Our New Learning Innovative Network for Education

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Project background

• In this critical times of pandemic, six schools decided to team up and create ONLINE project.

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• Some goals:
• to equip teachers and students with skills and knowledge on the use of digital tools
• to increase their digital competence and strengthen teachers’ skills based teaching practice through transnational cooperation
• to increase their language skills, boost their communication and social skills and collaboration/teamwork

Project background

• to improve their socio affective skills through an international approach as opposed to digital technologies isolated at home
• to use creativity and innovation, critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making approaches
• to make the most of exchange of good practices and peer-learning
• to take personal and social responsibility in unpredictable situation like pandemic of covid-19
• to boost their cultural awareness and intercultural understanding

Partner organisations

Portugal (Guimarães)

Turkey (Nazilli)

Italy (Bitonto)

Spain (Málaga)

Bulgaria (Mezdra)

Croatia (Daruvar)

Tangible results:

Non-tangible results:

• A collection of didactic materials used during the project, the students in each country will prepare a brochure with the title ‘Digital tools used in online learning’

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• A collection of videos containing the results of the activities

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• The project website

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• Students' blogs

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• Webinars and online meetings

The students and teachers will:

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• be able to use different digital tools

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• grasp their strengths and weaknesses in terms of digital technologies

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• be able to self-assess the degree of their digital competences

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• raise their cultural awareness and intercultural understanding

Activities

Bulgaria

Activities by days

School conference: “Safety on the Net” with all the partner schools

Meeting local authorities

Meeting local IT companies in regional town Vratsa - discussion about cyberbullying

Ethnographic/Historical Museum

Quizzes and questionnaires about Internet safety

Visiting the capital Sofia and meeting other school(s) – discussion about digital education, exchange of good practices

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Visiting Cherepish Monastery

Ritlite rock formations

“Dyado Yotso” monument

Workshop - preparing drawings and brochures

Italy

Activities by days

Workshop: design of a website for the creation of an e-commerce activity through the use of the google site platform

An expert’s lecture on web design

Workshop: continuation of activities on creation of e-commerce website

Workshop: organize photos and product descriptions to be put on sale.

Use the E-Commerce plug-in Power to insert in its page the products with descriptions, images and prices

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Workshop: Web app testing and debugging

Spain

Activities by days

Treasure hunt designed by the Department of Physical Education, in which groups will have to scan QR codes to find clues and progress on the hunt

An organized visit to the most important heritage sites of the city centre to take pictures, videos, use educational apps, note the website address

A UNESCO World heritage site will be visited, assigning the task of documenting monuments with videos, photos

Gathering information and media to later design their webpage about it

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A workshop and a nature trail, pictures, video to be later posted on the website

Croatia

Activities by days

Visit Zagreb

Mind map field workshop - A tourist brings souvenirs from five regions

The visit to the Town hall and the town sightseeing tour. Getting to know each other activities.

Photography - change perspective

Change the Photo workshop – discover the possibilities with the photo processing program.

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Culture day Plitvice Lakes. Online exhibition to be organized as a follow-up activity.

Turkey

Activities by days

Icebreaking games and orientation at school

Meeting school staff, Mayor and local authorities

Staying in bungalows and activities in adventure park in Denizli

Workshops on video editing in international groups

Outdoor Activity: Taking photos and videos to collect material for video editing in Pamukkale.

Taking photos and videos from a drone

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Visiting Kuşadası and Ephesus to take photos for the Project

Portugal

Activities by days

LET ́S START- GAME ELEMENTS AND THEIR PEDAGOGICAL ROLE

ONLINE GAMIFICATION STRATEGIES: Discussion boards, Quizzes

IN-CLASS GAMIFICATION STRATEGIES

OUT-OF-CLASS GAMIFICATION STRATEGIES: Game-based learning environments

GAME-BASED LEARNING TOOLS AND APPS: for example Duolingo; Minecraft; Second Life…

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GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS: Evaluation and assessment of the activities

Thank you!