The goal of the project is the preparation, organization and creation of a mobile phone app for an international quiz of knowledge taught at all schools as well as general and civic knowledge. The participating schools are located in Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain. The quiz will be available in the languages of the schools & in English. The schools‘ staff will analyze the curricula & decide on similar topics for the quiz. In the next step the pupils will have to create the questions & the answers for the quiz in project groups. The work there will be done in group work mainly. The pupils will translate all questions into English. The questions will have to be written in complete sentences & will deal with the curricula of the 5 countries. So the pupils will improve their skills and knowledge in the subjects the quiz will be based on (e.g. Maths, History etc) & improve their English language skills as well as their writing abilities in their mother tongues. The Greek school focuses on IT subjects, so its pupils will function as peer teachers teaching the other pupils how to create the app during the learning activities. During the activities the exchange pupils will stay in host families. In that way we boost their intercultural competences. The pupils will be prepared for their stays abroad in cultural preparation courses. Each school will send 16 pupils abroad (each trip will be made by four pupils of each school). They will be accompanied by one or two colleagues each time. We include pupils of fewer opportunities. The past Erasmus projects of our schools showed that pupils who take part in these activities are often the outgoing & extroverted ones. The pupils who are good at Science, IT or Mathematics are often the quiet, the brooding pupils who have difficulties in communicating in foreign languages. So we want to include these pupils and make use of their knowledge of IT technology, thus boosting their self-esteem. We try to use their enthusiasm for computers and mobile phones. We can observe an affinity to these devices and computer games with our pupils. There are many pupils who have great knowledge in this field but who are not very interested in school subjects. So we want to motivate them by utilizing their knowledge in the context of the curriculum. The app will be downloadable and also be used in our classes after the project. During the project there will be other results, too. During the activity weeks there will be quiz-events at the different schools. Most pupils of the schools will take part then. The pupils will have to create a project logo, a "language survival guide" for travelling pupils and prepare the mobilities with reports and presentations on their towns, regions and countries. There will be a blog on the project and we are going to use e-twinning for communication. The target groups involved are the following: The pupils of the schools who create the app technically and who create the questions, the teachers, who supervise the participating pupils, all other pupils of the schools who are going to take part in the locally organized “quiz show“-competitions, the other teachers of all schools who supervise the competitions and the parents who host the exchange pupils in their homes during the competitions. The project will strengthen the international orientation of the schools and help to fulfill their internationalization strategies. By creating questions on general knowledge, European history and also cultural aspects of European life we want to foster the European awareness of our pupils and create a mutual feeling of understanding amongst the young generation of the people of Europe while dealing at the same time with multidisciplinary and integrated content in English. We will invite external experts such as the Universities of Eindhoven & Ansbach, too. The international character of the project is important, as the pupils should learn cultural competences, tolerance & awareness for the history at home as well as abroad. This will widen their horizon and boost their chances on the international job market later in life. The pupils are involved in the organization, creation & set up of the app. So their own initiative, their self-confidence & their motivation will be stimulated. The prospect of taking part in the project serves as an invaluable incentive. The deficit in interest in taking part in international projects could be cured by the uplifting experience of team spirit that will develop while defining & setting up the quiz‘s questions which will happen during the visits. The groups will be of mixed-gender and mixed nationality. The common language will be English, so the pupils’ language skills will benefit, too. The European idea and the implementation of the European unification process should be felt by the people involved. The schools should profit from the project as their publicity & attractiveness for (future) pupils & staff should rise.
The goal of the project was the preparation, organization and creation of a mobile phone app for an international quiz of knowledge taught at all schools as well as general and civic knowledge. The participating schools were located in Germany, Greece, Poland and Spain (the Dutch quit). The quiz is available in the languages of the schools & in English. The coordinators analyzed the curricula & decided on similar topics for the quiz. Then the pupils had to create the questions & the answers for the quiz in project groups. The work there was done in group work mainly. The pupils translated all questions into English. The questions had to be written in complete sentences & dealt with the curricula of the 5 countries. So the pupils improved their skills and knowledge in the subjects of the quiz (e.g English, History etc) & improved their English language skills as well as their writing abilities in their mother tongues. The Greek school's pupils could function as peer teachers teaching the other pupils how to create the app during the learning activities. During these activities the exchange pupils stayed in host families. In that way we inceased their intercultural competences. The pupils were prepared for their stays abroad in cultural preparation courses. Each school sent 16 pupils abroad. They were accompanied by one or two colleagues each time. We included pupils of fewer opportunities. The past Erasmus projects of our schools had showed that pupils who took part in these activities were often the outgoing & extroverted ones. The pupils who are good at Science, IT or Mathematics are often the quiet, the brooding pupils who have difficulties in communicating in foreign languages. So we wanted to include these pupils and make use of their knowledge of IT, thus boosting their self-esteem. We used their enthusiasm for computers and mobile phones. There are many pupils who have great knowledge in this field but who are not very interested in school subjects. So we wanted to motivate them by utilizing their knowledge in the context of the curriculum. The app is downloadable and can now be used in our classes after the project. During the project there were other results, too. During the activity weeks there were quiz-events at the different schools. Most pupils of the schools took part then. The pupils had to create a project logo, a "language survival guide" for travelling pupils and they prepared the mobilities with reports and presentations on their towns, regions and countries. There is a blog on the project, an instagram profile, a facebook site and a youtube channel. We used e-twinning for communication. The target groups involved were the following: The pupils of the schools who created the app technically and who created the questions, the teachers, who supervised the participating pupils, all other pupils of the schools who took part in the locally organized “quiz show“-competitions, the other teachers of all schools who supervised the competitions and the parents who hosted the exchange pupils in their homes during the mobilities. The project strengthened the international orientation of the schools and helped to fulfill their internationalization strategies. These strategies were created during the project on the basis of the German version which serves as a template now for the other schools. By creating questions on general knowledge, European history and also cultural aspects of European life we fostered the European awareness of our pupils and created a mutual feeling of understanding amongst the young generation of the people of Europe while dealing at the same time with multidisciplinary and integrated content in English. The international character of the project was important, as the pupils should learn cultural competences, tolerance & awareness for the history at home as well as abroad. This widened their horizon and shall boost their chances on the international job market later in life. The pupils were involved in the organization, creation & set up of the app. So their own initiative, their self-confidence & their motivation was stimulated. The groups were of mixed-gender and mixed nationality. The common language was English, so the pupils’ language skills benefited, too. The European idea and the implementation of the European unification process could be felt by the people involved. The schools now profit from the project as their publicity & attractiveness for (future) pupils & staff rose through the publicity reached by the project.