Experience review: “Visual Dreamers” and the magic of graphic facilitation

What does perfection mean to you? In April we experienced this in beautiful Scanzano Jonico, Italy. Lovely sunny weather, seaside, sunsets and sunrises, amazing accommodation in a 4-star hotel with pool, tasty Italian food, unlimited amount of sweet juicy oranges, like-minded people around and learning something new every day on topics we were passionate about … Continue reading Experience review: “Visual Dreamers” and the magic of graphic facilitation

[COMPLETE] Training Course “LEAD : Leadership Exploration and Development” in Dingli (Malta)

Places: 2 participants (1 female+1 male) Venue: Dingli (Malta) Hosting organization: MUYA-Malta UNESCO Youth  Association Travel reimbursement: 360 euros/participant Project Dates: 25.08.2019 - 02.09.2019 Deadline to send application form: 20th June 2019 Description "LEAD: Leadership Exploration and Development" will be an international Erasmus+ training course organized by MUYA Malta. The main activity of the project will take place in Dingli (Malta) during the period 25th … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “LEAD : Leadership Exploration and Development” in Dingli (Malta)

[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)