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KA1 - Learning Mobility of Individuals VET learner and staff mobility

“PC MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING COMPETENCES THROUGH EUROPEAN MOBILITY” EU-COM 4 PC

NEWSLETTER no. 3 May, 2016

Mobility of learners and staff

Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 1-VET

"PC Maintenance and

Troubleshooting Competences

through European Mobility"

(EU- COM 4 PC)

This project is financed by the European Union. This publication reflects only the views of the author and the

Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.



PROJECT ACTIVITIES – APRIL 2016

PROJECT PUBLICITY

Activities for promoting the project on-line and in written mass media

27th April 2016 – publishing of an article that promotes the project on the Dambovita county

community project managers’ discussion group: [email protected]:

“The First Mobility of the Project PC MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING, BY EUROPEAN

MOBILITY EU-COM 4 PC, Financed by Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 1 – VET”;

Elaborating project Newsletter no. 2/ April 2016.

Activities for promoting the project outside school

14th April 2016 – presentation of good practices in initiating and implementing the mobility

project PC MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING, BY EUROPEAN MOBILITY EU-COM 4 PC, during

the semestral meeting of European educational project managers from Dâmbovița county – the

educational centres Târgoviște I and II, kindergartens, high schools, Pucioasa; location – Dâmbovița

County School Inspectorate/ Constantinescu Adina – teacher responsible for professional

development.

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GENERAL, CULTURAL AND PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING

General training

21st April 2016/ parents of the students participating in the second mobility/ Diaconescu

Mihaela Cristina, project coordinator;

Cultural training

26th April 2016/ students participating in the second mobility/ Diaconescu Mihaela Cristina,

project coordinator.

FIRST MOBILITY FLOW – 3rd-17th April 2016

18 students from 11th A and 11th B, realistic profile, Mathematics-Informatics specialization have

participated: Alecu Cristian Ionuț, Ana Maria Izabela, Bădoiu Ștefania Anca, Bălașa Andrei Alin,

Cioroba Ioana Alexandra, Costin Dragoș, Crețu Gabriela Ana, Dumitru Călin Marian, Gheorghe

Andrei Alexandru, Ioniță Anastasia Ștefania, Negrea Eduard Constantin, Pietroșanu Theodora,

Pîntea Camelia Andreea, Pîrvulescu Constantin Daniel, Popescu Ștefania Minodora, Rusu Diana

Mihaela, Tudose Andreea Elena, Vlad Elena Iuliana. The accompanying teachers, also with

monitoring responsibilities, have been Diaconescu Mihaela Cristina (project coordinator) and

Ancuța Iuliana (project assistant).

The vocational training stage in PC assembling, maintenance and troubleshooting has lasted for

14 days: 12 activity days and 2 days for travelling. During the first five days of the training, the

students have participated in theoretical and practical vocational training activities at Escola

Secundaria de Barcelos, and during the next four days they have practised in PC maintenance

and repairing companies: Inforcávado-Informática Lda, I S I L Informática e Serviços de Internet,

Lda și Megatrónica – Lda.

Through the vocational training stage, the participants have developed:



- Knowledge regarding the structure and the functioning of PC hardware and software,

procedures and methods for PC maintenance and troubleshooting, environmental protection/

safety measures for working with IT equipment;

- abilities of using in practise the theoretical knowledge/ using instruments (both mechanical and

electrical) specific to PC work, according to work protection standard procedures/ ensuring

information security/ troubleshooting/ correctly manoeuvring PC physical components/

working as a team/ using dedicated software/ monitoring the activities regarding final product

design (the webpage illustrating the mobility experience);

- competencies for: using the latest software and hardware technologies/ PC and laptop

assembly/ advanced installation for computers, peripherals and security components/ hardware

and software upgrades/ making a public presentation.

The last stage day, the students have been evaluated by means of a practical test (desktop

disassembly, identifying PC components’ and operating system features, PC reassembly) and of

presentation of the webpage, created in pairs, in order to illustrate the mobility experience –

the vocational training stage and the cultural visits – during an open seminar, in which

Portuguese students have also participated.



The mobility also included an ICT teacher – Floroiu Daniela – who was involved in job shadowing

activities in Escola Secundaria de Barcelos (for seven days) and who made observations on the

practical activities the students were involved in at the company Inforcávado-Informática Lda

from Barcelos for two days. The last stage day was dedicated to the final evaluation. The

participating teacher has developed abilities and pedagogical competencies regarding: creating

lesson plans focusing on the digital abilities and competencies development; transferring

methods/ competencies and/ or good practises in order to develop practical abilities for

students in IT domain real work situations; creating alternative evaluation methods for ICT

(portfolios, presentations, posters, etc.) that enhance the students creativity and intelligence;

adjusting the ICT national curriculum to students’ learning styles. The last day of the stage, the

participating teacher, Floroiu Daniela, presented the portfolio built during the mobility and the

optional curriculum draft “Assembly, maintenance and troubleshooting computing machines”

and she filled in a questionnaire for the evaluation of the gained knowledge. She also filled in a

stage evaluation questionnaire. The tutor assigned by the host organisation for Daniela Floroiu

was ICT teacher, António Araújo de Oliveira.

The vocational training stage was monitored by means of instruments filled in by the

participants (Daily Reflection Chart, Stage Diary, Stage Diary – Cultural Visits) and instruments

filled in by the teachers responsible for the monitoring (Summary of Students’ Daily Reflection



Charts, Monitor’s Stage Diary). All the participants received the mobility certificate from

Mobility Friends Association and Europass Mobility Certificate.

CULTURAL VISITS

The weekend days were dedicated to cultural visits to Braga, Ponte de Lima, Viana de Castelo,

Guimaraes and Porto.

Mihaela Cristina Diaconescu, project coordinator

Deputy head-teacher of “Nicolae Titulescu” National College

This project is financed by the European Union. This publication reflects only the views of the author and the

Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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