In our project School Radio Waves there are five secondary and lower-secondary schools involved, from Spain, Poland, Portugal, Bulgary and Hungary. We have developed a project that will help our students improve their transversal competences necessary in their future lives, through innovative teaching methods. Teachers will exchange and learn new methodologies based on the radio, which is the main protagonist of our project, and on the new technologies. Thanks to this exchange of practices, our schools will count with better qualified teachers who will put in practice new teaching methods and students will be more motivated to learn and improve their skills in a more stimulating atmosphere, which we think is necessary in our schools.By working with students from other European countries, they will improve their cultural, social and civic competences as well as their linguistic competences in English. Working on the radio, creating and editing radio programmes also requires knowledge and use of ICT, hence they will improve their digital skills, too. Throughout our project students will mainly work in groups and will have to negotiate and assume different responsibilities, improving their ability to cooperate and take initiative. This way they will also strengthen their social relationships with peers. With our project we also aim at helping all kinds of students improve their self-confidence and help them become open-minded, critical, tolerant European citizens. They will practise to write and read news, to make interviews, to express their opinions and listen to others. It is necessary for them to value the benefits that working with students from different cultures can give us.The partner countries will be working simultaneously on the same tasks, involving the radio . Students´work will be supervised by the teachers, who will monitor their work every week. Our project will include five students' mobilities, which will allow small groups of students from each of the five countries work together, face to face. The products made by them on the previous months will be shown and shared by all countries in each of these mobilities, where students will at the same time learn about important topics and journalism aspects like how to make a good interview or how to make a news report. Back in their countries both teachers and students will transfer their acquired knowledge to their peers by means of workshops and presentations. This way the participants who did not travel will also benefit from the mobility. Likewise, all activities done throughout the project will be uploaded and available in the blog of School Radio Waves,which will be one of the main means of dissemination.Being a communication media, the radio allows us to deal with any issues. We chose four, according to our students' interests and needs. Hence, the first year of the project, we will focus on "Teenagers' Addictions" and "Ecology", whereas the second year we will focus on "Music and Arts" and "Europe and Beyond". Working different activities related to these topics will allow the students develop their various skills. Some of these activities are, for instance, surveys on addictions, a lecture on teenagers' addictions done by a professional psychologist, a rubbish gathering contest, making of a rubbish creature sculpture, an exchange of music compilations, the creation of a radio jingle, an explanatory video of traditional dances, interviews to students,families, expatriates, and radio broadcasters and a cultural country quizz. Other results are the School Radio Waves blog and leaflets, the logo, a radio travel guide, a memories book, a final collection of the best activities, a final exhibition, and the final international radio programme. We hope that our project will have an impact at all levels. Our schools will clearly benefit from teachers with more innovative and stimulating teaching methodologies, based on the radio, which students will directly take advantage of. This gained knowledge will be transferred to other teachers through meetings and workshops in and out of their schools. Besides, the products of our project will be available in the schools websites, common blog and Erasmus+Platform. We will promote the advantages of working with more innovative approaches and exchanging practices at a European level. Through an effective plan of dissemination of our project (we will also take advantage of social nets like Twitter and promotion of hashtags, reports to the press, radio transmissions and podcasts on the Internet ) we will help other schools that have a radio or may have it in the future, by providing them with new ideas on how to use it at school and take the most of it. We hope, in short, that other schools will be encouraged to take part in international projects and innovate their teaching methods in order to motivate and satisfy a bigger number of pupils and prepare them better for today's society.
In our project School Radio Waves there were five secondary and lower-secondary schools involved,from Spain,Poland,Portugal,Bulgaria and Hungary.We developed a project that helped our students improve their transversal competences necessary in their future lives,through innovative teaching methods.Teachers exchanged new methodologies based on the radio,which was the main protagonist of our project,and on the new technologies.Thanks to this exchange of practices,our schools count with better qualified teachers who have been able to put into practice new teaching methods,and students were more motivated to learn and improve their skills in a more stimulating atmosphere.By working with students from other European countries,they improved their cultural,social and civic competences as well as their linguistic competences in English.Working on the radio,creating and editing radio programmes also requires knowledge and use of ICT, hence they improved their digital skills,too.Throughout our project students mainly worked in groups and had to negotiate and assume different responsibilities,improving their ability to cooperate and take initiative.This way they strengthened their social relationships with peers.With our project we also aimed at helping all kinds of students improve their self-confidence and help them become open-minded,critical,tolerant European citizens.They practised to write and read news,to make interviews and reportages,to express their opinions and listen to others.The partner countries worked simultaneously on the same tasks, and students´work was supervised by the teachers.Our project included five students' mobilities,which allowed small groups of students from each of the five countries work together,face to face.The products made by them on the previous months were shown and shared by all countries in each of these mobilities,where students at the same time learned about important topics and journalism aspects like how to make effective interviews,reportages and how to spot fake news.Back in their countries participants transferred their acquired knowledge to their peers and families by means of workshops and presentations.Likewise,all activities done throughout the project were uploaded and available in the blog of School Radio Waves https://www.schoolradiowaves.eu/,which was one of the main means of dissemination.Being a communication media, the radio allowed us to deal with any issues.We chose four,according to our students' interests and needs.Hence,the first year of the project,we focused on "Teenagers' Addictions" and "Ecology",whereas the second year we focused on "Music and Arts" and "Europe and Beyond".Some activities related to these topics are,for instance,surveys on addictions and a lecture on teenagers' addictions done by a professional psychologist (OKI organisation),making of rubbish creature sculptures,ecology poems,an exchange of music compilations,the creation of a radio jingle,an explanatory video of traditional dances,interviews to students,families,expatriates and radio professionals (https://www.ivoox.com/en/26867207),and cultural quizzes via Kahoot(https://www.schoolradiowaves.eu/news/school-radio-waves-cultural-kahoot/).Other results are School Radio Waves blog and leaflets,the logo,five radio travel guides,a memories book,a final collection of the best activities,final exhibitions,and,of course,the final international radio programme,which was recorded in Ibiza during the fifth LTT activity.We feel that our project has had an impact at all levels.Our schools clearly benefited from happier teachers with more innovative and stimulating teaching methodologies,based on the radio,which students directly took advantage of.There is a growing number of teachers interested in the use of the radio within the curriculum.In fact,one of the participating organisations has managed to incorporate a two-hour radio workshop per week within the curriculum of 12-13 year-old-students,and more and more students are becoming highly interested in radio issues at schools.As for the results of our project,they are available in the Erasmus+ platform,in School Radio Waves blog,and on different platforms such as ivoox,vimeo and youtube.Through an effective plan of dissemination(social nets, and media coverage above all)we reached other schools that have a radio or may have it in the future.We provided them with new ideas on how to use it at school and take the most of it.At the beginning of the project we hoped that other schools would be encouraged to take part in international projects and innovate their teaching methods in order to motivate and satisfy a bigger number of pupils and prepare them better for today's society. And, in fact, nearby schools have started to either be involved in radio courses or even have a small radio studio at the school.