The document outlines the plans and activities for the first project meeting of the Erasmus+ project "Dynamic Citizens of Europe" which was hosted in Greece. It discusses the agenda items covered, including presentations on each country's educational system and plans for products and activities to be created. The partners also agreed on tasks and responsibilities to address the withdrawal of the Spanish partner from the project.
The Access to Information and Training Community Centres Alliance of Moldova (INFONET Alliance) was officially registered in 2007, being founded by 47 centres.
Its assignment is to contribute to the consolidation of the information society and to the sustainable development of civil society by reducing the digital divide phenomenon and by involving citizens in the decision-making process.
The INFONET Alliance has started the campaign Get Online Week 2013 by spreading an official press release. In the Republic of Moldova, the campaign developed under the slogan "We bring Moldova online together!"
Author: Anne Gilleran.
This paper examines the eTwinning action against the background of 21st century educational and social forces in Europe. It describes in detail the evolution and structure of eTwinning, the opportunities it offers to teachers in terms of pedagogical practice and professional development and the achievments of the portal www.eTwinning.net.
The Access to Information and Training Community Centres Alliance of Moldova (INFONET Alliance) was officially registered in 2007, being founded by 47 centres.
Its assignment is to contribute to the consolidation of the information society and to the sustainable development of civil society by reducing the digital divide phenomenon and by involving citizens in the decision-making process.
The INFONET Alliance has started the campaign Get Online Week 2013 by spreading an official press release. In the Republic of Moldova, the campaign developed under the slogan "We bring Moldova online together!"
Author: Anne Gilleran.
This paper examines the eTwinning action against the background of 21st century educational and social forces in Europe. It describes in detail the evolution and structure of eTwinning, the opportunities it offers to teachers in terms of pedagogical practice and professional development and the achievments of the portal www.eTwinning.net.
The publication presents the effect of cooperation within the project from the Erasmus + program "E-citizen - effective inclusion through e-governance services". The project involved entities from such countries as Poland, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Spain.
Using ICT and electronic music to reduce school drop out in EuropeeLearning Papers
Author: Franco Alvaro
In Europe, too many young people leave school prematurely without those basic skills that an active involvement in the knowledge society requires and that are necessary to shift into the labor market. The core aim of the EU funded E-Motion project is to reduce the school drop out rate with a particular emphasis on young people who are at risk of social exclusion (migrants, ethnic minorities, poor socio-economic backgrounds).
eTwinning is a framework for schools to collaborate on the Internet with partner schools in other European countries.
It promotes school collaboration in Europe through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by providing support, tools and services to make it easy for schools to form short or long term partnerships in any subject area
The European Resource Centre on Education for Intercultural UnderstandingAlianta INFONET
The European Resource Centre on Education for Intercultural Understanding, Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship – Prezentare in cadrul conferintei, Mostar, 30.03-02.04.2011.
This is one of result of Rights for Young project, which was founded by Erasmus+ program. Contains the most important aspect of the project, activities and some facts about youth rights.
eScouts final publication: Intergenerational circle for community serviceAlba Agulló
The “eScouts: Intergenerational circle for community service” project is a complex, multidimensional and comprehensive initiative aiming to develop an exchange of innovative intergenerational learning experiences between people older than 55 years old and young volunteers in six European Member State (Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the UK).
eScouts is aimed to develop an innovative intergenerational learning exchange between senior adults and youth volunteers in the context of non-formal education. It is centred on the development of the digital competences of the eldest and on the guidance to the youngest to better face their upcoming adult life challenges.
In this publication we explain our nice experience.
The publication presents the effect of cooperation within the project from the Erasmus + program "E-citizen - effective inclusion through e-governance services". The project involved entities from such countries as Poland, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Spain.
Using ICT and electronic music to reduce school drop out in EuropeeLearning Papers
Author: Franco Alvaro
In Europe, too many young people leave school prematurely without those basic skills that an active involvement in the knowledge society requires and that are necessary to shift into the labor market. The core aim of the EU funded E-Motion project is to reduce the school drop out rate with a particular emphasis on young people who are at risk of social exclusion (migrants, ethnic minorities, poor socio-economic backgrounds).
eTwinning is a framework for schools to collaborate on the Internet with partner schools in other European countries.
