Together to a Better Technology Erasmus Project

Project Title

Together to a Better Technology

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

According to the results of Europe Online Children Survey (2010), nearly 60% of children are online every day and the starting age for Internet usage is decreasing each year. When we analyse the problems of education, it can be easily noticed that a lot of new educational problems have occurred as a result of False Technology Usage and Usage of Internet unconsciously and mistakenly. According to our research in this matter, we have not met a project aiming to focus on both False Internet Usage and supporting the psycho-social improvement of students together (http://www.europeansharedtreasure.eu/search). For this purpose, Romania and Turkish partners first met each other on etwinning platform and then, created a project draft and contacted other schools from different countries experiencing the same problems via eTwinning and SchoolEducationGateway platform. Then, it has been decided to create this Project with the contribution and participation of schools from Greece, Turkey, Italy, Romania and Serbia.

Our project aims to increase the qualifications of the school staff and provide the students and parents with the skills of conscious technology and safe Internet use. While planning the project, the calendar and interaction of LTT and local activities were determined by preparing a Gantt chart.

Our project objectives:
– To ensure the conscious use of technology and the Internet
– To contribute to the socialization of our students by reducing the use of unnecessary technology and by teaching the traditional children’s games as alternative to computer and online games
– To develop the skills to cope with cyber-bullying by teaching teachers, parents and students the use of secure Internet.
– To decrease the technology addiction rate in our participant schools by 10% in the first year and 20% in the second year by providing the skills of conscious technology and Internet usage (Technology Addiction Scale)
– To increase the attendance rate of social and sporting activities in the school by 5% in the first year and 10% in the second year (non-attendance system data)
– To increase academic achievement by 10% in the first year and second year with a decrease in technology addiction and absenteeism rates (Course notes charts)

Local activities to be carried out in our participating schools will contribute to the access of our participating schools to the project objectives. These local activities are:
BREAK THE CHAIN, I AM NOT ALONE, REAL SECURITY IN VIRTUAL LIFE, I LEARN LIFE WITH GAMES, START THE DAY WITH MOVING.

5 LTT activities and 16 local activities were planned. The approximate number of participants expected to participate in the project activities and the scope of the dissemination activities of the project are as follows:
– Within the scope of the project, 5 teachers from each participating school will participate in 5 LTT activities, 5 * 25 = 125 teachers in total.
– 50 students from 11 to 18 years old, 50 * 6 = 300 students from each school will participate in the ‘Break The Chains’ activity.
– ”Start The Day With Moving” event, all students of our schools between the ages of 11 to 18, a total of 5850 students will participate.
– 150 teachers in all participating schools, 4700 students in the 11 to 18 age range and 4700 parents will attend ‘Real Security in Virtual Life’ activity.
– ”Do You Hear Me?” and ”Will You Play With Me?” activities will be attended by 5000 students from all participating schools between the ages of 11 to 18 and 5000 parents .
– All of our participant schools are expected to attend at least 60 of 6 * 60 = 360 students from 11 to 18 age group.
-Tech Training Modules with Combating Technology Addiction Training will be given to 5850 students, 550 teachers and 5850 parents in 11-18 age group in all participating schools.

One of the most different and important features of this Project is that there are too many local activities to be held besides the ones regarding w,th the LTTAs named such as ‘Big Changes Starts with Small Touches’, ‘Do You Play With Me?’, ‘Theater Days’,etc. and the responsibilities for each activity are certain and it has been stated in the parts of timetable. The preparation and transportation of the materials to be prepared for each LTT subject is the responsibility of the leading school. The leading school in each LTT will be conducted and evaluated by the pre-test and post-test on the subject, and follow-up will be done by Turkey.The use of secure Internet with project applications is expected to increase by at least 10% in participating schools. This rate of increase will be measured by Google surveys.The use of secure Internet with project applications is expected to increase by at least 10% in participating schools. This rate of increase will be measured by Google surveys.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 137700 Eur

Project Coordinator

MEVLANA ANADOLU IMAM HATIP LISESI & Country: TR

Project Partners

• ISTITUTO PROFESSIONALE DI STATO PER I SERVIZI DI ENOGASTRONOMIA E OSPITALITA’ ALBERGHIERA POTENZA
• Srednja skola za informacione tehnologije
• LICEUL CU PROGRAM SPORTIV
• 5th Lykeio Acharnon