"A project ""The voice of Erasmus"" is a youth exchange in which 24 participants aged 16-19 will take part. The activities are planned in all four countries. Each exchange will last 5 days (without journey). Young people will meet in order to work together at theit music workshop - they will sing, play instruments and compose music together. They will also be getting to know their cultures through folk music and customs related to this field. The aim of these meetings is showing to young people what is European identity in a society, cooperation with other member states, and also tolerance which is undeniably an important quality that we all need to have. The project will be mainly based on teaching through experience and also peer education. The teachers will be mainly young people themselves, they will talk about their own culture, traditions, about themselves and exchange their music experience and skills. They will share their passion. The culmination of each exchange will be concerts organized not only for pleasure but first of all in order to realize how much we can do together with joint efforts. After the end of the project we are planning to record a CD - the final product which will contain all the songs that the participants will have composed together during the exchanges. The project is planned to be over after two years of cooperation, but we are definitely sure that the impressions and memories will stay with us for a long time."

'Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.'-James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)Upon Erasmus 2nd Call,Covid-19 'Partnerships For Creativity' we, 6 partners- Sweden, Greece, Romania, Spain, Turkey came together to develop an educational partnership aiming to improve a shared vision on how IT can help making learning a reality for students and teachers based on cultural heritage. This new perspective developing IT skills and competences encourage creativity and boost quality, innovation and recognition of school work. During the Covid-19 pandemic across the EU, countries, regions and cities, we're stretching out a helping hand to education, giving assistance through cultural heritage. As cultural heritage shapes identities, offers a solid basis of ideas and values, people realise the need to keep the past and pass it on to future generations in the form of stories, objects, cuisine or traditions. Our partnership is such a creativity that ties past, present and future. We underline the importance of cultural heritage teaching as it shapes identities for next generations. In an effort to find proper procedures to teach cultural heritage, we applied surveys to school community. As a result it was noted that the best way is 'Museum Learning'. Museums offer students different educational models, providing the opportunity to evaluate the knowledge they acquire at school from a different perspective. As the focus of many lifelong learning initiatives is on IT, it provides an additional opportunity for Museums and galleries to fully commit themselves to the learning enterprise. Αt the dawn οf the recovery plan ( Covid-19) we turn the immense challenge, face into the opportunity not only by supporting the recovery but also by investing in our teachers and students future: the digitilisation of cultural heritage will boost growth, the resilience of our societies and the lifelong learning of the participants. During our project,digital technology will have a vital role in reaching the connected audience, in a way that will support the generation and representation of knowledge in,by and for diverse communities.We'll use this practice to reach and engage with all target groups.As our virtual museums will throw open its digital doors to a wider audience, give to virtual visitors a behind-the-scenes look at its artworks and the stories surrounding the artworks in its collections. This digital transformation will take many forms, from enabling museum visitors to use smartphones or tablets to enhance their experience,engage with people before or after their visits via online channels.This practice is an innovative big hit that would seem incredible to previous generations.Our project is transnationally and innovative because it is based on open and innovative practices in a digital era, promoting the acquisition of skills and competences,raise awareness and appreciation of heritage, values and culture to strengthen the common sense of European identity.As our ambition lives up to the challenges we are all facing, we quest to ensure an effective response,which will reach out to our project partners and everybody in the EU in general. Our partnership will support the development of new pedagogical approaches and in particular e-learning tools and on line collaborative platforms where pupils and teachers will be able to learn, teach and co-create content of courses.Objectives:-understand the notion of culture by identifying own cultural heritage, enhancing adaptability to diverse cultures-understand the significance and recognize the contribution of cultural heritage in our life-use open and innovate teaching-learning evaluation process in a digital era-improve teachers' practices and create new pedagogical materials-encourage lifelong learning,critical thinking and creativity in all project activities through cross-curricula -support achievements to be taught in curriculum with activities related to objects in museums-give students,teachers and participants the opportunity join actively in project activities for both genders equally and improve language skills-practice in the use of portable learning and IT improve management competences and internationalization strategies-create throughout the multicultural experience a more modern, dynamic and professional environment -provide students, teachers and participants with the opportunity to research and work with primary sources through the objects in museums-increase awareness of European values and European citizenship-develop digital competencies of teachers, students, parents and educational institutions for free educational resourcesTarget groups:students,teachers,schools,institutions and their administrations,parents,local authorites, members of museum and digital company in our project.Intellectual Outputs:Mobile Museum,Museum Learning with MOOCFinal products: Website, e-books with QR codes, Virtual Museum

