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Welcome to our website on Modern Classes for Digital Natives. This is a joint project between schools in Romania, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and Italy founded by Erasmus+. The project aims to establish a successful partnership among a diversity of schools and regions. The partner schools have come together in an attempt to develop meet the desires and needs of students in terms of utilizing technology in their learning endeavours.
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C4: The last LTTA in Gothenburg, Sweden
The last meeting took place in Gothenburg in March 2019. The theme for the meeting was "Unity through diversity" which also was the title of the ongoing project for the week, to create a digital image.
The lessons presented through the week were on Religion studies. In these classes, the students encountered many new experiences on how to work with this subject but also how we approach the subject with different perspectives based on our different background.
The first day, the president of the student school board and one of the students in the ICT board presented the ICT work at Santosskolan and the schedule for the week. All schools also had a presentation of their ICT work and their school for the group.
The students were divided into smaller teams with a mix of nationalities in each group together with a Swedish host student. We thought this would be a good way of getting the students to interact with each other and also encourage them to speak English. Within the teams, they had lunch together, they visited regular classes with their hosts and worked together in different workshops throughout the week.
As a breaking-the-ice activity, we went to Ulricehamn ski center together for a day in the slope. Many students had never had a go before. This gave the students the opportunity to try out one sport activity popular in Sweden.
The last activity was a workshop with the art class teacher. Each team made a stop motion animation (Stop Motion Studio) where they presented their take on "Unity through Diversity". These were later presented by each team in front of the full group, teachers included.
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C3: THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN GRECI, ROMANIA
The third meeting - LTTA3- of the project took place in Greci, Romania from 8 to 12 October 2018.
The aim of the meeting in Romania was to present the pre-prepared literature lessons created using skills acquired during the first meeting in Lanciano and the second one in Poland and getting to know new digital tools useful for digital teaching.
On Monday 8/10/2018 all guests were warmly welcomed by the head of Greci Local Council, the school headmaster, other representatives of the local authorities and the local community, teachers and students of the school. The teams were welcomed in the traditional Romanian way: with bread and salt. Each team was then assigned to a group of Romanian students and then everybody was invited to take part in a short folklore programme where the guests could admire performances of the Altona dance group and our school’s choir performing traditional dances and songs.
The next activity, as it was mentioned in the programme, was the presentation of each country, regin and school followed by some ice-breaking games meant to help studends get to know each other. Later on, the group was taken on a tour around Greci and visited Angello – a sweets factory. Our guests had the opportunity to see the production process and, of course, to taste all the delicious sweets.
On Tuesday morning, 9/10/2018, Sweden, Turkey and Italy presented the first part of the literature lessons they prepared for the meeting: the Swedish – Pyramus and Thisbe, the Turkish – Turkish language and literature, the Italians – Niccolo Ammaniti, Giuseppe Ungaretti (the soul poet). After the lunch break, Poland, Romania and Italy presented their lessons on Wislawa Szymborska-Some like poetry, Miorita and Dante Alighieri. The teams used Kahoot.it and learningapps.com in order to prove the efficiency of using digital lessons, platforms and applications in teaching. In the afternoon, everybody went on a visit to the Macin Mountains Natural Park where they were presented the importance of this natural protected area and species of rare animals and birds living around here. Then the group climbed the mountain discovered the beautiful natural envoronment and admired the village from the top.
The third day of the meeting was dedicated to a boat trip to the Danube Delta. All the teams were really eager to see the second largest river delta in Europe and the best preserved on the continent. We all had the chance of seeing something unique and the students enjoyed another day together making friends and practising their communication skills.
On Thursday, 11/10/2018, Romania, Turkey, Poland and Sweden presented the second part of their lesson and in the end the students made short films in order to evaluate the efficiency of the lessons. In the afternoon, all the students were involved in sport competitions in mixed groups while teachers were in a project meeting planning the next activity in Sweden and the final project meeting in Turkey. In the evening the group got together for an official dinner where gifts and certificates of attendance were offered and final impressions about the meeting were shared.
The last day of the meeting was an opportunity for the Polish group to visit Bucharest, the capital city of Romania.
The entire week was a great experience for all teams, we all learned new ways of improving the teaching process through ICT, students made friends and practised their English and discovered that even if we are very different we are all united by the same dreams and hopes.
C2: Our second international meeting in Kołczygłowy (Poland) was great
From 14 to 18 May 2018 we all met again. This time in Poland in the Primary School of Kołczygłowy. The aim of the meeting in Poland was to present the pre-prepared math lessons created using skills acquired during the first meeting in Lanciano and getting to know new digital tools useful for digital teaching.
On Monday 14/05/2018 all guests were warmly welcomed by the head of Kołczygłowy Commune, school headmaster, other representatives of the local authorities and the local community, teachers and students of the school. The meeting was followed by the short artistic part where the guests could admire performances of Kashubian school team, modern English song and dance, all performed by the students.
After the official meeting, there was time for integration games and presentations of all participating countries, regions and schools. Later the group went on a trip to nearby Bytów. Guests could see the city and visit an ethnographic exhibition at the West Pomeranian Museum. On the castle court we met knights. We learned a lot of interesting information about the Middle Ages, we watched the art of knights and fights. Each participant could try his hand at archery on target.
At the end of the first day, we visited the church in Kołczygłowy, which prides itself on its interesting history. Organist, music and religion teacher Mr. Teodor Kosiedowski introduced us to the secrets of playing the organ, presented a few well-known songs and invited us to sing religious songs together.
