DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY
Before the exchange, teachers prepare activities related to collaborative activities using a variety of web tools and mobile apps (Padlet, Today’s
Meet, Storybird, Power League, Voice Thread or others). They first try out these with students in their own school to obtain a first feedback and
improve them for the exchange based on it. Another thing teams will need to prepare is a creative presentation of their school and of their town.
During the exchange, all partners hold an activity with participants, who are grouped in mixed nationalities. There will be 5 activities overall related to
the topic. The week’s programme will include the following:
Day 1 – welcoming by host families
Day 2 – welcoming ceremony in school attended by participants, host students, parents; tour of the school; presentations of guest institutions;
presentation of the week’s schedule; tour of the town
Day 3 – attending regular classes; Activity 1. After classes, visits to places of interest.
Day 4 – Activity 2 and feedback; Activity 3 followed by feedback; teachers’ interim meeting to discuss the feedback; traditional evening for students
and teachers, PT students prepared video and OOT at Portugal and educated other partners students some facts, after it they had prepared quiz at this tmeme via app kahoot. All students were divided to mixed group and they competed. Next activity was- creation of quiz by all students (one group made one question with 4 options, PT student fill it to Kahoot and teachers and students were competed.
Day 5 – Activity 4 and feedback; Activity 5 and feedback; cultural events in the afternoon
Day 6 – conclusions of the week; evaluation of the exchange; feedback forms are completed; certificates are given in the closing ceremony.
Day 7 – departure of guests.
The results we expect to attain are: presentations of schools, towns, 5 distinct activities proposed by partners, results obtained in the activities
through collaborative work of students, recordings of activities, materials for the DIGI-tales magazine issue no. 2, feedback forms, evaluation sheets,
certificates.
Besides, we aim to attain an improvement in students’ creativity and initiative, team work skills, development of communication and interpersonal
skills, improved cultural awareness. As well as this, digital skills will be improved. At the level of the teachers, we want to improve their competence
in dealing with multicultural groups of students and improving their teaching skills and use of web tools and mobile apps for collaboration in
HOW DID THE PARTICIPATION IN THIS ACTIVITY BENEFIT THE INVOLVED PARTICIPANTS?
The exchange will benefit students and teachers in a number of different ways. Teachers practise teaching through various tools to multicultural
groups of students, which increases their flexibility and adaptability. They receive immediate feedback and thus they can draw conclusions as to their
activity and performance. They become more self-confident and more confident in dealing with new teaching methods.
Students benefit from the activities proposed, engaging in interaction with other students, with foreign teachers. They will create bonds with the other
students and become more flexible in new learning environments. They develop their creativity in the process.
Both categories are expected to improve their team work and collaboration skills, interpersonal and communication skills. They will learn about the
culture of their hosts first hand, which will make them eliminate stereotypes and improve their intercultural competence. The level of English will also
be better, as all participants will communicate in English throughout the week. They will be able to share experiences and practices which they can
later transfer into their own educational context.
The teachers will improve organisation and group coordination skills, problem-solving abilities. They will increase their expertise in organizing
transnational events and will be better equipped to deal with issues that may arise in the process.
WRİTTEN BY DAGMAR KORMANAKOVA