CONTEXT The project was created in response to two basic needs identified at the level of the schools involved - the need to boost students' motivation and consequently their school results and the need to promote intercultural dialogue among people from different countries and backgrounds, in a European context which is now facing great challenges. Therefore, the purpose of this project consists of two apparently distinct directions. On the one hand, we want to get students more involved in their own learning by having them use the computer in their studying, thus improving their results and performance. On the other hand, we want them to experience what it means to be European, to expose them to different ways of thinking, values and beliefs. The parnership includes 5 schools – BE,IT,RO,PT,TR AIM: to improve students' motivation, involvement and school results and to promote intercultural dialogue OBJECTIVES The objectives we envisage are: 1. to involve students in their own learning with a view to attaining better results and becoming more motivated; (at least 40 percent from the target group will improve their school results) 2. to develop students' transversal skills - numeracy, computer literacy, critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability; (at least 30 percent of students will improve these skills) 3. to develop intercultural understanding and acceptance; (at least 60 percent of students will have better knowledge of other cultures) 4. to develop communication skills in English; (the 100 participants, students and teachers, will improve communication skills in English) 5. to promote European values and develop cohesion among European citizens. (measurable by analysing students' and teachers' attitudes to other cultures, as seen in the post-LTTA feedback) MAIN ACTIVITIES C1 - Feb 2018 - IT - Topic: Using software to create fun lessons; Customs and traditions C2 - May 2018 - RO - Topic: Using online tools to create quizzes; Maths C3 - Oct 2018 - PT - Topic: Using online tools to create booktrailers; Literature C4 - March 2019 - BR - Topic: Digital tools for artwork; Religious Studies NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS 64 students aged 11-13 from the 5 schools, selected from the target group of 250. The students come from very diverse backgrounds - urban and rural - and have a variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds, which makes the project even more appealing. 36 teachers of ICT, English, Maths, METHODOLOGY The project is designed to cover 5 main areas: A1. Project management – includes monitoring and evaluation, risk management, financial management, cooperation and communication strategy that will be applied throughout the project. 2 TMs are included, 1 at the beginning, and 1 at the end of the project. A2. Implementation of activities - involves selection of participants, preparatory training sessions, participation in exchanges A3. Ellaboration of ICT lessons - done prior to the exchanges by each partner institution A4. Dissemination - dissemination will be a continuous process that involves the sharing of both tangible and intangible results at local, regional, national and international levels, using a variety of channels and addressing school and non-school audiences A5. Follow-up and sustainability - each school selects a group of teachers to implement the new methods during regular class work. The success is measured comparatively against the results and level of satisfaction of students who learned the same contents without digital instruments. Then another school in each area will be supported to include digital tools during class work in the next year. RESULTS AND IMPACT Students will improve knowledge in terms of ICT tools for educational purposes, practical skills related to designing mini-lessons, storytrailers, digital projects, online quizzes, digital artwork, motivation, school results, experience another culture, increase adaptability, self-awareness and awareness of cultural differences which make Europe so diverse, and yet unitary. Teachers will have the chance to exchange good practices, teaching methods, opinions and will improve English and digital skills, organisational skills, teaching methods and tools. Schools will promote a positive self-image and become more visible in the community. They will gain project management experience and will set examples for other schools to apply for projects. They will also become more cohesive and a positive atmosphere will be created among the members.
CONTEXT This project was set up in our school to respond to an expansion of our exchanges, our openness to the outside world. For more than 25 years, we have been actors in a language exchange with the same Dutch-speaking school in Belgium. This exchange allows our students to make some progress in terms of their knowledge of the language but especially to a cultural and social openness. Participating in an Erasmus seemed to us a logical follow-up to this, a broader opening towards the knowledge of Europe and its inhabitants from all ways of life, social, cultural ... Choosing the theme of new technologies was also part of the project our school, which has chosen several years ago to offer a computer period per week to all students from the 4th year primary. This partnership involves 5 schools (BE, IT, RO, P, T). AIM: Improve the motivation of children but above all promote a broad intercultural dialogue OBJECTIVES The objectives we are looking for are: 1. Involve students in their learning and motivate them in their ownlearning 2. Develop the transversal knowledge of each one, to bring them to a critical and creative thinking, to open them to the meeting of the others, of all the others, even different 3. Develop the social and cultural acceptance of all students, understanding each other 4. Develop communication skills, beyond the language barrier (students in our school do not know and do not learn English, the second language is Dutch) 5. Help students build their European identity MAIN ACTIVITIES C1 - April 2018 - PT - Topic: Using online tools to create booktrailers; Literature C2 - May 2018 - RO - Topic: Using online tools to create quizzes; Maths C3 - October 2018 - IT - Topic: Using software to create fun lessons; Customs and traditions C4 - February 2019 - B - Topic: Digital tools for artwork; Religious Studies NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS 64 students aged 11 to 13 and spread across 5 schools with a target group of 250. They come from very diverse backgrounds - urban and rural - and have a variety of ethnicities and religions, making the project even more attractive. 36 teachers in ICT, English, maths ... For our school, 12 students from 2 classes of 5th / 6th primary but also their classmates to the extent that they have benefited from the return of activities conducted during the different stays. And the headmaster of the school and 5 teachers (ICT, 1st and 2Nd grade, 5th and 6th grade) METHODOLOGY The project has been designed to cover the following areas: A1. Project Management (Monitoring and Evaluation, Financial Management, Cooperation and Communication Strategies). Two transnational meetings took place, one at the beginning and one at the end of the project. A2. Implementation of activities (selection of participants, preparation and participation in exchanges) A3. Elaboration of the activities presented during the different meetings A4. Dissemination of results in schools and non-schools, locally and beyond A 5. Follow-up by the implementation of activities using the new discovered methods RESULTS AND IMPACT Students improved their knowledge of digital tools and learned how to pass them on to their classmates upon return from each exchange. Another important point is the discovery of this enormous cultural and social diversity of Europe. Teachers had the opportunity to exchange their practices, to discover different methodologies, to improve their knowledge of English, and, like students, to become fully aware of European cultural diversity. The school was able to introduce itself elsewhere, let itself be discovered but also learned to manage, despite certain difficulties, a large-scale project. This project allowed the meeting of the schools involved in the exchange but also of schools nearer who were wondering about this type of experience, not yet common in our regions. The major results are to be found at the level of student involvement in motivating innovative projects and wider openness to others, differences.