Digital competences and soft skills for the better future Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digital competences and soft skills for the better future

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

The change and dynamic in the public life in the 21st century imposes a rapid adaptation of the educational sphere.
The schools from Bulgaria, Latvia, Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Spain decided to create this project to give opportunity to work in international environment through collaboration, cooperation and exchange of good practices.
The main goal over the years – preserving the high quality of pedagogical services provided – is still valid today when leadership and pedagogical staff in all partner schools strive to keep up-to-date by participation in international programs and projects and adapt the curricula in line with the students’ needs and the mission to bring an innovative spirit.

The concrete objectives that the current project seeks to achieve:
1. To explain the need and use of any kind of ICT platforms and resources at a higher level and make much deliberate use of the technologies in the classroom.
2. The second objective of the project is to develop a wide range of competences and soft skills for life in the 21st century with a special focus on the development of social-emotional skills.
3.The inclusion of pupils in online projects in eTwinning is the third goal of our project. It will incorporate this type of technology and the opportunities offered by the online environment – participation in videoconferencing, sharing of digital resources between teachers and materials between students. .
4. The fourth objective relates to the need to improve the language skills of pupils and teachers in the context of communicational skills in a multicultural environment.
5. The fifth objective is to develop leadership skills in both teachers and management, and in the pupils as future active citizens.
These objectives are fully linked to the priorities we have selected.

In the project will take part about 650 students, more than 50 teachers and school staff from 6 schools from Bulgaria, Latvia, Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Spain. In the local level in the project will take part parents, another teachers or staff and local authorities.

The main activities we will organize in two lines:
1.International meetings:
– Learning/Teaching/Training activities for teacher’s exchange (methodology: we will offer lessons observations, professional discussions, exchange teachers materials, workshops, teamwork; presentation about educational systems and main innovative concepts in the host country)
– Create and share professional materials as a result of teacher’s innovative work.
2. International cooperation between students and teachers in a different countries:
– Activities using online platforms – etwinning, LearningApps, Kahoot, Padlet and est.
– International teamwork for students – create stories together; organize video conference to meet each other and to exchange their work
– Local activities – creating eight final products as a result of Project-Based Learning and share them between partners;

Expected results:
1. There will be 6 LTT activities with 50 teachers and staff management. There will be 36 lessons on the topic of the project, professional discussions will take place after each lesson, the participants will be acquainted with a number of other characteristics of the educational systems in the host countries;
2. Pedagogical materials – more than 30 innovative lesson’s plans – will be created as a printed/paper common book.
3. An eTwinning project will be set up and students from the age of 7 to 10 will have used the platform to share interesting products from their work and to communicate in international team.
4. A children’s book with creative stories will be printed – a result of team work between the partners.
5. As a result of the use of project-based training as a method, various end products will be realized
6. A project website will be developed, where information on the progress of the project activities will be available

This current project will contribute to the long-term development of participating schools in the following directions:
– The school will have experience of working in a multicultural environment;
– The degree of tolerance of teachers, students, leadership and parents towards other cultures and differences will be increased;
– The teamwork will be improved, both among the teachers and the students themselves;
– The participants’ cultural outlook will be expanded;
– The language skills of students and teachers will be improved.
The methods and approaches, to which the LTT participants will be introduced, will continue to be used in the regular school practice.
The participants will enrich their professional experience with the project topics – ICT in the room, competence development and soft exercises among students from 7 to 10 years of age.
In conclusion all partner schools believe that we will create the best environment to develop the student’s and teacher’s competences for the better future.

Project Website

http://erasmus1820.weebly.com

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 107062,3 Eur

Project Coordinator

35 SEU “Dobri Voinikov” & Country: BG

Project Partners

• A’ PRIMARY SCHOOL OF MAKEDONITISSA
• Liepajas Centra sakumskola
• Istituto Comprensivo Carlo V
• Dimotiko sxoleio Kaloneriou Mikrokastrou
• Escola Casablanca