On the fist day, we were welcomed by our trainer,, Łukasz Kosowski, a Polish photographer who has been living in Prague for many years. He is into education and is interested in a new didactic approaches and techniques. 

Monday: Course introduction: urbanization, in a nutshell

We  started at 9am in the office.

• Introduction to the course, the school, and the external week activities;

• Icebreaker activities;

• Identification of needs and goals for each participant and relevant populations;

• Presentations of participants, their schools, and the trainer;

• An overview of human urbanization;

• Urban education and holistic, blended methodologies.

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Tuesday: Storytelling in art and history

• Teaching art and history through interactive storytelling;

• Exploring the city via city quests/escape games;

• Practical activity: designing a city quest.

We were provided with an overview of Storytelling in art and history, we covered the practical side from the perspective of our home areas, and then a city quest was waiting for us, taking us in smaller teams to various places across Prague. This was done with an Webquest. Lukas gave us some clues in the form of riddles and we worked in teams looking for the places and taking selfies of them. For eample: Tip number 3 was "You can see yourselves reflected on me, and my work is a reflection of my times", which should have taken us to the sculpture of Kafka.

Wednesday: Culture and politics

• Mapping the political and cultural reality of a place reflected in the city itself;

• Practical activity: creating a marketing poster.

We were provided with an overview of Culture and politics, we will cover the practical side from the perspective of your home areas (poster-creation), and then an optional city quest will wait for you, taking you in smaller teams to various places across Prague.

Thursday: Sustainability

• Discussions and reflections on the issues related to sustainability and cities are tackling the matter;

• Exploring the green side of Prague;

• Practical activity: my sustainability, a storytelling exercise to share perspectives on sustainability in the light of day’s experiences.

We will start at 9am in the office.

I will provide you with an overview of Sustainability, and how to cover a difficult topic using creative and interactive workshops, we will do the practical side from the perspective of your home areas, and then an optional group excursion to a place called Barandov.

Friday: Your home area as a classroom

• Practical activity: virtual mapping of your chosen spaces, and creating a list of potential topics and educational excursions;

• Sharing your work and discussions.

We will start at 9am in the office.

We will sum up our experience exercising digital ways of crystalizing it (via photo-books, infographics, videos, etc.).

Saturday:  Course closure and cultural activities

• Course evaluation: round-up of acquired competencies, feedback, and discussion;

• Awarding of the course Certificate of Attendance;

• Excursion and other external cultural activities.

We will start at 9am in the office (or not - that's going to be a group decission).

We will be designing workshops or project-based learning activities that you will be able to use in your future work. We will evaluate the training course, give the certificates and then go for a last walk/cultural experience to a place in Prague or somewhere close (I'm thinking about taking for a lovely hike to a brewery/restaurant, but that's only one of the possibilities). (families and friends are welcome)