[NEW] Training Course “Board Builders: Exploring Educational Board Games” in Turku (Finland)

Places: 3 participants Venue: Turku (Finland) Hosting organization: Sondip Travel reimbursement: 180 euros/participant Project Dates: 08-14 October 2019 Deadline to send application form: 20 July 2019 Description The training is designed to equip participants with knowledge and skills of need assessment and learning design tools as well as to empower participants to take out of the box approach … Continue reading [NEW] Training Course “Board Builders: Exploring Educational Board Games” in Turku (Finland)

Experience in “European Education: Utopia or Reality?” in Denmark

Would you like to live in an Utopia, or Reality is enough for you? How does the Utopian education look like and how to get there? Alina, Marina and Ksenia were looking for answers for these questions during a week in Denmark on the training course “European Education: Utopia or Realty?”. They shared and discussed educational … Continue reading Experience in “European Education: Utopia or Reality?” in Denmark

[COMPLETE] Training Course “Digibox” in Trabzon (Turkey)

Places: 1 participant Venue: Trabzon (Turkey) Hosting organization: FuturEurope NGO Project Dates: 28 April - 5 May 2019 Travel Budget: 360 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 15th February 2019 Description Digital youth work, work with social media, development of online work of organizations, e-promotion are becoming areas that require youth workers and youth leaders to become competent in. Digitalization … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Digibox” in Trabzon (Turkey)

[COMPLETE] Training Course “Impactor” in Ploiesti (Romania)

Places: 2 participants Venue: Ploiesti (Romania) Hosting organization: Asociatia Un strop de Fericire Project Dates: 1st-8th April 2019 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 275EUR (-10EUR)/participant Deadline to send application form: 25th February 2019 Description Problem we are aiming to tackle: the impact of E+ projects is rarely extended beyond the individual level, in the local communities where participants … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Impactor” in Ploiesti (Romania)

[COMPLETE] Training Course “Visual dreamers” in Scanzano Jonico (Italy)

Places: 2 participants Venue: Scanzano Jonico (Italy) Hosting organization: Shokkin Group Italia Project Dates: 13th-20th April 2019 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 360 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 15th February 2019 Description Young people should be playing a key role in social innovation initiatives as they have the ability to look from a fresh point of view … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Visual dreamers” in Scanzano Jonico (Italy)

Thoughts after “Game Time”

"In November I participated in the training course "Game Time“ held in Velbert, Germany and I want to thank Shokkin Group for this great opportunity! The aim of the project was to discuss games as educational tools and to create a set of educational games on social issues. I must say that the project was … Continue reading Thoughts after “Game Time”

Play Station: our gaming experience in Belgium

"Creative, educative and very interesting project Play Station took place from 26.10-04.11 in Brussels, Belgium. This was really amazing experience in all possible ways - we got very deep into gamification theme, played a lot of exciting games and learned new techniques of non-formal education by these creative activities. There was also enough theory that … Continue reading Play Station: our gaming experience in Belgium

Experience: Rediscovering games in “Game Zone” (Malta)

"One day, during an unusually hot summer day in Estonia, I got an email from Shokkin Group. I had never heard of the organization before, and as the email seemed rather appealing, I decided to read it right away. It turned out that they were looking for participants in three different training courses. They all … Continue reading Experience: Rediscovering games in “Game Zone” (Malta)

[COMPLETE] Training Course “Escape Radicalization” in Rustavi (Georgia)

Places: 2 participants (18-40) Venue: Rustavi (Georgia) Hosting organization: Youth Association Droni Project Dates: 9th-17th November 2018 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 360 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 20th September 2018 Description Escape/quest games involve a team of people working together in order to fulfill challenging mental, logical, at times physical tasks. Such games are engaging, thrilling … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Escape Radicalization” in Rustavi (Georgia)

[COMPLETE] Training Course “Game Time” in Velbert (Germany)

Places: 2 participants (18-40) Venue: Velbert (Germany) Hosting organization: Jubuk Project Dates: 17th- 24th November 2018 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 275 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 30th August 2018 Description This training course is connected to educational game design and game facilitation to address social topics such as migration, inter-cultural understanding, inter-religious dialogue, tolerance, anti-discrimination. The … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Game Time” in Velbert (Germany)