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2. What have been the best and the worst aspects of the project 

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2. What have been the best and the worst aspects of the project 

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The best

-  As above

-  Interesting subject- possibility to combine two important aspects of everyday life- economy and ecology.

The worst

- Problems with communication – language barrier

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3) In terms of benefits or feedback to the European Commission

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3) In terms of benefits or feedback to the European Commission

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a) What benefits has the European Union had? The project fulfils the Erasmus aims of promoting productive and positive relationships across Europe.

b) ) Problems that have arisen and how they have been solved by the EC? The referendum result caused consternation and we were reassured to hear that this project will be unaffected by the threat of the UK leaving the EU.

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2) In terms of benefits or feedback to teachers

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2) In terms of benefits or feedback to teachers

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a) Professional development improvement: see above

b) ) What have been the best and the worst aspects of the project? Getting to know colleagues and visiting interesting places

c) What would you do to improve the project next year? Involve more staff in some schools

d) Problems that have arisen and how they have been solved: we’ve improved communication by using Facebook as well as other platforms.

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1) In terms of benefits or feedback to schools

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1) In terms of benefits or feedback to schools

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a) How has the school changed since the project started?

More awareness of the themes of re-use, recycle and reduce, as a result of the research and findings of the students.

b) What other benefits has the school had?

In-service training for teachers with development of OERs, professional development for participating staff – increased knowledge of other educational systems

c) What can be changed to improve the organisation of the project next year or for a new project in the future?

Ensure that there is a purpose which drives every activity and with an end product in sight.

d) Problems that have arisen and how they have been solved: Making the feedback more interesting and productive by eschewing PPTs and having feedback in small international groups.

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5. In terms of benefits or feedback to
the European commission

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5. In terms of benefits or feedback to
the European commission

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a.       What benefits has the European Union had? It has increased students’ awareness of being European citizens and has motivated students in using different foreign languages b.      Problems that have arisen and how they have been solved by the E. C. -          The first project was funded late so it was difficult to plan the beginning of the project; -          The mobility tool platform had some technical problems moreover it has not been very easy to use it

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4.Problems that have arisen and how
they have been solved.

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4.Problems that have arisen and how
they have been solved.

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No problems

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3.What can be changed to improve the
organization of the project next year or for a new project in the future?

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3.What can be changed to improve the
organization of the project next year or for a new project in the future?

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We could reduce the number of topics and give more free time activities oriented to the topics chosen

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 2. In terms of benefits or feedback
to teachers

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to teachers

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a.       Professional and personal development improvements Teachers have been provided with a wide range of OER to be shared with their colleagues b.      What have been the best and worst aspects of the project The best aspects have certainly been the opportunity to work harmoniously with The European colleagues involved in the project; the worst aspect can be considered the lack of outdoor activities due to many planned project activities.

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1.       In terms of benefits or feedback to schools

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1.       In terms of benefits or feedback to schools

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A.      how has the school changed since the project started? The students  have created new waste bins in the classrooms starting a new recycling system. They have learned how to start a mini company simulating possible business activities B.      What other benefits has the school had? Students have increased their awareness in the environmental fields and have applied their knowledge also at home

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4.   
Problems…and
how they have been solved?

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4.   
Problems…and
how they have been solved?

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-          What about next project and brexit and no gimnazjum in Poland anymore? ;-( -still  not solved

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3.   
What
would you do to improve the project next year?

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3.   
What
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-          Language course for teachers

-          Involving students in project more

-          Spreading the results of the project- wider perspective,

-          Using art more often ( not only documents and PP presentations, what about exhibitions, films, songs, art competitions?  , …)

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1.      Professional development improvement

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1.      Professional development improvement

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- New attitude towards teaching strategies

- motivation to improve English skills

- higher awareness of educational system in other counties,

- exchanging experiences with other teachers in solving problems

- a chance to have closer look and sorting out our own  way of teaching,

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CATO BONTJES VAN BEEK GYMNASIUM, ACHIM GERMANY

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CATO BONTJES VAN BEEK GYMNASIUM, ACHIM GERMANY

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LICEO CLASSICO VITTORIO EMANUELE II, PALERMO ITALY

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LICEO CLASSICO VITTORIO EMANUELE II, PALERMO ITALY

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Getting to know wonderful people. Also: getting to work closely with the students, doing other that strictly school-related activities.
And: a bolder attitude towards international networking! No need to apologise when involved with projects:-)
Can't really think of a worst aspect... We all have to live together on this planet, so a greater knowledge of sustainable development is always beneficial.

As to problems:
Nothing major. Not all colleagues are that keen on project work, but have been available when needed. Travelling from the North is always challenging - and expensive. All our money is administered by the city which makes the bureaucracy demanding (and they keep charging us for all sorts of costs...).

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Three of our teachers took part in a one-week course on mobile technology in the classroom. It has given great ideas!

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This could perhaps be emphasised a bit more. The school recycles most things, but there is also room for improvement.

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Our café is now working whenever we need catering at school! We have a big debating event taking place this weekend, and the "Happy Sandwich" will provide the sandwiches, coffee and cakes.

