The project "From Barter to Bitcoin - Trade Repeats Itself" was written with concern for students to facilitate their choice of further education, help to believe in themselves and, in the long-term result, to become attractive on the labor market. In all partner countries the vocational counseling system needs to be developed. The students are faced with difficulties in choosing a future profession. Some of them come from large, poor families and they get quite bad teaching results. We think that together we can do more because diversity will allow us to achieve our goals. We have two schools that are eTwinning schools (from Greece and Slovakia). The partner school from Spain is participating in such activities for the first time, but the school coordinator is the ambassador of the eTwinning program. The school from Bulgaria has extensive experience in implementing Erasmus + projects. Our school will be the coordinator of all activities and we will make sure that they are carried out at a high level. In this way, we will show students that it is worth learning, striving to achieve ambitious goals, and that choosing the next school and profession does not have to be difficult. We want pupils to manage their further education and become attractive on the labor market after the project is completed. Our activities will equip them with such skills and knowledge that they become conscious consumers, recipients of advertisements and threats lurking online and take care of their security on the Internet. They will get to know many professions from the practical side, they will know how to set up their own company and will use the acquired skills in the future. To achieve this we must first join forces and work together. The best results will be obtained when we support students in acquiring and improving basic skills and key competences, including mathematics and literacy skills. As the subject of the project is interdisciplinary, it will enable us to see the differences between the partner countries and find common elements. Each of us makes a purchase/sale transaction every day, so we want students to be able to make wise decisions related to them. Trade has always been present around people. Only the way of trading has changed, and because of globalization, the scope and possibilities. Our goal is to shape students' attitudes so that they do not give in to manipulation. Thanks to meetings devoted to mutual learning and teaching, they will have the opportunity to consolidate the locally acquired knowledge in a specific category. They will make friends, be open and tolerant, curious about the world and their own skills. Countries participating in the project have a very rich and diverse history related to trade. Students will broaden their horizons and learn about professions characteristic of partner countries. They will develop skills in using foreign languages. Some of them will participate in a foreign trip for the first time. We will involve approximately 450 students in project activities, including 20 with lower educational opportunities. 108 of them will participate in meetings related to mutual teaching. There will also be 40 mobilities of teachers. Our activities are divided into five main categories: getting to know the history of trade and trade routes, deepening the knowledge related to the exchange of goods and coins, the impact of trade on the development of our countries and at the end we will talk about old professions and move to online safety and future professions. We want to act locally and visit museums, craft guilds, places: cities connected with trade, Centres for Vocational Training and local entrepreneurs. We will take part in various workshops, learn about the professions and expand knowledge on school subjects, then meet and share the acquired knowledge and skills. Students for project guests will act as guides and in this way they will gain new experiences. The synergy of our activities will be achieved thanks to the implementation of the project on the eTwinning platform, where a school from the Czech Republic will join us. We will develop the following final outcomes: a project website, a blog, a lexicon of professions in 7 languages, a project e-Book, a 7-language trade dictionary, a map showing business cooperation, a a coin album with our coins, Europass - Curriculum vitae, e-Book with craftsmen’s guilds in our countries and a game about trade. Each country is responsible for certain results, which of course we are working on together. We want to introduce changes to the professional counseling we provide in our schools and extend it with the elements developed in the project. We will share final outcomes with others. We believe that project participants will become conscious consumers, will be attractive on the job market, will believe in themselves and will boldly pursue their dreams and carry out plans. In this way, we will create a common Europe.
The project: "From Barter to Bitcoin - The wheel trade is going on" was written with concern for students to make the choice of their further education easier, help them believe in themselves and, in the long term, become attractive on the labor market. In all partner countries the career counseling system needs to be improved. The students are faced with difficulties in choosing a future profession. Thanks to our actions, they have become conscious consumers and viewers of advertisements, they are aware of the dangers on the Internet and they are able to take care of their safety on the Internet. They can define their professional preferences, strengths and weaknesses. They got to know many professions from the practical side, learned how to set up their own company, learned how to write a CV, look for a job, and they will use the acquired skills in the future. We all supported students in acquiring and improving their basic skills and key competences, including mathematics, reading and writing. Each of us makes buying and selling transactions every day, so we wanted students to be able to wisely make decisions related to them. Trade has always accompanied people. Our goal was to shape the attitudes of students so that they consciously choose the further path of education and the future profession. Thanks to the meetings devoted to mutual learning and teaching, they had the opportunity to consolidate the knowledge acquired locally in a specific category. They made friendships, became open-minded, tolerant and curious about the world and their skills. The participating countries have a very rich and diverse history related to trade. Students broadened their horizons and got to know the professions characteristic of partner countries. They developed foreign language skills, and some were abroad for the first time. We engaged approximately 350 students in the project activities, including 123 with fewer opportunities. 125 students attended mutual learning meetings (90 students, including 35 with fewer opportunities and 35 teacher mobilities). 161 local participants were involved in all international meetings. Our activities were divided into five main thematic categories. We started the project by getting to know the history of trade and trade routes. Then we deepened our knowledge related to the exchange of goods and coins. Another category concerned the influence of trade on the development of our countries. Finally, we discussed old professions and moved to internet security and the professions of the future. We acted locally. We organized a total of 160 activities, 100 more than planned. We visited museums, craft guilds, places - cities connected with trade, centres of vocational and continuous education and local entrepreneurs. We took part in various workshops, we got to know the professions from the practical side, then we met and shared the acquired knowledge and skills. For the project guests, local participants acted as guides and teachers thus gained new experiences. The synergy of our activities was achieved thanks to the project implementation on the eTwinning platform, we all received quality labels. Our partner on the eTwinning platform was also a school from the Czech Republic. Among us were two eTwinning Ambassadors and three eTwinning schools. We learned from each other because we wanted to work at a high level - we planned and conducted online lessons together, we observed the lessons we were teaching (job shadowing). We have developed the following material results: a blog, a project website, a vocational lexicon in 6 languages, a project e-Book, a 7-language trade dictionary, an interactive map showing trade routes, a coin album with our coins, Europass - Curriculum vitae, an e-Book with crafts in our countries, a game on trade, two articles related to tools useful for project implementation: nearpod platform and Web 2.0. Each project partner was responsible for specific products, which of course we worked on together. A student survey at the start and end of the project with around 300 students showed us the achievement of the planned goals and great progress in professional maturity. . We introduced changes to the career counseling systems in our schools and extended them with elements developed in the project. The main method of operation was education through action: workshops, trips, visiting local entrepreneurs, learning about the professions from the practical side. We already use and will continue to use and share the developed end products with other schools and interested people. The end products of the project will appear on school websites and in social media. We believe that the participants of the project have become or will become conscious consumers, they will be attractive on the labor market, will believe in themselves and will boldly pursue their dreams and carry out plans. In this way, we will create a common Europe.