Virtual ways Erasmus Project

Project Title

Virtual ways

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: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Approaching science in the classroom can be difficult at a young age if the concepts are not modeled and are not brought to a familiar level by the students. We often give real-life examples, however, as tables and databases are sometimes unfriendly structures, a unique way to make them accessible is to use digital maps and software for processing them.
The project will focus on making digital geographical maps of the areas near the school, of the areas where the students live and of some mental maps of the phenomenon called Bullying and the social inclusion of the students coming from underprivileged environments.
The basic objective of the project will be the training and development of software use skills, effective learning skills.
We will organize lessons in nature, lessons that are more attractive than the traditional ones in the classroom, emphasizing the human-nature relationship, lessons that can positively influence the correct perception of the environment, develop imagination, fantasy, motor skills, emotional, intellectual. The students of the partner schools will know not only the nature of their own country, but also that of the partner countries. The realization of the project activities will focus on the use of information and communication technology (ICT).
We will organize online lessons and “Outdoor” practical activities for field measurements. We will create the geographical map of the area in which the students involved in the project live, of the city where the school is located and of the country, both electronically, with the help of computer software, as well as print. Students will familiarize themselves with the use of computers, tablets and mobile phones to access some applications for creating maps such as Power Map, ArcGIS for Desktop, ArcGIS Web API, EasyMap, Mindmeister, Mindnote, etc.
Modern technologies are an effective means to stimulate the development of social, civic and intercultural competences, to attract students to school. We will involve in the project all the students of the school, especially those with special educational requirements (SER). We will create mental maps with which we will generate, visualize and classify ideas on social inclusion, diversity, equality, and non-discrimination, ideas that fight with the phenomenon of early school leaving.
Other objectives are: awareness of the fact that Romanians have the same aspirations everywhere; increasing interest in learning German; developing language learning skills through fun and games; improving group collaboration and communication, developing social skills; correct perception of nature; development of aesthetic sense and imagination; deepening the cooperation of students and teachers of partner schools; deepening the knowledge in the computer activity (digital maps processing, presentations, use of internet applications, etc.).
The activities of the project will be attended by students from IV-VIII grades, aged between 10 and 15 years. They will make a significant contribution to the achievement of the final products.
The teachers/teachers of the involved classes, as well as the geography, computer science and ICT teachers, the school counselor and the support teacher will be involved in the project by organizing the activities at the class level.
The students parents involved in the project will support teachers and students in carrying out practical activities.
Through the planned activities, we will improve the communication skills of the involved people in the project.
Participating students in the project will learn to be more tolerant and to accept diversity. They will be aware of the negative effects of bullying, of early leaving school and will learn to interact with peers without harm. They will learn to perceive correctly the environment. They will acquire space and time orientation skills, as well as the ability to use applications on their phone, tablet or laptop to create maps and correctly communicate with others.
Teachers will be aware that they play a vital role in educating students to respect European values. They will gain experience in reducing bullying. The gained experience will be helpful both in the teaching activity and in the counseling of students.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 29800 Eur

Project Coordinator

Scoala Gimnaziala Dr. Vasile Lucaciu & Country: RO

Project Partners

• Osnovna škola “Sveti Georgije”