“Wearable methodology” a new methodology based on the use of innovative technologies for education. Erasmus Project

Project Title

“Wearable methodology” a new methodology based on the use of innovative technologies for 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 : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

The ERASMUS + “Wearable methodology” project a new methodology based on the use of innovative technologies for education, it has been developed by four European partners, two partners from Spain, Anton Diaz School and the University of Castilla La Mancha, another partner of Bulgaria St. Kliment Ohridski School, and another partner Zoranić Croatia Petar Nin School.They share the same innovative and transformative concerns in education, and the need to adapt the teaching-learning to the new information and communications technology and the need to exchange experiences and search for new methodological formulas to improve students’ academic performance and motivation toward learning, improving basic skills of students and especially on foreign language (English), it is also be a goal for teachers, improve their English skill.For this, the project has involved the design of a new methodology, which we have called: Wearable Methodology (WM).Based primarily on the idea that the introduction of new technologies is already in our daily life, pupils and teachers use these tools regularly. But we found inconvenient for educational use, these problems are given because working with computers is usually individually, ie student-computer or teacher-computer, rarely we found them on network or allow us to perform activities in which students focus on the learning content, rather than the tool they are using.
The WM methodology develops with this project allows interaction and not virtual collaboration of student-student, student-environment, student-teacher and is based on experimental student learning, plus technology, it allows diversity, respecting the rhythm of each student, also allows active and participatory learning using cooperative learning strategies and even a learning designed by the student, the teacher’s role changes to a mere learning coordinator. This WM improve students’ motivation as he is the center of learning.Teachers and students have designed and have implemented activities with the use of the software.
For the use of the Internet and technology Wearable things, it is needed a classroom with sensors, chip, whiteboard, projector, internet, tablets and wearables (bracelets). School classroom with these characteristics has been created in each School, which we have called: “Wearable Aula”, where teachers and students can use WM. The classrooms will continue to be used once the project is finished.
Free software along with the educational activities is available on the project’s webside, together with the explanatory Teaching Guide, how to use it and with all the activities created for the school that wants to use them.
In addition, the Guide includes a study of the results obtained in relation to motivation and school failure.The intellectual products of WM, can be used by all educational schools with students between 3 and 12 years old and who are interested, can also be applied to work with students with special educational needs of any educational level.

For the project coordination working committees were done, each committee was composed of one representative from each partner. All working documents are availabled for all participants.
3 transnational meetings were done for coordination and evaluation of the project, training meeting for school teachers to show them how to use the software properly and University teachers acquire knowledge about child psychology, educational methodologies and on curricular activities that is most suitable for primary school students to develop basic skills in them and to achieve the objectives proposed in the project.
Three Multipliers Events have been done for the dissemination of the project WM, an event organized by each partner. The impact expected is that school performance and student motivation improve, reducing the rate of school failure in our schools, and thus also lower the dropout rate in secondary education in our rural areas. When young people in a locality achieve secondary education, the community benefits from it, to social, cultural and economic level.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 97835 Eur

Project Coordinator

CEIP Antón Díaz & Country: ES

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA – LA MANCHA
• Osnovna skola Petar Zoranic Nin
• NU”St.Kliment Ohridski”