Presentation in educational conference regarding an award-winning film of our school

On Saturday 6 May 2023 our school teachers Dr. Eirini Arnaouti (English teacher) and Dr. Sotirios Kollias (Theologist), in charge of the school Cinema Club during the school year 2021-2022, made a presentation in the 9th Panhellenic Conference ?NEW PEDAGOGUE?, which was held in Athens.

The presentation entitled ??Did you send an sms??: A film about the quarantine of covid-19? presented and analysed the student short film ?Did you send an sms??, which was created by the Cinema Club participants during the school years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, and which won the 3rd Panhellenic Award in the 22nd European Meeting of Audiovisual Creation (category 13-17) and the 3rd Award in the International Student Competition of Short Films ?Did you study?cinema??? (category: Fiction Film ? Higher Secondary Education).

Participation in the 7th European Student Conference in Verona, Italy

Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna participated with a group of 20 students in the 7th European Student Conference organized in Verona, Italy. Our school team travelled in Verona between 2 and 5 March 2023. The conference topic was ?Common European Principles and Values and the Contribution of Greece and its Civilisation in their Formation?.

More precisely, the A class students Kouka Niki, Asprogerakas Christoforos, Theofilatou Elli, Leka Sofia-Despoina, Giannakopoulou Anna, Papadopoulos Vasileios, Fourtounidou Maria-Elisavet, Georgaras Sergios, Skartsilis Antonios, Pseimadas Christos, Orfanaki Emmanouela, Kantartzi Athina, Petsiniagka Athina, Triantafyllou Christina, Katsadoraki Despoina, Karystinaiou Maria, Karantzikis Ioannis , Dalamagkas Dimitrios, Moxon Efthymios, Georgaras Maximos, accompanied by the teachers Mr. Thodis Georgios and Mrs. Arnaouti Eirini, successfully presented their work entitled ?The diachronic influence of the Greek art on modern European art?.

The conference poster:

AFISA_MATHITIKO SYNEDRIO_VERONA_2023

 

Participation of the Mathematician Argyri Panagiota in the International Project ?Act Now for the UN Sustainable Development Goals ? SDGs in STEM Education?

The Mathematician of Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna was chosen to participate, together with 20 other teachers from various European countries, in the international Project “Act Now for the UN Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs in STEM Education”, which started in February 2020.

On October 14, the produced teaching material for the integration of the 17 Sustainable Development goals into the curriculum of STEM courses (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) was published.

https://www.science-on-stage.eu/act-now-sdg

Author of ?Air Pollution – Smart Cities?: Panagiota Argyri

https://www.science-on-stage.eu/material/smart-cities-air-pollution

As part of the teaching material: https://www.science-on-stage.eu/material/smart-cities

 

A series of virtual events are organised for the presentation of the results:

www.science-on-stage.eu/our-virtual-events

Previous webinars are available on our YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com/scienceonstageeurope

To keep informed about the Science on Stage activities, subscribe in our newsletter: www.science-on-stage.eu/newsletter

First aid and defibrillator use seminar

On 6 October 2022, within the framework of a series of activities regarding First Aid and teachers? training in the prevention and confrontation of dangerous situations for the human life, with the initiative of the Physical Education teachers Mr. Sarlas Georgios, Ms. Athanasopoulou Efthymia and Ms. Belte Smaragda, was realised a Basic Life Support (B.L.S.) seminar, leading to our school teachers? certification by the European Resuscitation Council in the use of an external defibrillator.

The seminar was realised by the Head of the Education Office and Library of Onasseio Cardiosurgical Centre and certified trainer Mrs. Maria Meidani, and a group of certified trainers consisting of Ms. Pigi Michali, Mr. Tasos Karagiannis, Ms. Dimitra Doumpou and Ms. Androniki Tasouli. The volunteering knowledge, on a theoretical and practical level, will be implemented with the installation of an external defibrillator in the auspices of Evangeliki School, to serve not only the school but also the wider local community.

We deeply thank the administration of Onasseio Cardiosurgical Centre for the complimentary offer of this seminar to our school staff as well as Mrs. Meidani and the trainers for the excellent organisation, collaboration and realization of the seminar.

In-school Teacher Training in Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna

On Friday 20 May 2022 the teachers of Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna participated in a face-to-face, 2-hour, in-school training.

Ms. Argyri Panagiota presented the European Project BRIST: Building a Research Infrastructure for School Teachers, which creates the necessary support tools for the teachers involved in the research process, through ?Translation Research?, i.e. the integration of action research in the teachers? professional development and the case study ?Participatory research in the industry field as a means of the educator?s professional development?.

