2022 - OFF TO A FLYING START!!!

 GOING BACK-TO-BACK

WITH ALL OF THE DISRUPTIONS AND TURMOIL OF THE LAST 24 MONTHS DISRAILING THE DRIL STUDENT EXCHANGE PLANNING PROCESS, THE TEAM 'MET' TODAY TO SEE HOW THINGS LOOKED FOR FINISHING THE PROJECT BEFORE THE SUMMER VACATIONS.

AND.. THE NOVEL IDEA OF DOING 2 TRIPS ONE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OTHER, WHICH WAS SUGGESTED WHEN WE WERE FLOATING ON A HIGH IN TALLINN AFTER A MARVELOUS 3 FULL ON DAYS WITH TKVG, WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT!!!!!.

NOW... THAT IDEA IS GOING TO BE A REALITY AS THE STUDENTS FROM TKVG MEET UP WITH THE VENTSPILS STUDENTS TO JOINTLY FLY TO MTR IN ICELAND AT THE END OF APRIL AND THEN ALL THREE SCHOOLS FLY BACK TO RIGA, AFTER A FREE DAY IN REYKJAVIK, TO TRAVEL DOWN TO VENTSPILS FOR THE CLOSING WEEK OF THE PRJOECT!!! 

WHAT AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE!

TKVG TALLINN STUDENT VIDEO FEATURES DRIL

 THE STUDENT VIDEO PRODUCTION TEAM @TKVG HAVE FEATURED  DRIL IN ITS APRIL 'EDITION' - LET'S WATCH.....

AS SOON AS THERE IS SOME 'SPARE' 😂 TIME WE SHALL PRODUCE AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION!!

DAY 02

 DAY 2

THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN A BIT. STUDENTS ARE LEARNING HOW TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER / HOW TO USE MOODLE / HOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME AND DEADLINES - MOODLE EXPERIENCE IS GREAT FOR THEM AT THIS TIME OF THEIR LIVES AS UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN LATVIA USE MOODLE - AND SELF MANAGEMENT IS A KEY PART OF BEING 'FUNCTIONAL' AT THIS LEVEL.

HERE WE SEE TEACHERS LEARNING AS WELL!!!!!

INTERNATIONAL WOMENS' DAY

AND DRIL LAUNCHES!!!!!!

HERE WE HAVE A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM SERGEI TEPLOV, DIREKTOR OF TKVG RUSSIAN GYMNASIUM IN TALLINN ESTONIA

ORDER OF EVENTS ON LAUNCH DAY [ALL TIMES HELSINKI]

DIRECTORS MEETING AT 12.00 IN ICELAND USING TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS.

12.15 - DIRECTORS JOINTLY LAUNCH THE DRIL PROJECT 

OFFICIALLY DECLARING IT 'OPEN'

12.30 - TEACHERS' BRIEFING FOR THE STUDENT TEAMS

13.00 - STUDENTS' TEAMS FORM AND HOLD FIRST MEETING TO BEGIN THE PROJECT

15.00/15.30 - WORKING DAY ENDS

NOTE :

SUPPORTING TEACHERS WILL BE ON HAND FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS / ADVICE ETC BETWEEN 12-15.00 FOR EACH OF THE DAYS THIS WEEK - TIMETABLES WILL BE PUBLISHED

THIS PART OF THE PROJECT ENDS ON FRIDAY 12 MARCH.

HERE WE SEE DIREKTOR INARA [V2.VSK] LINKING VIA TELEPRESENCE ROBOT TO ICELAND......

CLICK THE PHOTO TO VIEW / DOWNLOAD VIDEO CLIP

[OTHER CLIPS ARE AVAILABLE]

OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED

 NORPLUS JUNIOR HAVE FUNDED A PROJECT CALLED

DRIL – Digital Routes for Intelligent Learning

DRIL is seeking to look at collaborative distance working from the students’ perspective and to engage them in the process of identifying and evaluating software tools and systems that enable them to pariticipate effectively and efficiently in a disperse collaborative group.

And

DRIL is looking to see what support and guidance the students call upon to help them manage to work effectively in a team that is multi-cultural / lingual and in different time zones. Dealing with time management, multitasking, people skills, coping with conflict and how to negotiate.

And

DRIL would like to teach some basic language skills to the students – within a masterclass format using a WORKING vocabulary sufficient to complete / understand the tasks – in Estonian Icelandic and Latvian.

So

DRIL is mixing life and work skills with Business English competences and learning about student preferences in the tools used / offered.

There’s more . .

To reflect the cultural diversity and similarity of the region, DRIL is offering content that is drawn from Art [of the sea], Music and Food that highlights the region’s diversity but that also illustrates common heritage. Drawing strength from our similarities and inspiration from our differences.

TELEPRESENCE-ING FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! TRULY IMMERSIVE....

[YOU TOO COULD GET INVOLVED DIGITALLY]

WHAT THE DRIL TEAM IS LOOKING FOR

·         PEOPLE WHO KNOW FOLK DANCE

·         PEOPLE WHO KNOW TRADITIONAL FOLK SONGS [ESPECIALLY FROM THE SEAFARERS]

·         PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO DEMONSTRATE THE COOKING OF TRADITIONAL FOODS [in a kitchen – or as the hunters do]

and who could give a demonstration / teach-in to a group of 18 students aged 16 – live [ideal] or if it must be via ZOOM / GOOGLE or MICROSOFT meeting tool as a webinar. Ideally we would like them to learn a song, learn a dance and learn how to cook a traditional meal. The session would need to be planned and delivered so the time commitment would be that.

It may be you who could join us in delivering this project or maybe you know someone who would be interested – if so please get in touch

Tatjana Biktaševa - tatjana.biktaseva@ventspils.lv Ventspils 2. Vidusskola [Latvian / Russian]

Don Kuklis – don.kuklis@ventspils.lv Ventspils 2. Vidusskola [English]