The main objective of the project was to develop an innovative teaching model, called Smart Lesson, which enhanced the use of the smartphone as an educational tool to promote active learning, participation, and the development of key competences. The project also aimed to strengthen the digital and methodological competences of teachers by providing practical tools, shared resources, and continuous training opportunities. Through experimentation in partner schools and collaboration between educational and technological organisations, SMART LESSON made the integration of digital tools in teaching more accessible and inclusive, while promoting European cooperation among schools. An additional objective was the creation of a Community of Practice, which ensured the dissemination and sustainability of the model beyond the project’s duration. The project also promoted a more inclusive and motivating teaching approach for students, closer to their languages and digital habits.
SMART LESSON was conceived to address two concrete challenges identified by the partner schools: on the one hand, strengthening the digital and methodological competences of teachers, who are often not fully prepared to integrate technology into everyday teaching; on the other hand, the need to better engage students through more motivating approaches, closer to their own languages. The use of smartphones in the classroom, often perceived as a threat to concentration, was reimagined as an educational resource. The project therefore aimed to transform a common tool into a driver for innovation, participation, and inclusion, by developing a replicable teaching model centred on active learning and the conscious use of digital technologies. Transnational collaboration provided fundamental added value, enabling the sharing of practices, the adaptation of the model to different contexts, and the building of a European network of innovative schools.