United Schools : liens numériques et physiques entre élèves et professeurs engagés pour un monde meilleur

"<< Background >>We applied to transform the digital links created between students and teachers thanks to our platform into physical links during a week of intercultural and eco-citizen meetings.The main requirements were :--> For the teachers : - To strengthen their skills, exchange experiences and best practices around education for European and global citizenship and environmental education.- Reinforce their motivation to teach by providing them with a concrete project in 2 key stages.- Support their teaching of the French language by enabling their students to practise it in immersion.- Obtain a common thread project straddling 2 school years--> For the pupils: - Raise their awareness of major global issues, including the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).- Enable them to share and discover the good ideas and actions of other students in Europe and around the world in favour of the planet.- Enable them to discover other cultures, share their own and strengthen their European and global citizenship.<< Objectives >>The aim of our project was to organise a large-scale gathering, with the aim of continuing the digital links begun on our United Schools tool with physical links. 100 students, headmasters and teachers from 3 cities / regions were expected in France (city of Dijon) from the 7th to the 14h of November 2023 for a week of intercultural and eco-citizen meetings.<< Implementation >>Activity 1 - Remote sharing :Exchanges on our United Schools platform from January 2023 to November 202356 educators involved- 1,350 students impacted- 145 pieces of content produced- 750+ interactions (likes, comments, etc.)Activity 2 - Physical event :Face-to-face meetings from 7 to 13/11 in Dijon We organised 14 activities for teachers and students over 5 days. A dense and varied programme presented below.<< Results >>Activity 1 - Remote sharing:Figures shown above.Activity 2 - Physical event:- 112 participants (including 89 students) from 3 countries over 7 days (5 staff)- 9 pairs and 6 trios of pen pals set up- 14 activities and visits carried out by students over 1 week- 14 activities carried out or accompanied by teachers- 1 solidarity operation for a less-favoured school in our network in Uganda- 1 film of the event by our partner Magnavox, available here: https://youtu.be/5N5mZx2qjvc?si=-NQO0Ff34MbWoz5K- 1 TV appearance on the France 3 channel, available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_i1LdKe_vrRe7Eo-Mz5JQO73dxIKwZU5/view?usp=sharing- 1 press article in the local newspaper ""Le Bien Public"", available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ww-RvLTeNOYbs10O5LxXUM8iAiX6TujX/view?usp=sharing- 7 responsible lunches or dinners prepared by our partner ""Traiteur Ker"" in Dijon- 1 logbook for students, giving them information and tools to complement the workshops on offer. Find out more here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_gcyYOyChuqaOEsY3wMG5UqShzbZ5__8/view?usp=sharing"