Announcement: Comenius/Grundtvig courses
The European Commission offers grants for courses listed in their Comenius/Grundtvig course database, covering course fee, travel & subsistence. With the application deadline of 15 January approaching rapidly, I would like to draw your attention to some courses the non-profit organization Let’s Learn IT has to offer.
Course overview
- Moodle at School: Installing & Deploying a Course Management System for Language Teachers (BE-2010-128-003)
This one week course, which takes place in Athens, Greece, from 11 – 18 July 2010, will give you everything you need to know in order to not only install but also configure and manage your own Moodle Course Management System. Additionally, you will also learn how to effectively implement all of its features in your daily teaching practice. - Tools for teachers: New Media & Web 2.0 Applications (BE-2010-130-003)
This one week course, which takes place in Ghent, Belgium, from 25 July – 1 August 2010, will give you an overview of many New Media applications (such as Blogs, Wikis, social networks, etc), and will show you how you can effectively implement all of their features in your daily teaching practice. Having completed this course, you will be able to create improved learning materials that will appeal to young & IT-savvy students. - Training for the Future – Improving Education with Blogs & Wikis (BE-2010-131-003)
This course takes place in Ghent, Belgium, from 22 – 29 August 2010, and will focus on blogs and wikis, which (whether combined with audio, photo or video environments or not) allow students to put peer teaching and reviewing into practice in a relatively simple way. Some blogs and wikis can be set up for free in a matter of minutes, allowing you to focus on content rather than technicalities. Of course the focus does not have to be on writing activities or writing skills – listening and speaking skills can be practised, too.
If you think these courses might interest any of your colleagues, then please do not hesitate to forward it to them. For more specific information, please contact us via email or check the Let’s Learn IT website.
Preregistration & information
People who are interested should preregister for our courses as soon as possible via our Preregistration Form. Full details regarding the courses are also available via the Let’s Learn IT website.
Application Deadline
The application deadline for Comenius – Grundtvig courses comes very early this year (15 January 2010) . It is therefore very important that you submit your application for funding before 14 January 2010. For country-specific deadlines, please inquire with your own National Agency.
English speakers needed for 2010 Anzac Days
I’ve been asked to help looking for English speaking students, to assist in the 2010 Anzac Days.
The Australian Consulate Canakkale is seeking expressions of interest from students with a high level of English language skill interested in joining the Anzac Day 2010 Visitor Services Team (VST). (…) A range of skills and experience are also valued such as previous Anzac Day or similar experience, IT skills, interpretation skills and First Aid training.
If you’re interested in joining the crew, then get the information file and contact them via email before February 5th. Please note that they’re looking for people with a high level of English.
1st term exam results for the 2nd year
You can now download the results for the 2nd year Accommodation and Travel Management. Please check your scores and let me know if there are any problems with your exams (e.g. your exam result has not been filled in, even though you took part in the exam). Also note that the scores entered in the computer system may slightly vary from what you see here.
Answers workbook Upper-Intermediate, Units 4-6
For the students who want to check their workbook exercises, here are the solutions for Units 4-6.
Exam results 2nd year
I’ve corrected the mid-term exams for the 2nd year Travel & Accommodation. The results are, even with an extra 20 points for everybody, extremely disappointing.
Virtual Pompeii
The folks at Google have done it again! This time, they’ve added the ancient city of Pompeii to their Street View, so that you can literally walk through the city and see it from all kinds of different angles. Hey – you can even check what kind of pictures other people have taken there!
Now why don’t you have a look for yourself?
Handout 4th year, week 10
The next article for discussion on Friday is available for download.
Handout 4th year, week 8
The handout for week 8 is ready for download, and it’s titled “On The Origins of Religion”.
Workshop annoucement: “Web 2.0, Multimedia & Presentation Skills: Empowering IT Competences For Today’s Job Market”
Let’s Learn IT, a Belgian non-profit organization, is organizing a Grundtvig workshop (Reference number: 2009-1-BE3-GRU13-01100) in Ghent, Belgium, from February 7-13, 2010. In this workshop they will:
give the participants a decent training on how they can use computers to enhance their chances for finding a job. The focus will be on various web 2.0 applications, presentation tools, and digital audio and video.
The workshop is offered completely free of charge (flight ticket, hotel, breakfast lunch & dinner will be paid by us) to 20 unemployed candidates.
People who are interested in this workshop should send a letter or email in which they motivate why they would like to attend this workshop. Note that you will need to prove that at the moment of applying you are officially unemployed.
There is also a document with more information available for download. Their website also shows the day by day programme of the workshop.
