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We all live in a digital world

Erasmus + One more success of our school.

In the school year 2018/2019, our school again received funding for the implementation of the EU project, which this time is addressed to the students of the Secondary School No. 2 in Kępno (Poland), the project coordinator is Mrs. Ewa Kowalczyk-Mikołowska. The aim of the project is to improve language skills among young people, learn about new cultures, exchange experiences and meet new foreign friends. The project entitled "We all live in the digital world" will be implemented over two years. We will carry out our activities together with students from Toledo (Spain) and Piacenza (Italy). 20 students from each school will take part in the project. Three “mobilities” are planned during the project. In February 2019, our students and the students from Italy are going to Spain, in October 2019 our partners will visit Kępno, while in March 2020, together with the Spaniards, we will go to Italy.As a part of the project, the first coordinators meeting in Kępno (Poland) was held on 14-17 October 2018. The meeting was an excellent opportunity for participants of the project to exchange the ideas directly and discuss the project implementation strategy. The outcome of the work during the meeting was also the reconciliation of a number of details related to the project management, such as a detailed schedule of the project implementation and the rules for submitting periodic financial statements. The coordinators had the opportunity to meet with the participants of the project and the schools management. We hope that the implemented project will be an opportunity to test our students’ language skills, get to know new cultures, make new friends and spend time in a nice international group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aims of the project:

  • improvement of the students language skills
  • improvement of the students digital skills
  • a better knowledge and understanding of what the European Union is along with an acute awareness of their identity as European citizens
  • an increased motivation for post A-level studies (increase in the number of students applying for post secondary education courses)
  • an increased curiosity about news and ability in reading and understanding different kinds of media news (questionnaires at the beginning and at the end of the project)
  • improvement of writing skills (better results in final examinations)
  •  drawing students attention into tolerance, cultural differences and respecting different opinions.

 

Priorities:

  • Open education and innovative practices in a digital era
  • Development of relevant and high-quality skills and competences
  • Promoting the acquisition of skills and competences

 

The first videoconference with the partner schools.

As a part of the Erasmus plus program - strategic partnership - on 28 November 2018, the first videoconference was held with our partner schools from Spain and Italy. The students had the opportunity to test themselves in a real situation in which they could test their language skills. Each of them introduced him or herself briefly, told about his/her family, a place of residence and interests. At the beginning, some of the students seemed to be intimidated, but with time they became more and more confident. I think it was an amazing experience for students in our school and our partners one. All the activities we undertake are aimed at preparing a project within the Erasmus plus program, through which young people will be able to get to know their partners, their schools, localities and, above all, will be able to improve their language skills and exchange experiences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobility in Toledo

Visit in Toledo

Workshops - More than news

During the workshop the students worked in groups on  two different activities, First,  the teachers gave the students some real news (paper version) and students, after reading them together, had to try to explain each news without using voice. However they could make a performance, mime or even draw on the blackboard. The rest of students had to guess the news as accurately as possible. All news selected by teachers were related to current issues in the European Union, in order to make students be aware of questions like the global warming, solidarity with immigrants, different salaries between men and women, scientific projects, some consequences of Brexit… In the next activity the teachers gave the students some single words to make fake news using all of them. The aim was to show students how easy is to create "credible" fake news, even playing with a group of friends.

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops - Real or fake?

The workshops concerned the analysis of articles in various forms of communication: television, press, radio and Internet in order to elaborate information on what they are, and how to distinguish real news from the fake one. The students worked in the international groups (Spaniards-Italians-Poles). Together they developed the definitions of REAL and FAKE NEWS, the list of MUST / MUST NOT HAVE for each. They have discussed and analyzed the problems that fake news cause and tried to answer the question why do people write fake news. Moreover, students have found different examples of fake news from the world and their own countries and presented them in front of the rest of the group with the explanation what the news was about and what was the aim of releasing it. The work was greatly intense, the students were resourceful, ingenious and clever. They were cooperating agreeably and efficiently creating a multimedia presentation entitled “Real or Fake?”.

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops - Warning socials dangers

This workshop was led by Italian teachers. The aim of it was to draw students attention to danger that we can come across while using social media.It bagan with the relaxing activity just to make the students to feel comfortable and peaceful. During this workshop students were doing role - plays which means they had to put themselves into different roles which was sometimes difficult for them but as they said after the activity, they started to think about possible dangers of social media.

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops - What is EU for you?

The workshop began with a presentation on the European Union, the most important facts related to it, the main ideas and assumptions, and then there was a discussion on what the Union is for the students and what values are associated with it as the most important for them and why. Subsequently, the students in several personal international teams (Spaniards-Italians-Poles) prepared a questionnaire and devised a strategy to carry it out on the streets in the next stage, among the residents of Toledo. The questions concerned whether people are satisfied with belonging to the European Union, the advantages of being a member of the Union and what problems people notice, they were asking about Brexit and its consequences, and common European values. The last stage of the workshop consisted of summarizing the results of the surveys carried out and elaborating a multimedia presentation entitled "What is EU for you?".The students were very involved in the project, they have been cooperating effectively, they were extremely creative and hardworking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobility in Poland

