In this age, technology is everywhere,in our daily lives,from our kitchen to office or school.Most of the students play computer games and spend time in social network sites using their smart phone inside house,Starting from this point ,we have a background experience in eTwinning through the project ''traditional games''.Then,we have decided to extent our experiences and collaborate with European partners in our ''let's play outside '' Erasmus+project.We thought that we must provide more opportunities to our students to go and play outside.This idea was good but we realized that technology has become an essential component in today's conditions.Pupils will never abandon usage of digital tools,starting from this problem,we would like to organize the time of students spending on digital tools and to guide them to use these tools for education and useful purposes.They need to learn the use and language of digital technologies and to learn digital literacy and safe internet.In this way our students' motivation ,creativity and success in lessons will increase.The project idea was developed as a result of the needs identified in all partner schools -to encourage more people to discover and engage with Europe's cultural heritage , while also boosting and exploring their creativity through web tools. The target group consists of about 4000 students aged 12-15 in all the 6 schools. There will be 40 students who will attend the meetings.The participating teachers are English and ICT teachers, who will work to create project outputs, but also teachers of other subjects will be involved in the project activities.We are six partners around Europe;Turkey,Macedonia,Hungary,Lithuania,Italy and Portugal.Italy,Macedonia and Portugal schools haven't participated on any strategic partnership project yet.But Macedonia and Italy schools have carried out Ka1 Projects related to digital technologies,so they will support other partners.Hungarian and Lithuanian partners have great experience on European projects for long years. objectives: -to recognize cultural heritages of partner countries both tangible and intangible -to Improve ICT skills (web tools) and competences of students and teachers -to promote teaching profession's of teachers by using digital tools in their lessons -to improve our capacity of being active at European level and sharing knowledge,ideas,applications and methods -to make students dominate digital tools in education and raising their self confidence about technology in education -to improve speaking English ability of teachers and students Activities: We will organize six LTT activities during project implementation.The first and last meetings will be teacher training activity and the others will be for students exchange. There will be 2 students and 2 teachers per country accompanying the students in each exchange Locally,all partner schools will have short trips to nearby cultural heritages and organize'' traditions and customs week'' to promote consciousness, at school,with the participation of parents and grandparents.A traditional street games day will be organized for pupils.A seminar will be given to teachers about web tools.At the end of project,an exhibition of photos and posters will be created with the products of project.To disseminate we will prepare Erasmus+ corners,brochures and banners.We will upload photos,videos,ppts,reports to website,twinspace,facebook page,instagram. Results and impacts: -schools will become more digital -The students will have transversal and cross-curricular competences - They will discover the importance of preservation of cultural heritages of world, both tangible and intangible -Students will use their technological devices for useful purposes -Teachers will use digital technologies more efficiently in classrooms -Parents of students will join school life cooperating with the project -The cooperation will improve between all the staff of the schools Our project includes the effects of ICT-Based Method, Research, Peer-learning, Group study,Interdisciplinary and communicative teaching Methods. We will prepare e-book and create sample lessons videos that will be useful in future lessons of different subjects: History, Geography, culture and English. a DVD ''guide to web tools'' that will be shared nationally by each country with other teachers and schools, in order to show them good practices of digital education.we will measure the qualitative and quantitative effects by using questionnaries,reports and interviews, we will always keep in touch through skype,etwinning,email and Whatsupp. Students will use the knowledge and skills gained in their process of learning and using web tools in long term. Teachers will adopt new methods and techniques of teaching with digital tools into their classrooms. They also facilitate the acquisition and the setting of the learning as a long term benefit.
In this age, technology is everywhere, in our daily lives, from our kitchen to office or school. Most of the students play computer games and spend time on social network sites using their smartphones or tablets. It is also a fact that technology has become an indispensable component in today's conditions so pupils will never abandon the usage of smartphones and tablets. Based on this problem, we wanted to organize the time students spend on technologic devices and guide them to use these tools for educational and useful purposes. They need to learn the use and language of digital technologies, digital literacy, and safe internet. The idea of the project was developed as a result of the needs identified in all partner schools - to explore the creativity of students and teachers through Web2.0 tools, but also to encourage more people to engage with Europe's cultural heritage. The target group was represented by students aged 12 – 15 and teachers from the six schools partners in the project: Esat Sivri Ortaokulu (Turkey) - project coordinator, Istıtuto Comprensıvo Casalını (Italy) , Municipal Primary School Petar Pop Arsov(Macedonıa), Tildy Zoltan Altalanos Iskola es Alapfoku Muveszeti Iskola (Hungary) , Vilkaviskio r. Sudavos Pagrindine Mokykla(Lıthuanıa) . There were 5 physical mobilities and, due to Covid- 19 pandemic, 1 virtual LTT, hosted by Istıtuto Comprensıvo Casalını (Italy) during the last year of the project. Also due to the pandemic situation, the project was extended to 36 months. The 5 physical LTTs were: Kick-off meeting in turkey in November 2018, Macedonia in February 2019, Hungary in May 2019, Lithuania in October 2019, and Turkey in August 2021. Italy virtual mobility was in June 2021. The mobility activities produced positive outcomes: greater understanding and responsiveness to social, linguistic and cultural diversity, improved foreign language competencies, increased students’ self-confidence. The project provided students with a wide range of activities: creating an Erasmus+ corner, participating in surveys to understand the importance of common cultural heritage, preparing presentations and videos about cultural heritage, preparing presentations about the country, city, school and education systems of each country in the project. Participating in logo contests, analyzing the useful use of digital tools. Creating e-books with Web2.0 tools used in the classroom, becoming aware of traditions and traditional games, songs and food presentations, visiting UNESCO sites, participating in events in partner countries, etc. The work developed along the three years of the project had resulted in the following aspects: Improvement in ICT skills and (Web2.0 tools) competencies of students and teachers. Better acquaintance with the cultural heritage of partner countries, both tangible and intangible. Promoting teaching professions of teachers by using digital tools in their lessons. Improvement of English speaking skills for those involved in the project. Improvement in our capacity of being active at the European level and sharing knowledge, ideas, applications and methods. The knowledge and experiences gained during the international mobilities were also made available for a wider audience through sharing within the school and the community. The products of the project are the result of cooperation and efficient teamwork: Reports, questionnaires, leaflets, banners, an e-book ‚Web2.0 tools’, a calendar including importance of cultural Heritage , A website, Instagram account, Facebook page, Rediscovering the past by talking in the future e –Twinning project, a twitter account, articles written by students, lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations that can be used in lessons on the topics of UNESCO cultural heritage. Regarding the expected longer-term benefits we might say that deeper information on the basic concepts and existing context related to the benefits of using digital tools in the classrooms will help teachers improve better the eagerness of students. Classrooms will become more digital with each passing day. Talks, videos, presentations, games about the cultural and natural landmarks recognized by UNESCO, and trips to UNESCO sites will help students gain an appreciation of their culture and the culture of the world around them. The dissemination of the project will determine other teachers to get involved in international projects which can be important stepping stones on the pathway that can lead to all sorts of new future directions and interesting experiences..