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European Digital Classroom+

2018-1-EE01-KA229-0470842018School Exchange Partnershipsfinalized
Countries: EE|PL|TR|EL|PT|IT · Grant: €140,542.45
ICT - new technologies - digital competencesIntercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learningCultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage

Project summary

The main aim of the project is to implement new motivating methods of work and improve effectiveness of teaching - learning process in the six European schools. With pupils from partner countries being engaged in the project, teachers will conduct activities with WEB 2.0 tools to transform each partner school into modern, up to date, encouraging to learning institution. Project concerns schools of the same type and student's age, providing general education in the area of basic skills. All six schools are willing to participate in international project, as it is a crucial point in the European Development Plan of each of them. The schools in their curriculum focus on introducing innovative methods and Web 2.0 tools into teaching-learning process, which is stated as means to increase motivation for work both of students and teachers and thus to improve educational offer and teaching results . Project work is to be that kids engage in, their effort, strategies their focus, perseverance and their improvement. What more partners have in common is that, according to partner school statements, all schools face the same lacks in teaching - learning areas. In particular, there are problems in creating a student centered classroom where learners can engage in high interest content that is relevant, useful, and promotes innovation. Thus, partners will work in the interesting context of different countries and cultures, with the use of WEB 2.0 tools in order to improve the lacks in students' 21st century skills and practice communication, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration. A multilateral partnership with use oWEB 2.0 tools will make it possible for at least 25 pupils and 15 teachers of each partner to take part in the project mobilities and students at 6 schools to undergo tasks in international cooperation. Why do we want to use web 2.0 tools in learning-teaching process? These tools support creative and critical thinking skills by preparing students for the business and educational life of the 21st Century. Web 2.0 tools can be used in teaching different subjects at school. It is also a fact that students will have a positive impact on the level of technological literacy. Today's technological developments affect everything in the life of the individual. In this regard, education administrators and teachers should choose the most appropriate tools for effective teaching and make effective use of them in the learning-teaching process. Web 2.0 tools offer great opportunities. Students, when get familiar with new tools, will make serious progress while preparing e-content for project purpose, and then working on different subjects about they learn at school. The 2 years long cooperation and six international workshops with use of digital tools planned with pupils and teachers from partner countries will provide the following results: 1 . Erasmus Plus Club Meetings of all students willing to participate regularly in working process on project results and take part in mobilities will take place weekly at each school. 2. Project Blog - with digital works of students, set up for each school community 3. Open Twinspace on eTwinning- with all students and teachers. 4 . PROJECT WEBSITE 5 . Digital works and PDF print-outs of LTTs - on subject “Our Culture and Heritage” (digital books, quizzes, posters, movies, newspapers) 6. There will be taken photos at Erasmus Club workshops and at each Learning / Teaching / Training Activity . 7. Interviews, online questionnaries Analysis of the possibilities for sports and free time activities in partner schools . 8. E - DIARY , Videos - on project www and twinspace 9. EVALUATION QUESTIONNARIES and REPORTS 10. European Heritage Day - set up annually and coordinated at each partner school School - in each country the school coordinator is responsible for it. 11. Facebook group will be established for teachers to provide communication. Poland is responsible to create this group. 12. Archive of tools will be presented on project blog. To sum up, we will enhance the quality and relevance of the learning in education by cooperating with partners, and also, we will implement innovative approaches based on Web 2.0 tools into the curriculum. Partnership will help to boost teachers' professional development. Partners will contribute to defined goals of the project, learn and understand different cultures and countries, cooperate with members of locality, heritage and cultural institutions and representatives, bring up new ideas, change and inspire thinking.

Final report summary

The main aim of the project was to implement new motivating methods of work and improve effectiveness of teaching - learning process in the six European schools. With pupils from partner countries being engaged in the project, teachers conducted activities with WEB 2.0 tools to transform each partner school into modern, up to date, encouraging to learning institution. Project concerned schools of the same type and student's age, providing general education in the area of basic skills. All six schools were willing to participate in international project, as it was a crucial point in the European Development Plan of each of them. The schools in their curriculum focused on introducing innovative methods and Web 2.0 tools into teaching-learning process, which was stated as means to increase motivation for work both of students and teachers and thus to improve educational offer and teaching results. Project work was to be that kids engage in, their effort, strategies their focus, perseverance and their improvement. What more partners had in common was that, according to partner school statements, all schools faced the same lacks in teaching - learning areas. In particular, there were problems in creating a student centered classroom where learners can engage in high interest content that is relevant, useful, and promotes innovation. Thus, partners worked in the interesting context of different countries and cultures, with the use of WEB 2.0 tools in order to improve the lacks in students' 21st century skills and practice communication, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration. A multilateral partnership with use of WEB 2.0 tools made it possible for at least 15 pupils and 15 teachers of each partner to take part in the project mobilities and students at 5 schools to undergo tasks in international cooperation. Why did we want to use web 2.0 tools in learning-teaching process? These tools support creative and critical thinking skills by preparing students for the business and educational life of the 21st Century. Web 2.0 tools can be used in teaching different subjects at school. It is also a fact that students had a positive impact on the level of technological literacy. Today's technological developments affect everything in the life of the individual. In this regard, education administrators and teachers choose the most appropriate tools for effective teaching and made effective use of them in the learning-teaching process. Web 2.0 tools offered great opportunities. Students, when got familiar with new tools, made serious progress while preparing e-content for project purpose, and then worked on different subjects about they learned at school. The 3 years long cooperation and five international workshops with use of digital tools planned with pupils and teachers from partner countries provided the following results: 1 . Erasmus Plus Club - Meetings of all students participated regularly in working process on project results and took part in mobilities weekly at each school. 2. Project Blog - with digital works of students, set up for each school community 3. Open Twinspace on eTwinning - with all students and teachers. 4 . PROJECT WEBSITE 5 . Digital works and PDF print-outs of LTTs - on subject “Our Culture and Heritage” (digital books, quizzes, posters, movies, newspapers) 6. Taken photos at Erasmus Club workshops and at each Learning / Teaching / Training Activity . 7. Interviews, online questionnaries 8. E - DIARY , Videos - on project www and twinspace 9. EVALUATION QUESTIONNARIES and REPORTS 10. European Heritage Day - set up annually and coordinated at each partner school School - in each country the school coordinator was responsible for it. 11. Facebook group was established for teachers to provide communication. Poland was responsible to create this group. 12. Archive of tools were presented on project blog. To sum up, we enhanced the quality and relevance of the learning in education by cooperating with partners, and also, we implemented innovative approaches based on Web 2.0 tools into the curriculum. Partnership helped to boost teachers' professional development. Partners contributed to defined goals of the project, learnt and understood different cultures and countries, cooperated with members of locality, heritage and cultural institutions and representatives, brought up new ideas, change and inspire thinking.

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