<< Background >>We have been in contact with our partners for a long time. This union got stronger with the pandemic. As a result of our interviews with our partners, it has been concluded that students and civilians are not sensitive at the desired level regarding the pandemic in the needs analysis conducted by each institution. This thought has motivated us as educational institutions. Considering the social responsibility duty of educational institutions, the idea of creating a transnational awareness against the pandemic has reinforced our partnership. Again, with the interviews held, the idea that art and art education will play an active role in creating visual awareness has determined our fields of activity. The reason for the existence of art is supra race, language, religion and nationality. Its service to humanity is the symbol and legacy of multilateralism and cultural diversity. Art, while increasing our awareness of human values, points to what we need most in this pandemic period. If there is one thing that can save humanity, it is universal unity. The reason for the existence of art does not depend solely on aesthetic values. On the one hand, it is an ointment to the deepest wounds of our souls, on the other hand, it shakes our judgments and dogmas. Artistic practices that bring people together, relax, inspire and hope during the epidemic process, which includes concerns and uncertainties caused by Covid-19, will form the basis of our project activities. With our project, we will deal with traditional art practices and applications of digital art from an inclusive perspective. We aim to create artistic products with digital content by taking art from an innovative and contemporary perspective as a means of free expression of the individual. The fact that our project partners accommodate different types of institutions will ensure that education is handled in a wide-ranging manner. The pandemic undoubtedly affected every sector. However, it can be said that the schools that train people are among the most affected in this process. It is remarkable that our partnership assumes responsibility in an inclusive manner in the face of such a trauma. Although our project is an educational institution partnership, it will be our privilege to use educational activities positively to draw attention to the effects and protective measures of Covid-19 under social responsibility.** The basic needs of our project;We created our project in order to reflect the negative effects of the pandemic and the importance of protection from the pandemic with artistic expressions by using the social responsibility mission of educational institutions apart from education activities. In addition, we created our project with the necessity of meeting many specific basic needs such as improving the artistic skills of the participants, developing foreign language practices, adopting new cultural values, making multinational friends, internalizing European citizenship, developing digital content preparation skills, and improving communication skills.The pandemic-themed digital content we will create with our project will meet the need of both the education field and the social environment to continue in a healthy life cycle. It will include protective visuals against pandemics. The request of our project outputs to be referenced in the field of education and health and to be included in national / international articles is another requirement of our project.<< Objectives >>* Developing the awareness of common value in the European dimension specific to the pandemic,* Strengthening civic participation by participating in the exhibitions of local people who are indirect participants,* To carry the unifying power of art to the international dimension,* To raise awareness of popular (graffiti / street art) art,* Developing the digital skills of the participants (new media) in an innovative approach,* To raise awareness of the negative effects (social, political, psychological) of the pandemic,* To show the necessity of preventive measures in terms of health in the international arena,* Emphasizing the necessity of living together on the axis of the world,* To ensure the development of the artistic skills of the participants,* Developing the creative skills of the participants,* To provide an opportunity for the exchange of good practices in the fields of expertise of participating institutions,* To realize a more inclusive education and learning process with different participating institutions,* To improve the foreign language proficiency of the participants,* To provide intercultural interaction,* Developing cooperative learning skills,* To provide interaction and cooperation between education and training systems,* To strengthen the European dimension of the participants,* To strengthen the social responsibility awareness of the participants,<< Implementation >>The main field of activity of our project will include artistic events. Local activities will be supported by transnational activities. A series of activities will be held to promote our project in local activities. These activities to be carried out by each institution;* Project needs analysis and analysis,* Participant expectation survey (google form)* All kinds of promotional activities of our project (project corner, media promotion activities, conferences, seminars, posters, brochures, etc.).* Sketches for the artistic applications of our project,* Activities to develop skills of discovering and using programs necessary for digital content preparation,* Conferences and seminars for the traces left by the pandemic in the education sector and social life,* Information activities to discover the power of art in coping with the pandemic (Conference etc.)* Visits to other stakeholder educational institutions in the local area,In transnational activities;* Two transnational project meetings will be held at the beginning and at the end of the project in order to coordinate our project, to ensure its healthy execution, and to achieve strong communication and synergy,* There will be 6 LTTA activities in our project. A total of 8 large paintings, each 6 m² in size, will be made in 2 LTTA. These paintings will be realized in line with contemporary art principles. Technically, oil paints and acrylics will be used. Participants will be assigned to different activities in mixed groups. Thus, cultural transfer of art will be provided.