Electronic cultural portfolio of my region Erasmus Project

Project Title

Electronic cultural portfolio of my region

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

“Look back to move beyond and that is what is the present – it incorporates both the past and the future.” Amit Abraham

Our duty as educators is to help our students to discover the identity that the past gives them, but also to prepare them for tomorrow.
This is one of the aims of our project, to build a bridge between the past, cultural heritage, and future set of competences that young people need to find fulfilling jobs and become independent, engaged citizens who contribute to society.
In order to accomplish this students and teachers involved in the project will carry out interdisciplinary research on cultural issues, to develop a deeper knowledge of different cultural traits and cultural heritage of Europe and more understanding and respect among the EU community members.
All research will be published in e-journals, which can be used as Open Educational Resources.
Another project aim is to integrate a number of students with fewer opportunities such as cultural differences (minorities), educational difficulties (learning difficulties) and economic obstacles (low-income families).
The objectives envisage the students, the teachers and the schools involved in the project:
-to encourage students to carry out interdisciplinary research on cultural issues, in order get a deeper knowledge of different cultural traits and cultural heritage of Europe
-to enhance ICT skills in students, based on European Digital Competence Framework, to achieve the success in the future workplace and to play an active role as confident citizens
-to develop in students life skills as creative and critical thinking, social, team work skills
-to improve level of English in all competences
–to improve teachers’ design and teaching methodology and digital competences, by guiding the students in project’s learning activities
–to become part of an international community of practice in European Framework for DigiComp, and a resource group for the other teachers from EU
–to improve their teaching abilities by sharing good practices during the workshops from project meetings
-to grow a creative and intercultural environment in schools involved in the project
-to develop the institution’s European dimension and be interested in other cultures
The main target groups of this project are students (from the age 15-20) and teachers from involved schools.
The project will directly impact a total number of 180 students and 36 teachers, who will benefit from the project activities. Two more schools, one from Romania and one from GB, decided to join the project on eTwinning so around 120 teachers and 600 students will benefit from the project outcomes, after all the 6 LTTAs and eTwinning.
At international level several Learning, Teaching and Training activities are planned: 4 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils and 2 short-term joint staff training events. During LTTAs students and teachers will attend trainings and workshops on the following topics:
-What is culture?
-Digital Journalism
-How does one begin the editorial process
-How to Structure a Story
-How you carry out a research
-Communication and collaboration platforms
-The fundamentals of photojournalism.
-Software used for editing photo and video
-Cultural interviews
-Digital Audio and Video Production
-DigiComp Framework
-SELFIE
-How to run an e-journalism student club
Also a number of local activities are planned in conection with project objectives.
For the learning process we chose learning by doing, because educational theories and research proves that learning is best done through experience. Consequently our project aims to involve students in real world experiences.
To incorporate the learning-by-doing method we will use Project-based learning, because it gives students autonomy/responsibility in the sense of choosing sub-topics, organising their work, and deciding on which methods to use to conduct the project. They will work in teams, all research carried out will have as result the e-journals.
The learning process is a blended one because students will work both in real life environment but also in online learning environments in order to do research and develop the digital content.
Project envisage both intangible and tangible results, as:
Minimum 80 % of the students will:
-develop ICT skills at a high quality level
-gain new knowledge concerning their own and European cultural heritage
-develop and improve their life skills, as creative and critical thinking and team work
-80 % of the teachers will gain specialized and pedagogical knowledge and will improve their teaching skills
-in all schools involved in the project the quality of teaching and the European dimension will increase
-Management Kit of the project
-a project website and logo
-an e-Twinning project
-4 issues of e-journals with articles based on the research carried out
– an e-journalism club in each participating school
– mobility and post- mobility workshops

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 9642 Eur

Project Coordinator

Lycée Général et Technologique de Vincendo & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Colegiul Tehnic de Industrie Alimentara “Terezianum”
• KLAIPEDOS VALSTYBINE KOLEGIJA
• SOUTH WEST COLLEGE
• ODEMIS TICARET ODASI ANADOLU LISESI
• Vimmerby Gymnasium