The main objective of the project entitled ”EuroSpot” is to broaden the participants’ knowledge of European cultural heritage by means of studying one’s own national cultural heritage (Italian, Spanish, Turkish and Polish ones) and, by taking part in international groups and visits to the other participating countries, comparing it to the partners’ cultural backgrounds. This target is aimed at improving students’ motivation to learn by means of the use of innovative teaching methods (including languages, history, geography, STEM subjects and social studies) and ICT tools. We intend to achieve the goal by means of the following activities: 1 - conducting an e-Twinning project with the partner schools (creating a project Twinspace and running all the project activities on the platform comprising the main final product - the EuroSpot mobile application; 2 - organising short-term and long-term mobilities for the participating students; 3- organising training sessions for the school staff connected with professional development. All the activities will include developing the key skills such as communication and collaboration skills, knowledge of ICT tools, innovative teaching/learning techniques as well as personal development (becoming familiar with the cultural elements of the EU countries, developing passions and interests). The participants of the project will be some students and members of the school teaching staff, whereas the real long-term benefits of the project are aimed at all the school employees, students and their parents.
The main objective of the project entitled ”EuroSpot” was to broaden the participants’ knowledge of European cultural heritage by means of studying one’s own national cultural heritage (Italian, Turkish and Polish ones) and, by taking part in international groups and visits to the other participating countries, comparing it to the partners’ cultural backgrounds. This target was achieved, however, the ways of working on it were changed. We conducted an e-Twinning project with the partner schools. We created a project Twinspace and ran all the project activities on the platform. There were two physical exchanges so students got the chance to learn about Sicilian and Polish cultural heritage. Polish and Turkish schools were also able to orgnise long-term exchanges, however, Polish students due to Covid-19 pandemic were only two weeks in Turkey. As the way to exchange good practices among schools there were also two training sessions for teachers carried out in Bronte, Italy and Zonguldak, Turkey. That was a great chance for teachers to share the experience and to get the chance for professional development abroad. There were two virtual exchanges carried out in Bronte and in Zonguldak and one online training session for teachers. All the activities included developing the key skills such as communication and collaboration skills, knowledge of ICT tools, innovative teaching/learning techniques as well as personal development (becoming familiar with the cultural elements of the different countries, developing passions and interests). The participants of the project were different groups of students and members of the school teaching staff, whereas the real long-term benefits of the project infulenced all the school employees, students and their parents. The material results: project webpage, an interactive map of all three countries.