* 2 In LTTA, graffiti works, which are the center of attention of recent times and especially young people, called street art, will be made. Participants, who will also work in mixed groups, will do a total of 8 graffiti works in 2 LTTA. These works will have an average size of 2x6 meters. The host institution will be responsible for the planning of the surfaces to be worked on. Spray paint and acrylic paint will be used in the works.* The artistic practices realized in these 4 LTTAs will be exhibited at the end of the activity. Civil society and local stakeholders will be invited to the exhibition.* Digital content workshops will be held in the other 2 LTTAs. These contents (Infographics) will be 10 in every 2 LTTAs. The designs will be carried out with 5 groups that will include equal participants from each institution. Each institution will be responsible for the creation of the computer workshop for this.Apart from these activities, a number of activities will be carried out to increase the recognition and popularization of our project. website, social sharing tools, promotional images, seminars, conferences, polls, interviews, project corners, etc. Many activities will be held. Most importantly, we will carry out a multiplier activity at the end of our project in order to realize its sustainability. Expert academicians in the field will support this activity as speakers. The conference, which will be held online and physically, will include participants from many different countries. Thus, the results of our project will be remembered by the transnational meeting.<< Results >>The expected results from our project;* Developing awareness of common value in a European dimension specific to the pandemic* Strengthen civic engagement with the participation of indirect participants in the exhibitions* Will bring the unifying power of art to the international dimension* Will raise awareness of popular (graffiti / street art) art* Developing the digital skills of the participants (new media) with an innovative approach* Will raise awareness of the negative effects (social, political, psychological) of the pandemic* Will carry the necessity of preventive measures in terms of health to the international arena* Will emphasize the necessity of living together on the axis of the world* Will ensure the development of the artistic skills of the participants* Will improve the creative skills of the participants* It will provide an opportunity for the exchange of good practices in the fields of expertise of participating institutions* A more inclusive education and learning process will be carried out with different participating institutions.* Will improve the foreign language proficiency of the participants* Will provide intercultural interaction* Will develop cooperative learning skills* It will provide interaction and cooperation between education and training systems* It will strengthen the European dimension of the participants* It will strengthen the social responsibility awareness of the participants* The concrete and abstract results produced by our project will be published in national / international academic publications.* To be included in educational curricula (especially in arts education) as a usable tool* It will allow the realization of different and innovative projects* It will contribute to the formation of a more sensitive and conscious society in the face of international disasters.* The design of different and innovative digital content will trigger

The project “Model Teachers of the Future” was developed on the basis of the previous Erasmus+ school partnership between Zespół Szkół Nr 49 in Warsaw, Poland, and IES Gerardo Diego in Pozuelo, Spain. We invited 4 more schools to work with us: Istituto Comprensivo Perri-Pitagora in Lamezia Terme in Italy, the 5th Gymnasium of Volos in Greece, “George Apostu” Art National College in Bacau in Romania and AECO in Ourem in Portugal. The project was planned to last for two years, from 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2020. Due to the Covid -19 pandemic it was extended until 31 August 2021.The implementation of the project followed its agenda until February 2020 with only a few minor changes concerning the core visits’ dates, which had to be moved forward by a few days or weeks due to the specific timetable of every partner organisation. Next, the pandemic stopped the project for almost one year. The C5 in Volos, Greece was finally carried out in April 2021 instead of April 2020, and the C6 in Warsaw was carried out in June 2021 instead of October 2020. Additionally, the two final core visits were carried out virtually. Fortunately, we had all mastered virtual methods by the time the C5 and C6 actually took place.The first 4 core visits, C1 in Spain, C2 in Italy, C3 in Romania and C4 in Portugal, were executed in the way that all the partners agreed on during the first organisational meeting in Warsaw.On day 1 of each visit the host team carried out presentations on their countries, regions and schools, the guests were given a tour around the school in groups, students took part in CLILL lessons. All participants had a chance to socialize over a local traditional breakfast and lunch. In the afternoon the teams carried out a cultural programme, sightseeing local places of interest. On day 2 each team presented the model activities they had prepared in their schools to show to other participants. On the hole, 6 activities for Math or Science classes and 6 activities for other subjects were presented at each core visit with the use of the core method: digital vs traditional board and course book, a mini project, artistic expressions, learning and teaching outside the school building and learning and teaching with experiments.During the feedback sessions at the end of Day 2 students and teachers expressed their opinions on the activities presented by the participants, and on the leading method for the visit. On day 3 each host team ran a city game played by mixed teams of visitor and host. Day 3 was always ended by a farewell event with