The general aim of this partnership is to offer an interactive and multidisciplinary approach to the students’ knowledge of the ROMAN HERITAGE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. Raising awareness of their cultural heritage and analyzing the European past and present will help them become more conscious of their European citizenship. Improving digital literacy and communication in a second language will also increase their motivation towards learning and their knowledge of other European cultures, which will definitely help avoid early school leaving and stereotypes in our schools. The five participating schools need to improve their multidisciplinary teaching and innovation processes as well as their students’ key competences, academic achievement and motivation. The participation in this kind of project will allow a more effective teaching and learning process in the involved schools as it will increase challenge, innovation and motivation among teachers and students. It will also be a significant input to help develop key competences and help students achieve their fullest potential. The project is addressed to 12-15 - year- old students and their main task will be to do research and decide collaboratively on the contents for the SOFWARE APPLICATION FOR THE WEB, MOBILES AND TABLETS we will create to build up an imaginary 3D Roman town and compare its basic elements with our current everyday life. To build this imaginary Roman town they will gather as much information from our own towns and heritage as possible and they will be able to build it out of the knowledge they have from each one. Different subjects at each school will be involved in the project: Arts, History, Maths, Technology, Computer Science, Science and obviously English. We will establish different work lines (engineering and architecture, transport and communications, social life (family, institutions and laws), food (olive tree, wine and cereal) and traditions, entertainment (theatre, gladiators) to work with at every partner school which will be developed into teaching units. Students will work on the different topics in international teams and will take their work to the short term activity meetings, where they will share ideas and conclusions for the final outcome. They will work on different outputs (videos, historical recreations, book of recipes, PowerPoints, word glossaries, photo catalogues, a magazine) to be included in the application. They will also be uploaded to TwinSpace and the project web page which will be structured into different sections related to the project. The idea is to make a unique final product (an educational app) made up out of the collaborative work done in each partner country, representative of the specific cultures united into a common European dimension. Teachers also need to innovate and adapt to the needs of students. We will work on a SET OF CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) LESSONS throughout the two years of the project which will include collaborative tasks for students as preparation for every exchange. They will be included in the curricula of each school. This topic offers a great opportunity for professional growth as it is a multidisciplinary project which also implies a wide range of competences required for 21st century teaching which will be provided by the teaching team. Students and teachers will be involved in the main objectives by working together with other partners and sharing ideas and conclusions from their work. This project will produce a lot of collaborative outputs throughout the two years. Teachers and students will work on the topics in international teams following the project general plan approved at the first teachers’ meeting. At each school there will be a coordinating team and a collaborative team of teachers. Students will be set in international teams with coordinators in each country. The impact on the project results on students, teachers, families and participant organizations at local, national and international level will be assessed by designing instruments with indicators which will be included in the impact plan to be agreed at the first transnational meeting. We strongly believe that the outputs of this project will benefit educational institutions as well as European schools and that it can have a great impact at all levels. By producing an application for the web, mobiles and tablets by which young learners may be able to build up their own imaginary Roman town and compare it to our current everyday life and by working on a set of collaborative ICLE lessons we intend to provide European teachers and organizations with a pedagogical and up to day tool for their lessons. All the final outputs will be freely accessible to the public at the website of the project and will be sent on request.
The general aim of this partnership has been to offer an interactive and multidisciplinary approach to the students’ knowledge of the Roman heritage in our everyday life. This approach has raised awareness of their European past and present as well as improved their digital literacy, communication in a second language and motivation towards learning. The five participating schools needed to improve their multidisciplinary teaching and innovation processes as well as their students’ key competences, academic achievement and motivation. Participating in the project has improved the schools’ teaching methods and increased challenge, innovation and motivation among teachers and students. It has become a significant input to help develop key competences and help students achieve their fullest potential. The project has been addressed to 12-16 year- old students and their main task has been to research and decide collaboratively on the contents for the INTERACTIVE TOOL we have designed which opens on pages with a basic DOMUS and a FORUM image both as representative spaces of Roman private and public life. It has been made up out of the collaborative work done by students, representative of the specific cultures united into a common European dimension. Students have gathered as much information from our own towns and heritage as possible and done research on different topics with the help of teachers from different subjects which have been involved at each school: Arts, Latin, History, Maths, Technology, Computer Science, Science and obviously English. They have worked on many different OUTPUTS: videos, historical recreations, book of recipes, Genial.ly presentations, impersonations, Kahoot games, Power Points, word glossaries, visual catalogues, e-magazines, etc. We have established different WORK LINES (engineering and architecture, transport and communications, social life (family, institutions and laws), food (olive tree, wine and cereal) and traditions, entertainment (theatre, gladiators) to be researched by students along the project. The results were shared and discussed at the short-term learning activities and decisions on what to include on the interactive tool were made. All the activities and outputs have been uploaded to both TWINSPACE and the PROJECT WEBPAGE which are structured into different sections related to the project. Our Etwinning project has been awarded the Spanish and the Portuguese Quality Label. Teachers involved in the project have also worked throughout the two years on THREE CLIL UNITS on Roman heritage in our everyday life. They have meant a lot of hard and collaborative work among the group of teachers but their contents and activities are very varied with an attractive and interactive presentation. They can be easily integrated into any school curricula and can provide any teacher with an interactive and easy to use resource. The units include collaborative tasks made by students at every short-term learning activity. They have meant a great opportunity for our professional growth as this multidisciplinary project has implied the acquisition of a wide range of competences. Teachers and students have worked on the topics in international teams following the project general plan discussed at the first transnational meeting and then revised at every teachers’ meeting we have had. Every coordinator has worked with a COORDINATING TEAM at each school. This team of teachers planned tasks and activities to be done by themselves or other involved teachers in the COLLABORATIVE TEAM, those who worked on specific topics on the project. That way there has been a good number of teachers involved in the project in most schools. TWO TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS were financed by the Erasmus+ grant. During the first one the team of coordinators and teachers discussed the main topics of the project and planned what to do throughout the two years. The last one helped us to revise, gather and evaluate most of the things we have done and to plan the time to prepare the final report and what we must upload to the Erasmus+ platform result. Head teachers or school representatives were invited to the meetings to know how the project was being developed. Our FOUR SHORT TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES have been a success. We had a plan of work and leisure activities for the five days and collaborative work planned for both teachers and students. The IMPACT of the project results on students, teachers, families and participant organizations at local and regional level has been assessed by different types of questionnaires, by video interviews and by direct observation. Two reports have been written on the assessment of the project. We strongly believe that the main outputs of this project (Interactive tool, CLIL UNITS) can benefit educational institutions as well as European schools and that it may have a great impact at all levels. They are freely accessible to the public at the website of the project.