EDUCATION SIMO 2014

From Thursday 16 October to Saturday 18 is held in Madrid SIMO EDUCATION 2014 . Under the theme "Teaching in a Digital World", is aimed at education professionals. It offers a wide and interesting program with lectures, workshops, seminars, roundtables and experiences of using technology in the classroom.

 Professional Training , Digital Competition , Teacher Training , Teaching resources , ICT

Among the various conferences especially oriented to compulsory education, SIMO Education program will feature speeches by renowned author Marc Prensky , who will speak on education of the future and how to convert the digital natives protagonists of their learning, and Miguel Brechner , president of Ceibal Plan, a program that has allowed providing technology to schools in Uruguay. He also will learn more about multiple intelligences and emotional psychologist and writer Begoña Ibarrola , or the theories presented María Perhaps in his book "rEDUvolution".

In the Hall of Communications teachers tell their classroom experience from the development of different initiatives, such as project work in a rural school, class or Flipped Classroom backwards, the use of video games, assessment practices, or projects Collaborative, among other topics.

In addition, the Board of Practical Workshops topics augmented reality tools and apps will be treated to 'flip the class', creating digital identity, or how to leverage digital 'artifacts'. Mobile Learning in Room will be announced experiences and educational workshops on -apps mobile devices will be developed, the revolution of mobile learning, videos, music, QR codes, etc. And in the Hall of Audiovisual Language, focusing on communications, there will be workshops on the advantages of film, radio, podcasts in class and learn about Stop Motion, among others.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education will present some of the projects we are working at the Institute of Educational Technology and Teacher Education: PROCOMUN , space for easy access to the repository of educational digital resources open ( REA) of the Ministry and the Autonomous Communities. The latest news portal eTwinning and presentation of the latest eXelearning , open authoring tool to help teachers to create and publish web content code. EducaLab, its contents and social spaces, and the experimental plan MOOC for teacher training.

Some of these presentations will be accompanied by workshops in which participants will learn the possibilities offered tools and spaces of the Ministry to education professionals.

The National Institute of Educational Technology and Teacher Education (INTEF) of the Ministry of Education, issued to teachers attending activities SIMO Education 2014 certificate for 8 hours of training, according to the Order EDU / 2886/2011, of 20 October, establishing the call, recognition, certification and registration of the activities of teacher training is regulated.

 Professional Training , Digital Competition ,Teacher Training , Teaching resources , ICT