It promotes school collaboration in Europe through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by providing support, tools and services to make it easy for schools to form short or long term partnerships in any subject area
The European Resource Centre on Education for Intercultural UnderstandingAlianta INFONET
The European Resource Centre on Education for Intercultural Understanding, Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship – Prezentare in cadrul conferintei, Mostar, 30.03-02.04.2011.
This is one of result of Rights for Young project, which was founded by Erasmus+ program. Contains the most important aspect of the project, activities and some facts about youth rights.
eScouts final publication: Intergenerational circle for community serviceAlba Agulló
The “eScouts: Intergenerational circle for community service” project is a complex, multidimensional and comprehensive initiative aiming to develop an exchange of innovative intergenerational learning experiences between people older than 55 years old and young volunteers in six European Member State (Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the UK).
eScouts is aimed to develop an innovative intergenerational learning exchange between senior adults and youth volunteers in the context of non-formal education. It is centred on the development of the digital competences of the eldest and on the guidance to the youngest to better face their upcoming adult life challenges.
In this publication we explain our nice experience.
eScouts final publication: Intergenerational circle for community serviceFundación Esplai
The “eScouts: Intergenerational circle for community service” project is a complex, multidimensional and comprehensive initiative aiming to develop an exchange of innovative intergenerational learning experiences between people older than 55 years old and young volunteers in six European Member State (Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the UK).
eScouts is aimed to develop an innovative intergenerational learning exchange between senior adults and youth volunteers in the context of non-formal education. It is centred on the development of the digital competences of the eldest and on the guidance to the youngest to better face their upcoming adult life challenges.
In this publication we explain our nice experience.
Dissemination of results from Pazar FEEN LISESI, RIZE/PAZAR, TurkeyPopescu Rodica
Between November 5th and 9th 2018, the first activity of the project - C1 was held at PAZAR FEN LISESI, PZAR / RIZE, TURKEY, with a team of three teachers from ColegiulNațional de Informatică ,,Carmen Sylva" Petroșaniand 6 teachers from the other schools involved in the project.
The activity program was established by the host school in Turkey in collaboration with partner schools in the project.
Storytelling and Web 2.0 Services: A synthesis of old and new ways of learningeLearning Papers
Authors: Vojko Strahovnik, Biljana Mećava
Storytelling was for a long period the only way people had to learn from each other’s experiences. Even today there are still some cultures which have a strong storytelling tradition. In this article we present the outcomes and experiences we acquired during the realization of several EU educational projects in which we combined storytelling and Web 2.0 services.
Adult education policies and practices in EU Member States and Turkey – the r...Jaakko Hyytiä
Task 2.1: The state of the art
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provides context/facilitates selection of groups of respondents for WP3 and WP4
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The project concerns the exchange of practices in the field of effective incorporation of the activities realized by local and regional administration. In the digital age of today, there are more and more opportunities for citizens to become involved in using the available e-services. On the other hand, local and regional authorities are increasingly facilitating the citizens' cooperation with various types of applications and virtual platforms. They care about the fact that public institutions have ceased to be perceived as hostile institutions for residents, hindering their daily life and dealing with administrative matters. Moreover, often in the context of such e-services they offer opportunities for participation, e.g. in the public consultations or in forms of civic participation. Unfortunately, this offer is still very inaccessible to people with low competences and digital skills. Due to the lack of effective ways in terms of learning using e-government services, some part of the population is even more excluded socially. For this reason, the project handle the issue of social inclusion through using the open and innovative practices related to new technologies. Therefore, the main objective is using the idea of e-governance and e-government as a tool for more effective social inclusion of EU citizens. Through the development of good practices in adults teaching effectively, especially for those who have low educational competences, we can change this situation and take advantage of the potential of e-government fully.
Doukas School participates in several EU and National R&D projects and coordinates extensive European Networks under programmes such as Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, Lifelong Learning Programme, Intelligent Energy Europe, EPEAEK, PAVE, LINGUA.
