Comenius

We want to develop understanding among students and educational staff of the diversity of European cultures and languages and its value. All this goals will be accomplished building a website to document some cycling routes. This website will be useful to anyone interested in cycling and in the future it would be possible for other schools to join the web community and update the site with new cycling routes documentation. We would like to cooperate with people from other countries on the theme of sustainable development, that for its importance and complexity can’t be limited and faced at national level. Through the participation in the European cooperation we hope to promote cycling among young people, and, through the dissemination of the documentation produced, to raise the interest of
local communities on the importance of planning and designing cycle paths.
We want to involve students, teachers and scholastic communities in the development of products that are not limited to educational fields, but that cross the boundaries of scholastic and national areas to be available to everyone in the European Union. We think that working together on common and real problems is the best way to know and meet different cultures and scholastic systems.
Students will have a central role in all activities. They will have to plan the cycling route, gathering information on flora, fauna, climate, historical and artistic points of interest in the region, try it and describe it with special attention to critical passages, and get all the photographic documentation.
They will be responsible for the translation of all provided documentation into English and for the updating of the website.
They will evaluate documentation provided by students of partner schools by trying the described routes, during the scheduled exchanges. They present and discuss their results in international groups during the meetings and online conferences.

The immediate need for starting the international cooperation and writing the project was one of the objectives of the Comenius Programme, such as development of young people of our schools in different areas of education, the desire to understand other cultures and establish new friendships based on common interests. The project should discover in young people the need to absorb knowledge from different domains. It means that technicians should create a community not limited to technical-oriented subjects but have good general knowledge on European countries, their traditions, history, politics.
We are convinced that thanks to technology it is possible to make students of different ages, education and backgrounds work together. It means that thanks to the project students will broaden their educational horizons, focus not only on technology and science (robotics, physics, mathematics, mechanics, programming, multimedia production, website creation, etc.) but also acquire additional knowledge which are the humanities (foreign languages, history, culture, arts, civics, geography and even theology and sociology). It also means they will have a chance to become broadly educated and to create a society of technical intelligence.
All those goals will be accomplished through common action, e.g. building a website, preparing documentation and works (on robotics, European culture, traditions, etc. ), communication between partners, mobilities, visiting interesting places. Teachers of different subjects (technical and general) are engaged. Students of technical schools teach their colleagues the principles of robotics. There are six partners involved in the project (Poland, Italy, Portugal, Estonia, Lithuania, Spain), the language of communication is English.
The project assumes evaluation on students and teachers level and also dissemination of the results.

The new era students and teachers experience today and they are going to live in later, demand tolerance, solidarity, mutual undertanding and this is possible only when we get closer and knowing to each other. Under this concept 10 European schools plan and develop this project in synergy, creating common goals and positive human values that coincide as European citizens. The overall objective of our project is to enhance the quality of the learning - teaching procedures and to improve the European dimension. In particular, by encouraging cooperation and contributing to develop professional skills of staff directly involved in the school education sector.Furthermore: Promote the values of European citizenship and social cohesion through the development of intercultural competence.Integrate special needs groups, immigrants and minorities to promote equality of opportunity.Using ICT to enhance learning opportunities.Integrate project activities in the daily activities of class.Promote interest in language learning to appreciate linguistic diversity.Gain self-confidence and autonomy through the project activities and foster a positive sense of identity. Learn how to study on a common theme; reflect on issues of common interest. Motivate students and teachers through innovative ICT tools (Wiki, Glogster, Animoto, Youtube, Blogs, Slideshare, Flipbook). Teach how to use Internet in a safe way.Establish stronger links among schools, local community and other local organizations to reinforce awareness of social structure.Promote health education, peace education, environmental care and sustainable development.Motivate teachers to personal development by exchanging teaching techniques.Present this project in the city we live through the TV, newspapers and internet. To share with as many people and to motivate teachers and students and others