Sustainable Tourism: E-guides Produced by and for eStudents Erasmus Project

Project Title

Sustainable Tourism: E-guides Produced by and for eStudents

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; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

José Mª Infantes (Utrera, Spain), an English-Spanish Bilingual Secondary School, also offering Upper Secondary in Arts, Basic Vocational Training and Special Needs Education, is a real SCHOOL-MUSEUM. The students, from different socio-economic backgrounds (some at risk of early school dropout) have created about 200 artistic reproductions and are regularly trained as guides, showing around thousand of visitors. The visits are accompanied by shows and cinema.
Archigymnasium (Soest, Germany) is a traditional grammar school founded in 1532. Apart from the standard class, they offer two specialized profiles:TABLET CLASSES and FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES. Moreover they offer a wide range of 25 different extracurricular activities as well as 7 different foreign languages. It is the first certified digital school in Soest.
This is a great opportunity for both, because they share needs and complement each other in their strengths and weaknesses. Both Andalusia and Möhnesee/Soest are tourist regions. We realize tourism not only boosts our local economy, but also causes negative effects. Our students will study the environmental, cultural and social advantages of sustainable tourism and attractive leisure offers for people of their age. AG will contribute its digital experience and JMI will contribute the cultural and artistic knowledge to this proyect.

OBJECTIVES
Improve proficiency in English and Spanish
Know, compare and respect the natural, cultural and social background of both towns
Promote respect for the environment and awareness of sustainable tourism
Strengthen understanding between cultures
Value cultural heritage, contributing to its conservation and creation
Improve digital competence
Promote equality among students
Reduce absenteeism rates
Exchange good teaching practices
Create a team in the centers for the management of future collaborations

PARTICIPANTS
It will directly affect 60 students (13-16) and 8 teachers in all transnational mobilities, but It is also addressed to all students of the participating groups, following inclusive criteria. Eleven teaching departments are involved, with the commitment of the school direction boards to enable implementation.

ACTIVITIES
In 4 mobilities (2 per year), we will know the other school, will live in families and will do tasks together. They combine with virtual work before and after the activities, in a logical sequence for the final task. We will analyze the touristic activities of the entire process, recommend the most appropriate and create others.
1. WE VALUE, WE SHOW, WE CREATE HERITAGE
Questionnaires and criteria to evaluate the sustainability of the activities carried out
Itinerary of the cities and explanation of the towns by the students
European Corner I: joint work with ecological techniques and European theme
2. TICs AT THE SERVICE OF THE HERITAGE
Audio guides recording in 3 languages
Promotional video edition
Creation of website and blog. It started in the first mobility
3. WE SHARE AND EXPAND
Instruction of other school mates
European Corner II
Use of audio guides
4. OUR e-GUIDEs
Decision about format and content
Informative campaign

METHODOLOGY
Methodology is communicative, interdisciplinary, motivating, student-centered. We will use English and Spanish and develop the 4 skills. We will work in German-Spanish mixed couples/groups, with different skills to promote communication. We will use new technologies to obtain, analyze, produce, share and disseminate information. The contests and presentations will facilitate spaces for creativity and joint decision making. Many activities will depend on collaborative work, peer training and learning based on proyect.

RESULTS / IMPACT
Positive attitude towards European values
Increased autonomy, personal initiative, entrepreneurial spirit
Two e-Guides of both regions for young people
Presentations/video clips
Guided tours
Audio guides (3 languages)
Photographic exhibition
A Painting
Teaching materials and work templates
Web
Blog
Plan of diffusion in educational platforms and social networks (sensitive to privacy)
Local councils, companies, geriatric (volunteers in JMI), families collaborate. They offer workshops/resources. We will call the local press/TV for specific events

BENEFITS
STEPS is sustainable and supportive. We will improve competences and broaden frontiers in this experience, open to equality of opportunities above socioeconomic reality. The expectation of taking part will improve absenteeism. The apprenticeships will be applied, the materials will be reused internally and will be published as Open Educational Resources. Others may consult the eGuides to plan excursions. The students will be trained as tour guides of the towns. Later they will collaborate with the city council in tourist programs and will yield the materials created to other entities. The European Corner, a painting carried out by Spaniards and Germans, will be part of the permanent exhibition of the School

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 43484 Eur

Project Coordinator

I.E.S Jose María Infantes & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Archigymnasium Soest