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She also referred to the call for papers of the 3rd Panhellenic Conference of Scientix: https://scientix.ellak.gr/

Dialogue and opinion exchange followed with additional presentations, which presented case studies regarding the integration of educational research in the educational process (presentations made in Greek):

  • Arnaouti Eirini (PhD in Media Education), English teacher

Εστιάζοντας στη δημιουργικότητα: Έλληνες έφηβοι συνδυάζουν την ψηφιακή αρχειοθέτηση με τη δημιουργία ψηφιακού ντοκιμαντέρ (Focus on creativity: Greek teenagers combine digital archiving and documentary-making)

  • Diakonou Maria (PhD in Physics) & Aggelidou Chrysi (PhD in Biochemistry)

Μελέτη χημικών και φυσικών ιδιοτήτων υδατικών διαλυμάτων χαμηλής συγκέντρωσης

  • Makedonas Christodoulos (PhD in Chemistry), Chasapis Sotirios (Mathematician), Thodis Georgios (Greek Language and Literature teacher), Diakonou Maria (PhD in Physics), Fanidis Christos (PhD in Physics) & Pouloudi Maria (Mathematician)

Απόψεις των μαθητών του Προτύπου Λυκείου της Ευαγγελικής Σχολής Σμύρνης σχετικά με την εξ αποστάσεως σύγχρονη εκπαίδευση την περίοδο της Άνοιξης 2020

  • Taliouri Eirini (PhD in Biology)

Η αξία του Podcast στην σχολική Βιολογία

Moreover, the school Headmaster Mr. Fanidis Christos presented the process of creating a Europass Curriculum Vitae.

At the end, Mr. Chasapis Sotirios (Mathematician) and Mr. Kominos Dimitrios (Greek Language and Literature teacher) presented the educational use, the functions and affordances of ΙRIS Scan, which is owned by our school.

Video with IRIS Scan use directions

 

Participation of our student in the Festival University 2021 organized by the University Johannes Kepler, Linz

My name is Anastasia Karra and I am a student in the second class of Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna. In September I took part in the first Festival University 2021, a programme organised by Johannes Kepler University, Linz, in cooperation with Ars Electronica Festival, which is an exhibition organised annually in Linz of Austria, where I stayed.

In July our school headmaster, Mr. Fanidis, sent us an invitation to apply for that programme. Therefore, I decided to apply, sending my CV and a 3-minute video in which I explained the reasons I wanted to be part of that programme. To be honest, I never really expected to be chosen, mainly because they would only accept 100 people from all over the globe. That is why I was so shocked when they informed me that I was chosen that I shed tears of joy! I started contacting the people who were responsible for the organisation of the programme in August, in order to book my flight and meet the rest of the people with whom I would be sharing this wonderful experience.

The duration of this programme was 3 weeks in total, 1 online and 2 on site. On the 30th of August we had the first meeting, where we met the facilitators, who gave us more insight into the programme and presented us the 5 teams into which we would be divided, advising us to try something new. Thus, I picked the creative robotics group, since I had no prior experience in that field. The rest of the online week went by like that, with people such as Hideaki Ogawa, Joseph Herrscher and Josef Penninger making presentations on an abundance of topics to us. The main goal of the programme was to create the university of the future and cause a chain reaction of change in the world. In the end of the second on site week, each team was called to make a presentation in whichever way they wanted.

I, along with the other girl from Athens who was chosen as well, who is also an alumna of our school, Maria Fefe, arrived in Linz on the 4th of September and the next day we met the other 80 people who were participating on site. On the first day I met people from all over the world, such as Guatemala, Spain, Mexico and many other countries. Our first morning was free so some people and I decided to explore the botanical garden. In the afternoon they gave us a tour around the campus and we had dinner together. The next days were packed, since every morning we had to take a rapid covid test and after that we had a plethora of presentations, excursions and workshops. On our first robotics workshop we discussed about what exactly a robot is, its benefits and we were assigned to answer a couple of questions the next day. The first week was also the Ars Electronica Festival week and almost every night we attended relevant events. It was undoubtedly really interesting and we got to see some pretty cool exhibits. For instance, something that not only amazed me  but also triggered my interest was that they had some jars which contained soil from different countries. What was interesting, though, was that it was edible and you could taste it if you wanted to. I tried soil from a lot of different places and I noted that California?s and India?s had a quite peculiar taste. That was how the first week went by, with meeting people from all over the globe, visiting a lot of exhibitions and attending workshops.

