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Technology Enhanced Classroom

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2018-1-UK01-KA229-048312
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | School Exchange Partnerships Funder Contribution: 102,561 EUR

Technology Enhanced Classroom

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The project partners considered the four main strategic objectives for the ET 2020 framework and in particular its strategic objectives of improving the quality and efficiency of education and training and that all citizens need to be able to acquire key competencies and all levels of education and training. We believed that schools have a duty in advancing the level of education for their learners and facilitating Tablet Enhanced Classrooms can be a key tool to improving staff and learners skills, increasing their competitiveness in a hostile economical climate. The World Wide Web went through a significant transition (C.2010) in which the emphasis shifted from an audience of predominantly passive receivers to a far more participatory experience that emphasised content creation, collaboration, expressive communication and greater levels of interaction. The Tablet Enhanced Classrooms project was originally a 2 year project which became a 3 year project due to the extension granted due to Covid-19. The project aspired to bring about similar transformational changes in classrooms by exploiting the full potential of tablet computing (Ipads), reflecting the same maturing understanding of this key technology. It too set out to enable and empower its audiences, teachers and pupils, to engage in a greater degree of content creation, collaboration, expressive communication and greater levels of interaction, all within learning and teaching contexts. It is known as TEC 2.0. The project primarily aimed to: *providing an opportunity to jointly work with staff and pupils in developing new methods for developing key lifelong skills and develop intercultural understanding and language learningThe partners, from the UK (Coordinator), Italy, Iceland, UK Spain and Sweden and Spain had a shared interest and geographically the partnership covers a wide European area, providing a European added value to the project which envisaged cross-country collaboration between countries that work within a varied socio-cultural context. The main objectives of our projects were: 1. to facilitate participation in interactive European learning sessions to develop skills and competencies using ICT 2. to develop a collection containing the materials developed throughout the life of the project 3. to develop language and cultural understanding 4. to reflect and identify best practice to share with participating partners and the wider community during and after the project life 5. to develop a common website/blog where learners form each organisation can communicate and build a strong relationship based on sharing, this will improve learners confidence and also their communication skills which in turn will improve a number of skills and competencies both personally and professionally. The partner engaged in a shared collaborative approach when delivering the planned project activities, objectives and results. The project saw approximately 150 staff and pupils engaged in 5 mobilities, 2 physical mobilities in the UK, Sweden and 2 virtually mobilities that replaced a physical mobility in Spain cancelled due to Covid-19. The project included a physical project management meeting in Iceland at the very beginning of the project and 2 virtual meetings which allowed staff to monitor the progress of the project and look at ways in which the project could be delivered despite the impact of Covid-19 on both the project and the schools.The project impacted at various levels from staff to pupils and it has improved the skills of those engaged in teaching and learning in education, which we hope will provide scope for changes directly into the wider community. Specifically, we feel that the project has * Provided a better understanding of learning and teaching contexts enhanced by the use of tablets * Provided direct access to relevant training tools framed within a European context * Improved teaching and learning which supports engagement and attainment levels * Increased knowledge & understanding of sustainability issues, the global dimension and ability to conceive and implement new teaching methods The benefits the project has brought are invaluable and long lasting. The project has allowed changed to the way in which schools plan for tablet enhanced classroom, this in the long term will transform education in the partner countries as well as the in the school settings of those who will benefit from the materials which will remain available to the public beyond the term of the project.

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