Our school tries to educate children by an empirical way that is how they can seriously contribute to their own progress. We would create digital materials for educational purposes and then try them in classroom with the students from the partner schools too. Students themselves could create tasks and materials and they could try them by giving them to their mates. This was important because we aimed to find the most suitable methods and digital materials, platforms for each age group. The objective was to create useful digital contents but also a safe learning environment as the internet has its dark side as well, of which students must be aware. The project would be an opportunity for teachers to change and enrich their teaching practices and to set up a new dynamic in their schools. After we experimented those new practices, we would decide which are the most relevant and we would keep on using them after the project ended. We know that our project aimed to change attitudes and that it will take a long time. Implementing what we consider beneficial is only the first step in a life long learning situation. Another important objective was to accomplish a more intercurricular approach to facilitate learning for every age group.
The project has aimed to develop basic IT skills and to collect methods and share good practices of online teaching. It was considered important to be able to face the challenges of online teaching that occurred due to COVID 19. This unknown situation faced by teachers, students and parents caught us off guard and we realized that there was an urgent need for a new type of teaching and learning that was online teaching and learning. A strategy was needed as up to then each teacher coped with the situation without any previous experience, special training or strategy. Our young students have already been born in the digital world but we thought we had to teach them the proper skills and show them the efficient use of the internet and all technical devices. We would also be able to develop their skills from distance in the environment they are the most familiar with, their homes. On the other hand, while tryíng to cope with the unexpected circumstances we realized that students are more active and willing to learn when we use digital platforms and tools.