Ondřej Kosejk
Heraklion

In August 2021, I attended a five-day training course on Information Technology in Education and Inclusion.

The course took place in Crete in the capital city of Heraklion. The other participants of the course came from Spain, Croatia, Romania and France, teaching in different types of kindergartens, primary and secondary schools.

On the first day, we introduced ourselves to each other, shared information about the schools we work in and learned a little about how the education systems work in European countries. As part of the familiarisation process, we had a tour of the city together and also had dinner together in a Greek taverna.

The next days were practically oriented, we learned how to use technology in teaching, both in traditional face-to-face classes and in online classes. We tried out all the activities straight away, all using computers, smartphones and interactive whiteboards.

The instructors introduced us to a variety of programs for editing graphics, video editing, creating timelines and more. Thus, during the course we created a short video, created our own book cover, created a video guide for students or animated our own film. 

In particular, we used the following programs and applications: canva, Adobe Spark, Quiver, Animoto, Timeline Editor and makebeliefscomix

The tutors were very well prepared and willing to help us with technical difficulties.