TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Hugo Ribeiro
The Aim of the TC was to provide creative and digital tools to empower Youth Workers and Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) practitioners to understand how, creative learning and technology learning can be integrated into youth work practice.
Specific objectives and Learning priorities of the Training
* To get acquaintance and practice with SMART and Digital Youth Work;
* To get acquaintance and practice with Creative Learning and Non-Formal Learning;
* To get to know and experiment different creative learning practices like Graphic Facilitation, Storytelling, Creativity and Design Thinking;
* To get to know and experiment different digital Learning practices like SLI.DO, KAHOOT, TRELO, Basecamp and other Learning online applications;
* To be equipped with practices to transfer to the field of Youth Work, Digital Youth Work, Participation, Citizenship and Youth Empowerment;
* To exchange good practices of Digital Youth Work, Creative Youth Work, youth participation, empowerment and develop new ideas to implement on daily Youth Practice of all participants;
* Encourage the participants to work together in other Key Actions of the E+ Youth in Action Programme and European Solidarity Corps;
This Training Course was for 25 participants from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries.
The Training was delivered presential in Portugal and the course is conceived in ways that require active participation and exchange between participants. It was based on participants’ experiences and builds on concrete actions for the future. The methodology of the training programme was based on the main principles of Non formal learning and experiential learning cycle by connecting creative and digital challenges.
The sessions were divided between plenary sessions, facilitated work in smaller groups and individually reflection. Participants took part in the whole training course and contribute with their opinions and experience.
Several Non Formal Education tools were used during the TCA, like; Team-building, Structured Dialogue, Open Method of Coordination, Design Thinking, LEGO® Serious Play®, Creative Writing, Evaluation methodologies, and several group dynamics.
The propose of the Training was to raise the attention of participants to Creative and Technology Learning Tools and empower youth work and Erasmus+ YiA and ESC beneficiary projects and Practitioners.
Exploring these main components of Digital and Creative youth work, the participants can connect this knowledge with active participation, empowerment and digital learning with different non formal methods, the course will approach participants to different digital and creative youth work realities.
Trainer on the Seminar, responsible for the digital and technological part.
Assess and report of the TCA to the Portuguese Erasmus+ National Agency.
Hugo is a great Trainer, was a very nice experience to co-deliver this TCA