typical local food, handing out the certificates and socializing activities.The number of participants directly involved in all traditionally executed visits as visiting students were 20 to 22 student visitors and 2-3 teachers. The concrete results of each visits were subject-specific activities for an ideal lesson of the given subject - linked to the given teaching tool and method presented during the meetings. Throughout the project we created a pack of educational materials which we uploaded onto the project’s TwinSpace. All participants, students and teachers alike, evaluated each day’s activities through google forms. Dissemination activities were carried out through TwinSpace, FB and other social media of each national team.Our strategic goals have been achieved: we increased each school's capability to provide high-quality education, we strengthened teachers’ status within and outside the participating schools, we increased European dimension and preserved European values within the school communities. Throughout the project life all the concrete results (subject-specific tasks to be used in real classes, presentations, songs, and other forms of expression preferred by students) were shared through different media chosen by the schools: a project’s Facebook profile, TwinSpace, and other channels available locally. The schools strengthened their profile as more modern and dynamic organizations which are ready to implement new approaches to education and share their knowledge and experience in EU projects. Students and teachers increased their key competences, increased their ability to collaborate within international partnerships of schools in different countries and work and learn in a team. All participants increased their understanding of cultural diversity, and gained positive attitude towards European projects and the EU values.All participating partners expressed their willingness to cooperate in the future within new programmes designed by the European Commission. One new Erasmus+ project was designed and got EU funding in the 2020 Call for proposals.

21st item of EU Basic Rights Condition states that nobody can be exposed to discrimination because of his/her disability. According to data of OECD, EU and Turkey, 29% of disabled in Europe and 71% of disabled in Turkey are at the risk of social exclusion. Social exclusion which is one of the Europeans basic topic of social politics and current problems is evaluated with poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. In this project, on one hand schools from Turkey, Poland and Greece will educate SEN students, on the other hand schools from Turkey, Italy and Romania will educate students who need awareness about discrimination of disabled and students struggling with economic problems. All the students of this project are at the risk of social exclusion. 21 students and 15 companion teachers will attend activities of this project. The age gap among attendant students is 13-19. Within 2010-2020 European Strategy of Disability, as it is emphasized in EU commission, awareness level of public people is important and should be raised. The way of making students gain awareness of disability is to create an activity that gathers up students with their disabled peers and makes them cooperate. In planned activities, every country will make preparations to introduce their cultural meals, music, folk dancing and traditional sports. A video of preparations will be recorded and shared with partners. Teachers of project will share the videos of participants with their own students and this will make a readiness about other partner country's culture. In whichever country students will visit, they experience cultural arrangements with its partner school students. With these cultural preparation and sharing of cultural elements, students' interest about their own culture will raise and they will have an opportunity to introduce their country and learn other ones. Students' abilities of cooperate with peers from another culture will develop. In activities, educational method of social learning with peers will be used. With peer education non-disabled students will gain an ability of leadership, will be interested in learning and teaching, will have an ability of emphaty, responsibility and communication, will gain self-esteem, will cooperate with disabled and non-disabled peers from different cultures, will have an opportunity to know disabled peers closely and finally they will have a positive attitude towards disabled. So non-disabled students will respect individual differences. Cooperation and communication abilities of disabled students will be improved via peer education practice. Disabled students will experience the feeling of accomplishment in activities and this will raise their motivation of learning. With this project, disabled students will have opportunity to be an individual who is respected and approved by public. One of the EU's basic politics is to support cultural variety, dialogue between cultures and showing up the capacity of cultural creativeness and innovation. In this context, with the activities of the project, the opportunity of introduction of their culture and learning the others will come up. Attendants will have an active role in developing inter-cultural dialogue. So they will contribute to the introduction, preservation and expansion of European cultural heritage. Our project will contribute to create a EU young generation which respects individual differences, develops an attitude of anti-discrimination, has a self-esteem and self-respect personality, converts its disadvantages into an advantage, has an awareness of inter-cultural dialogue's importance and become sensitive about protection of EU cultural heritage. To introduce European cultural heritage and make an attention about awareness of disability, a song and a short film will be produced. A video-clip including participant students and introductions of partner countries will be made and shared via Youtube. A wide-range booklet including aims, contents, results and information about partner countries will be prepared. Cultural and art outputs produced by disabled and non-disabled students together in activities of the project will be exhibited in an organization at the last mobility.