<< Objectives >>By improving their knowledge and digital competencies regarding blockchain technologies of VET educators in the field of ICT, through training and helping them to contribute to the career development of their students to reduce the education barriers and prepare them for business life.<< Implementation >>In order for the project to reach its goals, the following activities will be carried out.-Determination of teaching objectives and creation of the teaching outline.-Development of the instructional material content.-Development and validation of the e-book<< Results >>The outputs targeted within the scope of the project are as follows; -Understanding the education barriers to include Blockchain technology into ICT education curricula in local and European level,-Gaining experience and knowledge about blockchain technology ecosystem and best practices in different countries,-Preparation of institutional and personal capacity building interactive e-book about blockchain including thematic areas in 5 topics for target group.-Preparation of teaching process

<< Objectives >>In the project, we aim to create, design, develop and prepare effective practice examples by integrating digital music into different subjects in order to support the academic, social and emotional learning of the participants. The project will be implemented transnationally and contribute to the development of 21st century skills of students and teachers. Creativity and social-emotional learning will also be provided with DM activities prepared individually or in collaborative groups.<< Implementation >>Many activities, including preparation and dissemination stages, will be implemented in order to achieve the goals set within the scope of our project. Among these activities, 5 main activities are planned. The main activities in our project are as follows:1- Opening Meeting (Turkey)2- Digital Music Workshop (Greece)3- Creative Digitality and Music Note (Spain)4- Digital Music for Storytelling (Turkey)5- The Notes Are On Air (Croatia)<< Results >>Our project is expected to achieve the following results:- Preparing an e-book output for the processes aiming to create, design, develop and prepare effective application examples by integrating digital music stories into different subjects.- Ensuring that our students can benefit from technology in real terms without getting lost in technology.- Enhancing the participants' intercultural competences, European citizenship awareness and language skills

<< Background >>COVID-19 Pandemic threw the schools all over the world in a dark age in the spring of 2020, but after an year also good things emerged from this, many actors in education exceeding their limits. Still there is much more to do in order the pupils who passed or are still passing through online school as remote work experience to get over it and to incorporate it into everyday life.Even when the social and emotional aspects are an issue for all, for SEN students the damages are even worse, because it is less about knowledge and more about development in all important areas: cognition, language, motricity, perception, even basic skills.The coordinator of this partnership presented and published in November 2020 as key-speaker to International conference “Digital education and the challenges of XXI century” organized by Oradea University the results of a research study: Pantazi,T., Kiss, R., Ilisie, C. (2020) “Online Activities in special education”. From 346 respondents 60% had participated to school on-line activities, 32% participated occasionally and 8% did not participated. Regarding the communication methods and tools more then half 57% used Whats’up and Messenger Groups, 22% communicated with teachers by phone, 19% just accomplished tasks and working sheets delivered by teachers and only 2% used frequently learning platforms like Google Classroom or Microsoft Teams. Also an interesting fact is that 65% of the students were totally supported by their parents during activities, 27% partially supported and just 8% were able to work independently. The conclusions of this research, used as starting point for our project: even when there is a strong interest for attending online schools activities the resources and competences are limited for all parties involved; online education was not used in the most adequate way and the diagnoses of the students place them in a weak position of addiction to parents both because their particularities but also digital materials design.Also a SWOT Analyze conducted among partners (4 special schools from: Romania-coordinator, Poland, Slovenia and Greece, 2 inclusive schools from: Turkey and Portugal and 2 ICT companies from: Ireland and Spain) shows: Strengths: forced experience of the facility in remote work; school has a database of materials that can be used in distance learning; all teachers working in the facility know the basic methods of distance learning.Weaknesses: remote work with intellectually disabled children is very difficult to implement because most children have to use their parents' help while learning, and on the other hand, the materials for remote learning must be individually adapted to the needs of each child; home isolation causes a decrease in mental and physical well-being in teachers, parents and students, which additionally causes very serious behavior problems in children with intellectual disabilities.Threats: remote learning often interrupts the process of rehabilitation and therapy in children with intellectual disabilities, which causes a significant delay in the development of children.And we see our partnerships as an Opportunity!<< Objectives >>Emerging from the limitation we experienced in school activity during pandemic we formulate the goal of our project which is to reduce the negative effects imposed on SEN students and their teachers and families by the online school period by:O1. Developing ICT (Information Communication Technology) skills of creating digital materials to teachers working with SEN studentsO2. Developing ICT skills of using digital tools and materials to teachers working with SEN studentsO3. Increasing the responsible behavior of the teachers working with SEN students towards online education and/or using ICT in educationO4. Increasing the responsible behavior of the SEN parents towards online education and/or using ICT in educationO5. Facilitating SEN student development and/or regress limitation after online education during pandemic period by using ICT/digital materials and methods<< Implementation >>The implementation plan of our project, viewed as a whole, is divided on 7 different phases: Phase 1 - Organizing workshops for involved teachers both on local and international level where to share their experiences during online school and suitable tools to create and adapt digital materials. Phase 2 - Developing digital materials (movies, virtual stories, PPT, educational platforms