
Making the most of new technologies, apps and social media in the classroom
Overview
Nowadays new technologies and social media are playing an important role in our society. Web platforms, mobile apps and social networks offer to education a wide new range of new possibilities and tools, but not without challenges. New technologies can be a muddy environment for teachers and education staff and approaching it without a proper guidance and a practical training can be a time-consuming task.
Taking part in this course teachers, trainers and education managers will gain an overview on best practices and concrete ways of using social technologies, web solutions and interactive apps to empower and support education
Through an hands-on approach and learning-by-doing methodology teachers and educational staff will learn how to make the most of new technologies, apps and social media and will reflect together how to use them in the classroom.
Target Audience
This course is addressed to teachers, trainers, educational counsellors, career counsellors, school psychologists, headmasters, school management and administrative staff working in primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools, training centres, adult education schools, higher education and NGOs. This course is recommended for people with basic computer skills.
If you consider yourself an intermediate ICT user we recommend you to enroll in our course “Integrating ICT and new technologies into teaching and education” or “Teaching languages in the digital era: the best apps, web platforms and solutions for learning languages”.
Languages
The course is held in English.
For groups with at least 8 participants, we can organize an ad-hoc session in a different language. Please write an email to
info@erasmuslearningacademy.eu
to get more information about it.
| Location | Starting Date | Ending Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porto | 18/10/2026 | 24/10/2026 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 15/11/2026 | 21/11/2026 | Open for Enrollment |
| Athens | 15/11/2026 | 21/11/2026 | Open for Enrollment |
| Zagreb | 22/11/2026 | 28/11/2026 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 17/01/2027 | 23/01/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 24/01/2027 | 30/01/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Porto | 24/01/2027 | 30/01/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 14/02/2027 | 20/02/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Zagreb | 14/02/2027 | 20/02/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 11/04/2027 | 17/04/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 02/05/2027 | 08/05/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 06/06/2027 | 12/06/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 27/06/2027 | 03/07/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Porto | 27/06/2027 | 03/07/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 18/07/2027 | 24/07/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 01/08/2027 | 07/08/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 03/10/2027 | 09/10/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Athens | 03/10/2027 | 09/10/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 10/10/2027 | 16/10/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 14/11/2027 | 20/11/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
Skills
What will you learn?
This structured course allows participants to improve their ICT and digital skills in a practical and concrete way together with other participants and trainers throughout all Europe thus gaining as well a broader understanding of education in Europe and exchanging best practices and experiences.
Learning Outcomes
The general aim of this course is to foster excellence in education by empowering education staff to integrate new technologies and social media into teaching and education. This course is a great and effective way to discover in a safe, friendly and supportive environment the best apps, web solutions and social platforms for teaching and student learning.
This course is especially recommended for the education staff that is doing the first “digital” steps since it provides a comprehensive and all-embracing overview on ICT and social technologies for education.
The course has a flexible approach in order to adapt the learning outcomes to the particular needs and ICT competencies of the participants.
Overview of ICT and New Technologies
Explore the latest technologies and trends in integrating ICT into education, including relevant social networks and their educational applications.
Creating Digital Content and Platforms
Learn to create and use images and videos, design websites or blogs, and understand the basics of e-learning platform development.
Innovative Tools and Networking
Discover apps and web solutions to enhance education, share best practices with European educators, and build professional connections through cooperation and networking.
Daily Program
Please find below the standard indicative daily programme that may be personalized based on groups’ needs and professional profiles. Our standard program comprises 7 days of course: Sunday morning activities will start at around 10:00 and will conclude by 11:00 the next Saturday.
Please note that we always do our best to accommodate the specific needs of our participants in a flexible way, including but not limited to budget restrictions and travel arrangement. Participants generally choose to arrive 1 day before the start of the course and/or leave one day after the end of it as it generally makes their travel arrangements smoother and more convenient. Upon specific request we may organize longer or shorter versions of this course.