On Sunday, the 12th of September, every team, having decided on what their final presentation would be about, made a board and went around the campus and discussed with passersby, asking them questions and gathering information about the presentation. My team chose the problem of categorisation and the fact that putting labels, which are often negative, on people is a quite commonplace phenomenon. Therefore, we asked passersby when they feel categorised and what we can do in order to stop this.

In the second week we visited the concentration camp of Mauthausen and after that we discussed our feelings about that experience. We kept working in our teams and getting ready for the final presentation. Wednesday the 15th of September was the day when we had the chance to wear our traditional dresses to meet the mayor of Linz, but unfortunately, due to the fact that the elections in Linz were just around the corner, an emergency came up and he could not meet us. The next day was our presentation deadline, therefore we worked as a team, helped each other and succeeded. We made an animation in which we put different languages and resembled individuals and their different charecteristics with disco balls, because they have a lot of tiles, which make them shine, just as our differences that make us unique. On Friday, the 17th of September, each team made their presentation and we were given our participation certificates.

During this programme we had the chance to write small notes to the other participants, the so called ?sugarcubes?, and put them into the envelope with each person?s name, and we would read them when we got home. Thus, on the last day we received our envelopes full of small letters and drawings. In addition, we had the chance to write a postcard to our future selves and they would send it to us in 3 weeks. On the final day, people signed each other?s cards and I received mine a couple of days ago, which made me happy and emotional at the same time, because I remembered all the wonderful memories I had from those two weeks. On the last day we had spare time to do some shopping and on the last night we all went to a club to enjoy our last night together and say goodbye. Unfortunately our flight was the next morning and this amazing experience had come to an end.

I can definitely say that it was one of the best experiences of my life and I am extremely thankful that Mr. Fanidis gave me the opportunity to be a part of the festival. Without him, I would not even have imagined that something like that existed. I managed to make some long-lasting friendships with people from all over the world, gain a plethora of knowledge and expand my intellectual horizons. I deepened my cultural understanding and exchanged points of view with people older than me, since I was the youngest participant, who had so many things to teach me. I am very proud of myself for participating in the Festival University 2021 and succeeding as the youngest member. I can undoubtedly say that I left Austria full of memories and new knowledge.

Presentation of the activities of the European project Erasmus+ KA3, R4C

On Saturday 23/10 were presented the activities realized during the school year 2020-2021 in the framework of the European project ERASMUS+KA3 Reflection for Change (R4C) (with the Institute of Educational Policy-I.E.P. as a partner) in the conference OPEN CLASSROOM entitled ?Open and Distance Education: Real change takes place in deep crisis?.

Access to the video recorded presentation (1.52?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzql-bQAYLs

The pedagogical team:

Fanidis Christos (Headmaster), Angelidou Chrysi, Argyri Panagiota (School co-ordinator), Litsardou Maria, Sarlas Georgios, Chasapis Sotirios

Our Erasmus+KA229 ?Playing Europe? project logo selected

The online poll for the selection of our project logo closed last night and today we have the winner of our logo contest that will accompany and will represent us throughout our project: It is the Spanish logo! A marble carrying the flags of the countries of the 4 partner schools!

We are attaching the winning logo and the poll results.

“Playing Europe” in the CASE & GSO4SCHOOL Conference

The 1st dissemination event of our “Playing Europe” Erasmus+KA229 project is a fact! Our project has gone online these days and it is presented with a poster and a recorded presentation in the CASE & GSO4SCHOOL Conference, held online on 1-3 December 2020. 

The poster is based on the approved application of the project, so its authors are the teachers of the four European schools who worked on the application-writing, i.e. from our school, Dr. Eirini Arnaouti, English teacher and contact person of the project, and Ms. Panagiota Argyri, Mathematician.

You can see our poster and watch the recorded presentation here.

Our teachers’ workshop in a Panhellenic Conference

On Sunday 15/11/2020 our school teachers Dr. Chrysi Aggelidou, Chemistry teacher, and Dr. Eirini Arnaouti, English teacher, conducted a workshop entitled “Shall we play with Biology in English?” in the 1st Panhellenic Conference-The educational game in formal and non-formal education.

The Conference was organised by the School Life and Education Museum, the Laboratory for Research on Early Childhood Psychopedagogy, the Department of Education and Care in Early Childhood of the University of West Attica, the Greek Cultural Institute and the Metropolitan College and it was held on 14-15/11/2020 online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.