited to attend this workshop on Wednesday the 3rd of May 2023 at the Valletta Design Cluster. The
workshop will start at 17:30 and finish at 19:00. Admission is free of charge with limited places, so registration is required. Please register here for a ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/humans-and-machines-collaborative-learning-in-the-age-of-ai-tickets- 599768452587
Heads of School are kindly informed that between Thursday 3rd and Sunday 6th November 2022, GMR together with Gaming Malta, with the support of the Ministry for Economy, EU Funds and Lands and the cooperation of the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation are organising Playcon, Malta’s largest Game Development and Esports Expo, at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre (MFCC) in Ta’Qali. On Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th November, between 09:00 and 14:00, the Expo will be open for Year4 to Year11 students. There is no entrance fee, and transport costs will be covered.
As per its first edition, Playcon will again showcase the educational value of games and esports while giving students the opportunity to experience first- hand the principles of learning founding good game designs. During the Expo, students will be able to attend a selected number of workshops, organised as part of the EU Code
Week, during which they will be able to experience coding in a fun and interactive way. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a number of hands-on activities like a sim- racing challenge and play a number of games, including Minecraft (Education Edition). Students will be also touring the Expo and the various stands related to esports and careers in game design and development, apart from witnessing a number of emerging technologies.
Registration for for schools can be accessed at https://bit.ly/playcon2022. Registrations close on Friday, 14th October 2022, and will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Any queries should be addressed to Dr Omar Seguna (omar.seguna@ilearn.edu.mt). More information, including the workshops on the official website https://playcon.gg/ and on Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/playcon.mt.
The Directorate for Digital Literacy and Transversal Skills is once again offering training sessions for educators in Middle and Secondary Schools as part of the professional development sessions organised by schools. In this booklet we are pleased to announce a list of the courses that we are proposing, aimed to develop both the soft skills and competences of our educators.
Click on the following link to view our online prospectus:
The PSCD department within the Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes is once again collaborating with the Commissioner for Children, Aġenzija Appoġġ, and the Cyber Crime Unit within the BeSmart Online Project to celebrate Safer Internet Day. This year, Safer Internet Day will be celebrated on Tuesday 8 th February 2022. Safer Internet Day aims to not only promote a safer internet but also a better internet, where everyone is empowered to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.
The PSCD teachers are being encouraged to make students aware of this day and carry out lessons and clips prepared for middle and secondary students during the safer internet day or during that week. The lessons prepared are part of the PSCD learning outcomes syllabus and complement work already done in class and in the reflective workbooks. The toolkit created by the BeSmart Online Team includes lesson plans, video clips and other resources that can be accessed through the link https://www.besmartonline.org.mt/sid-toolkit.
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