For further information about Doukas School Projects please visit:
http://bit.ly/Doukas_R-D_leaflet & http://www.en.doukas.gr/randd
In the context of research projects, Doukas School teachers and experts cooperate in order to express the user-needs of the school pupils or school educators. They also provide valuable feedback for the design of educational services, activities, software/applications etc. During the testing and validation stage, students and teachers in Doukas School evaluate the demonstrator, in order to provide feedback form the side of the actual end-user. Finally, the school participates actively in dissemination and quality assurance activities.
It is our pleasure to share with you the white paper of the European Digital Youth Summit (EDYS) held in Bucharest, Romania on 28th of August 2014.
The summit tackled important topics for European young people such as digital behaviour and employment trying to find realistic solutions to raise employability and to encourage digital entrepreneurship. The event was organized by GEYC and the Chamber of Deputies (Romanian Parliament) under the patronage of the European Parliament and answers key issus from Digital Agenda for Europe such as digital awareness, digital skills, digital jobs and digital entrepreneurship. Find out more: www.edys.eu
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
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included a visit to the “Mihrab”, in
the Osman Sah
Mosque, an orthodox Church
Saint Kostantinos and the Turkish
Bath which
was formerly a
prison.
The day ended
with a walk
around Trikala’s
downtown area
which was followed
by a late lunch
offered by the coor-
dinating partner.
On the second day of
the meeting
(Nov 27th) the dele-
gations met
again at Gymnasio – L.T Magoulas
in Karditsa to describe the guest
partners’ educational systems and
to discuss several topics/issues
pertaining the project implementa-
tion.
As regards the first issue
(Educational Systems) the analysis
of the various presentations
showed the differences among the
partners’ systems are more nume-
rous than the analogies: for example
The first transnational meeting of
the Erasmus+ Project “Dynamic
Citizens of Europe” (ID: 2018-1 -
EL01 -KA229-047870) was held at
the Gymnasio – L.T Magoulas in
Karditsa (GR), from November
26th to November 30th.
The meeting unfolded according to
the agenda which the coordinating
partner supplied to the other part-
ners. On Monday 26th all the part-
ners gathered at the abovementioned
school and introduced
themselves by means of Powerpoint
presentations which included
such topics as “My School, my
Town, my Country” as well as
Greece’s educational system presen-
ted by Mrs Efthalia Batavani.
Then a welcoming concert was
held by the local choir conducted
by one of the School teachers, Mrs
Oikonomou Andromachi.
Afterwards, all the partners were
taken to Mouzaki Town Hall where
they met the Mayor and exchanged
some views as regards the meaning
of “active citizenship” and how
to accomplish it.
The meeting’s work were completed
by a sightseeing tour which
not all systems foresee exams
at the end of each stage.
In general
the only common feature is the
curriculum breakdown consisting of
3-stage schooling system (Nursery,
Primary and Secondary Education).
After that the delegations had
a conversation about the exam
systems comparing them.
The next point in the agenda for
27th November was the choice of
the project’s logo. To this purpose,
each delegation showed their own
prototype (either tangible or in pdf
format) and then the coordinator
handed in the material to vote by
First project meeting - Greece
dia presentations on the topic
“Active citizens and envi-
ronment”, comics’ exhibi-
tion, magazine with stu-
dents’ stories, 5 presenta-
tions “My school, city,
country” and a common
garden named Erasmus+.
There will be created 4
Active Citizens Clubs for
the students, in each of the
4 partner schools. These
clubs intend to increase
motivation and involve-
ment of the students in
what regards civic respon-
sibilities for a long time
period. The student mem-
bers of the club will have
a common T-shirt designed. One
type of the club activity will be
3
the handicraft of souvenirs for
their project partners.
Teachers’ work will also include
the devising of 20 lesson projects
with the help of an
interdisciplinary ap-
proach afterwards
integrated in the e-
toolkit for Active
Citizenship which
promotes active citi-
zenship. Social and
Emotional Learning
will be used for the
participants to achie-
ve skills, attitude and
knowledge to inter-
pret and master their
emotions and fee-
lings, establish per-
sonal objectives,
build positive rela-
tions and increase their empathy
consciousness.
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ners were taken around the host
school to let them see a demonstra-
tion about the use of ‘old’ didactic
equipment in the School’s
Museum of Physics. They also
visited the science as well as the
ICT labs; finally they met the stu-
dents in a class and exchanged
some sentences of conversation.
