I teach English at a secondary school in Romania.

We do not have any newly-

arrived migrants in my town but I am interested in this topic and want to find out
more about it because it is a EU phenomenon and we should be prepared to
deal with it.

2. Raising awareness and fostering informed

debate
2.1 Live Events: Treasure Hunt & Twitter Chat
Please note that there are 2 live events coming up this week. The Twitter Chat is
already taking place Monday, 7th November and is organised by the European
Commission for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics. For more
information on this please scroll to the end of this page.
TREASURE HUNT WEBINAR
We have our 2nd live event of the course this week in the form of an innovative Treasure Hunt
Webinar where you will do some research in groups to answer a range of questions related to
the course topic.

How will it work

We will divide all those attending into smaller groups

Each group will have a speaker who provides the answers
All groups will be posed a number of questions to research and find the answers to
The answers are then discussed by the presenters
When will it take place?

Join us on Thursday 10th November at 18:30h CET for the treasure hunt. It will be recorded and
the recording will be available in this section shortly after it has taken place.

How can I participate?

To participate in the treasure hunt click here. If you are asked for a password to enter the
treasure hunt then type teacheracademy. Please note that entry to the treasure hunt will only be
granted shortly before the start and that there is a limit of 200 participants. You will be muted on
entering the treasure hunt but you can immediately start interacting via the chat.

If you are unable to join at the time of the treasure hunt, it will be recorded and the recording will
be available shortly after on this page.

Who will be there?

First and foremost your presenter Erika Hummer, your host Nair Carrera Martinez and of course
hopefully many of you.

After completing her degree in Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Erika Hummer started to
teach Italian, History and Computer Science at a Secondary School (Grammar School). Since
2000 she has been coordinating several projects focused on eLearning and multilingual didactics
as well as intercultural didactics for the Austrian Ministry of Education. She also acts as an
instructor (teacher trainer) at the University of Teacher Education Vienna and the Austrian Virtual
Teacher Academy. You can find more information about Erika in the following links:

http://voxmi.at
http://eeducation.at
http://www.eschoolsvienna.at
http://elsa.schule.at
 TWITTER CHAT WITH EC COMMISSIONER NAVRACSICS 7TH
NOVEMBER
This highly relevant Twitter Chat will also be taking place in parallell to the course and it's a
unique opportunity to exchange with Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education,
Culture, Youth and Sport. So make sure to check it out:

2.8 Design a Lesson Plan to Raise Awareness

If you've joined us already on the Cultural Diversity in your Classroom course, you will be familiar
with this activity. Your work on this task will nicely complement the work you started on that
course.

In this final activity you have to

1. Prepare a lesson plan and

2. Review the lesson plans of 3 colleagues.
Your lesson plan

As already mentioned in the course introduction, the idea is for you to reflect on everything you
have learned on the course and as part of your investigation in Module 1, integrating this into a
final course product that is directly useful for your work in the classroom - a lesson plan. By
reviewing other participants' lesson plans you will also receive some further ideas and reflect
more about your own application of what you have learnt on the course.
 To design the lesson plan we ask you to use a very nice tool called the Learning Designer which
was developed by the London Institute of Education. We already introduced you to this tool
during the Course Introduction so hopefully you have already looked at it and created an
account. If you haven't done this yet, browse to learningdesigner.org/register.php and create
an account. This should be very straight-forward; Just enter your details here, click the
activation link in the email you receive (check your Spam folder if you don't receive an email),
and then log-in using your username (this is not your email address but the username you
identify when registering) and password.

Please follow the criteria below when preparing your lesson plan. Your lesson plan needs to be
submitted in section 2.9.

CRITERIA TO USE FOR YOUR LESSON PLAN

Here is a list of criteria you should consider when creating your lesson plan and to use for your peer
review of the lesson plans of three other people on the course:

- The lesson plan incorporates activities that specifically raise awareness about the areas
outlined in Module 1. The activities can be similar to those introduced in Module 2 but you are
of course also very welcome to design different activities, as long as you think they
can realistically achieve the same goal. For example, the lesson plan could include an activity
where the class goes on a visit to a local charity working with newly arrived migrants and directly talks
to some newly arrived migrants to hear their stories. Or a simpler example could be a lesson plan that
includes an activity that asks students to consider what would make them leave their home and
country, what they would take and leave behind. Preferably choose an activity that you are likely to
implement with your own class.

- The lesson plan incorporates examples or specific knowledge of your local situation. To
make the topic more tangible and to promote local engagement, the lesson plan should
include references to your local, regional or national situation. For example, the lesson plan
could start out with a brief overview of the local situation of newly arrived migrants and then follows
with an activity where students research organisations that run local refugee shelters and the
legal situation of newly arrived migrants in their locality.