On Tuesday, 15/05/2018, the participants presented some of their prepared lessons in mathematics. Between the two blocks of mathematics lessons we participated in a chemical show prepared by the chemistry teacher, at which all guests cooperated with courage and joy. After dinner, we took up sports and art. The guests together with the students of the Polish school were drawn to the teams representing all continents and bravely fought in several competitions. Their efforts were awarded with applause, diplomas and several gifts. Thanks to the great weather we could run the artistic part in front of school. Participants divided into international groups were to present the topic "What unites us" using chalk on the pavement. We all agreed that it is important to talk and spend time together for example doing sports or music. The last point of the second day was a disco combined with games. We managed to integrate everyone and for two hours everyone had a great time. Guests from Romania and Turkey bravely taught Polish teachers and students some of their songs and dances.
On Wednesday, 16/05/2018, we finished the presentations of our prepared lessons in mathematics and we conducted their evaluation in national teams. We started learning the new program Algodoo.com. It is a very useful tool for creating animations in physics. In the afternoon we went on a trip to Gałężnia Mała, Słupsk and Ustka. In Gałężnia Mała we visited a very old hydroelectric power plant. In Słupsk, we walked through the old town and we saw great murals and teddy bears that make this city unique. The last stop was Ustka, where we spent time on the Baltic sea seaside playing games and costing a great Polish kitchen.
On Thursday, 17/05/2018 was our last joint intense day. In the morning guests took part in the Day of Europe, prepared by students and our teachers of Polish school. Four classes represented four guest countries. Each class had a task to find a film promoting a given country, prepare presentations in English about their country and a short artistic performance showing something typical of the guest country. The meeting began with the common singing of the European Union anthem, Belgian dance and a song in Czech. Later there were films, presentations and performances about each country. Then four teams composed of guests and students of Polish school took part in the quiz about the European Union. After all danced together Greek and Romanian dances. Participants could also taste the delicacies from each country and get a lot of interesting information about all countries at stands prepared jointly by students of Polish school and guests.
After the Day of Europe we spent time exploring skills in the Algodoo.com program. Later we got to know the possibilities of Edmodo.com educational platform. After the dinner there was an official farewell to guests. The headmaster gave away certificates of participation, thanks and gifts. Teachers later came down to Organizational meeting planning next meetings and students in the meantime went for a cycling trip around Kołczygłowy and the nearest surroundings. At the end we met all by the bonfire. There was time for tasty sausages, sports, games, talks and singing together. Nobody wanted to go home.
On Friday 18/05/2018 Romanian and Turkish group visited beautiful Gdańsk. The weather was wonderful and we spent there three hours sightseeing. Turkish group decided also to visit the museum of the Second World War.
We spent a really great time together and we are missing each other already. A big thank you for the great hospitality of the Polish team and their school. We are all looking forward to meeting each other again in Romania in October.
C1: First international meeting in Lanciano (Italy)
From 5th to 10th March 2018 participants from five countries (Italy, Romania, Sweden, Turkey and Poland) met as part of the Erasmus + programme in wonderful old Italian city Lanciano. Three students from each participating country and their English and IT teachers learnt how to prepare interesting presentations and lessons using information technologies.
The project "Modern classes for digital natives" aims to show that lessons prepared by using different IT tools bring better results than traditional lessons.
During several very intensive days in Lanciano students and teachers learned programs such as Scratch, App Inventor and Story Telling, to be able to pass this knowledge in their schools and countries to other beneficiaries and prepare with their help math’s lessons that will be presented at the next meeting which are going to take place in May 2018 in Kołczygowy in Poland.
Italian school prepared many interesting attractions for guests. At the beginning of the meeting the participants presented their countries, regions and schools. Students of the Italian school together with their teachers guided the entire group through the historical Lanciano, which is known for the Eucharistic miracle. They introduced in English the history of the city and curiosities about many monuments and buildings (e.g. a church built on an ancient bridge). Guests could also taste school lunches consisting of three courses - pasta in various forms as a first dish, meat, fish or tart with salads as a second dish and fruit for as a third dish.
The hosts organized a trip to the Adriatic Sea and to the Monastery of San Giovanni in Venere. Students of the school learning to play on various instruments (including transverse flute, clarinet, saxophone, guitar, keyboard ...) presented a concert of classical music for all participants and invited guests in a special school hall used for such purposes. The history teacher and her students prepared presentations on Italian monasteries and a French teacher prepared with participants an international dictionary of frequently used phrases and words and a song about peace in seven languages.
As a goodbye surprise the hosts prepared a surprise in the form of a gala dinner with traditional Italian dishes in a stylish restaurant.
Participants of the meeting from Poland, Sweden and Romania visited together Rome and Vatican.
It was difficult for all to go back to their countries because we became good friends with each other, but thanks to technologies, everyone can stay in a contact.
TRM1: Gothenburg, Sweden 5 - 8 December 2017
The first transnational meeting, or start-up meeting was hosted in Sweden. The aim for the meeting was to get to know the partners and to make a plan for the execution of our project.
Day 1:
- The student school board presented Santosskolan and showed around at school
- Preliminary planning of the project where focus was on the "what" and "how" in the project
Day 2:
- Tech class with year 8. The visitors had a class where they designed a cup in ThinkerCad. The cup was later printed.
- The student IT board had a presentation on how Santosskolan works with ICT and how student involvement is an important aspect of the work.
- Art class with year 7. Our visitors were teamed up with a student from year 7. Together they made a Stop-motion clip.
Day 3:
- We set the dates for the school visits in spring and made plans on how to continue working with the project.
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