New Methods and Technologies for the post pandemic School Education System to counter learning obstacles

The project's implementation achieved the following objectives: - Integrating and disseminating good educational practices that combine traditional methods with digital, technological, and innovat...

The project's implementation achieved the following objectives: - Integrating and disseminating good educational practices that combine traditional methods with digital, technological, and innovative ones, with a particular focus on developing methodologies for students with learning disabilities (difficulties concentrating, problems with language development, and problems processing visual and auditory information). - Creating and consolidating a European learning and teaching space that will strengthen the online education system. - Strengthening the language and technological skills of participating school staff. - Promoting the digital transition of schools through cooperation and the exchange of expertise and experiences between partner organizations.

The project consisted of two modules: the first focused on comparing, analyzing, and testing methods that integrate digital tools with traditional teaching, and the second on identifying technological tools for teaching students with learning disabilities. Aside from their different themes, the two modules shared the same methodology for implementing actions and each consisted of three phases. The first, called TECH LAB, involved conducting teacher interviews in each school setting and holding online roundtable discussions to share the analyzed data and plan subsequent actions. The second, TRAINING LAB, organized mobility for 12 teachers per module (four from each school) to Ponte de Lima, Portugal for the first module, and Cologne, Germany for the second. The mobility lasted five days and included a program with roundtable discussions, a training course, and workshops with exercises. The third phase, DISSEMINATION, involved the implementation of dissemination activities in each school of the results carried out by the teachers participating in the TRAINING LAB. The activities included workshops, job shadowing and a conference.

The project's results include educational and training products. The first is the Project Guidelines, in English and Italian, for teachers of various levels of education. Concise and practical, the manual offers instructions for accessing and using platforms such as CANVA, Wordwall, Kahoot, and Chat GPT. The Guidelines are complemented by multimedia products created by the newscasters during the TRAINING LABs and DISSEMINATION activities, such as PowerPoint presentations, videos, and PDFs. All this documentation is made available to teaching staff and the public through the institutes' websites. Regarding training products, the dissemination of good educational practices through the products listed above has fostered the strengthening of teaching staff skills. A total of 105 teachers were involved in the DISSEMINATION phase of the activities for the first module and 125 teachers for the second. All teachers acquired new concepts and knowledge on the use of platforms to apply to teaching. They have acquired new methods and good educational practices, in addition to strengthening their digital, linguistic and transversal skills such as communication and management skills.