Second Learning, Teaching, Training Activity “ICT lessons related to ecology and environmental protection”

The main objective of the activity was to give teachers from the participating countries opportunity to share their experience in relation to the design of ecology-related ICT lessons. The Applicant organization has taken part in an Erasmus+ KA1 project related to the design of ICT lessons and have much to share. The Turkish team also has experience in the field of using ICT tools in class. All the lessons were focused on the ecology and enriched students knowledge in relation to ecology as well as developed their environmental competence in the process of the lesson activities implementation and teamwork. Participating students from different countries were able to work together, using different ICT resources which increased their digital competences

The Learning, teaching, Training Activity impact could be described as follows:

1. Impact related to the participating teachers increase in knowledge and development of teachers key competences:

1.1 Teachers professional competences and teaching knowledge were improved through the process of sharing teaching experience and attending lessons;

1.2 Teachers knowledge related to the way they could use ICT tools for teaching were improved;

1.3 Teachers knowledge related to the ecology and environmental awareness were improved due to the topic of the ICT lessons presented

2.Impact related to the participating students increase in knowledge and development of students key competences

2.1 Digital competences of the participating students were increased as they are taking part in ICT lessons

2.2 Their knowledge related to the ecology and environmental awareness were improved due to the ecology-related topic of the ICT lessons

2.3 Their civic responsibility competences were developed as the problems discussed are internationally significant

Moreover, the mobility had huge impact on cultural awareness. There is no denying that getting in touch with another culture and being in a foreign country developed students and teachers cultural competences and made them more interested and tolerant toward other cultures. The necessity of communicating in English improved students communicative skills

Furthermore, participating teachers also improved their communicative skills in English as well as their professional competences. Sharing their teaching experience improved their professional knowledge related to the lesson planning, lesson activities design and using ICT tools in class The students involved in the activity had A2 level of English in order to be able to communicate while implementing their team activities. They had basic digital skills, were tolerant and have taken part in some of the previous project activities. As a result, such students were able to contribute to the Learning Teaching Training Activity as they brought the skills and knowledge acquired during the implementation of previous project-related activities.

The teachers involved in the activity had at least B1 level of English, were PC literate, with in-depth knowledge related to ecology and environmental science. It was essential most of them to have previous experience on project work as well as experience in using ICT tools in class