Teachers & Learners using ICT tools in Teaching & Learning Science, Mathematics and English Language

The project called “Teachers & Learners using ICT tools in Teaching & Learning Science, Mathematics and English Language” aimed at developing the pedagogical and digital skills of the teaching staff from four partner schools located in Romania, Turkey and UK.Two of the partner schools have never implemented an Erasmus+ project before. Nevertheless some of their teachers have been involved before in other Erasmus projects. When we applied for the grant all partner schools shared the same need to invest in the professional development of their teachers in the ICT field, the need to extend their partnership network and to exchange best practices with schools at European level. Our pupils and parent communities expressed the need to participate in European mobilities as a way to improve their knowledge of European identity and the diversity of the European culture and to have access to digital lessons and digital tools and methods when it comes to learning science and foreign languages. In this regard, the Erasmus+ program was an extraordinary opportunity for all our schools. The objectives of the project were: - Develop the pedagogical and digital skills of 40 teachers from 4 schools so they can improve their teaching with the help of technology; - Increase the level of academic results and motivation of 200 pupils (50 from each school) who attend activities delivered by teachers who use ICT tools and digital educational resources during their science, mathematics or English language lessons. - Improve the educational offer of the 4 partner schools by sharing best practices in using ICT tools in teaching and learning activities at European level - Promote European citizenship and improve the cultural awareness and expression of the direct and indirect participants We will reach these objectives by organizing local activities and also international mobilities for pupils and teachers.By the end of the project we met the following results: - increased number of digitalized lessons and educational activities delivered by 40 teachers by using ICT tools and educational resources: the cooperation between teachers resulted in more than 40 lessons designed and delivered to the students; We kept a record of those lessons and their support materials and then made them available to all partner schools and other interested schools through open web platforms and through Google Classroom and Google Drive. - better academic results of 200 pupils directly targeted by the project local activities (improvement by at least 10% in average in science, math and English language grades). - a curriculum for an optional course offered on school's decision. - a boost in pupil’s motivation (measured by applying satisfaction surveys and interviews at the beginning and end of the project) - 4 mixed virtual classrooms comprising students from the four partner schools, based on age and study subjects. Each virtual classroom has co-teachers from each partner school.During the project period we implemented 6 transnational events for learning, teaching and training activities. Three of them were for teachers and three were for students exchange. One of the 6 events was organised online by means of video conferences. - an online lesson where the participant students had the chance to meet the Romanian Cosmonaut Dorin Prunariu, the only Romanian who flew into space. For this reason, the coordinating school invited the other three partner schools to attend the online meeting.The project had a significant impact on students, teachers and partner schools. The the teachers from the partner schools shared their best practices and contributed to the improvement of the educational opportunities in schools, in line with the 21st century learners’ needs.