Panagiotis Georgalas

A short CV

Marital status: Married, father of two children
Current job: Computer Teacher at 5th Gymnasium of Iraklio Attikis (Athens/Greece), 1994-
Previous job: Programmer - Analyst at Singular Company in Athens, 1993-1994.
Taught Computing in Technical Education Institute of Athens (as external partner) and in many Professional Institutes.
Teacher trainer in Computing during the years: 2003-2008.

Studies
1990-1991, Msc in Information Technology, University of Glasgow.
1985-1990, Physics degree, University of Athens

Attended Seminars

2nd level of CIT Education (2014) & Certification exams (2015).
"Becoming a Teacher Trainer / Skills of Academic Management", Hastings / England 15-30/8/1998. Part of the European Mobility Programs.
"Learning in Future of Technology", Setubal Portugal 12-18/5/1997. Part of the European COMENIUS program.

Educational Activities

Leader of a school visit to the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, 02/2024.
Organized bilateral collaborations through British Council with schools in Taiwan, Nepal, UK etc., (2023-2024).
Responsible for Erasmus+ project in the school, 2019-2022. Project title: "Social Media for Educational Purposes".

Responsible for Erasmus+ project in the school, 2019-2022. Project title: "Know-how in Terms Of Developing Mobile Applications".

Responsible for Erasmus+ project in the school, 2017-2019. Project title: "New Methodologies to avoid early school leaving"

Responsible for e-Twinning projects in school, 2013-2022.
School representative to Comenius-Regio program, 2013-2016. Project title “School Bullying”.
School representative to a multilateral school link for the European program Comenius, Action 1, 1998 - 2002. Participated in meetings in Finland, Italy, France and Sweden. Organized partners meeting in Greece.
Responsible for the "Health Education" project in the school, 1998-1999.
Responsible for the "Environmental Education" project in the school, 2002-2003.
Participation to the European school collaboration projects "MyEurope" & "Spring Day in Europe" for many years.
Teacher mentoring at school (2022-2023).

Prizes & Distinctions

Best educational approach in collaborative initiatives category, in BRAVO SCHOOLS competition, 2023. The aim was the creation of a collaborative story about an animal which suffers from a rare disease. It was developed by children 12-13 years old from 7 countries, for an eTwinning project with title LEARNT, during the school year 2022-2023.
Best Practice and Initiative Prize by the Secondary Education Administration of Athens for COMENIUS-REGIO “Against Bullying” Project, June 2015.
National and European eTwinning quality labels for the projects

National and European quality labels for the Erasmus project “New methodologies to avoid early school leaving” (2019)

Participation in NSRF(ESPA) European Union programs
Project: Web 2.0 model scenarios in Education.
Project title: Using WEB 2.0 tools in an English language course to improve students' language skills.
Authors: Panagiotis Georgalas, Adamos Anastasiou, Despoina Androutsou.
Project coordinator: University of Patra/Greece "Diofandos" Computer Technology Institute. Project period: 2012-2013.

Papers in magazines with judgment

Georgalas P., (2022). “LIFT – Learning in Future Technology”, Educational Magazine «Mathisi me nees Technologies», Issue 8, https://mag.e-diktyo.eu/category/tefxi/8-teychos/page/2/ (In Greek)
Georgalas P., Anastasiou A., Androutsou D. (2018) “Using Google Docs and Forms to Develop Enhanced e-debates in English for Elementary School Pupils”, World Journal of Research and Review, Volume 7, Issue 6.
Anastasiou A., Androutsou D., Georgalas P. (2015), “Computer Information Technologies Used in Teaching and Learning of English. A model to teach English grammar in primary school”, Open Education: The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology, Vol 11, No 1 (2015) - Article in Greek
Anastasiou A., Androutsou D., Georgalas P. (2014), E-debate: Using Web 2.0 tools through an open eClass environment to develop a virtual debate in English for elementary school pupils, ICT & Innovations in Education Journal, August 2014, Volume 2, Issue 3
Georgalas, P. (2012), E-LEARNING TURKISH LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR: Analyzing Learners’ Behavior, Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE January 2012 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 13 Number: 1 Article 4

Conference Presentations (presented in Greek)

