Culture by photographs – Digital students Erasmus Project

Project Title

Culture by photographs – Digital students

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: Gender equality / equal opportunities; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

CONTEXT
We are five European schools united by such needs. We want to offer our students the best alternatives, to improve their skills, to motivate them and to increase their creativity and selfexpression. We are all familiar with the requirements of modern education systems that encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities to engage them more actively in their own learning pathway to enable them to develop while doing something for which they are passionate.
Whether high or low, all students are united in the same desire to meet other students, share common interest, preoccupations, hobbies, passions, they will develop common work together, will communicate with them, and learn about European cultures. We are aware that there will be challenges along the way, but we are determined to overcome them together as a team.
OBJECTIVES
– to enhance their motivation for studying and to increase their everyday enthusiasm for selfdevelopment
– to improve their functional, practical skills by means of photography
– to improve their intercultural awareness and raise their sense of self-identity
– to achieve 21st century European values like unbiased attitudes towards people and cultures, acceptance, non-discrimination, tolerance etc.
– to improve their linguistic as well as their digital skills
– to enhance socialization, communication and inter-personal skills
– to facilitate creativity, imagination, esthetic sense of beauty, self-expression
– to boost the self-awareness and improve the level of self-appreciation
– to give them chance to scrutinize the world from different perspectives.
At the level of teachers, the project aims to:
– boost their motivation
– facilitate collaboration as well as cooperation among more European teachers
– facilitate transfer and exchange of best practices and pedagogical approaches in the schools
– enhance their level of knowledge about dealing with various kinds of photo software
– Improve their skills in implementing Erasmus projects – improve their social, communication and interpersonal skills.
ACTIVITIES
In order to achieve all these goals and to provide a stronger intercultural component of the project, we decided to combine photography with the pupils’ daily life, their culture, their problems, their views and artistic perceptions. That is why we intend to organize 5 student exchanges on the project: 1 -one day in my life – the basics of photography; 2 – My school – color, light and design techniques; 3 -My City – Principles of composition; 4 – My Region – Capture Motion in Photos; 5. My Europe – Learn to edit photos.
Before each of these meetings, students will receive tasks in accordance with the topic assigned for each exchange. They will be set up in teams for work, will draw a picture for each of these topics. During the exchange, their works will be evaluated, will receive advice and will be attended by seminars led by specialists in which they teach advice. They were assigned a new job/task as a result of the seminar.
PARTICIPANTS
Students who are our primary target group are students with ages between 6-14 years old in each school. They will be at the heart of all our activities and will take direct and indirect advantages from the activities and results of the project. Some of them,6 for each exchange (24 per country), will get the chance to travel to partner countries and participate directly in the activities. They will be accompanied by 2 teachers on each exchange (8 / country). That is why a total of 100 children and also 40 teachers will directly participate in the implmentation.
RESULTS
Our concrete results primarily concern the achievement of all the stated goals. Secondly, we strive to produce and collect all material materials like workshop materials, student photographic reports, student photos on exchange topics, student student’s forms used for self-assessment, feedback papers, different evaluation tools, dissemination materials like bulletin, photo exhibition, web site, eTwinning platform space, evaluation reports for each exchange, presence certificates, etc.
IMPACT
All partner schools will receive precious experience and knowledge as a result of this implementation. We will share ideas, transfer knowledge, learn from each individual and observe the good and positive aspects of any system that can be accepted in our schools. We will learn about the cultures of European countries and give our schools a European dimension. Therefore, we will be more experienced and confident in applying for other future projects. Schools can continue to cooperate by creating a network of photo clubs that can be extended to other schools in our countries or other countries. We will organize contests for photography among pupils in partner schools for various special occasions. We want to make this a regular practice. That is why the project will help our school become more active and operative on the European stage.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 158400 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gymnasio Skadou & Country: EL

Project Partners

• Zakladni skola a materska skola Ostrava-Zabreh, Volgogradska 6B, prispevkova organizace
• OPSHTINSKO OSNOVNO UCHILISHTE LIRIJA TETOVO
• 3. Selim Ilkokulu
• LICEUL TEOLOGIC ORTODOX “N, STEINHARDT”