Every year on 19th March our school celebrates School day. On that occasion, our teachers and students presented a wide range of after school activities. Among other things we presented all Erasmus projects in which we are participating at the moment. Our current project, Connected with the Environment, was presented by the members of the eco-team. Using PowerPoint presentation, we listed all the activities we've done from the 1st module until today. We created a brochure that was given to the visitors in order to inform them better about the goals and project implementation. Furthermore, we conducted a workshop “Ecological Footprint Calculator“, using tablets and mobile application “Footprint”. We helped the visitors to calculate their ecological footprint, we commented on the result and gave advice on how to improve it. The visitors were mostly students and their parents but also members of the local community who have participated in the event with interest.
Undertake challenges that develop new skills The Erasmus+ Connected with the Environment Group basically focuses on collaborating and interacting with 4 other schools around Europe. It is a way to bring students together (with different cultural backgrounds and traditions) and challenge them in grouping with the other members, working effectively with one another and learning from each other through different ways. This is done through the different meetings which are organized for each of the four modules which every group from each school has to accomplish different objectives which might include: raising awareness, taking action, gathering data, researching, investigating and many more depending on the module itself and the specific objective that the student has decided to work on. As a member of this group, I think that the most important (if not one of the most frequent learning experiences used) which students have to face with is to undertake challenges and developing new...


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