All the teachers had a meeting with
Mr Chalimourdas on how to use
the e-Twinning platform for ex-
changing good practices among
schools. Examples of both e-toolkit
and e-magazine were also shown.
In the afternoon the delegations
visited the archeological museum
of Karditsa where they spent a
couple of hours with their tour gui-
de.
On Friday 30th the delegations met
once more at the host partner’s
School and they had another discus-
sion about some more details.
They visited the Museum of the
nearby village of Magoula. After
that the partners
joined a lesson in
the ICT lab about
how to create an
Android app.
At the end of the
morning session,
delegations exchanged presents
and received the
certificates of attendance.
Finally the partners attended the
Christmas Park.
Second project meeting—Italy
The second transnational meeting of
the Erasmus+ Project “Dynamic
Citizens of Europe” (ID: 2018-1-
EL01-KA229-047870) was held at
the Istituto Comprensivo “Paolucci-
Spataro” Vasto 1, Vasto (IT), from
March 11th
to March 15th
.
The meeting unfolded according to
the agenda, which the hosting part-
ner supplied to the other partners.
On Monday 11th all the partners
gathered at the above-mentioned
school, and visited the Secondary
school building, asking and recei-
ving information about the structure
and the organiza-
tion of the institu-
te. They visited the
science lab as well
as the ICT labs, the
art lab and the
gym, and some
students described
in English the PE
activities that they
were doing and
gave demonstra-
tions of them.
After that, a student of class 1st
B
introduced a short video about Italy.
Then a welcoming concert was held
by the local choir conducted by one
of the school teachers: Mr Ricotta
and D’Annunzio.
The meeting went on, and the dele-
gations showed their Power Point
Presentations: “What is Active Citi-
zenship” and “Active Citizens and
the Environment”, by means of
whom they explained their ideas
about the main themes of the pro-
ject. In particular, they described
the concept of participation as basis
of democracy, the importance of
discovering the history and tradi-
tions of our territory in order to
preserve our cultural heritage, and
the role of education to increase
awareness towards environmental
issues. They also presented the acti-
vities they have led with their stu-
dents on the themes of Active Citi-
zenship.
Finally, the coordinating partner
presented the website that the Greek
delegation created for the pro-
ject: www.dcoe.eu, and illustrated
the different sections and functions
of it. He also reminded the partners
to provide him with some materials
to keep the site updated.
After lunch, the partners went to-
gether on a sightseeing guided tour
of Vasto, which included a visit to
the Roman thermal baths (an ar-
chaeological site in the center of
Vasto), the churches of Santa Filo-
mena and Santa Maria Maggiore,
the Caldora Castle, and Piazza Ros-
setti, a former Roman theatre.
On the second day of the meeting
(March 12th
) the delegations met at
the Town Hall, to meet the deputy
Mayor, the Council Member re-
sponsible for Educa-
tion, and the students
of School Paolucci,
members of the Stu-
dents’ City Council.
After a welcoming
speech, the students,
guided by Professor
Valeria Scavo, respon-
sible for this activity,
explained how the
Students’ City Council
works, and showed why this can be
considered an example of active
participation in local political and
social life.
Afterwards, the partners were taken
for a tour to another building of the
school, hosting the primary and
nursery school. Here the students,
led Professor Spagnuolo, presented
The meeting went on, and
the delegations showed
their Power Point
Presentations: “What is
Active Citizenship” and
“Active Citizens and the
Environment”
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site (www.dcoe.eu):
– sending a group picture of each
Erasmus delegation;
– sending the 2 presentations rea-
lized;
– sending the activities realized;
– sending the lesson plan in doc.
file.
He also reminded the instructions
for the first step on e-Twinning:
registering at least 5 teachers and 50
students.
After that, the partners went to the
Art LAB to take part in a handcraft
laboratory, led by Professor Silvia
Ciccarone. The participants realized
some souvenirs made using recy-
cled materials.
Finally, the delegations attended the
certificate ceremony, and there was
a little moment for gifts exchange.
In the evening, the hosting school
offered a goodbye dinner to thank
all the partners for their participa-
tion and involvement into the acti-
vities.
