"Our ""Connecting Through Heritage:Bridges of Past to Future"" project is ICT and cultural heritage project created by six different countries.The idea of this project came up as a response to the need of our students to rediscover the cultural heritage in our areas and in different countries.In other words, the main objective is acquisition of cultural awareness competence which is a crucial element in understanding different cultures, digital competences and ability to view and shape the world with a sense of identity that respects others. The objectives of the project are:OBJECTIVESTo promote creativity and entrepreneurship towards the promotion and valuation of environment and material and immaterial cultural heritage.To promote conscious in cultural diversity and cultural heritage.To raise the consciousness of tangible and intangible cultural heritageTo make cultural heritage attractive for our students by using new technology and digital tools and to share this knowledge with another European schools.Cultural and linguistic developmentExpand cultural awareness and social, ethnic and cultural diversity acceptance. In the project which will also use IT skills extensively, we aim to combine the cultural heritage with technology and develop a positive attitude towards the cultural heritage and raise awareness about cultural heritage.ACTIVITIESTo reach these objectives we plan to do these activities.The local activities will occur before and after every LTTA, thus ensuring the flow and cohesion of the activities. The Learning/Teaching/Training activities are scheduled in this order:1short-term joint staff training events, in France, 5 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils, one in each country The distribution of the tasks and responsibilities among the partners:TURKEY 1 eTwinning, School Education Gateway GREECE dissemination of the project. TURKEY2 the project website, ICT toolsSPAIN evaluationFRANCE communication,general activities,monitoring and information coordinator of monthly activities,coordinating the projectITALY surveys/questionnaires and monitoring and evaluating reports.Teachers and students will gain certain knowledge and improve their competences while participating on Learning Teaching Training activities: they will improve their English and French language skills and learn basics of partners languages, improve ICT skills ( WEB 2.0 tools, educational tools, communication tools, cloud storage methods, webpage designs, eTwinning), learn about CLIL and learning environment, learn about methods of storytelling and methods of using photography in classroom, learn about methods of teaching folklore, learn about and compare educational systems in partners' countries. During meeting, pupils will work in transnational groups and explore famous musicians, artists, sports people, Oscar and Nobel winners, they will illustrate traditional songs and translate them in partners' languages + English, create audio dictionary with basic words in all languages, they will visit museum and have activities there.All planned activities and workshops will last at least 30 hours during 5-days meeting. Additionally, pupils in each partner school will work on different activities related to cultural heritage: logo, Let's meat each other, mascot of the project, photography, postcards, World Heritage Sites, traditional clothes, games, instruments, legends, special days. In 2 year time we will produce collections of quizzes, photographs and postcards; presentations about our countries and educational systems, World Heritage Sites, famous people; booklets about traditional clothes, instruments, games, legends, special days; traditional cookbook; multilingual dictionary; collection of vocabulary games; collection of illustrated traditional songs from each partners' country.PARTICIPANTSOur target audience consists of students from 11 to 18 years old.The group selection is based on criteria mutually agreed upon by school partners.RESULTSThe student exchanges and all the local activities will have the following outcomes : worksheets, lesson plans, resources, students’ work, pictures, movies, website materials, Twinspace dissemination, dissemination made on Fb pages. The management activity of the project will have the following results:initial/final evaluation papers, progress/final reports, various dissemination materials,attendance certificates.IMPACTAll partner schools will know an improvement regarding their human resources’ expertise and experience, regarding human rights education and Erasmus+ projects. Teachers stablish new connections with the local community members, NGOs, au-thorities, thus strenghtening the cooperation between the school and the community. Also, the schools will enrich their mate-rial basis with the course published within this project. They will be promoted in their local area, among other schools and institutions"

<< Objectives >>O1 enable professional development of 100 Ts of languages and science O2 improve school relevance for children’s needs and increase their level of satisfaction O3 improve school results of Ss in the target group after project implementationO4 enable Ts to exchange good practices at European level and apply them in their own schoolsO5 improve the schools’ material base with at least 40 sample English/science activities O6 enable intercultural exchange among Ss/TsO7 ensure cooperation at EU<< Implementation >>We planned 3 LTTAs – short-term staff and students events, as following :GR organizes LTTA1 called Tablets and the use of mobile applications in class.The use of interactive games in theaching languages and in History classTR organizes LTTA2 called Outdoor activities and the teaching of Geography and BiologySP organizes LTTA3 called Integrating STEAM project lessons for making evaluation meaningful and fun<< Results >>Tangible-initial/final Ss survey-40 sample activities -Ss` feedback forms to activities;-Ss and Ts eTwinning communication forum-pictures -partner reports completed after LTTAs -Europass docs -certificates -project website-Facebook project page-country blogs by Ss-interim/final reports-impact studyIntangible:-improvement of professional competencies of Ts; increase professional network;schools become more appreciated in local communities;progress and modern approaches to teaching.

