In this project our goal is to create an innovative learning environment for students and teachers based on Google apps that will allow everyone to gain and practice social and technical skills, as well as to exchange ideas on new technologies. The project is directed to approx. 300 students 15-20 years old and 60 secondary school teachers. During the project mobilities, project participants will be introduced to a number of Google tools to learn how to: - store and share teaching and learning materials using Google Drive, - collaborate simultaneously on documents using Google Drive, - build websites using Google sites, - develop a questionnaire with Google Form, - communicate and do assignments with Google Classroom, - create blogs with Google Blogger, - upload videos on YouTube, - prepare for partner visits with Google map and calendar, - practise Google Arts and Culture, Expeditions and Cardboard applications. We will use the following methods for the project implementation: workshops during mobilities, webinars between mobilities, surveys to measure participants' satisfaction and knowledge gained, group work, discussions on forums and blogs, in personal contacts. Teachers will elaborate on completely innovative lesson plans which will be introduced to their teaching practice. Students will be motivated and eager to learn. They will develop blogs and movies from project activities. They will learn to build websites. They will gain new experiences through the participation in international lessons, in webinars, trips to the workplaces which use Google apps. Project activities will also involve the local community, authorities, cooperating schools and students' parents. We will create a school of tomorrow through the approach to teaching and learning via digital tools. We will also help young people break barriers by engaging them in international cooperation and foster success in learning English language.
The aim of the project was to create an innovative educational environment for students and teachers by learning about and using Google Blogger, Arts and Culture, Classroom, Cardboard, Expeditions, Maps, Calendar, Forms, YouTube apps in school education. Approx. 450 students aged 15-20 and 110 teachers participated in the project. During the mobility, project participants were introduced to the following Google tools and learned how to: - save and share materials using a Google drive, - work on documents on Google drive at the same time, - build websites using Google sites, - develop surveys with Google Form, - use Google Classroom, - create blogs with Google Blogger, - upload videos to YouTube, - use Google Maps and Calendar, - apply Google Arts and Culture, Expeditions, and Cardboard with VR. When implementing the project, we used the following methods of work: lessons and trainings during mobilities, webinars between mobilities, surveys to measure the level of participants' satisfaction and acquired knowledge, group work, discussions on blogs, in personal contacts, on Google Meet and Hangout. Teachers developed innovative lesson plans based on which they conducted classes in an international environment. Students learned creative ways to work with Google applications and they developed blogs, videos from project activities. During webinars with the use of Google Hangouts, participants learned about a wide range of applications offered by Google and practiced building websites and using Google Calendar and Classroom. All of them gained new experience by participating in international lessons in partner schools and trips to workplaces using Google apps. As part of the project, the local community, authorities, cooperating schools and parents of students were involved. Participation in the project made it possible to deepen the digital knowledge of the participants, equipped them with the competences and skills necessary to function in the information society, contributed to the enrichment of the resources with modern forms and methods of work and to raise the linguistic competences of the people involved in the project.