First activity
GREECE
The first activity was held at the
folklore museum of Magoula and
the aim was students to evaluate
their cultural tradition and become
museum tour guides.
Students were divided into small
groups, visited the museum and
explored the exhibitions. They ma-
de observations and records of the
exhibits, visited families in the
area , collected further information
on what they have seen and
then looked for further details by
searching the internet. At the end,
students took the role of tour
guide and welcomed their classma-
tes in the museum presenting
what they can see there.
ITALY
As a first activity the students of
the Italian club gave life to the
Students’ Municipal Council.
Thanks to this activity they were
able to understand the duties and
rights of the mayor and his munici-
pal council; also during several
meetings within the council hall,
they carried out deliberations and
organized events. For example they
organized a sports day with the
students of our other secondary
schools in our city and created faci-
lities to collect homesteds’ used oil
for the children to dispose of oio
from their own kitchens.
During the Italian mobility these
students also welcomed the delega-
tions in our institute inside the
town council hall accompanied by
some councillors currently inoffice.
ROMANIA
In our school, Scoala Gimnaziala
Rachita, the teachers, together with
the students, have concerns about
keeping the folk port, traditions and
folklore in our area, knowing that
folklore is the only school that exi-
sted and continued to exist as a
spring always alive and present.
Maybe no other thing can better
define the spirit of a people than its
ancient traditions and customs. Folk
arts, specifically folk music and
dance, embody fundamental values
of great worth to our culture, our
nation and our children. There is no
better way to share time together as
families and friends.
Throught this activity we preserved
the joyful tunes we've inherited
from our ancestors and to pass them
on to others. A group of students
from our school, called “ Florile
Banatului” is quite dedicated to the
dissemination and preservation of
traditional folk arts. This group is
all about preserving history and
tradition, presenting artistic pro-
grams at school celebrations and
whenever opportunities arise. Ro-
manian folk dance helps keep the
people connected to their ancestry
and their traditions.
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try” . After that the comics exhibi-
tion about active citizenship was
held; then the delegations discussed
the e-magazine (the contents will be
common, while the structure will be
realized by the Italian delegation);
also monitoring of the Erasmus
Club, e-Twinning Twinspace and
Mobility Tool platform monitoring
of the Erasmus Club were topics of
the discussion.
On Friday morning the delegations
spoke about the next visit in Tur-
key and after a short discussion,
the partners agreed to set the next
meeting from 30th March to 3rd
April 2020. The delegations agreed
to preparing the following tasks:
• Two lesson plans (freely cho-
sen by each partner)
• Two activities for the Dynamic
Citizens Clubs (included but
not limited to social issues,
environmental problems, bully-
ing etc.)
• Two activities on the e-
twinning platform (one in De-
cember and one in February)
• To hold an “Open Day” in
January and February in order
to let stakeholders know about
the project’s implementation
• Seminars with guest personali-
ties to promote active citizen-
ship among students (in
March)
• Preparation of the Erasmus+
Garden (Turkish Partner’s
task)
• Preparation of the Photo Al-
bum (each partner’s task)
• Guidelines to prepare material
for the e-magazine (Italian
Partner’s task)
Eventually a few technical aspects
were discussed, pertaining the mo-
bility tool platform, which every
partner is going to solve.
After lunch there was a cultural
visit in the Timisoara Village Mu-
seum.
At the end of the day, the delega-
tions attended the certificate cere-
mony. In the evening, the hosting
school offered a goodbye dinner to
thank all the partners for their parti-
cipation and involvement into the
activities.
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GREECE
The second activity was to create
a virtual tour of the Fanari Castle.
In the context of knowing and
preserving our cultural heritage,
the students decided to create a
virtual / digital tour of the Fanari
Fortress so that everyone can
have a direct view of its space and
value.
In collaboration with the
Mouzaki Environmental Education
Center, our students took actions
such as visiting the castle, be gui-
ded by the experts, exploring the
castle and taking lots of photos
with cameras and smartphones.
After that, they worked in the
computer lab in order to choose
the best photos, write the relevant
texts, use a new software so as to
reach their goal and create the
final result.
ITALY
As a second activity, the pupils of
our club dealt with environmental
and sports activities, in fact they
discovered the importance of bicy-
cles not only as a recreational
vehicle but also
as a means of travel.
