RECORD MEETING PUERTO DEL ROSARIO

 

10/04/16

 

Students and teachers from Germany, and students from Fuerteventura attend a surfing class in El Cotillo.

 

11/04/16

 

9:00 German group arrives to IES Puerto del Rosario. After welcome, they visit the school facilities with some spanish students.

10:00 Spanish and german students meet in rooms 33 and 34. They split in international teams (EMPLOYABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL MEDIA AND PROJECT TV) They start preparing their presentation for the Closing festival that will take place on wednesday. They prepare some short speech in spanish and english, about the aims of their work, their activities, the main products and a final reflection about what they have learnt during the project. They also must prepare a powerpoint presentation to show on screen while they are speaking.

13:00 German students have lunch at school

17:00 All students (finnish group has arrived) visit the Majada Marcial Vocational college in Puerto del Rosario. We are received by Isabel Dominguez, deputy headmistress of the center and coordinator of the European projects. She shows us around the facilities and explains the different educational programs carried out there. Students show their interest and compare the vocational training programs taught in Fuerteventura to theirs.  

 

12/04/16

 

9:00 Principal Mrs. Montelongo officially welcomes our guests.

Teams meet in rooms 33 and 34.  They continue preparing their presentations. Roles are divided, and presentations are finished.

11:00 Students and teachers meet at the Aula Azul The Evaluation team prepares with them some interviews, to assess the impact of the project among students.

13:00 Visitors have lunch at school

17:00 Students record in groups the interviews, and the evaluation team collects all products.

After that, we visit the IES Puerto del Rosario Open day.

 

13/04/16

 

9:00 Teams meet in rooms 33 and 34. They run rehearsals for the presentation on the evening festival, helped by teachers, to ensure a proper performance.

10:30 Coordinators meet. We comment on the mobility tool, that must be used to the final report. Susanne informs that she has already filled it up. We consider necessary that all teams name the activities using the same code. Susanne offers to  send the other teams a copy of her work, so that the activity names are the same. Raquel remembers, that the application form is available on the Google drive folder we have shared. Here all teams can confirm the activities, and the codes used to name them.

11:30 General rehearsal. Festival conductor, Ana Montes de Oca shows us how the festival will run, and we make a first general rehearsal at the Aula Azul.

13:00 Visitors have lunch at school

17:00 We all meet at the Island Auditorium for rehearsal and preparation. All teams learn how they must get to the stage, how everything will run, and get ready for the Festival. Project TV and Mr. Steier prepare cameras for recording the whole event.

19:00 Closing festival takes place.

21:00 Cocktail at the Auditorium hall, offered by the catering department at IES Puerto del Rosario.

14/04/16

 

10:00 Videoconference with Mr. Daniel Bellón, responsible for the EURES organization. He informs the students about the advantages, informations  and help that the EURES organization provides to students and apprentices who want to apply for a job in another country. Students were very interested and asked a lot of questions.

12:00 Interview in Radio Archipiélago. Project coordinators from the three partner schools are interviewed for 30 minutes about the project, the activities and the results.

12:30 Cheese Tasting session with specialist from Majorero cheese Regulatory council. Mrs Rosa González teaches us how to taste the majorero cheese, the different varieties, and to recognize the scents and flavours from this important product.

14:00 Meal at the IES Puerto pedagogical restaurant.

16:00 Visit to the Desalination plant in Puerto del Rosario. Spanish, Finnish and German partners attend the visit. Chief engineer Andrés shows us all into the desalination plant in Puerto del Rosario. He welcomes us and starts explaining everything regarding the plant and its modules. Teacher Felipe J. Sánchez translates everything into English so that both, German and Finnish members follow all comments by the chief engineer. Bottom line, we all acknowledge the importance of desalination plants in the Canary Islands, especially Fuerteventura. Likewise, we are told how windmills may contribute in the future to provide the plant with greener energy.

 

15/04/16

 

9:00 - 14:00 Visit to Technology park, employment workshops in Pozo Negro and sustainable Aloe vera Farm in Tenicosquey.

The responsible from the Technology park, explains us what kind of business they are hosting, the advantages they offer companies, the possibilities for entrepreneurs to settle in the park, and the facilities they count on. Although they are quite new, and they are starting with their activities, they intend to help Fuerteventura to achieve a more diverse economy, through technical based industries.

The employment workshops in Pozo Negro experimental farm count on the founding of the European commision. They are thought for unemployed people until 40 years, and they provide them with experience and knowledge related to sustainable farming, and bio oriented production.

The Verde Aurora bio farm counts on self production of olive oil and aloe Vera, respecting the bio philosophy. The young owner of the farm has inherited it from his family, and has transformed a traditional farm into a modern business that combines high quality products with touristic oriented activities, with an important presence in the social networks.

 

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