Category: Resources

47th Anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising – educational resources

16/11/2020

Lyrics from the song "Ο δρόμος" (1974) by Manos Loizos

Below can be found a list with a plethora of educational ideas that can be used in class with young students to commemorate the 47th Anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising (14-17 November 1973) and the popular rejection of the military dictatorship in Greece during the period between 1967 and 1974.

Educational resources

The link to the video here refers to the song "Ο δρόμος" (released 1974) by Manos Loιzos, one of the most important Greek Cypriot music composers of the 20th century. The song itself constitutes an emblematic song about "Eλευθερία" (Freedom).

Greek national "'ΟΧΙ΄ Day"

23/10/2020

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As Greece remembers the anniversary of the "'ΟΧΙ' Day" (28 October 1940), the 'no' to authoritarianism in the wake of the outbreak of WWII, it allows us to remember with them and send anti-war messages of peace, freedom and forgiveness.

Below are links to:
educational resources
a short film/documentary about forgiveness
a short film about the 'real' picture of war.

Official release of new digital platform for learning Greek

23/10/2020

Please be informed of the official release of www.staellinika.com, a unique digital platform for learning the Greek language and culture.

The platform has been developed by the Secretariat General for Public Diplomacy and Greeks Abroad of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the “STAVROS NIARCHOS” Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Vancouver, Canada.

The internet platform is seeking to provide individuals ranging from preschool-aged children to young adults with an innovative and engaging product designed for beginner heritage learners in schools and for individuals at home. The platform can be used either as a stand-alone program to assist schools or to supplement existing curricula.

For more information, please refer to attached documents in English and Greek below.

staellinika_official_launch_10.06.2020_el-2.doc
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the_greek_language_around_the_world_en.doc
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Stage 5 scope and sequence for Modern Greek

30/9/2020

We have just published a sample scope and sequence for Stage 5 Modern Greek – it can be accessed from the Stages 4 and 5 Modern Greek page.

Free access to e-learning portal for Greek

3/7/2020

E.DIA.M.ME., the Centre of Intercultural and Migration Studies (Department of Primary Education, University of Crete, Greece) is offering free access to its e-learning portal for Greek (“Πύλη Ηλεκτρονικής Μάθησης”) where a large number of interactive activities organised in levels of difficulty can be found. Educators can login to the portal as visitors or create an account for full access to the interactive materials.

In case there is any difficulty with creating an account, please fill in the application form attached and send it directly to ediamme@edc.uoc.gr so that access codes to the portal are provided.

Photo source: http://elearning.edc.uoc.gr

applicationform_accesscodes.doc
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New digital application for learning Modern Greek

26/6/2020

The Centre for the Greek Language (Thessaloniki, Greece) has developed a new free digital application for learning Modern Greek called KLIK App.

KLIK App is supplementary to the textbook series for Modern Greek “ΚΛΙΚ στα Ελληνικά” and includes 2000 interactive tasks and exercises.

For more information, including terms of use, please visit the Centre for the Greek Language website.

Stage 6 Continuers speaking practice

2/6/2020

In order to support you and your students in the preparation for the HSC oral examination, we have added sample speaking questions for Modern Continuers to our website.

Comprehensive guide to online educational resources

1/6/2020

Please find attached a publication titled
“Web 2.0 100 + 1 Online Tools for Education”.

The publication constitutes a comprehensive guide to more than 100 online educational tools. It offers detailed suggestions for the use of each tool in class or as part of learners’ homework or independent learning. It further provides a list of questions that can be used by the educator both as a way of assessing learners’ understanding of the learning area as well as a way of assessing their learning experience through the use of each online educational tool.

The publication is written in Greek and the sites included are hyperlinked.

Photo source: https://www.researchgate.net/

nikos_amanatidis_web_2_0_tools.pdf
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COVID-19 resource book for young learners

24/5/2020

Photo source: https://www.mindheart.co

Please find below two links for the electronic version of a book regarding COVID-19 addressed to young children.

The author of the book, Manuela Molina, describes her book as an invitation to families and educators to discuss the full range of emotions arising from the recent circumstances after the outbreak of the COVID-19. It is pointed out that the resource does not seek to be a source of scientific information, but rather a tool based on fantasy. The recommendation is to print the material, so that young children can draw on it.

You can access the Greek version of the book here.
For versions of the same book in a variety of languages, please visit the link here.

Language learning resources in Greek

17/5/2020

Please find below a list of resources and online tools that can further assist the online teaching of Greek:

1. Through Photodentro (user generated content), the repository of educational resources of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece, you can access e-me for all, an edition of the official version of e-me, where everyone can register. "e-me for all" is a digital educational platform for primary and secondary education that can be used by students, teachers, researchers and educators who do not have access to a Greek School Network account. Access to the platform is given through user registration.

2. The Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth) has made available pdf versions of materials for teaching Greek as a second language. The materials cover topics such as greetings, around the school, family, food, fruit, vegetables, body parts, clothing, weather, animals, house, professions, neighbourhood, means of transport, holidays. The materials can be accessed through the link here, where you can find pdf files of two books, a guide for teaching the materials, flashcards as well as additional worksheets.

3. All the materials for teaching Greek as a second language developed by the Centre of Intercultural and Migrations Studies (Department of Primary Education, University of Crete, Greece) are still available for free access in the link here.

4. The following educational portal offers online games and activities for the teaching of sounds to Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 students: link 1, link 2.

5. StoryWeaver is a platform that provides young students with reading resources in different languages. Under Read and then Languages, Greek can be chosen and you can access a number of illustrated, open-licensed children's stories in Greek. The digital platform can be used not only to read a story, but also to create, adapt and translate new stories.