| Sunday | – Participants arrival – Course introduction – Schools/institutions’ presentation & best practices sharing – Walking tour in the venue’s city | ||
| Monday | – Needs and expectations evaluation – The growing trends towards integrating new technologies and web platforms into education – Collaborative platforms – Introduction to virtual whiteboard – Practical work: turning your device into a virtual whiteboard integrating different media – Sharing and storing ideas – Practical work: designing a collaborative wall according to a purpose and managing a blog page | ||
| Tuesday | – How to present your content in an innovative and engaging way – Practical work: create interactive presentation with real-time interaction from the audience – Practical work: creating interactive learning worksheets – How to easily create outstanding multimedia content – Practical work: designing presentations, social media graphics, posters, collages – Cultural activities in the venue’s city | ||
| Wednesday | – Introduction to web design – Empowering the students to use websites to create portfolios and record learning outcomes – Practical work: creating your personal teaching website or personal blog – Testing and practicing some of the most common game based learning tools – Practical work: creating and running a digital learning group game for all ages – Practical work: digitally recapping a concept and creating small digital exercises | ||
| Thursday | – Social media, Information and Communication Technologies and new digital trends in education and classroom management – The most common and used social media and how they can be integrated into education and learning – How to create a lesson around a video – Practical work: adding questions and discussion prompts to a video | ||
| Friday | – The next era of presentations: how to impress and engage the audience – Practical work: creating interactive images, table of content and stunning presentations – Practical work: creating a visual virtual experience for your students – Review of additional apps, web platforms and ICT resources for teaching and education – Tailored practice based on the participants learning needs and expectations | ||
| Saturday | – Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities – Course roundup and final evaluation – Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony – Additional training session tailored to specific needs – Participants departure |
Other relevant facts
Methodology
All our courses have a standard duration of 7 days, totaling 35 hours of training. This includes both formal teaching sessions and practical activities, as well as moments for discussion, cultural experiences, and networking, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience in line with Erasmus+ quality standards.
We tailor the working methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice.
The standard methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach that comprises real-job examples, case studies examination and simulations. We embrace collaboratively working methods that foster mutual learning and cooperation among participants. Our focus is on learning in an interactive and international environment knowledge applicable to the real contexts and/or in the classroom. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange. They include visits with local schools and institutions allowing the participants to better understand the local education system as well as exchange ideas and contacts.
Morning Wrap-up and brief daily evaluations are foreseen to ensure quality of education and to adapt the learning programme to participants’ needs better tailoring the education.
We organize optional social, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to know Italy as well as to exchange best-practice and establish professional cooperation and links.
The training and staff team is multinational thus giving a full European dimension to the course.
Costs and Erasmus+ Funding
Teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations are eligible to receive an Erasmus+ grant covering all the costs to attend our training courses including travel, board and lodging, cultural activities and all fees. Our training courses are tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus+ and we offer different options to ensure the best comfort and quality at a price that is within the Erasmus+ grant.
We offer our courses in an all-inclusive format: training and accommodation in the same venue, networking meals during the courses as well as cultural visits are provided by us and are fully covered by the Erasmus+ funding. In this way participants just need to organise their international flights and can rely on us for all the other practical arrangements.
If you prefer you can take care of some of the practical arrangements (e.g. meals, accommodation…) by yourself but we strongly recommend entrusting us with the accommodation booking in order to ensure optimal logistic organization, networking with fellow
participants, safety and time-efficiency.
Read more about how we take care of your subsistence and practical arrangements.
The most common option that we offer to schools and organizations costs EUR 1,415 in Bologna, EUR 1,235 in Palermo and Zagreb, EUR 1,265 in Tenerife, 1215 EUR in Athens and EUR 1,335 in Porto. This price includes the course fee, certification and support fee, accommodation in single room, breakfast, 2 coffee breaks per day, 3 networking meals (shared lunch/dinner opportunities with other participants), a walking tour in the venue’s city and a sum-up dissemination video.
Please note: in Bologna the price includes full board (all meals), whereas in the other locations only the 3 networking meals are included alongside breakfast.
Prices shown may vary for specific courses that include extra services or visits to schools and associations. More detailed pricing information for each course is available upon request or at the time of enrolment.
For schools sending 2 or more participants we can offer accommodation in double rooms and we can provide as well accommodation for people or relatives accompanying the participants.
When attending our courses, we recommend you to request 9 days of individual support for your subsistence costs, 7 days for the course plus 2 additional days for the travel. In this way you can have more flexibility in planning your stay and you can enjoy all the cultural activities planned from the first to the last day of course. You can read here more about the Erasmus+ funding. Shall you have need any help with filling the budget during the application stage or have any problem with your grant please let us know and we will see how to support you.
Certification and Validation of learning outcomes
At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance, together – if requested – with the Europass Mobility Certificate.
The certificate are in line with the Erasmus Quality Standards and include a short description of the course and its learning outcomes, dates, venues, the name of the course provider and the course instructor(s).
We support the participants in every step of certification and validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instruments and Erasmus plus requirements such as staff mobility/learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass mobility certificate.
We experienced that schools and education organizations may require additional documents to certify the competences learned or the presence in the training course. Upon request we can provide additional certification and reporting documents as well as we provide photos of the training course and a sum-up video that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes.
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