activities, etc) suitable both for online activities and face to face activities adapted/destined to special educational needs learners from special or inclusive schools, designed to be used or translated in all project languages and organized on developmental areas: cognitive development, language and communication, motricity, sensory stimulation, basic skills and socio-emotional development and age level: primary and gymnasium/vocational.Phase 3 - Piloting digital materials in classes, introducing objective related with them in the pupils Individual Educational Plan (IEP) in order to improve the materials and ensure long-term results for a larger group. Phase 4 - Editing a Practical Guide where describing the necessary steps for creating them, some resources and practical examples.Phase 5 - Posting final/revised version of digital materials in a public library open on the project web-site and promoting it through various channels: educational platforms, Facebook pages, WhatsApp groups, YouTube channel, etc.Phase 6 - Opening a discussion forum group for professional and parents on the project web page for sharing ideas, asking and offering advices, etc. Phase 7 - Digital PER_SEN Marathon Conferences addressed to professional community where presenting: the virtual library, the Guide and workshops about using ICT in school activity for interested specialists.These phases focused on projection, implementation, monitorization and evaluations but also dissemination of the projects are splinted on the mentioned dimensions, consisting on several Intervention plans:I.International Activities Plan: transnational project meetings and LTTa II.National Activities Plan - carried out in each partner organization for producing the result2.1.Organizing local meetings of the project team and the target group in order to establish the requirements of the project2.2.Organizing local workshops for institution specialists for developing needed ICT skills to create and adapt digital materials 2.3.Organizing/participating to LTTa - international workshops2.4.Individual work of the target group specialists to create the digital materials 2.5.Piloting digital materials in the classes by project direct beneficiaries, meaning other specialist from the institution and their students. Specialist from the target group, who created the digital materials should also do this. 2.6.Organizing Local meetings of the the target group with direct beneficiaries for adapting materials after piloting them2.7.Organizing/participating to LTTa - international workshops2.8.Organizing local meetings of the project team and the target group in order to work to the Guide tasks2.9.Gathering final digital materials in a public library open on the project web-site 2.10.Opening and growing the discussion forum for each partner, including a mutual one in EnglishIII.Project Monitorization and Evaluation Plan – at national and international level, including the proper instruments and the indicators/targets – described during Management - Project management SectionIV.Project Dissemination Plan – at national and international level – described during Follow up - Sharing, Promotion and Use of the Project's Results Section<< Results >>Digital PER_SEN School partnership outcomes are: Tangible products1. Virtual library containing digital materials adapted for SEN pupilsDigital materials will consist of: short movies, virtual stories, applications, PPT, etc.This materials will be suitable both for online activities and face to face activities and adapted/destined to special educational needs learners from special or inclusive schools. Also these will be thought in order to ca be translated or used without translation by all partners. There will be organized on the 6 main developmental areas, respecting guidance from each partner country curricula: -cognitive development-language and communication - psychomotor skills (fine and gross; colors, shape, body scheme, spatial-temporal orientation)-sensory stimulation -basic skills (eating, washing, dressing)-socio-emotional skillsAlso there will be developed on age level, for:-primary level-gymnasium and vocationalThese digital materials will be started by SEN specialists of partner schools, participating to international or local workshops and finished with the support of ICT project partner companies. Also these materials will be piloted in the partner institutions before being presented to the large public.Virtual library will be posted on project website and promoted via social-media and Marathon Conferences.2. Practical Guide “How to create a digital educational resource?” containing theoretical and practical aspects under: 50 pages of A4 form divided in 4 chapters: - Chapter 1: Necessary steps to follow for creating digital materials - Chapter 2: Describing tools and platforms to be used- Chapter 3: Examples of digital materials described- Chapter 4: On-line resourcesTogether with virtual materials the Practical guide will be promoted and then distributed in printed shape during final project dissemination events. Major project activities3. Workshops on local and international level where specialist to share their experiences during online school and suitable tools to create and adapt digital materials 4. Discussion forum for professionals and parents, working as a support group where parents to meet parents, teachers to meet teachers and parents to meet teacher for professional advices but also emotional development and support. Dissemination event5. Digital PER_SEN Marathon Conferences where presenting: the virtual library, the Guide and including workshops about using ICT in school activity for interested specialists addressed to professional community, organized by each partner in its country at the end of the project face to face, online or in a hybrid manner. Speaking of numbers we are expecting by the end of the project that:-72 teachers/specialists working to create the digital materials (SEN teachers, support teachers, psychologists, school counsellors, speech therapists, physiotherapists, ICT teachers and specialist, subject teachers working with SEN students) will increase their kills of creating digital materials-240 teachers/specialist piloting digital materials will increase their skills of using digital tools and materials in the class-240 SEN students (students with special educational needs from special or inclusive schools, age between 6-18), subjects of piloting digital materials will be supported in their development and/or regress limitation after online education during pandemic period by using ICT/digital materials and methods-800 teachers/specialist will access virtual library and use digital materials and the Practical Guide by the end of the project-800 SEN students that will benefit of the virtual library materials accessed or new created digital materials of their teachers-160 SEN students families will be supported via discussion support group.