- The lesson plan is well aligned with its learning outcomes: activities and assessment clearly link
with the defined learning outcomes and allow the teacher to determine by the end of the lesson(s) if
the objectives have been achieved

- The lesson plan is balanced: there is a good mix of activities with at least four different Teaching &
Learning Activities used (TLAs in the Learning Designer) and none of the Activities taking up more
than 35% of the time (see the pie chart for this)
You can also see an example of a lesson plan created in the Learning Designer further back in
the Course Introduction. We also invite you to have a look at the following video about the
Learning Designer which was created by Reyhan Gne, a participant on a course on the
European Schoolnet Academy where there was a similar activity. She outlines how she has
been using the Learning Designer and why it is a great tool to use for lesson planning and
sharing ideas with colleagues. A big thanks to her for preparing this video.

Please remember to complete your Lesson Plan in English! Don't worry if you are not so
confident in English. Just try to make the work understandable. Language mistakes should not
be included in the review of your Lesson Plans. However, if you do not write your Lesson Plan in
English it won't be possible for your peers to provide you feedback. If, for some reason, you
cannot get the link for your Lesson Plan in the Learning Designer, then export it or take a
screenshot and submit the file.

For all Italian colleagues out there, take a look at an Italian introduction to the Learning
Designer here. Have you also written a blog post, an article or another form of digital content
introducing the Learning Designer in your own language? Let us know and we will spread the
word!

Your peer reviews

You will be required to provide 3 reviews of other participants' lesson plans. We will provide more
detail on what to include in your reviews in the next section but in order to understand more
generally what is required of you take a look at the 2nd video below where Reyhan Gne
explains what is important to consider and be aware of when writing a peer review of
someone else's work.

2.9 Hand-in your Lesson Plan & Peer Reviews

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THE TEXT BELOW CLOSELY, so that you understand
exactly how to complete this final activity. You can submit your lesson plan and the peer reviews
further below.

If you want to receive the course certificate, you need to submit your Lesson Plan in this
section by 16th November 23:59h CET and also review the three Lesson Plans you receive
in this same section by the 20th November 23:59h CET.

To complete the final task, it is essential that you follow all the steps indicated below:

1. Follow the instructions in designing your lesson plan in section 2.8

 2. Get the link to your lesson plan on the Learning Designer. To see how to save and
continue editing your lesson plan see here. Once finished, click on the "Share button" and
copy the link. See here for a short screencast on how to get the link.

3. Submit your lesson plan together with your Learning Diary by posting the links in
the textbox below and clicking the "Hand-in task" button. By submitting your Learning
Diary with your lesson plan you provide some context for your lesson plan, allowing your
reviewer to better understand your lesson plan. Make sure you submit the correct links as
once you have submitted them, there is no way to subsequently change it. Remember,
The final deadline to submit your lesson plan is the 16th November at 23:59h CET.

4. Review three lesson plans. Wait until you have received an email confirming that you
have been allocated 3 tasks of your peers to review (if you don't receive an email just
check this section again to see if you have been allocated some reviews). You will then be
able to post comments on each of the 3 lesson plans of your peers in the text box that will
be available below each of the tasks. Please use the criteria for the lesson plan
outlined in section 2.8 for the review and take a look at this document for an
example of the kind of feedback that should be provided. Make sure that after having
posted your comments in the text box, you click the "Review" button. Please keep in mind
that the final deadline to submit your reviews is the 20th November at 23:59h CET.

Please follow the criteria for the lesson plan in section 2.8 to provide feedback to your
peers. Make sure to comment on each of the criteria and make at least one suggestion of
how you could further improve/develop the lesson plan.

5. Read the feedback for your own lesson plan. You will receive an email once you can
look at the feedback that has been provided for your lesson plan. The feedback will be
available in this section further below.

Now this whole activity relies on your integrity and professionalism. Please take it
seriously, don't plagiarise and provide valuable and friendly feedback. There is nothing more
frustrating than having put a lot of work into a great lesson plan and then not being provided the
professional courtesy by someone who does not take the review process seriously.

The review process is NOT anonymous so you will see the name of the person who has
reviewed your lesson plan. But please note that if you are not happy with the review you have
been provided, we are not in a position to check this. However, if you feel someone has
really not taken the process seriously and is misusing the system in some form, please
report this to us by writing an email to teacher-academy@schooleducationgateway.eu and
we will investigate it.
Please also remember that the process of reviewing someone's work is a great learning exercise
so participating in this exercise should be valuable in itself, even if you feel the feedback you
have received has not been that helpful.

And remember, this is the final task of the whole course so use all the ideas, resources and
inspiration you have gained so far. Enjoy!

If you are still unsure about the process watch the video below which outlines the main steps.
Please note that some of the references in the video are slightly different as the video was
developed for another platform.