The EUnique SIDE - Social Inclusion, Digital Evolution

This project arose from the coronavirus impact, negatively affecting the ordinary flow of mainstream education. Teachers and pupils were looking for new skills and ways to adapt to learning concepts such as distance learning and online lessons. The SELFIE report by the EU demonstrated 43% of European schools lacked basic digital skills, and 71 million students attending schools in Europe needed to develop their skills for the digital society. Moreover, results from surveys we carried out to determine the digital capacity of pupils and teachers showed that 4% of pupils had no device and 14% no Wi-fi, 15% signal problems, all of which indicated the economical or geographical obstacles they faced. Also, 67% of pupils and 81% of teachers preferred school education instead of online education. The reason we believe is that although 86% of pupils spent at least 4 hours a day with online lessons, 20% of them found it ineffective and 61% of teachers had an increased workload or stress due to online teaching. All of it indicated the need for a better adaptation to digital transformation. Thus, this project was an opportunity for strengthening cooperation and exchange in digital education at EU level and for practical local implementations.

Our objectives were built on digital literacy and language learning. Our goal was to address the digital transformation by improving digital capacity of both teachers and pupils and simultaneously promoting social inclusion. Also, we aimed to 1. motivate teachers and pupils to cope with COVID-19 crisis 2. foster the skills and confidence of teachers and pupils in the appropriate and effective use of digital technology in learning and teaching 3. create a chance for teachers to learn innovative approaches in education 4. tackle disinformation through education and training 5. allow pupils to learn at their own pace, making learning personal and engaging 6. show respect and tolerance toward diversity 7. use digital tools to innovate processes and ICT products 8. keep up to date with the digital evolution 9. increase the competencies of teachers to manage a diverse group of pupils 10. learn about the history of digital learning 11. encourage productive learning outside the classroom or in an online environment 12. touch on the key components of digital competence identified by The Digital Competence Framework 13. hold local, technological and art events specific to each country to promote the knowledge of different cultural traits

Three mobility activities: 1. Denmark - Teaching and Didactics Platforms: focus on teacher training, disinformation and digital platforms and the didactic part of English teaching. 2. Croatia - Creative Learning: book reading and use of Stop Motion Studio App to create visual representation of a book scene that convinced others to read it. 3. Portugal - Individualised Learning: creation of digital recipe books, media literacy and disinformation, coding classes using ICT for interactive stories and cultural events. Additional activities in between mobilities: • Digital Designs for T-shirts - creation of T-shirts in different designs using digital apps • Traditional Cultural Activities – exchange of traditional cultural activities e.g. dance, recipe and game • Digital Learning Day - joint celebration creating tips for online safety • European Language Day - joint celebration translating national phrases and idioms into the various partner languages. • Erasmus Days - project presentation at a webinar as part of the Croatian Erasmus Days event • Europe Day - a joint celebration with a quiz about the European Union. Creation of short video using the Stop Motion Studio App

Increased knowledge on students with fewer opportunities and especially dyslexia, and on practical didactics and teaching. Focus on ways of combining theory and practical teaching to create more creative and motivating teaching especially for students with special needs. Co-teaching and co-planning between teachers from the different partner schools. For example, after discussing with Danish teachers and specialists, teachers from the partner countries were able to adapt their regular lesson plans so as to include some of the new methods and techniques and apply them in class. Training using many different digital tools, and thereby increased digital skills among students and teachers – skills that can be transferred to outside the classroom and the schools. The Croatian and Portuguese teachers shared their new knowledge from activity 1 within their school, and to other teachers, both by word-of-mouth and by sharing video presentations. Products: ● Stop Motion Book trailers – based on a English literary work. ● Knowledge on media literacy and disinformation ● Digital recipe books using Book Creator ● Interactive stories using Scratch ● T-shirts in different designs See attached "project timeline and documents on PRP" for info.