The increasing efficiency and portability of ICT is changing our lifestyle and the way of learning. The diversity of mobile devices and their simple digital practical applications invade our daily use, attract more and more people, and approach the interests of young people, mainly regarding the recreational and social activities. As educators, we can consider these devices as entertainment centers of academic activities and alienation from reality or, on the contrary, use them as motivating for learning and as educational ressources for practical and experimental activities in contact with the real world.This project will allow teachers, educators and all public in general to use tablets and smartphones as electronic guides for educational, recreational, tourist and sports purposes.Thus the five partners will pool and share their expertise to create a website and a digital application that will access on a database with georeferenced paths that will guide users on points of interest concerning the Natural Heritage (biological, geological), cultural, historical in each country. This technology will allow users (teachers, students or others) to obtain indications on the path to follow, multimedia information (text, sound, video, photos) about each point of interest, and also about the distance traveled, journey time and energy expended. The trails will be walking and cycling, but alternatives will be made for persons with reduced mobility.The digital application will allow any user to create, according to their needs, backgrounds and associated multimedia contents and save them on the database. At the end of the project, an Ebook providing a process description and paths created by the five institutions will be online with free access.Experiences, best practices, know-how for the use of ICT tools of the project and the creation of new trails will be multiplied at an international seminar at the end of the project.The Vocational High School of Trinité will coordinate work teams of almost 30 teachers and 250 students between 15 and 19 years old from five institutions of general and vocational education (Vocational High School of Trinité, Martinique, Escola Secundária of Loulé, Portugal, Liceo Scientifico e Linguistico Principe Umberto di Savoia, Italy Šolski center Krško-Sevnica, Slovenia and Ühisgümnaasium Pärnu, Estonia).According to the priorities of the schools projects, analyzing the needs of each one and target audiences, the partnership has set for this project, the following objectives:1. Encourage the use of teaching methodologies and learning by means of ICT, to motivate students and facilitate learning.2. Build educational resources that allow the reconciliation of theoretical teaching school subjects to concrete and real situations of learning, a major factor in the motivation of unmotivated students with learning difficulties.3. Develop the skills to use digital resources. For students, especially those who are dropping out of the conventional system, ICTs can be a motivating factor, making learning easier thanks to the richness of its resources.4. Develop students and teachers’ communication skills (oral and written) in foreign languages.5. Promote the inclusion and tolerance through collaborative work between students of different education routes (general and vocational), from different social backgrounds and belonging to `vulnerable groups, and different countries and cultures.Therefore with this project, the partnership provides a strong impact in:- The development of collaborative capabilities, project management, language skills and use of ICT;- The development of social skills and promotion of European citizenship;- The impulsing of concrete teaching and learning methodologies to increase students’ motivation and reduce school dropout.- Discovery and promotion of the heritage of the five partner countries at the service of school space, but also educational, as well as a plus for tourism in the involved areas.
The increasing efficiency and portability of ICT is transforming our way of life and the way we learn. The diversity of mobile devices, their simple use and practical digital applications are invading our daily lives, attracting more and more people, and getting closer to the interests of young people, mainly with regard to fun and social activities. As educators, we can consider these devices as centers of distraction from school activity and alienation of reality or, on the contrary, we can use them as motivating elements of learning and as educational resources for practical and experimental activities in contact with the real world. This project has allowed teachers, educators and all public in general to use tablets and smartphones as electronic guides for educational, recreational, tourist and sports purposes.Thus the five partners put together and shared their expertise to create a website and a digital application that access on a database with georeferenced pathways that guide users on points of interest concerning the natural (biological, geological), cultural, historical Heritage of each country. This technology allows users (teachers, students or others) to obtain indications on the pathway to follow, multimedia information (text, sound, video, photos) about each point of interest, and also about the distance traveled, journey time and energy expended. The trails are walking and cycling, but alternatives are provided for persons with reduced mobility.The digital application allows any user to create, according to his needs, backgrounds and associated multimedia contents and save them on the database. An Ebook providing the description of the processes and routes created by the five institutions is online with free access. Experiences, good practices, know-how concerning the use of the project's ICT tools and the creation of new trails were multiplied during an international seminar at the end of the project.The Lycée Professionnel La Trinité coordinated the work for teams of nearly 30 teachers and 250 students between 15 and 19 years old from five general and vocational schools (Lycée Professionnel La Trinité, France, Escola Secundária de Loulé, Portugal, Liceo Scientifico). Linguistico Principe Umberto di Savoia, Italy, Šolski center Krško-Sevnica, Slovenia and Pärnu Ühisgümnaasium, Estonia). From the priorities of the Institutional Projects, the analysis of the needs of each and the target groups, the partnership had set out the following objectives: 1. Encourage the use of teaching methodologies and learning by means of ICT, to motivate students and facilitate learning. 2. Build educational resources that allow the reconciliation of theoretical teaching school subjects with concrete and real situations of learning, a major factor in the motivation of unmotivated students with learning difficulties. 3. Develop the skills to use digital resources. For students, especially those who are dropping out of the conventional system, ICTs can be a motivating factor, making learning easier thanks to the richness of its resources. 4. Develop students and teachers’ communication skills (oral and written) in foreign languages. 5. Promote the inclusion and tolerance through collaborative work between students from different educational routes (general and vocational), from different social backgrounds and belonging to `vulnerable groups and different countries and cultures. Therefore this project allowed a strong impact in: - The development of collaborative skills, project management, language skills and use of ICT; - The development of social skills and promotion of European citizenship; - The impulsing of concrete teaching and learning methodologies to increase students’ motivation and reduce school dropout. - The discovery and promotion of the heritage of the five partner countries at the service of school space, but also educational as well as a plus for tourism in the involved areas.