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Cyberculture

2019-1-IT02-KA229-0622932019School Exchange Partnershipsfinalized
Countries: IT|ES|PT · Grant: €38,307
Inclusion - equityICT - new technologies - digital competencesTeaching and learning of foreign languages

Project summary

The "Cyberculture" project is a scholastic partnership that involves three countries, Italy, Spain and Portugal that together will enhance European cultural heritage. Comparing the partner countries will find differences and similarities in customs, traditions and betrayals. This is the main objective of the project, which will lead to the mobility of students and teachers who will acquire an awareness of cultural identity, a necessary element for understanding different cultures and the ability to see and shape the world with a sense of identity that respects the others, appreciating the value of their past and their heritage in a variety of cultures. Among the priorities that promote the growth of young people, there will be language learning and multilingualism, which will play an essential role in competences as languages ​​open up many possibilities for all and remove obstacles to participation, education and European training. During the project period, the participants will improve their language skills in English and learn the basics of the languages ​​of all partners. A second priority will be the strengthening of the teacher's professional profile with the acquisition of certain knowledge and through didactic training activities: they will improve their language skills and learn the basics of partner languages, improve ICT skills (WEB 2.0 and 3.0 tools) , communication tools, cloud storage methods, web page design, eTwinning), they will learn the CLIL method, the narrative methods and methods of using video-photographic reconstruction, teaching and learning methods through the comparison with the educational systems of the countries partner. For the duration of the project there will be 4 training sessions for learning: a training event for the entire teaching staff and 3 which will include both training events for the entire staff and the short-term exchange of a group of students . There will be 2 teachers who will participate in every transnational mobility, as well as teachers from the training team of each individual institution. Regarding the short-term mobility of the students, there will be 6 students from each country who travel accompanied by 2 teachers from each school. There will be a total of 9 teachers and 18 students traveling. In addition to the team involved in the mobility, other students and teachers from each school will work on the project activities for the entire duration of the project. Basically, it will involve the entire educational institution of all partner countries, which means that more than 2,000 teachers and students together will participate in the Erasmus Plus project and benefit from it and in educational training. Teachers will develop their skills related to: ICT tools, eTwinning, WEB 2.0 and 3.0 tools, photography, video, interactive whiteboards, learning environment, CLIL, history of civilization, craftsmanship, museum education. All the topics mentioned will have examples and practical exercises related to culture and traditions with innovative 3D and Zspace technology. During the mobility, the students will work in transnational groups and document each other on famous musicians, artists, sportsmen, Oscar winners and Nobel laureates, illustrate traditional songs and translate them first into English as a vehicular language and then in the languages ​​of the partners, will create a dictionary audio with basic words in all languages, they will visit the places of art realizing the activities there on site. All scheduled workshops will last at least 20 hours for the duration of the individual meetings. Furthermore, the pupils of each partner school will work on different activities related to cultural heritage: Let's meat logbook, board, photography, video, world heritage sites, traditional clothes, games, tools, legends, special events. Furthermore, during the two years, quizzes, photographs and video clips will be made; presentations of the three countries and educational systems, world heritage sites, celebrities; brochures on traditional clothes, tools, games, legends, special events; traditional cookbooks; multilingual dictionary; collection of language games; collection of traditional songs illustrated by the country of each partner. All the product will be available on our twinspace, blog and Facebook page. The institution expects to broaden artistic, cultural, technological and linguistic skills, motivating pupils and teachers to learn other languages, expanding digital knowledge, increasing the use of eTwinning, through the exchange of teaching materials and ideas, making friends among the institutions of the three countries involved and try to maintain them even afterwards.

Final report summary

The "Cyberculture" project is a school partnership that involved three countries, Italy, Spain and Portugal, which together have enhanced the European cultural heritage. By comparing the partner countries they found differences and similarities in the uses, customs and traditions. This was the main objective of the project, which led coronavirus to the virtual mobility of pupils and teachers who have acquired greater awareness of cultural identity, as a necessary element for the understanding of different cultures and the ability to see and shape the world. with a sense of identity that respects others, appreciating the value of one's past and heritage in a variety of cultures. Among the priorities that promote the growth of young people, there has been language learning and multilingualism, which have played an essential role among the skills as languages ​​open many possibilities for all and remove obstacles to participation, European education and training. During the project period, in fact, the participants improved their language skills in English and by learning the basics of the languages ​​of all the partners. A second priority was the strengthening of the teacher's professional profile with the acquisition of certain knowledge and through educational training activities: they also improved ICT skills (WEB 2.0 and 3.0 tools, communication tools, cloud storage methods, design web page, eTwinning), learning the CLIL method, storytelling methods and methods of using video-photographic reconstruction, teaching and learning methods through comparison with the educational systems of partner countries. For the duration of the project there were 4 training sessions for learning: one physical training event for the entire teaching staff and 3 virtual ones which also included training events for the entire staff. As for the short-term mobility of students, there were 6 students from each country who, unfortunately, were unable to travel due to the Covid 19 emergency, but who have spent a lot of money professionally to allow it to be carried out. Basically, the entire educational institution of all partner countries was involved, which means that more than 2000 teachers and pupils together participated in the Erasmus Plus project benefiting from it and in teaching training. The teachers were able to use their skills related to: ICT tools, eTwinning, WEB 2.0 and 3.0 tools, photography, video, interactive whiteboards, learning environment, CLIL, history of civilization, crafts, museum education. All the topics mentioned had examples and practical exercises related to culture and traditions with innovative 3D technology and Zspace. During the mobilities, pupils will work in transnational groups and document themselves on famous musicians, artists, sportsmen, Oscar and Nobel winners, illustrate traditional songs and translate them first into English as a vehicular language and then into the languages ​​of the partners, they have created a audio dictionary with basic words in all languages, they will visit the places of art by carrying out on-site activities there. All the planned workshops had a long duration in all the individual meetings. In addition, the pupils of each partner school worked on different activities related to cultural heritage: logbook Let's meat - logbook, photography, video, world heritage sites, collections of quizzes on artistic and cultural heritage, photographs and video clips; presentations of the three countries and educational systems, world heritage sites, famous people; brochures on traditional clothing, instruments, games, legends, special events; traditional recipe books; multilingual dictionary; collection of language games; collection of traditional songs illustrated by each partner's country. All the product is available on our twinspace page, blog and Facebook. The partnership expects to continue to expand artistic, cultural, technological and linguistic skills, as has happened in these months of the project that motivated pupils and teachers to learn other languages, increasing digital knowledge, the use of eTwinning, thanks to the opportunity to exchange teaching materials and ideas. Finally, this project gave the opportunity to make new friendships among the young people of the institutes of the three countries involved and with the hope that they can continue to maintain them even afterwards.

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