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5) In
terms of benefits or feedback to the European Commission

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5) In
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a) What benefits has the European Union had?

-To raise awareness of EU citizenship.

-To build a coherent and stronger EU.

b) Problems that have arisen and how they have been solved by the EC?

-The list of projects funded came out on 13 August. It would be desirable to know the projects approved before that date, in order to better plan the beginning of the project.

-Eighty percent of the budget arrived at the school in late October. It would be desirable to receive it before, in order to set up a transnational meeting in September or October.

-We applied for five days in each mobility, but it will be better to be able to apply for seven days, with five days for working directly in the project, and the other two for the outward and inward trips.

-The technical problems can be improved. For example, whenever you add a result in the dissemination platform VALOR, you can only upload one document, not several documents, as is said in the instructions.

-Teachers and students don’t have any sort of incentives to work in the project.  During the teaching time it’d be desirable for project coordinator to have at least one hour a week to organize and coordinate the project among teachers and students. Students’ level of participation in the project should be assessed and their marks placed on the academic record; even they should have a period a week to work on the project.

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4) Problems that have arisen and how they have been solved:

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4) Problems that have arisen and how they have been solved:

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a) At IES Huelin

-The previous coordinator, teacher of economics, was destined to another school, so I had to upgrade my knowledge about creating a mini company, as that is one of the project topics.

- The flight arrived in Helsinki with a delay and we had to buy new train tickets. I submitted  a compensation claim to Norwegian airline, but they denied it.

-Some teachers and students procrastinated to accomplish certain tasks. In this case, we had to remind them over and over again, and we even had to take charge of the tasks ourselves.

-When students or teachers have been called to a meeting some of them haven`t turned up, not only in the evenings but also in the school breaks.

b) At the project

-The transnational meeting couldn’t be set up in September 2015 because the project money arrived in October, thus we had to postpone it until September 2016.

-We agreed to have the third mobility in Malaga from 25 to 29 April. April 29 was a school holiday in Malaga, but we could arrange the Promalaga UrbanLab premises in the Old Tobacco Factory to host Friday activities.

-We have had some technical problems. We tried to change room or computers.

-Each school has done their activities in different formats, so during the third mobility we agreed to do them in Word, PDF or PowerPoint. For next mobilities we should discuss more about this.

-Some teachers or students procrastinated to accomplish and send certain tasks or results. In this case, we had to remind them over and over again, and we couldn’t sometimes include them in the group document in order to upload it to eTwinning or VALOR.

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3) What can be changed to improve
the organisation of the project next year or for a new project in the future?

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3) What can be changed to improve
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a) At IES Huelin

To get a group of teachers more committed to the project and the necessary involvement of the management team and the rest of teachers at school.

- To get teachers more actively involved in the project. To allot duties or tasks to the teachers involved in the project.  For the next school year, teachers interested in joining the project will have to commit themselves to an assigned task at the beginning.

-To establish student commitment to attend meetings as a selection criteria to participate in the project. The level of participation of students should be assessed throughout the project and their marks placed on the academic record.

-To buy a portable wireless microphone, especially for outdoor activities.

- b) At the project

-To establish a transnational meeting before the project starts.

-To organize a wider range of activities, especially outdoor activities.

-To do more activities together in the mobilities in international groups, instead of bringing so many activities done in each school.

-To leave the results done in digital format in the mobilities

-To apply for longer mobilities.

-To get more school partners.

-To allot duties or tasks to the teachers involved in the project in each partner school.

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2) In
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a) Professional and personal development improvements:

-A wider range of Open Educational Resources and teaching methods are available. Our innovative and practical teaching methods  have been increased through Open Educational Resources, Project-based  learning, self-learning, flipped classroom, collaborative learning,…

-This kind of project provides teachers with insights into other educational systems, their behaviour, problem-solving strategies and biases, as well as builds teamwork and the European community.

-Living together and meeting with other teachers strengthen the friendship and cooperation relations that we have. This kind of experience helps you get through life better and get on with people. It provides you with life and personal skills such as interpersonal communication, creative problem solving, teamwork, cultural understanding, empathy and the ability to relate to others.

b)  What have been the best and the worst aspects of the project?

-The best aspect is to meet and live together with new teachers, to know new schools with different educational systems, and to help students to broaden their horizons and interests by travelling and working on assigned topics.

-The worst aspect might be that mobilities are short and we didn't have enough time to do more outdoor activities.

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1) In terms of benefits or feedback to schools

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a) How has the school changed since the project started?

-The school has a new waste and recycling management system.

-The school has started a Green Team.

-The first stepping stone has been placed in order to create a mini company, as well as a Time Bank at school.

b) What other benefits has the school had?

-Students are more aware of the importance of recycling and the dangers of global warming. Recycling  has started in our school.

-Electricity costs and CO2 emissions will be reduced by the implementation of some energy-efficient measures.

-Both the recycling and the energy-efficient measures can be implemented at home, as we have disseminated the project results throughout the school community.