"As of 2019, Covid -19 epidemic, spreading all over the world, affected every sector, especially education. In general, special education students were seriously harmed as education moved towards digital field. However, in this process, the issue of education for the special education students , who are disadvantageous in using these communication tools, has not been on the agenda. Distance education contents were made available to students in need of special education by countries and they were requested to be used.Special education differs from general education in terms of content. Today, there are 5-10% students with learning disabilities in the world. (Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia etc.) Serious improvements have been achieved with inclusive education attack. (UNICEF work)Due to the importance of inclusive education, not all academic education provided in general education is within the scope of special education. The developmental and spontaneous characteristics of an individual not having any disabilities can be gained through a structured and systematic education process. Content of the special education program is determined according to the needs of the individual. In this framework, it is aimed to improve daily life routines of individual with appropriate training program. In short, these individuals are tried to be prepared for life according to their interests and abilities by using special methods and tools. However, in this sense, existing materials are expected to be digital. Our project will meet this need by bringing universities, schools and institutions working in digital education field together.Our project named ""Integrating Special Needs Individuals into Digital-Holistic Education"" is an innovative work that focuses on the inclusion of social, daily care-self-care skills of students with learning difficulties in the digital age.It aims to adapt special education academics and families to innovative practices, improving the potential of teaching profession. Partners:IES Javier García Téllez, SpainAsociación de Graduados e Ingenieros Técnicos de Telecomunicación,SpainGumushacikoy Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, TurkeyUNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCURESTI, RomaniaOsnovna skola Vrgorac, CroatiaInstituto de Educação CIC, PortugalAmasya University, TurkeyAkademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Lodzi, Poland.Methodology:Our project focuses entirely on digital education methods. The methods to be used are:*E-Learning*Digital Age*Mobile learning*Learning from digital educational resources*Digismart Learning.Our Project Goals:*To establish a link between special education and higher education,*To present a useful MODULE to special education teachers,*To strengthen cooperation with NGOs in this field with highly useful materials,*To ensure that students with learning difficulties gain relevant Social, Self Care and Daily Care,*To have free and accessible licensed content in the virtual space,*Developing the digital skills of institutions and making this special education,*To ensure that students with learning difficulties, their families and teachers / academicians working in this field think from an EU perspective,*Developing POLICY EXHIBITIONS for special education.TARGET GROUPS:*Special education students (mild-moderate learning disabilities)*Special education teachers, guidance counselors*Special education academics*Parents of students*School/University administrations,*Relevant NGOs*Public institutions we are affiliated withACTIVITIES:*4 TPMs*4 LTTs*3 IOs*2 MEsOUTPUTS:""Integrating Special Needs Individuals into Digital-Holistic Education"" project has 3 outputs that will enable us to reach the target.1. DIGITAL INCLUSIVE / SOCIAL EDUCATION MODULE (For teachers and academicians)2.THE WHOLE CONTENT OF DIGITAL EDUCATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (MOBIL APP) (For students and families with learning difficulties)3.E-LEARNING PLATFORM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION (WEB PLATFORM) (For teachers / academics, students and families)IMPACT:1.Digitalization in special education for teachers,2.To be much more scientific and timid in this field among academics,3.Reducing the impact of students' barriers on life, digitalization,4.Paying more attention to their children in families,5.Increasing the EU phenomenon in partners and internationalization,6 Policy change in the digital field,At the end of the project, more than 100 participants will participate in project activities and more than 200 participants will participate in multiplier events. Over 175 special education teachers and 400 special students will benefit from the project activities and events. At the end of the project, it is among our goals to reach approximately 4000 - 5000 beneficiaries from stakeholders in partner countries through dissemination activities.In the long run, our project is to use digital learning much more in EU-wide special education and to make it an education policy."