CONTEXTThe partner schools highly believe that technology literacy skills and knowledge/information will be obtained and improved by the help of innovative/modern teaching and learning approaches which will especially involve efficient usage of different digital devices like tablets, smartphones, iPads-very popular devices especially among Ss. Nowadays we can observe the tendency of utilizing digital tools in teaching, but even so, most schools have difficulties in actually using these devices in educational contexts. What is more, regardless of the fact that some schools are very well equipped with ultra-modern facilities, teachers are still having a deficit in knowledge, practice, training about using them, and this fact makes all these facilities ineffective. The main aim of our partnership is to offer our Ss assistance in acquiring, developing and improving the digital skills. In order for this to happen we will create contexts for cooperative and collaborative work to take place, we`ll learn from observing the technology based teaching method applied (learning assisted by smart phones) in other European schools. Because some schools need more information and practice in this field, they need to learn about the diversity of all mobile apps and web 2.0 tools we are planning to start the implementation with a Short Term Joint Staff training event, followed by 4 Students exchangesOBJECTIVESTeachers: We have set some key objectives for Ts and Ss (the main beneficiaries) which will be achieved through all project activities, developed locally as well as transnationally. Teachers:- to achieve, develop and enhance knowledge about educational mobile apps and Google tools- to utilize smart phones in teaching - to exercise on using digital tools- to develop Ts` digital proficiency, topic related knowledge and cultural awareness- to boost Ts confidence and creativity about utilizing teaching methodologies based on technology - to develop English language skills, communicative and collaborative ones- to transfer experiences/best practicesStudents:- to achieve, develop and also improve literacy related to technology and information - to boost learning motivation - to develop digital proficiency - to improve their communication/collaboration skills, level of English- to foster creativity, initiative- to exercise on using Google tools as well as mobile apps with educational purposes- to share experiences with foreign peers- to promote students’ long term academic achievements- to develop cultural awareness as well as intercultural competence.ACTIVITIESC1-Staff mobility: Google tools and Mobile devices+Apps used for educational purposesC2-Students mobility: “Google tools/smart phones-how to use them in classrooms?”C3-Students mobility: “Mobile apps used for teaching + web 2.0 tools udsed for developing collaborative learning”C4-Students mobility:“Mobile apps and the use of web 2.0 tools creating content”.C5-Students mobility: “Mobile apps and the use of web 2.0 tools for doing assessment”.Before exchanges with Ss, each partner organizes a practical activity with and for Ss. PARTICIPANTSTeachers and students’ will directly and indirectly be involved(15-18+ year old): belonging to vocational or simply general education. Ss are the cornerstone of entire project and activities. 20 Ss/school involved in mobilities, in dissemination events and transfer of results. In C1 there will be 3 teachers involved /country. In C2,C3,C4,C5 will then be 2 teachers/country. 52 teachers will attend international exchanges. They are mainly Technology (IT), Maths, Language and Foreign Language, Science teachers, though other subject teachers could be involved also. IMPACTBoth Ts and Ss will learn and practice work with innovative/modern mobile apps and digital tools. The impact of the project will be unfolded in all participants` schools, as the Ss and Ts who will be actively involved will improve their competence in using different digital tools on regular basis in the classroom. Classes will turn into being more interactive, Ss more motivated and more involved in the self-education process-this will trigger long term positive effects as: developed academic achievement of Ss that will prepare them for work field or further university education. RESULTS-tangible/intangible-participants will become more motivated towards learning, more digitally proficient and more involved in their self-development-schools will become more attractive and more suitable for the 21st Century educational demands.

This project includes five schools of GR, IT, PL, RO, TR with pupils aged 9-13.The project focuses on the problem of social exclusion (in terms of lack of basic skills). In order to achieve this goal of inclusion, we will apply new strategies and teaching methods both durng school and leisure time.This is due to the specific needs of pupils from each of the partner schools, based on four common problems that have a major impact on students’ success (1 - Lack of social inclusion, 2 - lack of basic skills, 3 - Lack of parental support 4 - Lack of socio-economic needs). Needs analysis is done in five different schools, monitored by teachers, and a major study is conducted to assess these four obstacles.Before we created this project, we had a preliminary period for analyzing new strategies and finally we identified 5 new ones to be used in our project. Each partner will apply one of these methods in their school environment, monitor and evaluate the results. During these meetings these results will be discussed by all partners and will be passed on to each other. At the end of the 2-year project period, 5 strategies will be implemented and evaluated. According to the observation and the results of the success, the partners will continue to use these strategies and methods in their schools.We intend to develop new strategies for these schools to improve their ability to prevent school drop-out through a joint international partnership based on good practice in each school. The project tries to find methods to encourage the inclusion of disadvantaged students in community and labor market activities.We will practice new types of links between formal and non-formal education to offer our students solutions to these four problems and real opportunities for their behavior.OBJECTIVES- encouraging the inclusion of excluded students, those with a lack of basic skills, pupils with special needs, stimulating their integration into primary education and society- implementing new strategies to tackle social exclusion, lack of basic skills and dropping out of school- introduction of new methods in the field of emotional and social development of children in the practical training materials for pupils with special educational needs.- to give teachers and different learning methods and to share their good practicesNUMBER AND PROFILE OF THE PARTICIPANTSStudents / teenagers: 180 of them will be actively involved in the project activities. We hope that about 1200 students / teenagers will be indirectly affected.Teachers / adults: Each partner organization will have teams of 5 teachers, so 30 of them will take an active part in the project. There will be an English teacher, a math teacher, an ICT teacher, a pedagogical counselor, and a science teacher. About 150 teachers / adults will be indirectly affected.Administrative staff: The head / chairman and deputy head will take part in the project, approximately 36 administrative staff will be indirectly affected.Families: The number of family members will total 300. They will participate in the preparation of traditional food for the international cultural evening and will contribute to familiarizing with the culture and traditions of the host country.Local community: The local community, including the local press, the municipality, the national education directorate, and the PTA, will be important in disseminating the project to a wider community.RESULTS AND IMPACTSThrough our project, the five partners intend to create both short-term and long-term material and nonmaterial results and achieve the greatest possible impact on future projects and processes: students will overcome low self-esteem and have a leading role, the project website will provide uninterrupted access to general information on project activities, progress and results, publication of newspaper articles and creation of panels or leaflets to inform other people about the main project outcomes, communication and cognitive skills for students at risk, the cultivation of effective partnerships between trainers, lecturers and public organizations.