Democracy by Eirini Papazaxariou

Democr@cy eTwinning 2019- 2020

e-Twinning project About the project

e-Twinning project

Collaborative products

Project evaluation

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e-Twinning Project “Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy”

Future of EU Blackword Values of the EU and Democracy

Collaborative products

Introducing yourselves, your schools and countries on boards

Election in classroom

Digital games - EU and Democracy

Creating a LOGO of this project

A journal about e-Twinning Project

“Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy”

Online Meetings

European Union E-book

Responsible teacher Papazachariou Eirini Anthi

5th Primary Schol of Rhodes – Greece emathisiweebly@gmail.com

Evaluation of project

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e-Twinning project “Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy” The main goal of the project is the knowledge of what the EU is and what values it is based on with a special emphasis on democracy and human rights. Students will get to know some European countries, and learn that all these countries are united for a common goal and follow the same values, the term Democracy, Democratic values and Democracy and Human Rights. They will also learn to respect and understand the difference as well as, to work in teams and cultivate collaboration, communication, creati vity, and critical thinking skills through the activities designed using

digital tools. All this will be done through various topics of the curriculum. They will also collaborate with other schools using various digital tools. The age of the participating students is 4 to 13 years old and they come from 6 European countries: Greece, Turkey, Italy, Georgia, Romania, Boulgaria. AIMS Students will get to know some European countries, and learn that all these countries are united for a common goal and follow the same values, the term Democracy, Democratic values and Democracy and Human Rights. Schools members • • • • • • • •

5th Primary school of Rhodes- Greece Tbilisi, GeorgiaLEPL Named after Alexander Tsintsadze School N150 Georgia 3rd Primary school of Rhodes Greece Balçova, Turkey Ertuğrulgazi İlkokulu Turkey Gambettola (FC), ItalyICS di Gambettola - Italy Velvento, GreecePrimary School of Harisios Papamarkou - Greece Scoala Gimnaziala “Gheorghe Lazar” Zalau, Romania Sredno Uchilishte"Nikola Vaptsarov", Hadzhidimovo, Hadzhidimovo Boulgaria

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Collaborative products Introducing yourselves, your schools and countries on boards Pupils Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy The children present, their countries, their cities, their schools and themselves, with photos and videos https://padlet.com/Pa pazachariou/bi4nneci 5iekari5 Teachers - Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy Let's find our countries in the map. You can add images and write a small description for your country, your city and your school. https://padlet.com/Papazachariou/p19tsoeikpynq21w

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Countries - Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy Countries on map https://padlet.com/Papazachariou/lpdlnzrlctpanw28

Questionnaire for detecting students' initial knowledge and perceptions

A total of 80 students from 8 countries answered the project participated in the questionnaire.

Most students (95%) recognized the flag of the European Union, while 5% did not.

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-They knew a few things about the European Union but their knowledge was not complete. -As for democracy, only 53% knew where democracy was born. -A large percentage of the students knew that in the democratic state the power derives from the people. -The pupils are aware of the impact of the EU on their (daily) lives. -They want to know more about the European Union.

https://www.slideshare.net/ipapazaxariou/questionnaire-1-etw

Creating a LOGO of this project The logo is a collaborative creation from all the partner schools. Logo of our project after voting (1648 participants, pupils, teachers and parents from 7 schools) is from Georgia

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Balçova, Turkey Ertuğrulgazi İlkokulu Turkey

5th Primary school of Rhodes- Greece

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Velvento, GreecePrimary School of Harisios Papamarkou - Greece

Sredno Uchilishte"Nikola Vaptsarov", Hadzhidimovo, Hadzhidimovo Boulgaria

Tbilisi, GeorgiaLEPL Named after Alexander Tsintsadze School N150 - Georgia

3rd Primary school of Rhodes Greece

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European Union We made a collaborate e-book (on story jumper) about history of EU

https://www.storyjumper.com/book/read/102326396/605481b1eff87

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Future of EU Pupils imagined future of EU: What does the Europe of tomorrow look like to you? https://dotstorming.com/w/60609e957da42b09a4f23251

Values of the EU and Democracy We talk about one of the core values of the EU which is a democracy and we will make a digital comic about democracy

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Election in classroom Greece is a democracy country. In elementary education, it is critically important that students learn about voting and elections, and develop the civic competencies to fully engage in the democratic process— whether that is at the community, local, state or national level. In the face of political polarization, students had the opportunities to practice how to engage with people and ideas across difference. That being said, schools need to be places that champion civility, equal rights, safety and civic action for social change. https://emathisi.weebly.com/ blog-2019-20/7942088

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Digital games - EU and Democracy We have created a digital game about EU and democracy. The questions were chosen by our students.

https://learningapps.org/display?v=pxijoc92t21

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Online Meetings and collaborative works Teachers communicated on facebook - messenger team

Live meeting with teachers members on twinspace

Live meeting with teachers members on Zoom

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Project evaluation Evaluation from educators of the project Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy Summary of the results from teacher's feedback The teachers find their participation in the project beneficial. They agree that the benefits from their participation in the project are significant regarding the collaboration and communication among educators from other countries, the encounter and use of collaborative tools and the development of their technology skills. All of the educators agree that we achieved the project’s goals on the fields of the knowledge we aquired about EU democratic constitutions, development of students' technological skills as well as collaboration and interaction among them. They spent a lot of time for the project in their class and the project's subject was a great idea that inspired them for the activities. Due to the pandemic some activities were differentiated and the students participated from home. All the educators were happy and satisfied about their participation in the project. They believe that it was a really interesting project for both the kids and the teachers, fully integrated to the curriculum, well organised, with many collaborative activities. Last but not least they used the english language in real communication situation. That is another one reason that project will continue into the next school year. To sum up, the educators are satisfied about their participation in the project and they feel proud that this project has come to an end according to the initial schedule. They feel that they have contributed successfully in the creation of many collaborative products and that the collaboration between the partner schools was really fruitful. Ιn order to spread the results of our project in our schools and the local communities we have organized a collaborative magazine too.

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Evaluation from pupils of the project Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy The project undoubtedly had benefits for all participating students. More specifically, the students at the end of the project were able to remember its title. They also collaborated with other schools using various digital tools. Students learned about other European countries which follow the same rules based on democratic values, such as solidarity, respect to human rights, equality. They particularly liked the creation of a collaborative game – question game as well as the presence of tasks in the twinspace and the common e-book they made. Moreover, almost all students said they were excited as they formed friendships with students from other countries stating which countries they worked with. The project will be completed next school year due to the pandemic. Next year, emphasis will be placed on the systematic communication of students in English as they have shown great interest in the use of chat.

Evaluation from parents of the project Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy After the presentation of the program most parents did not knew thee Twinning program and watching the results of the project either through the Twinspace or from websites of schools, said they were satisfied and happy for the participation of their children. They indicated their willing ness to engage their kids in similar programs in the future. Also, the parents expressed their satisfaction for the project tracking by using codes.

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Teachers4Europe: Eu4all, a workshop on Democracy The project will continue into the next school year