The pupils first received a
visit from some
law enforcement
officers in the
class, who explained the basic
rules for bike to
circulate on city
roads and the importance of the
helmet and protections in general
when biking. The second step was
carried out by Professor D'Adamo
and a former professional cy-
clist
named Moreno Di Biase, who
showed and explained the basic
parts of the bike; subsequently he
tested the students' skills in terms
of slalom, sudden braking and
poor balance situations, in the
school spaces.
The pupils learned
while having fun becoming familiar
with an ecological and precious
means for adults too. The last step
of this activitiy included the journey
home from school with the
help of their parents, so they had a
chance to put into practice what
they had learned.
ROMANIA
This activity is about our visit at the
Faget Children’s Hospital. Students
from “Dynamic Citizens Club”
from our school gave to kids in
hospital the things they crave most
– the ability to just be a kid. They
raised funds and did shopping.
Change depends on each of us and
our desire is to support our activity
and to grow through the contribu-
tions of those with a civic spirit.
Students from class 8 from our
school, not only helped the children
in need but also transform the lives
of children in the
marginalised commu-
nity where the spon-
sored child lives, by
ensuring they impro-
ve to quality educa-
tion, proper nutrition,
healthcare. Together
they gave these chil-
dren a bright smile
and an even brighter
future.
The children
from hospital were extremely grate-
ful for donations they accepted that
were new and recently purchased.
Sweets, toys, books, art and craft,
puzzles, games and other fun stuff
help kids to just be kids. There is no
end to the smiles you can donate -
special gift for the children spen-
ding time in hospital. We always
need toys, colouring books, colou-
ring pencils, small tubs of play
dough and bubble pots to help with
distraction during a child’s procedu-
re or treatment. There are many
different ways to offer help.
You may give your friend an idea
of what you are able to do. If you’re
not sure how to support them, ask
them what you can do to help. It is
important to remember that the aim
is to support the kids in a way that
works for them. People can find it
difficult to ask for or accept help, so
try to provide support in a practical,
sensitive way that is easy for them
to accept.
The activity focused on kids that
are ‘disadvantaged’ in some way
because they are sick and some of
them very poor. Also we wanted to
promote reflective learning amongst
our students, capacity to be fully
active citizens and to be reflective
to their roles as citizens, to help
each other. Our school tried to work
in partnership with parents to bring
the fun, joy and laughter that is
essential to sick kids’ health and
wellbeing. Together, we can tran-
sform the lives
of children in
poverty.
It starts right
here, right now
when you
sponsor a
child. Our
"Active Citi-
zens Club"
made one step
and it will continue in future with
more actions. Thanks to the ama-
zing, ongoing generosity of our
Second activity
"Change depends on each
of us, and our desire is to
support our activity and to
grow throught the
contributions of those with
a civic spirit".
12. 2018-2021 12
Fourth project virtual meeting—Turkey
they painted tires and planted
flower seeds. They made two
swans out of plastic bottles and
made a bench out of old wooden
objects. They wanted a colorful
and cheerful school. Children
like color, feel better, more live-
ly and more optimistic.
The children learned more about
UNESCO and the national herit-
age, they understood how im-
portant the archaeological dis-
coveries are in
order to know
our identity and
the protection
of endangered
animals. Exact
sciences devel-
op children's intelligence, but the
humanities provide information,
culture and help progress and
strengthen optimal education.
TURKEY
Fighting Climate Change
Trees are the anchors for plant and
wildlife biodiversity, which creates
healthy ecosystems.
As an environmental active citizens
we are aware of the
climate change and
the threat to our
planet. We took action
and we planted trees
in our school garden
to fight climate
change. Besides, we
mulched the trees that we planted to
reduce the effects of climate
change.
Mulching is a process of covering
the soil and making more favorable
conditions for plant growth.
As an effect of climate change, the
dry season is getting longer which
means the soil loses its moisture.
However, mulching prevents the
water evaporation in the soil so it
maintains soil moisture for longer
time.
“They learned more
about work of
volunteering and
social
responsibility.“
held virtually by
Özel İzmir Oğuzhan Özkaya
Ortaokulu from 15th
March to
19th
March 2021.
