This project is focused on the topic of robotics and modern technologies. The choice of this topic is relatively clear and was supported mainly by the fact that the world around us is rapidly changing and is full of new modern technologies. Based on it we think that it is necessary to provide students as well as teachers with new information, knowledge and skills in this area as it is not commonly a part of high schools curriculum. At the same time the project is focused on improvement of English language and its integration into science subjects. There are four partner schools participating in this project:1) Gymnazium Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, the Czech Republic2) IES Escultor Juan de Villanueva, Spain3) Lycée Toulouse-Lautrec, France4) Neue Friedländer Gesamtschule, GermanyIn this project in the first place we want to raise awarness of new modern technologies and make the robotics available to pupils and teachers. We also want to help students to be prepared for high demands of the modern society. Then we also hope to achieve other following objectives concerning both pupils and teachers: broaden basic skills, improve language skills through real communication situations, learn self-reliance, learn new ways of thinking, learn how to link knowledge with all subjects and practice, raise awarness of university studies, technical jobs and developed technologies in research centres and universities, through experiments and workshops remember more and understand science better, learn about diversity of cultures within the European Union and share it with the others, compare different teaching and learning methods within the European Union countries and become familiar with new teaching and learning methods.Schools will be able to include robotics into IT or/and include robotics as a vocational subject into school curriculum, integrate English into teaching science (CLIL), include cross-curricular instruction among multiple subjects and raise awarness of Erasmus+ and eTwinning projects, motivate teachers to study English and participate in KA1 Erasmus+ projects (mobilities and job-shadowing) and continue in cooperation with universities. As far as project activities participants of this project will:- read books about robots (Isaac Asimov: I, Robot and Karel Čapek: R.U.R.), work on eTwinning projects based on reading- look for the information and prepare presentations on how robots are used in various scientific fields- prepare presentations about each school´s country, culture and teaching physics, IT and math- work on project tasks related to modern technologies and robotics (e.g. coding, programming, working with 3D printer or Vernier experiments, computer graphics) and make presentations and video records- write short science-fiction stories individually or in groups in each school, illustrate them and share at eTwinning platform We plan to organize four short-term exchanges of pupils, five long-term study mobilities of pupils and one transnational kick-off project meeting. At the transnational kick-off project meeting in Germany participating teachers will discuss and agree on the detailed schedule and activities in each country in person. Then the detailed schedule will be fitted into the schools work plan. Each partner school will organize one short-term exchange of pupils in the duration of 5 days with participation of 7 pupils and 2 teachers from each country. At these meetings participants will show prepared presentations, attend workshops focused on robotics, modern technologies and art and visit university research centres and companies using robots in manufacturing. Results of all the meetings will be recorded and uploaded at eTwinning journal, dissemination activities will be done and results from the whole project will be uploaded to the European Shared Treasure platform.As far as long-term study mobility each school recieves one or two foreign students from partner schools who will work on tasks related to robotics and/or science subjects. Moreover they will improve their language skills (both English and second language). When the project is completed, we hope to have produced: educational materials: (1) information about the use of robots and robotics in various scientific fields, (2) information about technical jobs for our students in general, (3) information about teaching physics, math and technology in participating schools (countries), (4) collection of science-fiction stories written in English by our pupils, (5) art work connected with science-fiction literature, (6) particular pupils project work (e.g. pdf document, powerpoint or prezi presentation). We envisage the following impact: development in various transversal skills and cultural knowledge, increase the awarness of robotics and modern technologies, raise motivation for science subjects, acquisition of new teaching methods and increase interest in our schools.
Today's rapidly changing world, thanks to modern technologies, forces a human to face the demands of the new world and to adapt to the new environment. This project, which is based on robotics and modern technologies, has brought to the involved schools, students and teachers a world of modern technology, robotics and has opened up new possibilities for future studies and application in practice. At the same time, this project has contributed to the creation of new teaching methods and teaching materials in connection with teaching practice in participating schools. The primary idea of the project was born during a meeting of Czech and French teachers at a partner school in Toulouse in 2015 when teachers discovered a common interest in robotics, modern technology, space research, and works by I. Asimov I, Robot and K. Čapek RUR. Another idea was to find suitable partners for the project. We contacted the Spanish school, because it already had extensive experience with projects Erasmus + and e-Twinning projects and had a great interest in 3D printing. The second addressed school was a German school that had already had experience with robotics. The aim of the project was primary to raise awareness of new advanced technologies to pupils and teachers and give them access to robotics, to show them the possibilities of robotic skills in practice. At the same time, we wanted to extend basic knowledge and skills to students, to improve their language skills, to teach pupils new thinking, to connect the theory with practice, through workshops and practical attempts to understand science better, to raise awareness about the possibilities of further technology studies at universities, and to understand the diversity of different European cultures and share and learn new teaching techniques. The project was broadly interdisciplinary, bringing together a variety of subjects, from art, literature, languages, mathematics, physics, technology, IT, 3D design and printing. The project included transversal skills such as critical and innovative thinking, interpersonal skills, education for global citizenship, and media education. Four organizations were involved: Grammar school Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, the Czech Republic, a coordinator, with experience in field work in physics, biology and chemistry, there was a robotic club under the guidance of lecturers from the Technical University in Ostrava. The school has long-term relationships with the university, pupils attend some university events for high school students, such as the Night of Scientists. IES Escultor Juan de Villanueva, Spain, is a high school in Asturias, has experience with Erasmus + projects and is an eTwinning school, there is a bilingual section at school and has a lot of experience in technology and IT. Lycée Toulouse-Lautrec, France, a high school in Toulouse, had no experience with eTwinning or Erasmus+, but had experience with projects in collaboration with Space and Aviation University and has already taken part in a project based on robotic laws by I. Asimov. Neue Friedländer Gesamtschule, Germany, is a long-term partner school of the Frýdlant nad Ostravicí Grammar School, there is a robotics club, a school organizes exchanges with the Frýdlant nad Ostravicí Grammar School and has been organizing an international Physical Olympiad. Within the project the Spanish and French schools got involved too. NFG had no experience with Erasmus + before. The activities of this project can be divided into activities related to the literature and language part of the project, activities related to the robotics and technological part, short-term and long-term pupils' mobilities and the international Physical Olympiad. These activities include teachers´ cooperation and work on dissemination of the project results. The literarature part included work based on the reading of I. Asimov's I, Robot. We drew up various quizzes about the life and work of the author, quizzes about the book I, Robot, crosswords, vocabulary tests, bingo, comics, game I, Robot, models of robots and their presentation filmed on video, etc. These products are located on the Twinspace Project From Robots to Robotics. The Spaniards have created eTwinning tutorials. In the second half of the project period, we worked on K. Čapek's drama R.U.R. and its implementation by individual partner schools. Each school familiarized itself with the drama, we watched films and theatre performances to motivate pupils. Finally, we practiced individual acts, the Spanish performed the first act, the Germans the 2nd Act, the Czechs the 3rd, and the French epilogue. We created a collection of sci-fi stories. In Robotics and Technology, we built robots with LegoMindstorm, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and programmed them to go through the labyrinth at the last meeting. We have gained new experience, new teaching materials and new skills and we have included robotics and 3D printing to IT.