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  • AMORES revised learning materials for teachers on interactive ICT tools in teaching national and European literature - final version

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    This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This course reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

  • License

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    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

  • Course aims

    This online course is designed to enable teachers to develop basic skills necessary for use of interactive ICT tools for creating e-artefacts effectively, and for creating activities envisaged in methodologies which will motivate students to read and learn about their national literature and national literatures of other European countries. The aim of the training is also to empower teachers by developing their competence and confidence in using interactive ICT tools in the classroom. If the course is a moderated one, it will also facilitate communication, collaboration and sharing of good practice among participants.

     

  • How to approach the course activities

    Please read this section before starting on the activities. It describes the target users the course was originally designed for and how the activities might be best approached by other users.

  • Moderators' forums

    This section will be used for communicating announcements, reminders and anything else that is considered important for the whole group. Feel free to use the Questions for your moderators forum to start discussions of your own.

  • Pre-workshop: Introduction to Moodle - week 1

    This section contains a tutorial which will help you to use and understand Moodle in a student role. You will also be able to find out more about the other course participants and moderators by posting in the forum. 

    • Getting to know everyone Forum

      This forum is intended for the course participants to introduce themselves and exchange their views and expectations regarding this online course.

  • Pre-workshop: Introduction to Moodle - week 2

    This section will help you grow more comfortable using Moodle in the role of a student. You will be able to share a video presenting the school where you teach, and discuss the videos posted by other course participants. You will also discover which video creation tools most course participants like using.

  • AMORES teaching methodology and technology recommendations


    Here you can find the documents describing the AMORES teaching methodology, the background theory, and technology recommendations.

    AMORES poster

  • Week 1: Using the creation of movies to educate

    This section will familiarise the user with a range of tools used to create videos and with the possible uses of videos in class. 

  • Week 2: Comic strip generators

    This section will familiarise the user with a range of tools used to create comic strips and with the possible uses of comic strips in class. 

  • Week 3: Games-based learning

    This section will familiarise the user with the possible uses of online games in class. 

    • Introduction to games-based learning File

      This text contains sections on what games are, what gamification is, how games relate to learning, and an overview of issues with games-based learning. It should be read before taking part in the discussions in this section.

    • Changing the Game by Kurt Squire File

      In this paper Kurt Squire criticizes the current organization of schools based on his experiences using Civilization III in a high school history classroom. The paper should be read before taking part in the discussions in this section.

    • Examples of games in learning Forum

      This forum could be used for discussing games-based learning - ideas about using games in education and what the issues are.

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