A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, A. Petrakaki “The Contribution of Collaborative Culture among Teachers to Motivating Experiential Learning of the English Language in Kindergarten”, 15th Conference on Informatics in Education, University of Piraeus 03-05/11/2023.
P. Georgalas, V. Anastasiou, "LEARNT ((Let’s drEAm ouR commoN fuTure)", 9th National eTwinning Conference, Syros 20-22/10/2023.
P. Georgalas, V. Anastasiou, "EXCEED (EXtroverted CollaborativE EDucation)", 8th National eTwinning Conference 17-19/02/2023.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, G. Stachtiaris “Learning comparative & superlative adjectives in English through comics”, 14th Conference on Informatics in Education, University of Piraeus 04-05/11/2022.
P. Georgalas "LIFT - Learning In Future Technology", 7th National eTwinning Conference 19-21/11/2021.
P. Georgalas, D. Vasilakou, "OPINION - OPening etwInNIng hOrizoNs", 7th National eTwinning Conference 19-21/11/2021.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, “Augmented introduction to English language learning”, 13th Conference on Informatics in Education, University of Piraeus 09-10/10/2021.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, “Debating with Googls Docs and StoryboardThat”, 12th Conference on Informatics in Education, University of Piraeus 16-18/10/2020.
P. Georgalas, D. Vasilakou, "CHEER - Collaborating scHools pErform bEtteR", 6th National eTwinning Conference, Thessaloniki 03-05/07/2020.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, “Improving marketing skills during an English language lesson”, 11th Conference on Informatics in Education, University of Piraeus 11-13/10/2019.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, "Collaborative entrepreneurship education in primary school", 10th Informatics in Education Conference, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki 2-4/11/2018.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, "Using Augmented Reality to learn the opposite adjectives in English", 5th Educational Conference of Central Macedonia, Thessaloniki 27-29/04/2018
P. Georgalas, D. Vasilakou, "CLARIFy (Collaborative LeARning Is Fun)", 4th National eTwinning Conference, Patra 24-26/11/2017.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, "We collaborate – We compete – We learn English together", 9th Informatics in Education Conference, University of Piraeus, 13-15/10/2017.
P. Georgalas, "Dancing with the robot", 11th Conference of Greek IT teachers, Halkida 5-7/05/2017.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, "Learning English by experience through cartoons", Conference of Experimental schools, Thessaloniki 2017.
P. Georgalas, D. Vasilakou, "Young eTwinners' zone. Teaching each other learning together", 3rd National eTwinning Conference, Patra 25-27/11/2016.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, P. Kaxira, "The first steps in English with Minions", The Education in ICT and Innovation Era, Athens 5-6/11/2016.
P. Georgalas, "Learning Greek Online", 21st International Conference "Education/Diversity and Greek as a second or foreign language", Patra 8-10/07/2016.
P. Georgalas, "Teaching IF, THEN, ELSE, AND, OR statements through App Inventor 2", 10th Conference of Greek IT teachers, Nafplio 15-17/04/2016.
A. Anastasiou, P. Georgalas, D. Androutsou, "Time for collaborative learning through Web 2.0 and Movie Maker", 4th Educational Conference of Central Macedonia, Thessaloniki 8-10/04/2016.
P. Georgalas, D. Vasilakou, "European Language Ties Us - ELTU", 2nd National eTwinning Conference, Patra 13-15/11/2015.
A. Anastasiou, P. Georgalas, D. Androutsou, "Learning the European countries in English, through Web 2.0 tools", 4th Panhellenic conference: "Using CTI in classroom", University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Oct. 30 - Nov. 1, 2015.
P. Georgalas, "eTwinning as a communication tool. Sharing good practices to prevent school bullying and Web bullying", Conference organized by the Secondary Education Administration of Athens for the 2013-2015 Comenius Regio project with subject «Preventing school bullying in Greece and Cyprus», Greek Ministry of Education - Athens 8-10 May 2015.
A. Anastasiou, P. Georgalas, D. Androutsou, "Using Google Earth and Web 2.0 tools to learn the 2-digit numbers in English", 2nd Educational Conference of Greek School Counselors, Thessaloniki 2015.
A. Anastasiou, K. Kombos, P. Georgalas, D. Androutsou, "Creating an e-Companion to the English language to be used by fifth grade Elementary School pupils", 2nd Conference of Experimental schools, Athens 2014.
P. Georgalas, A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou,C. Zachariadou, "e-practice of simple past tense and past participle of English irregular verbs", "Neos Paidagogos" Conference, Athens 2014.
A. Anastasiou, P. Georgalas, D. Androutsou, "SpongeBob and Patrick's adventure in Web 2.0", 6th Pupil Conference for the application of Information Technology in Education, Thessaloniki 2014.
A. Anastasiou, P. Georgalas, D. Androutsou, "Using Web 2.0 tools to improve pronunciation in English", 3rd Educational Conference, University of Piraeus 2013.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, "Combined use of PowerPoint and Web 2.0 tools to improve written skills in English", 1st Conference of Experimental schools, Thessaloniki 2013.
P. Georgalas, D. Androutsou, A. Anastasiou, “e-Dictation. Using Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate the acquisition of Dictation in English”, 9th Conference of EEEP, Athens 2012.
D. Androutsou, A. Anastasiou, P. Georgalas, "What’s the Weather Like? Combining listening techologies for learning the weather in English", 6th Panhellenic Conference for the application of Information Technology in Education, Syros 2011.
P. Georgalas, D. Androutsou, A. Anastasiou, "Using Web and Web 2.0 tecnologies for the first steps in English", 2nd Educational Conference by the University of Patra, Patra 2011
D. Androutsou, A. Anastasiou, P. Georgalas, "e-Recipes. Using Web 2.0 technologies to teach the imperative in English", 7th Conference of EEEP, Piraeus 2010.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, "Using Web 2.0 to teach English in Primary school", ICT in Education, 7th Educational Conference of ETPE, Korinthos 2010.
P. Georgalas, A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou ,"An audio visual approach to English grammar with WEB 2.0 tools», 2nd Educational Conference of Imathia by e-Diktyo, Naousa 2010.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, "The collaboration of English and Computing teachers in order to create an effective model for teaching English grammar (e-grammar)", 6th Conference of EEEP, Piraeus 2009.
A. Anastasiou, D. Androutsou, P. Georgalas, "e-Learning Date & Time in English" 5th Panhellenic Conference for the application of Information Technology in Education, Syros 2009.
P. Georgalas, "e-Learning Turkish grammar", Languages for intercultural dialogue, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2008.
P. Georgalas, "A new way for teaching Turkish grammar", Greek Union for Primary Education, 5th Conference of EEEP, Piraeus 2008.