Connect,Share and Get Enlighted Erasmus Project

Project Title

Connect,Share and Get Enlighted

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

With the effect of information age,on the one hand information is produced rapidly,on the other hand this information reach us by means of social media.Social media has an important effect in a society by providing them basic knowledge and information on all aspects of a single issue or on various issues of national and international level.
CSAGE Project’s aim is trying to mitigate the negative aspects of social media while improving upon the positive effects in students educational and social life.CSAGE typically appeared by not having the right knowledge about social media usage as a result of personal, social, economic, geographical, education or family­ related reasons.Within this framework, the CSAGE project was designed to focus mainly on true social media usage by using different teaching methods under the observation of teachers, parents or other stakeholders.
The project consists of 7 partners from Turkey, Italy, Portugal,Slovakia, Poland,Crotia and Bulgaria.The concrete objectives of the partnership are many, but they all stem from one urgent need: to make new generation friendlier.The 4 of the schools are secondary vocational and technical schools ; the other 3 partners are general secondary schools. The participating organizations/schools aimed to promote the students’ professional developments in the field of ICT by collecting  relevant information.
CSAGE Project tasks’ and activities attributed to strenghen the cooperation between partner schools and promote the development ,testing and implementation of innovative practises which helped educators to improve their teaching techniques by building a sense of student achievement and  producing relevant educational material through cross-­country cooperations .Here are the the main project activities and events which were carried out through either distance or close partner cooperation. 
– Creating internet platforms like the Project Website ( http://erasmusproject3.wix.com/erasmus) , E-twinning Platform (Connect, Share and Get Enlighted) ,Instagram Account (connect_share_get_enlighted) ,Twitter (@ConnectShare7) and Facebook Group.(Connect, Share and Get Enlighted).Using these platforms the studenst themselves joined groupwork activities like problem solving and decision making with their partners across Europe that hepled them to gain analytical thinking strategies.
-21st Century Teenagers Play acted by each of partner countries’ students,
-Social Media Quiz Shows,
-Documentary Films,(The students shooted their own films that reflect their countries and regions,so they were not just the consumers of Social Media)
-Online European Newspaper
Creating the content of the Online Newspaper helped the students develop critical thinking, social, technial mehnical and artistic skills.And also,through using the website the students and teachers understand the strategies about creating blogs,pages and they became involved in message boards that provide parteners a chance to develop their writing and reading skills with the target language.
In conclusion, during the twenty seventh months of the CSAGE project’s implementation,
the participating teachers had the opportunity to develop and/or improve their pedagogical skills and expertise with European
 projects while the participating students practiced teamwork, organized events, sharpened their creativity, communicated with their peers 
abroad, and, especially, enhanced their sense of belonging as members of European Community.On the other hand,activities that were held allowed the project’s results to be disseminated locally, nationally, and on a European level.
In the long run, the project can be a window on the world for every participant and stakeholder because everybody has had new experiences outside their own communities and also the creation of a closely­-knit network of European schools interested in dealing with wrong social media usage strategies effectively could be a future benefit.The activities in the CSAGE have stimulated and encouraged the students creativity to find new ways for the best solutions.While commenting on,analysing and generating new ideas,the participants have looked at things from different perspectives through interaction with friends from different cultures,the students build on their intercultural competences. This will enable not only the further development with relevant  educational purposes,but also encourage the participants to share their experiences and good practices and establish a long­distance cooperation between teachers across Europe.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 167715 Eur

Project Coordinator

fatih anadolu lisesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Savo Savov High School
• Istituto Tecnico Economico e Tecnologico Dante Alighieri
• Gospodarska skola
• EPRALIMA – ESCOLA PROFISSIONAL DOALTO LIMA – COOPERATIVA DE INTERESSE PUBLICO E RESPONSABILIDADE LIMITADA
• Stredna odborna skola elektrotechnicka, Sibirska 1, Trnava
• Zespol Szkol w Zychlinie