Digitally creative teachers are educators fit to handle challenges
Creativity is rarely connected to ICTs in school curricula, but covid-19 pandemic forced teachers to be creative to handle sudden changes. Mere replication of traditional methodologies in education with digital tools led educators to get stuck on the sidings. Creativity is not the result of magical thinking, but a 21 century skill that can be nurtured from schools.
15 year old pupils report to be less creative than they were at 10. How to use technology to foster creativity in schools?
📍 Venues: Barcelona/ Castelldefels/ Tarragona/ Roses-Costa Brava or Pyrenees-Berga
🗓️ 5 days onsite including visits to schools (if available)
🖥️ 3 sessions online 📶 All levels 📘 5 modules
🧑🎓 max. 14 students
🪙 Course fee: 400 euro / participant
Dates: 14-18 April 2025 · 18-22 August 2025 · 25-29 August 2025
This course integrates the last learnings and insights related to remote education in schools forced by covid-10 pandemic, and last discoveries about creative processes to enable creation of own digital teaching resources. We are visiting schools implementing successfully creative approaches to digitally supported education.
(NOTE: Small changes in course contents can take place as artificial intelligence is a fast-pace evolving technology, end programme will be released in the infopack)
About
Methodology.
This course integrates very up-to-date, high-standard training theory and a very practical, hands-on approach to land learning outcomes into classroom practice.
Objectives.
- Inspire teachers to use digital educational technology as creators, instead of passive consumers.
- Empower teachers to be creative to design quality instructional resources with digital support.
Alignment with Erasmus+ priorities.
- Increasing the quality of teaching and learning in school education.
- Inclusion and diversity.
- Digital transformation.
Target.
Upper primary and lower secondary school teachers.
Fee includes.
Small materials, 5 coffee breaks, 4 lunches, 1 dinner and guided tour.
Modules
Module 1. Introduction
Replacing traditional tools with technology doesn’t lead to a creative use, but understanding what methodology and digital tools triggers creativity.
Module 2. Creativity as a skill
Creativity is not a mysterious gift, but a skill that can be developed and improved. What are the common myths about creativity and how teachers are key to nurture creative practices.
Module 3. Artificial Intelligence – Teaching and learning formats
Develop contents leading to creativity and how to align them with existing curriculum. We focus especially artificial intelligence for educational purposes.
Module 4. Tools and technology
How to create educational resources, and how to share them with fellow teachers.
Module 5. Assess learning
What are the most suitable assessment procedures to foster creativity, and how to match them into traditional procedures.