Digital age and education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digital age and education

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: Creativity and culture; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Students have instant access to information: virtual libraries, internet information, online connections, and find traditional methods of learning rather an obstacle in their development, than a necessity and a help. We try to reduce the feeling of boredom and lack of interest for school subjects, using digitals in classes. The next need of the project comes out from the first one, as we intend to make our students sensitive and connected to the real-life social issues. Combining students` digital skills used in film making with their wider knowledge and implication in social life, empowered by critical thinking, this project will assure a new educational environment in our schools.
Our partnership includes 5 motivated schools. Our project covers 3 essential dimensions – cultural, educational and professional. The project main aim is to improve digital competences and language skills through film-making, urge of approaching social issues, interest in revealing differences and similarities and emphasizing the fundamental values of our society. Our target group of students are 15-18 years old and teachers for English, ICT, social sciences.
OBJECTIVES:
– to improve ICT skills and digital competence
– to increase practical skills related to film-making
– to develop students` critical thinking, communication and social skills
– to promote intercultural learning through their specific national values
– to get students more involved in their community life
– to facilitate the exchange of ideas, practices and values between European students
– to improve language acquisitions, and the level of using English language
ACTIVITIES
There are 4 LLTAs of students and 1 LTTA for teachers. The project’s main topic is divided into 4 sub-topics, all five partner countries having a certain mission to contribute to the final result.
C1-TURKEY – DIGITAL AGE AND EDUCATION: Teacher training course
C2-ENGLAND- SHORT FILMS WITH IMPACT: The participating students search ready-made short films, attend workshop on the stages of writing storylines and film-making. They discuss the films’ message.
C3- HUNGARY- SHOOTING SHORT FILMS: Students bring two films, and during LLTA, they work in multicultural teams on assigned topics, to write storylines and create a short film.
C4- PORTUGAL- EDITING SHORT FILMS: Students improve the films made in previous LLTA, learn to use film editing applications in order to create and edit new films working in teams.
C5- ITALY: Each country brings a final film reflecting students` digital competence and civic involvement. Participants create films centered on the European features of each country and put them together under the title Europe Unites Us.
NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
The large group of total school population includes 1400 students and 280 teachers from the partner schools.
A smaller group of direct participants who attend the LTTAs is formed of 100 students, aged 15-18 from general secondary education, including challenged social and economic students and 36 teachers (English, ICT, Social Sciences/Humanities);
METHODOLOGY
The project is designed has 5 main chapters:
A1. Project management – includes monitoring and evaluation, risk management, financial management, cooperation and communication strategy that will be applied throughout the project.
A2. Implementation of activities
5-6 students are choose to participate at LTTA`s. After the LTTAs, participants organise workshops in which they share their experience.
A3. OUTPUTS
Publishing a theoretical collection of materials from the LLTAs workshops, related to film-making applications – „Tips for making the most of film-making”. The output gives the methodology for starting a film club in school. Each country contributes to it with materials presented during the LTTA hosted. They start to collect materials in the second year of project.
A4. Dissemination
Dissemination will be realized throughout the project. It starts in September 2019 and ends after the project end date. The online dissemination is assured by the website and e-twinning space. They are created at the beginning and updated as frequently as possible, especially after every major event in the project.
A5. Follow-up and sustainability
Having the methodology in the collection „Tips for making the most of film-making” after the first year after project ending a film club will begin in every school.
RESULTS AND IMPACT
Throughout the project we want students to improve critical thinking, skills ICT and film-making skills, level of English, team work, dealing with similarities and differences between countries. Film clubs will ensure sustainability of the project. These intangible results like: tolerance, respect and acceptance of alterity have great impact on students’ life, shaping further on the community they live in. Participating schools will gain experience in managing ERASMUS+ projects, and the community will benefit of emerged European value.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 152584 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto Istruzione Superiore “Isa Conti-Eller Vainicher” & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Escola Secundária de Rocha Peixoto
• Empower Learning Academy Trust – Bower Park Academy
• Nyíregyházi Arany János Gimnázium, Általános Iskola és Kollégium
• Eyüp Anadolu Lisesi