On-site course

Advanced Smart Educational Resources

Selecting apps and web and AI tools to enhance motivation and learning
Advanced Smart Educational Resources

Experience the future of teaching and learning by making a selective adoption of ICT tools, devices, and apps. Understand IT educational use, integration, and continuous innovation. Learn how to select the best options for your class, for your students' levels, and subjects. Experience the use of the newest apps to optimize teaching tasks and to work collaboratively. Learn how to select and use apps to plan and prepare lessons, explore content, monitor your students' perception, and assess student performance.

Main contents

  • ICT educational use: integration policies, performance analysis, and continuous innovation;
  • Digital natives teaching and learning models;
  • Mobile devices, educational use, and school integration;
  • Tools and apps for planning and preparing lessons;
  • Tools and apps to deliver and explore content;
  • Tools and apps to monitor and assess student performance;
  • Collaborative working tools and apps.

* The course is held in the English language. An English A2 (CEFR) level is recommended, but trainers are experienced in helping students with English language difficulties.

* El curso se imparte en lengua inglesa. Se recomienda un nivel de inglés A2 (MCER), aunque los formadores tienen experiencia en ayudar a los estudiantes con dificultades en el idioma. Además, podemos ofrecer apoyo en español si es necesario.

Course program

Day 1
  • Course and participant presentation;
  • Coffee break;
  • Understanding Mobile devices hardware and Operating Systems;
  • Using and managing mobile devices;
  • Lunch;
  • Using GPS guiding apps to explore educational pathways: exploring Faro City.
 
Day 2
  • Integrating ICT and mobile devices in the classroom;
  • Selecting devices and applications;
  • Coffee break;
  • Selecting and assessing device usage and application results;
  • Maximizing the use and the benefits of ICT in education towards continuous innovation;
  • Lunch;
  • ICT tools and apps for planning and preparing lessons and educational tasks;
  • Coffee break;
  • Application group task.
 
Day 3
  • Tools and apps to explore contents, monitor and assess student performance;
  • Coffee break;
  • Group task: complete lesson preparation and implementation using ICT tools;
  • Lunch;
  • ICT Tools and apps to work collaboratively;
  • Coffee break;
  • ICT Tools and apps to collect data and generating reports.
 
Day 4
  • Visit local upper secondary school: observing infrastructures, resources and attending lessons;
  • Lunch
  • Using apps to ease all steps of the teaching and learning process.
 
Day 5
  • Selecting apps for specific student groups, subjects, contents and procedures;
  • Coffee break;
  • Course evaluation;
  • Certification;
  • Lunch;
  • Cultural program.

 

Note: The course program can be changed according to participant's profile, local holidays or on the availability of schools to visit.

 

Target group

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Course methodology
  • Brief introduction to each of the topics;
  • Participants share experiences and best practices on each topic in group and plenary sessions.
  • Participants experiment with the use of ICT tools, install, configure, and explore tools and apps;
  • Participants visit public and private schools at different levels and observe infrastructures and resources, and their usage;
  • Participants observe lessons: teaching, studying, and learning processes in classrooms in small groups or individually.
  • Individually or in groups, participants prepare lessons, using ICT tools and apps.
 

Course fees

Course fee: 380,00€ per participant (click for detail)

The training course's fee is 380€ + VAT 80,5€* per participant, including coffee breaks (with traditional Portuguese surprises) and materials. Mint.Edu will only charge this amount to each participant. The fee is based on the daily 70€ Erasmus+ funding;

* VAT will be 0% (0€) when registering with a valid VAT - Number/Business ID/fiscal code or number.

Cultural visits and meals are paid separately;

Algarve cultural visit has the cost of 50€. Participants not willing to join the cultural visit must notify Mint.Edu 15 days before the course starts.

 

Certification

All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation and a Declaration of Obtained Competencies, officially recognizing the skills gained during the course.

The acquired competences will also be validated within the Europass Mobility framework — participants should request that their National Agency issue the Europass. (Visit our website Documents > Europass mobility).

Our courses are aligned with the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu), and the provided documentation that can support the recognition.

 

 

Accommodation and Meals

Participants are responsible for booking their own accommodation. ACJ will guide recommended hotels across different price ranges, but participants are free to choose hotels and restaurants according to their preference. Our staff enjoy lunch daily at a nearby restaurant offering good quality at affordable prices — you are welcome to join them!

All accommodation and meals are paid directly by participants to the hotels and restaurants.

During the course, lunches and coffee will also be available on or near the University of Algarve campus, where the training takes place.

Planned course editions
  • 2026-06-08 to 2026-06-12, Faro, University of Algarve, Portugal (Opened)
  • 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-10, Vila Nova de Milfontes, Alentejo, Portugal (Opened)