A project to exploit free Google apps to help make learning better, more enjoyable and enriching.
Who are the Partners?
The GOAL project aims to improve the quality and effectiveness of education, strengthen the position of the teacher in society by allowing teachers and pupils/students gain experience of a range of Google apps. By getting acquainted with a number of Google's free tools, applied in a learning context, learning will become more engaging, enjoyable and worthwhile.
Participants will use tools to build websites with graphic and text elements, create maps, calendars, movies, blogs, slide shows, working together with partners. The project will contribute to the enrichment of the lesson with interactive content based on full cooperation of students and teachers. It will improve the quality of school work and professional development of teachers involved in project implementation through learning new working methods and exchanging experiences. It will increase the results of teaching, the motivation to learn among students will increase. International cooperation will show the determinants of functioning in schools and the labour market in partner countries.
The project will have a practical dimension. During the meetings, training on the use of Google tools and lessons in mathematics and natural sciences and humanities will be conducted.
Who are the Partners?
France
Lycée Polyvalent Nord Atlantique, Martinique
Turkey
Ulugbey Mesleki Ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi, Silifke
Objectives
The goal of our project is to initiate and support ICT-based teaching through learning about and using Google tools in school education, eg Blogger, Arts and Culture, Classroom, Cardboard, Expeditions, Maps, Calendar, Forms, YouTube, Presentations. By participating in the project, we want to learn how to use the available applications and use the materials created with their help during the lesson.
The acquisition of skills in the use of Google tools will enable teachers to create innovative teaching materials that can be used in teaching; Students, on the other hand, will encourage the development of general and cross-curricular skills, teach creative ways of working with e-knowledge, and provide the competences and IT skills necessary for functioning in the information society and meet the technological needs of the labour market.
Webinars online, training and lessons in the international group will motivate students to learn mathematics, computer science, science subjects, and English; they will improve the teaching results and show the practical application of this knowledge.
The project is addressed to both young people and teachers who want to develop and expand their competences. It gives the opportunity to deepen digital knowledge, and above all to use key skills so important in further education and the labour market. It will contribute to enriching the teacher's background with modern forms and methods of working on lessons based on full cooperation of pupils and teachers from partner countries.
Planned Activities
The national coordinators of the project will be responsible for planning, monitoring and evaluating the quality of activities that will lead to the project's objectives. During the first mobility, the ways and frequency of mutual reporting of actions and results will be agreed. During the implementation of the project, school coordinators will strictly follow the set schedule of activities related to the monitoring and evaluation of project activities, results and objectives. The planned activities will be evaluated. Systematically after each completed operation we will make it using:
- Monitoring of current activities
- Surveys allowing to measure the degree of satisfaction of participants and knowledge gained, * exercises carried out among participants during training,
- Opinions from conversations with project participants,
- Discussions on forums and blogs, in personal contacts,
- Interim and final report.
Tasks and responsibilities
Silifke, TURKEY - November 2018
- Presentation of partner schools and the region using the Google Presentations tool
- Project logo competition
- History demonstration lesson with the use of Google Arts and Culture tools
- Training in the use of Google Arts and Culture for students and teachers
- Visit to workplace which uses Google apps
DERRY~LONDONDERRY, IRELAND - March 2019
- Online webinar * learning how to use the selected Google tool
- Biology demonstration lesson with the use of the You Tube tool
- Training in using the You Tube tool for students and teachers
- Visit to workplace which uses Google apps
- Presentation of the results of previous activities using the Google tool. Presentations.
TRNAVA,SLOVAKIA - May 2019
- Setting up and running a project website
- Maths demonstration lesson with the use of Google Maps and Cardboard tools
- Training in the use of Google Maps and Cardboard tools for students and teachers
- Visit to workplace which uses Google apps
- Presentation of the results of previous activities using the Google tool. Presentations
BARI, ITALY - September 2019
- Competition for the most interesting film promoting our project
- Geography demonstration lesson with the use of Google Expeditions tools
- Training in using Google tools Expeditions for students and teachers
GIŻYCKO, POLAND - June 2021
- Management and monitoring of the entire project
- English demonstration lesson using the Google Blogger tool
- Training to use Google Blogger for students and teachers
- Visit to workplace which uses Google apps
- Supervising the promotion of project results through available platforms and social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram, Snapchat)
- Gala of the final results of the project.
MARTINIQUE, FRANCE - June 2021
- Online webinar * learning to create websites using Google sites
- Demonstration lesson of entrepreneurship using the Google Calendar and Classroom tools
- Training in using the Google Calendar and Classroom tool for students and teachers
- Visit to workplace which uses Google apps
- Presentation of the results of previous activities
