As we can read in the “Road Map for Arts Education”, a document made in 2006, at the World Conference on Arts Education that took place in Lisbon, “culture and the arts are essential components of a comprehensive education leading to the full development of the individual. Therefore, Arts Education is a universal human right, for all learners, including those who are often excluded from education, such as immigrants, cultural minority groups, and people with disabilities.” So, with our common project, “explore culture: bit by bit”, we want to develop in students, with disabities or not, and, not least, in the teachers and educators, a real awareness of the importance of Art and, especially in our days, of their relationship with Multimedia. Multimedia is very helpful and fruitful in education due to its characteristics of interactivity, flexibility and the integration of different media that can support learning. The provision of interaction is the biggest advantage of the digital media in comparison with other media. It refers to the process of providing information and response. However, many aspects need to be taken into account when using Multimedia in education. Even though multimedia is offered worldwide, access to learning materials and computing equipment differs from country to country. The use of multimedia by students needs to be supported by very skilled teachers. They must guide students through the learning process and provide them with appropriate and effective learning strategies With our project, we want to develop an educational programme of interdisciplinary activities on Art and Culture. These initiatives seek to encourage creative thinking as well as new ways of acquiring and developing knowledge. “explore culture: bit by bit” is a project that intends to develop communication, reflection, creativity and the use of many practical experiments. It brings together different areas of Art and Culture, thinking on the different ages, nationalities, experience and educational needs; it will be a learning space which will seek to make access to culture more democratic. We want to collaborate with different artists and languages that can provide to students and teachers different experiences and realities contributing to the dialogue and openness we strive to achieve. Museums offer a dynamic opportunity to expose students to experiences and explore new ideas in a rich and educational environment. Through interactive exhibits and practical activities, students have the ability to take ownership of their own learning and develop and explore their own curiosities. This unique exposure provides the foundation for creativity, critical thinking, and connection to the world around them. Additional to visits to different museums, the project intends that these visits can be worked by each of the countries in different contexts that could culminate in exhibitions. That is, after the international meetings in each of the countries, the teachers involved, will develop with their students, in their schools, multimedia projects that, if possible, may be the subject of public presentations to the school community. These presentations or exhibitions may be shared for all participating countries through online communication tools. In addition to the partnerships with different artists and museums, the Portuguese part of the project will prioritize collaboration with the newest art museum in Lisbon: MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology. The MAAT is a new cultural proposal that combines these three fields in a space for debate, discovery, critical thinking and international dialogue. An innovative project that brings together a new building, designed by the architect Amanda Levete, and the Tejo Power Station, an example of Portuguese industrial architecture from the first half of the 20th century, and one of the most visited museums in the country. MAAT reflects the desire to present national and international exhibitions with contributions from contemporary artists, architects and thinkers contemplating great themes and current trends.
As we can read in the “Road Map for Arts Education”, a document made in 2006, at the World Conference on Arts Education that took place in Lisbon, “culture and the arts are essential components of a comprehensive education leading to the full development of the individual. Therefore, Arts Education is a universal human right, for all learners, including those who are often excluded from education, such as immigrants, cultural minority groups, and people with disabilities.” This was one of our orientation point for this project. At the beginning of the project, our british partner had to cancel this project, because thwe main teachers had to leave their school. They didn´t see them in the opportunity to realize this project without him. We had to find soltutions for the meetings at their school. The other partnerschools helped to compare this link very good. In our project, “explore culture: bit by bit”, we developed with students, with disabities or not, and, not least, in the teachers and educators, a real awareness of the importance of Art and, especially in our days, of their relationship with Multimedia. We found ways, to share and cooperated in arts. The first Meeting placed in Portugal 2017. In small groups mixed by nationalities the teachers worked on different art projects made of rubbish, found on the beach of Almada. The work process spread over four days with the final exebition of all art objects. Also the got in contact with modern art in many ways. They discussed, how students can find an approach to modern art. In many student/teachers meetings we gained new experiences with making arts in small groups and countryspecivics culture. All under the topic " learning by doing". For example we built together sacre crows, reflecting old finish legends and explored stoneage paintings. In Latvia we baked special bread, listened to a latvian schoolconcert and made our own stemps with ancient lavian runes. In Greece they made their own antique miniture reliefs. In each country, they organized their own arts activities to follow the program idea. To honour the work in the meetings and vfrom the students at home, each school organizied an exebition to halftime of the project. Teachers, parents and friends were invited to see the results. At the end of the project we had also a bigger exebition with all results of all countries. We made a videoconference between all participants to show it. In this exebition, the students could show their new abilities working with computers and multimedia by presenting the results of the different countries.