Due to the pandemic, the
virtual meeting unfolded
according to the agenda, which
the hosting partner supplied to
the other partners. All the
meetings held via Zoom
application.
On monday, the meeting started
with a welcoming ceremony of
all teachers that have involved
in the project so far and the host
country presented the weekly
schedule. A music performance
has performed by a student
named Dayanç Güvenoğlu and
another student named Doruk
Volkan Duran presented the
history of İzmir from the city
center.
The meeting went on and all
delegations
presented their
lesson plans.
All the teachers
had an
opportunity to
exchange good
learning practices and to have an
interesting deliberation.
On tuesday, a school trip held by a
studentnamed Mısra Osmanlı and
Erasmus+ garden presented by the
students named Ecesu Toksöz and
Dayanç Güvenoğlu.
Afterwards, all the
delegations continued to
present their lessons
plans. Finally, all
countries visited
Ephesus, Virgin Mary’s
House and Şirince village with a
virtual tour by guide of a student
named Beril Doğan.
On wednesday, each country
presented their activites the partners
had a discussion to exchange their
experiences from the activities.
Finally, a student named Özge
Gemici presented a presentation
“Finally, all countries
visited Ephesus,
Virgin Mary’s House
and Şirince village”
14. 2018-2021 14
GREECE
Our school with the causation of
the injury of a student in a car acci-
dent decided to create an action in
relation to the issue of road safety.
The purpose was to inform the stu-
dents as well as the residents of the
area.
Initially, the children created a
booklet that cleverly reminded them
of the basic rules of the road.
The school admin-
istration invited a
Greek police of-
ficer to come to the
school.
The briefing was
instructive and
lasted for hours as
the students' inter-
est was great. An interactive
knowledge game followed with the
help of kahoot software.
The last part of the action included
distributing the students' leaflets to
local drivers as well as informing
the neighboring primary school.
ITALY
In the fourth activity, the teachers
D'Adamo and Spagnuolo taught
the students about voluntary service
and specifically the about the
“Ricoclown Project”.
They did so
by going to find the pupils in the
class dressed as clowns, with the
same clothes with which they go
to the hospital and other places to
go and support sick and lonely
people as well as children who
spend a certain amount of time in
these centers for various reasons
hoping to heal.
In this meeting the
teachers first explained to the
pupils what volunteering means
and what they do with their volun-
teering activities inside hospitals,
elderly care centers and wherever
there are people to take care of;
then always playing and entertai-
ning the pupils, they answered
their questions.
ROMANIA
Students from our school
participated at some les-
sons about smoke, alco-
hol and drugs, they
watched at some presen-
tation about these subjects and bul-
lying and discused in small grups.
Students spoke about some real
situation and shared opinions and
after that they created posters. For a
most successful initiatives we in-
volved the entire school community
of teachers, staff, students but also
we worked in partenerschip with
National Anti-drug Agency based
in Timisoara.
Students were asked if they
had used tobacco, alcohol or mari-
juana in the past 30 days and how
often they had been victims of bul-
lying by their peers in the previous
year. Questions on peer victimiza-
tion touched on both physical ag-
gression like shoving and kicking as
well as emotional taunts like saying
Fourth activity
“The trouble with
bullying is leads to
mental health
problems”
MEDELEAN ADRIANA
CSILLAG SIMILIA
PAULESCU IRINA MIHAELA
DRĂGHICI MONICA ILEANA
BALINTESCU MARIANA
FULOP SANDOR
MUNTEAN LARISA PATRICIA
POVIAN DORIN
OPRITESCU CARMEN
PETREA IONEL
GUGEA IONEL
GROZA GABRIEL
EPARU ANDA
UDRESCU DIANA ALINA
MEDELEAN LUIZA
ÖZEL İZMİR OĞUZHAN
ÖZKAYA ORTAOKULU, IZMIR,
TURKEY
GAMZE ÇANKAL
GÜL HIZAL ERDİN
CANAN GÖREN
İCLAL AYDIN
MURAT ÖZYILMAZ
MERAL İREM TERLEMEZ
MERVE NUR ŞENGEL
YAĞMUR GÖKDEMİR
Project Coordinator
School Principal
Gamze Çankal
Günnaz Sözkesen
16. 2018-2021 16
nature;
2- they have learned to work
with other pupils with disability;
through role play in the theater you
can acquire a lot of skills.