Workshops - Radio journalism

The aim of the workshop was to acquaint the students with the work of radio journalists and the way that the radio news are being created. For this purpose two famous journalists from the local radio gave the students a short lecture where they presented the types of news broadcasted in the radio, told about their everyday work and gave the students some tips about recording and broadcasting the news. In the second part of the workshop students were divided into small international groups of three/four people each and they were supposed to choose the news (local, worldwide, Erasmus+project) that was the most interesting for them and elaborate it to broadcast live. The third, last, part of the workshop was the recording of elaborated news live in a professional way, with a microphone and radio equipment. The workshop gave the students essential and practical knowledge about the work in the radio. They have been given the professional background and support as well as practical learning of the profession of a radio journalist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops - TV journalism

The aim of the workshop was to acquaint the students with the work of the TV journalists and the way the TV news is being created. The workshop was led by Spanish teachers who first gave the lecture on body language. Then the students were divided into small international groups and were supposed to choose the news that was the most interesting for them and elaborate it to broadcast live. Finally, the students were recording elaborated news live in a professional studio.

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops - The press journalism

The aim of the workshop was to acquaint the students with the rules of writing newspaper articles. After the introduction part, the students were divided into international groups and their task was to write an article about something that was interesting for them  -  it could be local, national, international news or even about the mobility in Poland. The final project was the creation of the magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops - The social networks

This workshop was led by Italian teachers and its aim was to purpose was to learn how to search, find, read, understand,  comment and create information and news from and for social networks. Students worked in small groups and were given these tasks to accomplish: 

  • read the given articles about various themes, taken from the most common newspapers sites
  • Study the sources and try to find out whether they were reliable or not 
  • Comment or describe the content of the articles by writing posts on Padlet pages and a Twitter account created by themselves (with private settings) 
  • Publish their materials and share it with the groups 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A trip to Wroclaw

The stay in Poland was not limited only to the workshops. We took our guests on a trip to Wrocław. We showed them Ostrów Tumski, the Old Town, the University of Wrocław, and they admired the panorama of Wrocław from the tower of St. Elizabeth. They also took part in a field game to find specific gnomes. The city captivated our companions in terms of architecture, as well as the colors of the Polish Golden Autumn.

Integration meeting with the Foreman of the Kępiński County, school management and parents

One of the main points of our mobility was the meeting with the Foreman of the Kępiński County, the school management, parents of the project participants and the local media. It was an evening that gave us a lot of satisfaction and joy with the work done, and the words of encouragement from our parents confirmed our belief that our work was fully appreciated. Project participants presented their acting and musical skills. The Polish group presented a humorous version of Shakespeare is play "Romeo and Juliet" - a balcony scene, the Italian group presented themselves in the musical repertoire and sang two songs "Bella ciao" and "Voltare". Similar skills were presented by the Spanish group in the song "Makarena". During the meeting, we also had the opportunity to listen to classical pieces played on the piano by Adam Jamroziński, a student from our school, and Pablo Esteban, a student from the Spanish school.

 

A trip to Cracow and Oświęcim

We also took our guests on a trip to Oświęcim and Cracow. The stay in the concentration camp provided many emotions and tears. Our guests were very moved and they will remember this visit for a long time. The capital of Małopolska also made a positive impression on our partners. We showed them Wawel, St. Mary is Church, Sukiennice, Barbican, Jagiellonian University. They were delighted with the monuments and Cracow architecture.

 

Online workshops - virtual mobility

On 24 - 26 March 2021 students taking part in the Erasmus + project titled "We all live in a digital world" participated in the online mobility. This was caused by the pandemic situation that we face nowadays all over the world. Unfortunately, the students who were to go to Italy could not realize the mobility so we decided to organize the  virtual meeting with our partners from Italy and Spain  On Wednesday 24 March students met virtually on Teams. It was started by Daniela Scaglioni- the coordinator of the project on the Italian part. Then the headmistress of the Italian  school greeted us and wished we could meet. After the short welcome, the students from Poland and Spain could watch the short video about the Italian school and Piacenza - the town of the mobility we were supposed to go.  At the beginning the students presented the results of the survey they conducted in their countries about playing computer games. Then the students started the workshops. They were divided into international teams.   the first task was to created an educational game about cultural issues using one of the learning apps. Each group worked on a different topic - music, traditions, cuisine, landmarks and monuments and very important people. This way they could learn a lot of new information about the countries. after finishing, they uploaded the games on Etwinning platform with a link.  On Wednesday, they started playing the games in groups and then their task was to assess the games  After the break the students took part in the lecture "Short History of EU : what’s the role of our countries?" lead by one of the Italian Teachers - Sabrina Zoni. When it finished, the students got the next task which was to produce a page or leaflet with pictures and words about the meaning of the EU for the students and put them on Etwinning.  The second day of the mobility was closed by meeting  evening when Italian teachers Daniela and Alexandra were showing how to cook typical Italian pasta. Everybody could cook together with them and at the end there was a common meal online.  The last day started with the presentations of students work done on Thursday The next task was the discussion about the present situation connected with Covid. Each team received a drawing/share google doc with bubbles and each student had to fill in a bubble with desires, fears, dreams, plans with special reference to the role of  digital devices, apps , etc. at this particular time  Each team discussed the problem  and then produced a spot (video, comics, magazine advertisement, leaflet..) with the following title: Hoping for a better future for Europe. When they finished they presented their works to all students  The mobility ended with evaluation, thanks for participation and hopes for meeting in Piacenza.

 

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