Background:Migrations - broadcasting a new outlook is a two-year project starting September 2016. The schools involved are I.M.S. "Regina Margherita" from Palermo, Italy, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle from London, the UK, and Ivalon lukio (Ivalo Upper Secondary School) from Ivalo, Finland. The Italian and Finnish schools have a long history together in previous Comenius and IPM projects; the Italian school and the UK school have a common history of cooperating from previous years. The three schools represent Mediterranean, Central and Northern Europe as well as large and small schools. The project aims at combining a current topic with a modern tool: migrations in Europe and web radio broadcasts.Objectives:Participants will become aware of the history of Europeans as a migratory population, how migration affect our lives, and what are the causes and consequences of refugees and migrants today. Other objectives are exchanging opinions on the topic, to contribute to the debate on migratory policies with the aim to break down barriers, to learn how to communicate one's ideas in debates, researches, interviews and to learn how to use and manage a web radio which aims to spread opinions and ideas transnationally. The students will also improve their skills in English and ICT and they will get a broader view of life around Europe by participating in the project meetings in Ivalo, London, Palermo and Rome.Number and profile of participants:There are three schools around Europe: 1) I.M.S"Regina Margherita" in Palermo is a Lyceum with Communication as a main point in their teaching objectives and with more than 2 000 students. The school also collaborates in the promotion of activities and projects of the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, along with other programmes which promote foreign and second language development. 2) Lycée Français "Charles de Gaulle" in London with 4000 students, mostly from families with French background but also British and many other nationalities are represented in the pupils of the school. 3) Ivalon lukio is a small upper secondary school with about 100 students providing general secondary education in the far north of Finland. The distinctive features of the area are long distances, three Sámi languages and cultures coexisting with the Finnish language and culture, (Inari Sámi, Northern Sámi and Scolt Sámi). The school has an important task to support these languages and cultures, to help keep the only indigenous peoples in Europe and their languages alive. Description of activities:The starting point is the history of migrations in Europe. Students will do research on migrations yesterday and today to understand the causes and consequences of them. Students will look into the situation today mainly from the point of view of culture, music, sports and literature. They will familiarize themselves with ethnic music and artists with various backgrounds, sports teams with players around Europe and some literary extracts depicting the life of immigrants and refugees in their new homelands. Students will make eg interviews and give musical performances which will be broadcast using web radios. They will also learn to communicate their views, opinions, research etc and learn how radio programmes are made. This will be done during ordinary lessons and during project meetings where workshops will be organized to prepare the material. They will learn how to collaborate with each other in English and improve their ICT skills by using online tools in their work.Methodology to be used in carrying out the project: Social reserach mehtod, learning by doing, hands-on method and peer learning will be in use. Ivalon lukio will create a web page where the results of the project can be seen. Suitable eTwinning tools will be taken in use, as well. A Facebook group will be created and ICT will be used when ever it is possible. Web radio broadcasts will be online so that everybody can have access to them fast and easily. A short description of the results and impact envisaged:Students will understand the history of Europeans as a migratory population, the causes and consequences of modern migration and the situation of the refugees, and how this all affects our lives in different parts of Europe. In addition, they will learn how to communicate their ideas via online radio broadcasts, how to do research and make interviews. They will improve their group work skills, English and ICT skills, as well. Students will be introduced new learning environments and new learning methods. Participating students, teachers and hosting families will make new friendships with foreign peers which will, hopefully, last for long. They will get a broader view of life in Europe when attending project meetings, a deeper insight in school systems in different countries, a better understanding of the situation of refugees and migrants, and receive knowhow in digital radio work.
Background: I.M.S Regina Margherita (Palermo, Italy) and Ivalo upper secndary school, Ivalon lukio (Ivalo, Finland) share a long history of joint projects resulting again in a fruitful cooperation in the project Migrations - broadcasting a new outlook. Unfortunately the third partner school Lycée Francais (London, UK) was not able to start the project, even though the application was approveded. In our project two themes were combined: migrations in Europe and online radio work. Objectives: Participants became aware of the history of Europeans as a migratory population, how migration affect our lives, and what are the causes and consequences of refugees and migrants today. Other objectives were to exchange opinions on the topic, to contribute to the debate on migratory policies with the aim to break down barriers, to learn how to communicate one's ideas in debates, researches, and interviews, and to learn how to use and manage a web radio which aims to spread opinions and ideas transnationally. Students also improved their skills in English and ICT and they got a broader view of life around Europe by participating in the project meetings in Ivalo, Palermo and Rome. Number and profile of participating organisations: 1) I.M.S Regina Margherita in Palermo is a lyceum with Communication as the main point in their teaching objectives and with more than 2,000 students. The school also collaborates in the promotion of activities and projects of the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, along with other programmes which promote foreign and second language development. 2) Ivalon lukio is a small upper secondary school with about 80 students providing general secondary education in the far north of Finland. The distinctive features of the region are long distances, three Sámi languages and cultures coexisting with the Finnish language and culture, (Inari Sámi, Northern Sámi and Skolt Sámi). The school has an important task to support these languages and cultures, to help keep the only indigenous peoples culture in Europe and their languages alive. Description of undertaken main activities: The starting point was the history of migrations in Europe. Students did research on migrations yesterday and today to understand the causes and consequences of them. Students looked into the present situation mainly from the point of view of culture, music, sports and literature. They familiarized themselves with ethnic music and artists with various backgrounds, football teams with players around Europe and some literary extracts depicting the life of immigrants and refugees in their new homelands. Students made eg interviews, which were broadcast using web radios. They also learned to communicate their views, opinions, research etc and learned how radio programmes are made. This was done during ordinary lessons and during project meetings where workshops were organized to prepare the material. They learned how to collaborate with each other in English and improved their ICT skills by using online tools in their work. The methodology used in carrying out the project were Social reserach mehtod, learning by doing, hands-on method and peer learning. Ivalon lukio created a web page where the results of the project can be seen and listened to (https://peda.net/inari/inarin-kunna-koulut/ivalon-lukio/kp/mbano). A Facebook group was created and ICT was used when ever it was possible. Web radio broadcasts enabled everybody to have access to them fast and easily. Eighteen students and four teachers were able to do volunteer work at Caritas, Mensa Giovanni Paolo II in Rome for two days, serving free lunch to the poor, immigrants, and homeless people. Results and impact attained: Students learned to understand the history of Europeans as a migratory population, the causes and consequences of modern migration and the situation of the refugees and immigrants, and how this all affects our lives in different parts of Europe. In addition, they learned how to communicate their ideas via online radio broadcasts, how to do research and make interviews. They improved their group work skills, English and ICT skills, as well. Students were introduced new learning environments and new learning methods. Participating students, teachers and hosting families made new friendships with foreign peers which would, hopefully, last for long. They got a broader view of life in Europe when attending project meetings, a deeper insight in school systems in different countries, a better understanding of the situation of refugees and migrants, and received knowhow in digital radio work. The appreciation of a welfare system, one's own good life and possibilities to study and get a profession and live a meaningful life increased and will hopefully carry students far. The experiences gave a motivating boost to students and improved the self-confidence of those participating the project meeting in Rome and doing voluntary work at Caritas.