EU Energy eStory Erasmus Project

Project Title

EU Energy eStory

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 : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

The project was formed pas part of a contact seminar organised in cooperation with the Estonian and Finnish Erasmus+ National Agencies. The topic of the seminar was – “Enhancing Digital Competences in Education and Training”

The partners were drawn together out of a desire to create an international project that would push and examine the boundaries of digital competences in the classroom and in finding new and exciting ways to motivate and engage with their students.

EU estory – Understanding Energy through IT is an Erasmus+ KA2 project between, Finland, Germany, Irland, Czech Republic and Austria dealing with energy from different point of views, using innovative and non traditional ICT methods to research.

The objectives of the project were:
For teachers:
– Improve teachers abilities in the use of modern social media tools as a means for creating dynamic learning environments
-Provide the opportunity for teachers to learn about new IT teaching methods
-Gain experience in the use of OER such as google
-Collaborate with and learn from students on the use of IT

For students:
– Take part in an international project and work with other international students
-Motivate students to use IT as a learning tool
-Increase students understanding of energy and its place in their world

The project involved up to 50 students actively taking part in travelling in LTTs as well as 700 more in school participation events. All students were aged between 15-18 and took an active role in the project as the main substance and experience creators.

In total 5 LTTs were undertaken and 1 TNPM

The meeting took place in Austria, Germany, Czech rep, Finland and Ireland. Students spent their time on the LTTs studying a variety of topics related to energy such as wind power, coal, nuclear, bio mass, and waste.

The results from the project involved;

21 students took part in 4 LTTs

30+ snapchat stories of varying length and complexity
1 Energy guide/presentations
5 community surveys
5 Energy company visits
1 Teachers collection of online tools
1Instagram channel
Padlet blog
Twinspace
5 E+ energy corners in each school

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 117980 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kalajoen Lukio & Country: FI

Project Partners

• Meánscoil San Nioclás – Waterford Wexford Education and Training Board
• Stredni prumyslova skola Emila Kolbena Rakovnik, prispevkova organizace
• Bundeshandelsakademie und Bundeshandelsschule Oberpullendorf
• Sekundarschule “Prof. Otto Schmeil” Gröbers