Project Mystery of History has emerged from the need of modernization of the class by introducing digital tools, from the teachers' need for professional improvement and the need of broadening students’ horizons and cooperation on international level. The project is an extension of a successful e-Twinning project ''Little curators''initiated by Primary school kraljice Jelene. Aim of the project is to increase the quality of teachers' skills in elementary schooling by exchange of practices, work methodology and by creation of stimulating work environment. 1500 participants will be a part of the project. It's based on younger children, 7–11. Hence the idea of the border countries partnership. Project's partners are two schools in Italy (Ferrara, Piacenza), one in Slovenia (Ptuj) and two in Croatia (Primorski Dolac, Solin). Project will last 19 months (September 2017 - March 2019). 12 activities will be implemented in which students and teachers will participate and they will constantly intertwine *School is cool -activities which are going to be realized in regular class at different subjects *Let’s play and learn is an activity which will be realized outside at the historical or natural sites *The 21st century kid- Students will be taught how to use simple web 2.0 tools in order to make presentation materials that will be posted on web pages. *Let the art take the part- Students will take part in art workshops at school, museums and sites. *Think and blink- Students will make and create educational crosswords, rebus, labyrinths and they will be posted on web pages. *Chose the news- Everybody will inform the members of their community about project activities. *Take part in Museums Night-Regarding Museum night, students and teachers will organize a programme and exhibition of their artworks and works of partner schools students. *Celebrations-Europe day and Erasmus day will be commemorated. At the end of the project, final celebration will be organized. *All in one-includes work of all partners on editing and enrichment of the web page and Twinspace *Communication will continue after the end of the project *Evaluation will be implemented during the project. Questionnaires, evaluation questionnaires, questionnaires on the use of 2.0 tools, written reviews and questionnaires on the quality of workshops will be used. *Dissemination will be implemented during the project.The aim of dissemination is a constant visibility of the project, that is, the visibility of all project activities as we could raise the public's awareness of a necessity of ICT usage in the children's education. Three transnational meetings have been planned. The 1st and the 3rd will be held in Croatia, in Solin and Primorski Dolac, and the 2nd one in Ptuj, Slovenia. In the beginning of the project, all participants will be acquainted with the work methodology during the project. Project will be implemented through 3 phases in all schools. At least two historical sites and one natural landmark will be chosen, one per each phase, and students will be able to get acquainted with and explore them through field work. After each phase, materials that will be used for creating materials on the web will be prepared, processed and chosen. After that, they will be shared in school, amongst partners and wider. Following the ideas of contemporary schools teaching will be based on dialogic, research and problem solving methods with the emphasis on cooperative and discovery learning methods and with lots of practical work and critical thinking. Material results of the project are: PPT presentations, videos, photo albums, artworks, quizzes, calendars, bookmarks, flipbook and web page. It is considered that the following results will be achieved during and after the project: language and digital competences of all participants will improve, students’ and teachers’ motivation will increase, teaching will be modernized by exchanging practices between teachers, cooperation between school and local communities will improve, relations between school and families will strengthen through parents involvement, teachers’ organization abilities will improve and intercultural dialogue on all levels will be promoted. After the end of financing of the project, activities and work methodology will be public and visible for everyone to see on eTwinning, web pages, YouTube project channel and everyone will be able to use the materials. Workshops on which teachers will pass on their knowledge on planning and implementing a project and on new digital tools to other teachers will be organized and the exchange of practices will continue in the future. Students will continue to create similar workshops on historical and natural sites together with their teachers suitable for their age and interest. Cooperation with partners will continue in the future on some new projects.
Project Mystery of History was created out of necessity for modernization of teaching and cooperation on the international level. Subject of the project was historical and natural heritage which fitted perfectly into a successful eTwinning project Little curators which was created and implemented by teachers of branch school Kučine. Children often find historical content boring, but this project has shown that this does not have to be the case. The aim of the project was to raise the teachers’ qualities by enhancing their competences by exchanging praxis and work methodologies and creating a motivating school environment for students. No.of participants: around 1500 The project included the children from 7 to 11 years old. The idea to involve bordering countries has proven to be excellent. All participants were highly motivated to familiarize themselves with neighbouring countries. Project partners were two Italian schools,one from Ferrara and one from Piacenza,one from Slovenia,Ptuj and two from Croatia,Solin and Primorski Dolac. Project lasted for 19 months(from Sept.2017 to Mar.2019). Project was done in three phases. Through field work and on three chosen historical and natural sites,students got to know and explore historical,cultural and natural heritage of their homeland.It was a research teaching with lots of practical work and critical thinking. After each phase,materials were created which were used for creating digital contents which were posted on the web and were available to all participants and more. All the planned activities were successfully realized which is visible on the web page. Some of the ideas emerged spontaneously and they fitted in the project perfectly. One of these activities is familiarizing with the legends of the participant countries which resulted in visible products(picture book of legends)and expanded on eTwinning through the project Mystery of History in legends. Let’s play and learn is an activity which was realized on historical and natural sites of participant countries.Students actively studied about the past of their country through carefully deigned activities.They learned about the history of neighbouring countries through exchange of materials on the web. The 21st century kid has proven to be excellent because students could work on project activities through extracurricular activities and together with their teachers enhance their ICT competence. Let the art take part–highly motivated students were very creative.Teachers from Croatia,Italy and Slovenia sent children’s artworks to each other which were later used as a part of dissemination activities of the project and were exhibited on Museum Night at each participant. Think and blink–numerous educational crosswords,rebuses and labyrinths were created and posted on the web. Choose the news–after each field trip,students wrote reports about it and posted it on the web.They made interviews with the experts in the field of archaeology. Take part in Museums night–art exhibitions in the Museum Night in '18 and '19 very successfully realized.In the Archaeological museum in Solin,in 2019,the film about the Mystery of History project was shown.All partners were very pleased with the attendance. Celebrations–by celebrating Europe Day and Erasmus Day,students got to know the European countries and learned some interesting facts about them.At the end of the project,on the 3rd TPM,the final celebration and an exhibition of artworks of all participants were held in Primorski Dolac. Evaluation was implemented periodically,during the whole project with every participant and positive effects can be seen.Surveys,exams,evaluation questionnaires,web 2.0tools questionnaires,questionnaires on the quality of the workshops were used.Dissemination was often conducted and it is going to be conducted after the end of the project. The aim was to raise awareness of the necessity of the use of ICT in the education of young people,and it has been achieved. Three transnational meetings were realized very successfully. First meeting was held in Solin(Croatia),second in Ptuj(Slovenia) and the third in Primorski Dolac(Croatia). As a result of the project,numerous educational ICT materials were produced:PPT,videos,albums,quizzes,flipbook,web page https://sites.google.com/view/mysteryofhistory ,artwork,bookmarks,calendars,memory. Results are visible in all fields.Language and digital competences improved at with participants,motivation raised considerably,teachers modernized the lessons,cooperation of schools with local communities improved,parents were more included in the school life.Teachers acquired competences which will help them in future planning and organization of new projects. All the education material will be available after the end of the project. Future activities are being planned and they will mostly be directed to the exchange of praxis among teachers of all countries. Collaboration with the partners will proceed in the future.