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Artificial Intelligence and Foreign Language Education: Course
Artificial intelligence is more than just ChatGPT. Several digital applications that are useful in language teaching are based on AI.
During the session you will be introduced to three digital tools that you can easily and free of charge use in …
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Spelling in the spotlight: Online inspiration session
We zoom in on the remediation pillar of the integrated approach to reading problems.
The negative PIRLS results made full media coverage. The reading level of our Flemish ten-year-olds reached a dramatic low. Will you help tackle this?
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Tools for language lessons: @home-traject
The following topics are covered in this course:
- Tools and templates for language games: How do I quickly create a game board, vodoku, dobble game, bingo game, trimino game, crossword puzzles, escape room riddles...?
- Online tools for contact lessons …
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Language Teaching Tools @home
During this short @home course you will gain inspiration to improve and brighten up your language lessons, including those in combined or distance learning.
The following themes are discussed:
- tools and templates for language games;
- online tools for …
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Long live bamboo sticks
Bamboo is a technique developed by artist Antoon Versteegde. Bamboo sticks are connected with elastic bands to create large works of art. We look at some of his works, and also examine bamboo sticks ourselves to discover what makes them so strong. …
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Become a Styrofoam architect
The students get to work like real architects: after a short introduction to force distribution and strength theory, they learn the different techniques to design and construct an apartment building with our super fun Styrofoam cutters. But their …
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Texts and assignments with Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multi-day training
This course focuses on the possibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education.
In the first session we discuss the many possibilities but also the difficulties (such as copyright) and limitations of ChatGPT.
In the second session we generate …
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Themed tour Hatsjoe… health: About health, hygiene and pandemics in Roman times
There is no denying that Covid-19 is having an unprecedented impact on our society. The Romans too were repeatedly plagued by ruthless epidemics. Based on the attributes of the Roman physician Galenus and the Goddess Hygieia, we take young and old …
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Prehistory and the Gallo-Romans: Guided tour
During the tour, replicas of archaeological objects and hands-on elements are used. The pupils can test a flint hand axe, discover the mechanics of a Roman lock and discover the archaeological and historical value of a water or waste well.
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Exploring the carillon of the University Library in Leuven
Did you know that the carillon is a Flemish invention (anno 1510!) and that Leuven belongs to the worldwide top with five carillons? Discover all about this enormous instrument with your class during a visit to the library tower. The carillon in …
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Workshop: Writing Poetry
During the Poetry Writing workshop we learn how to write a poem that leaves no one unmoved . We start with a number of basic exercises around rhyme, style, sound and rhythm. We then go into more detail about the message we want to communicate …
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Songwriting workshop
During a Songwriting workshop we write our own song under the guidance of an experienced singer-songwriter. We can write our own text to an existing melody or we can create a completely new composition.
Naturally, we start with a short brainstorming …
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