V - UPGRATeS

The v-UPGRATES conference was held with great success on Tuesday 30th of January by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover. The conference was organised as part of the Erasmus+ KA2 VET Project entitled "v-UPGRAtES – Validating And Upgrading Vet Trainers' And Teachers' Digital Skills ".
During the conference both the project as well as the platform developed were presented by the project coordinator Mrs. Meike Jens and Mrs. Nina Fröhlig. The VET teachers attending the conference had the opportunity to test the platform hands-on and discuss the project’s findings with all 7 project partner organizations attending the conference; Cyprus Computer Society (Cyprus), Fundatia Centrul pentru Dezvoltarea Intreprinderilor Mici si Mijlocii Maramures (Romania), Ingenious Knowledge GmbH (Germany), 1st Epal Peiraia (Greece) and Fundacion Pascual Tomas (Spain).

Project Meeting in Valencia
9 -10th March 2017

Just before the Fallas in Valencia we had our project meeting to discuss topics and develop content like
- the design and creation of the V-UPGRATeS platform
- the creation of learning units to help the teachers improve their knowledge in ICT
- disseminating our project results

We had a great time that was organised by Fernando and Javier, our project partners from Valencia.

Next meeting will be in September 2017 on Cyprus!

Cheers,
Nina

The V-UPGRATeS project was presented at the Conference "Digital skills for new jobs: prospects and challenges" that was organized by Emphasys Centre, last Monday 3rd of April. During the conference Dr Christos Dimopoulos, Dean, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering of the European University Cyprus gave a speech about the importance of digital acquisition for all citizens regardless of their age, position or status in society. Dr Dimopoulos emphasized the importance of being a digital literate educator who can is capable of not only using technology, but can also use tools and media to motivate students of all ages.