Following a job shadowing session of a team of French teachers in an Austrian high school of technology, exchanges between teachers gave rise to the desire for European cooperation on a technological theme. At the same time, contacts were established with a Romanian high school. This led to the formation of a team of teachers in each of these three institutions to set up a project based on robotics. The project consists of a cooperative work leading to the construction of robots that will participate in the Technobot challenge, organized since 2012 in Yutz, neighbouring town of Thionville (greater East France region) The three institutions will participate in the Sumo challenge of this event. Considering all the languages spoken and taught in each school, the use of English is essential for all exchanges between teachers and between pupils in each country. The dossier is however written in French in agreement with Mr THEURER in Austria and Mrs MUSA in Romania who speak French and will translate this document to the participants of their establishment. For the creation of these Sumo robots, clubs, with a maximum of twenty students, will be formed in each school. Participants will come from general, technological and vocational education sections. They will be between 15 and 19 years old. All will have skills that they will share and pool in order to achieve the realization of robots. They will acquire other knowledge through their personal research and with the help of teachers in each country, each in their own specialty: knowledge of current and technical English and knowledge of technology and programming. Several robots will be made in each school according to their specific skills. Competencies will be shared so that each student can benefit from the expertise of other institutions to advance. Collaborative work will enable the construction and development of a common European robot that will represent the partnership of the three institutions during the Technobot challenge. The eTwinning platform, through the creation of a twinspace, will serve as an exchange space outside of mobility, for exchanges between teachers and between students. It will also be used during the mobility to keep in touch with the students of the club left in their country. The twinspace will be used as a space for exchange and archiving. A digital document describing the different stages in the construction of the robots and their participation in the Technobot challenge will be produced each year by the students, under the control of their teachers. Mobility in each country of the participating high schools will enable students to get to know each other and to create essential links for cooperative work. This mobility will allow students to discover other countries and cultures and will contribute to self-confidence, but also to emphazise tolerance towards the unknown. The activities proposed by the establishments hosting foreign teams will fulfill these objectives through sports and cultural activities. During this mobility the students will be accommodated as much as possible in host families, in the families of the students of the welcoming country. This will enhance immersion in local culture. This mobility will allow students to integrate into the classes of the welcoming high school: integration in technology courses, but also participation in English courses to present their country and region. The duration of the project over two years will make it possible to create lasting links between the partner schools. It will also increase the technological skills of the pupils, as well as their level of fluent and technical English. This European project will offer our students an international opening, a discovery of other cultures. They will broaden their environment and then be encouraged to become more mobile, whether for an internship, training or a job abroad. The participation in this project of pupils from each school from different classes and levels will help to mitigate the differences between the sections and to promote in France, the bac pro - BTS link, desired by the institutions. Each institution will communicate about this project through its website, which will improve its attractiveness. At the end of the two years of this collaborative work, the robot clubs will continue in each school and will welcome new students. Exchanges between the three establishments will continue on the same theme, but also on a new project, based on the construction of a low energy car. Our three institutions, already partners, will laterpropose to other institutions to integrate this new project for a new ERASMUS+ programme
Following a job shadowing session by a team of French teachers at an Austrian high school, exchanges between teachers gave rise to the desire for European cooperation on a technological theme. At the same time, contacts were established with a Romanian school. This led to the training of a team of teachers in each of these three institutions to set up a project based on robotics. The project consists of cooperative work leading to the construction of robots that will participate in the Technobot challenge, organized since 2012 in Yutz, neighboring town of Thionville (Greater East France) All three institutions participated in the Sumo challenge. Given the languages spoken and taught in each school, the use of English is essential for all exchanges between teachers and between pupils in each country. The dossier is however written in French in agreement with Mr THEURER in Austria and Mrs MUSA in Romania who speak French and will translate this document to the participants of their establishment. For the creation of these Sumo robots, clubs with a maximum of twenty students have been formed in each school. Participants come from general, technological and vocational education. They will be between 15 and 19 years old. They all had skills that they shared and pooled in order to produce robots. They acquired further knowledge through their own research and with the help of teachers from each country, each in their own specialty: knowledge of fluent and technical English and knowledge of technology and programming. Several robots were made in each of the schools according to their specific skills and their specific technical platforms. The skills and tools were shared so that each student could benefit from the expertise of other institutions to progress. Collaborative work has enabled the construction and development of a common European robot. It represents the partnership of the three institutions during the Technobot challenge. The eTwinning platform, with the creation of a twinspace, served as a space for exchanges outside of mobility, for exchanges between teachers and between students. It was no longer used because of its migration to the new platform, as all data was lost. A digital document describing the different stages of the construction of the robots and their participation in the Technobot challenge was produced each year by the students, under the control of their teachers. The French high school’s Instagram account relayed the various activities of the project members. Mobility in each country of the participating high schools allowed the students to get to know each other and to create indispensable links to cooperative work. These mobilities have allowed students to discover other countries and cultures and contribute to self-confidence, but also to tolerance towards the foreigner. The activities offered by the establishments hosting the foreign teams have fulfilled these objectives: sports and cultural activities. During these mobilities the students were accommodated in youth hostel or hotel. This accentuated the immersion in the local culture. These mobilities have made it possible to integrate students in the classes of the host high school: integration in technology courses, but also participation in English courses to present their country and region. The duration of the two-year project has helped to create lasting links between the partner institutions, but also to increase the students' technological skills and their level of current and technical English. This European project offered our students an international opening, a discovery of other cultures. They have thus expanded their environment and will then be encouraged to become more mobile, whether for a traineeship, training or a job abroad. The participation in this project of students from each school from different classes and levels, helped to reduce the differences between the sections and to promote in France, the liaison bac pro to higher studies, desired by the institutions. Each school has communicated about this project through its website, through a link to a blog or a dedicated site, which improves its attractiveness. At the end of the two years of this collaborative work, the robot clubs will continue in each school and will welcome new students. Exchanges between the three high schools will continue on the same theme, but also on a new project, which could be the construction of mini electric cars and which could integrate new partners for a new ERASMUS+ programme