1ST SHORT TERM TRAINING EVENT, VIDIN, BULGARIA
DAY 1: Mitanka Todorova, a Bulgarian teacher welcomed all the teachers and students at 1st short term training activity in Vidin, Bulgaria and introduced the programme prepared for them in Vidin.
Bulgarian students danced two nice national dances and introduced a little of Bulgarian folklore.
Students divided into international teams have learnt about survival Bulgarian, They were doing questionnaires about cultural differences. Michael has introduced what transcultural competences mean for everyone and how iportant they are in our lives.
Students of all schools involved in the project VET4SCAPE have presented their countries, regions, home towns and schools.
Slovak students presenting:
Teachers´meeting about the project activities in Vidin about pretesting and other plans and acdivities during the first short termtraining event in Vidin, Bg
Students were divided into 4 groups and they got a task to prepare 4 promotional videos on 4 given topics and write reports. The Slovenian teacher Stanko Levicar has given students a short introduction how to make a good promotional video. Students were working hard on the tasks.
DAY 2 This Day should be originally spent in Beogradchik and the Cave. But there was a lot of snow and bad weather so, all the students had to stay in Vidin and Bulgarianstudents presented and showed them Vidin and its beauties.
Scenario. Presenting international teams at Library
There have been 2 specimen Lessons of Busienss English, students were taught the topic of Travelling, business trips,..., oral prep.
VIDIN SIGHTSEEING
DAY 3
Specimen Lessons of Business English
There have been 2 specimen Lessons of Business English, students were taught the topic of Travelling, business trips,..., oral prep. It has been really interesting for the students to get practical knowledge about travelling, how to deal with various problems white travelling and they have obtained language skills which will be used int the personal and professional life.
Innovationa camp - Creative Toy Manufacture
The purpose of the Creative Toy Manufacture workshop was to simulate activities and processes in JA Firm. Students involved in VET4SCAPE Erasmus+ project worked in 4 groups, each representing one JA Company. Within the company the students shared responsibility for production, sales, marketing and finance. Their task was to produce a toy from the allocated production resources so that it could be sold at a later stage. At the same time as they were making a toy, they prepared a short marketing presentation of their product. After the presentations, students bought and sold the product they produced among them for a flat price. Depending on the amount of used production resources, the company's production costs were calculated on a continuous basis. The success of the company's marketing has been reflected in the number of products sold and in total revenues. As a result of the overall economic success of the company,the profit was achieved. Rewarded was the company with the highest profit, the most successful marketer and the best company leader. You can see the results of this great workhop in videos, photos and products.
Workshop of the Portugese ICT teacher how to make a video
DAY 4
Working day for students and teachers started at 9.30 in the restaurant of the Hotel NEPTUN, where they met a receptionist who had and interesting presentation about the hotel. Students learnt a lot about the hotel : It has 23 boutique rooms with different styles, each with unique interior – both baroque and contemporary in style. Each room is equipped with bathroom, air conditioning, mini bar, telephone, satellite television, cable and WI-FI Internet. In the rooms guests can pamper themselves with a relaxing stay in a comfortable bath or shower. The restaurant offers its services to customers. They can try authentic culinary delights in an atmosphere of exquisite style and settle comfortably in the lobby bar and drink a cup of coffee or a refreshing drink while you wait or your friends. The lobby bar also serves to customers, they can feel comfortable in the lobby bar and drink a cup of aromatic coffee or an energy drink while having a conversation or waiting for your friends. The lobby bar of the hotel offers comfort and is convenient for business and private meetings. SPA offers the hotel customers magical treatment, contact with nature and escape the stress! Literally translated from Sanus Per Aquam, SPA means health through water. Prices of the hotel are very reasonable.
After the presentation studetns were asking questions about the hotel and its staff, responsibilities of the staff and the managers, receptionsits, ... It has been a great opportunity for students to learn how is the hotel run. (web age of the hotel: http://hotelneptunvidin.com )
After the presentation students were taking last pictures and they were working on videos and reports in the library.
DAY 5
eTwinning session for students
The last day in 1st short term training event in Vidin, Bulgaria strated with eTwinning session for students which was led by a Slovak teacher Zuzana Mészárosová. Students were taught how to work in Twinspace of the eTwinning project and how to share their ideas about the project VET4SCAPE, how to cooperate and how to handle the Twinspace, upload materials, create pages in Twinspace, use the Forum, Chat, Videoconference. It has been an useful workshop and the students were working hard.
THE TWINSPACE SESSION: https://twinspace.etwinning.net/36854/pages/page/363095
After the eTwinning session the students took the final exam and filled in the evaluation test. Final test link: https://testmoz.com/1583510
Evaluation questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NTK0j8xO2HHtoMQS2p-devOEkJhBIi4FRIZX_5waXs4/viewform?edit_requested=true
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There was also a teachers´meeting 4 - Mobility tool
PRESETNATION OF THE FINAL PRODUCTS:
All 4 international groups presented their final products - videofilms on different topics - culture and traditions, in the hotel, teenagers´life and their reports about cultural differences.
VIDIN PRODUCTS
4 international teams working in Erasmus+ VET4SCAPE were working on their final products promotional videos and reports. Here are the results of their wo
GREEN TEAM - School video BLUE TEAM - Culture and customs video
ORANGE TEAM - Videofilm about hotels in Vidin RED TEAM - Videofilm Churches and museums in Vidin