3- they faced problems such as the
mafia, which still afflicts Italy and
studied the origin of the problem.
During an online meeting they also
had the opportunity to talk with the
writer of the book on Don Pino
Puglisi's life, the Sicilian priest
killed by Mafia.
4- the students partecipated in the
political life of the city with the
election of the municipal council of
the children which also concerns
the role and the importance of poli-
tical commitment for the communi-
ty, for civic awareness and for
active participation.
Art is creation and reworking: this
is the way a telephone cover, shoes
for museums and t-shirts were born,
together with broken watches that
came back to life and other crea-
tions.
Art lived, desecrated and consecra-
ted... ARTISTICA...MENTE was
and is all.
ROMANIA
Although Romania's fauna was (and
still is) one of the most varied and
interesting on the European conti-
nent, thanks to the varied relief and
favorable climatic conditions, in the
last hundred years there have been
major imbalances, accentuated, at
present, by the attitude irresponsible
of people and authorities who have
put above the miracle of nature,
economic interests, or who ignore
the fact that damaging an ecosystem
is almost impossible to repair. The
continuous degradation of the envi-
ronment, which takes place before
our eyes, is a major element of a
"crisis of civilization" and is due
precisely to human intervention in
nature. That is why we must be
aware of the need to protect it, to
protect life in its most varied forms.
The teachers of our school carried
out several ecological activities
including both primary school stu-
dents and middle school students.
The children studied about the care
of animals and plants and the en-
dangered ones, they learned about
maintaining the health of the natural
environment in which they live.
Thus, their civic behavior and envi-
ronmental skills were developed.
The children realized how im-
portant it is to save water, electrici-
ty and wood.
During these activities, the chil-
dren's curiosity about nature was
transformed between a strong desire
to understand and protect nature
being in the middle of nature, in the
forest, at Lake Surduc, Bega River.
By planting flowers around our
school, they acquired the feeling of
protection and care for beauty and
fragility.
The children learned to keep clean
in parks and gardens, in forests, to
maintain the integrity of trees, to
maintain green spaces and to plant
berries and flowers, contributing to
the beautification of the rural land-
scape and implicitly to the reduc-
tion of nature pollution. Observing
the forest, Surduc lake and the Bega
river, students learned about the
sources of water, air and soil pollu-
tion, They learned about the im-
portance of the forest for humans,
understood the negative effects of
human activity on the ecosystem
and noticed the behaviors according
to protection rules. of it, showing
care for its destruction. Water repre-
sents the source of life for all the
organisms in all the life environ-
ments.
Without water there`s no life, that is
why its pollution threatens all life
forms on earth. Through this activi-
ty we wanted to signal the negative
effects of water streams pollution
too, in order to promote active citi-
zenship. These effects have reper-
cussions on the health of the entire
community. Children, as part of the
community, should protect the
green spaces, they should stand
against and try to stop the water
streams pollution. A clean, drinka-
ble water shows a clean and healthy
environment, as well as a healthy
community.
TURKEY
Agriculture, marketing, social
responsibility and more…
Agriculture plays a crucial role in
the economy and well-being of a
society. Many children don’t recog-
nize where their food is coming
from and just how big a role agri-
culture plays not only in our com-
munity, but the entire world.
As dynamic citizens, we know that
it is important to know how food
gets to our plate, and how much the
farmer cares that it is safe, nutri-
tious, and good tasting.
Our students planted turnips, cauli-
flowers, eggplants and even sesame
which helped students thought
about how things grow, live and
die. They also learned to develop
skills in leadership, communication
and team building..
After harvest, they went to local
bazars to sell their products which
led them to understand the im-
portance of farming to a communi-
ty, and learn to work together and
also discover how their community
provides food to the public.
After selling the products in the
local bazars, they decided the do-
nate the money they earned by
themselves and they bought com-
puters to the public schools.
23. Gymnasiu - L.T. Magoula Karditsa
Ozel Oguzhan Ortaokulu
Istituto Comprensivo 1 Vasto
Scoala Gimnaziala Rachita
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