Erasmus + 2019 KA101 project „ Getting into ICT Shape“, Industrial-Vocational SchoolVirovitica
The Industrial- Vocational School Virovitica has been approved a one-year KA101 project
worth 7950 euros. The project involves three mobilities of four teachers in three countries,
where they will take structured courses on the use of ICT in teaching and learning.
With good dissemination of the results of mobilities throughout the year in the form ofworkshops at school, county and regional levels, as well as online, we expect to modernize
our teaching, to adapt teaching content to make it more attractive to students and to improve
the quality of the teaching process through the use of different online tools and apps.
A Course in Barcelona
As part of the KA101 project “Getting into ICT shape” teacher Silvija Pošta participated in aone-week structured course in Barcelona, Spain from 1/7 to 6/7/2019 named "There's an Appfor That! Exploring the Best Apps for Teaching and Student Learning." The course wasattended by 5 female teachers from Romania, 3 teachers from Hungary and 1 from Croatia.
In the course, we discussed the impact of technology on today's society, especially on theyounger population, the advantages and disadvantages of using it, and potential problems.
Over five days, we have worked on various online applications to create videos, surveys,projects, and quizzes that make teaching content more interesting and engaging to students,
and that encourage student-centered learning.
For the final task, we created an Escape room in two groups. One group was imprisoned in thelibrary, and with the use of online applications in five tasks it found its way out. The second
group was stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash, and with the help of newly
acquired applications and QR codes, it managed to leave the island.
The applications that can be used in the classroom that we have worked on are as follows:
Kahoot- https://kahoot.com/ for creating quizzes, surveys, discussion;
Powtoon- https://www.powtoon.com/home/ for animated videos up to 90 seconds; it makes
the material more attractive than PP presentation;
Seesaw- https://web.seesaw.me/ for creating videos, tasks,…; it's possible to link to tasks via
QR code;Edpuzzle- https://edpuzzle.com/ for editing finished videos from sites such as youtube…
(shortening, dubbing, adding questions,…); login is possible via google account;
TedEd Talks- https://www.ted.com/watch/ted -similar to Edpuzzle in video editing; it can beused. for homework or as an introduction to the next lesson;
StopMotion- http://www.stopmotionpro.com/ - you can create interesting videos by taking
photos through the app and recording audio;
Pear Deck- https://www.peardeck.com/ - you can create definitions for expressions and draw
them on a mobile phone, and after verifying the accuracy of definitions by the teacher, they
can be transferred to the Quizlet application, which offers various options for practicing theterms entered. Students sign up through www.joinpd.com , and teachers sign up through theirgoogle account page;
Typeform- https://www.typeform.com/ - to create quizzes with various options such as dropdown menu, yes / no options, multiple choice, pictures, etc. and student answers areanonymous;
Plickers- https://get.plickers.com/quiz contains multiple answers and codes that students getafter a class is formed and the teacher checks their answer/ solution with his / her mobilephone;
ProProfs- https://www.proprofs.com/ is used to create surveys, quizzes, chat, discussions,projects, brain teasers, etc;
And on the https://www.qr-code-generator.com/, a mobile phone code can be created forstudents to access their assigned quizzes.
The last day was left for guided tours of the city's landmarks.
As the course was held in the afternoon, there was also time to go sightseeing in the morning,
to visit the Picasso Museum rich in the collection of the painter's earlier oeuvre, to visit
Gaudi's houses and the famous Sagrada Familia or to spend the day at one of the city'sbeaches.

A Course in Prague
A teacher of the Industrial- Vocational School Virovitica, Slobodan Koletić, participated inone-week training course in Prague, the Czech Republic, from September 30 to October 4,
2019 named "ICT in Education" organized by ITC - International TEFL Certificate. A total of
11 teachers from Finland, Denmark, Portugal, France, Germany and Croatia participated inthe course.

Throughout the week, various online applications were worked on, some of which were thefollowing: www.blogger.com - blog creation application; www.spark.adobe.com - anapplication for creating videos, websites and brochures; www.kahoot.com andwww.socrative.com - quiz and test applications. Implementing them is easy with the use of agoogle account, and the advantage of using them is creatring more engaging lessons for ourstudents.
One part of the training was related to 21st Century Literacy - code literacy in which we wereintroduced to Skratch- https://scratch.mit.edu, which is free. With Skratch you can programinteractive stories, games and animations. The program helps young people think creatively
and systematically, which is one of the essential skills for a life in the 21st century and it
encourages mutual cooperation.
We also used various programs to download online content, such as: https://id.savefrom.net/ ;http://jdownloader.org/ as well as teaching support applications on: https://get.plickers.com/ ;https://quizizz.com ; https://learningapps.org /; www.prezi.com ; https://www.slideshare.net/ .
The training was completed with a project assignment in which one website had to be createdusing all the knowledge gained through the lectures. I presented my project assignment onwww.weebly.com.
In the afternoon, there was time to visit the city, see its sights and we also visited Smichov
Secondary Technical School, which has three ICT programs running at the moment.

A Course in Malta
A biology teacher Maja Ivanac and our chemistry teacher Marina Nemet participated in the„Empowerment in ICT Skills“ course in Malta organized by The Executive Training Instituteof Malta (ETI). The course lasted from November 11 to November 15, 2019, and in addition
to our two teachers, there were two teachers from Italy, four from Germany and one fromPoland who also participated.
The course is designed for teachers who want to learn about various software and online toolsthat can help them integrate technology into their work.
The course teaching was interactive with a basic frontal lecture on a particular tool or programand individual and group project work. All the participants were required to have at least a B1
level of English proficiency since the workshops were in the form of brainstorming andproblem analysis and solving. The course lectures helped participants set up tools such as
blogs and websites and apply online tools such as Learning Apps, Ed Puzzle and similar.
For example, Flashback Express Recorder is used to record from your computer screen. There
are Avatars for creating virtual identities on https://www.voki.com/ , http://www.hexatar.com/ ,https://www.androidify.com/en/#/ , while www.storyboardthat.com/hr or
http://www.wittycomics.com/ can be used to create cartoons for learning purposes.
Furthermore, the app 123App on https://123apps.com/ allows us to cut audio and video,
convert audio and video from one format to another, and merge multiple audio tracks into
one, which also an audio-joiner allows.
We also learnt to work on the Podomatic tool- https://www.podomatic.com/ to create and store
free audio podcasts. With this tool, you can record audio and post it online for other people todownload and listen to.

We also learned how to use the LearningApps tool -https://learningapps.org/ , which isdesigned as a networking site where users can find a variety of free tools, or use templates tocreate their own for the classroom use.
Participants were asked to reflect on tools and activities, stimulating discussion about theirown knowledge and skills, their approach to teaching in relation to the abilities andknowledge of today's students, and to adjust the use of tools in everyday situations andlearning and teaching contexts.
The exchange of ICT participants' pedagogical knowledge was encouraged through discussion
and thus their English language skills were developed.
The final task was a project where each group presented the newly-gained knowledge of thecontent given during the week.
The lecturer analyzed each project work and praised the work of all groups.
It was concluded that a well-designed lesson can be enriched by only an introductory online
game or a given online homework, which can be an incentive for a new and creative approachto lesson content.
Participants were encouraged to persevere in their work and freedom to create creative andstimulating teaching materials with the proper use of online tools, and with the goal ofpreparing students for everyday life situations by teaching them to think, deduce and express
their opinions.
After the trainings, there was free time to sightsee Malta. We visited the capital city Valletta,
the highest city in the center of Malta- Mdina (so-called "a quiet city") and a traditional
fishing village in the southeastern region of Malta, Marsaxlokk.