WE SHARE ONE FUTURE: LEARNING AND ACTING TO TRANSFORM

The project We Share One Future: Learning and Acting to Transform its presented by five partner schools of Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Italy and Romania aims to raise awareness among students for current environmental problems and enrich their portfolio of knowledge using innovative forms of teaching and learning, observing what surrounds them, exposing, experiencing, analyzing, collaborating, producing and acting.The partners of this project intend to accomplish this major goal by achieving the following objectives:- to improve teacher’s knowledge and experiences in new and innovative teaching methodologies;- to raise students' motivation for thinking in a global way and to be more active and proactive;- provide and encourage students to learn non-native/foreign languages, with special emphasis on the English language, improving their communication competencies;- improving students' awareness and knowledge for environmental issues;- provide activities to promote the assimilation of new strategies, such as Digital Story Telling, Video-Based-Learning, Gamification, Project Based Learning, Personalized Learning and Adaptive Learning and adopt them in partner schools curricula in order to improve quality and efficacy;- improving the level of essential ICT skills and the use of digital tools;- to promote the Integrated Learning of Content and Language in the area of Education for environmental issues;- developing the capacity to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers, tolerance and active citizenship;- give an European dimension to schools and education.The need to develop student’s awareness for environmental issues starts from early ages, such as climate change, lack of energy sources, recycling, deforestation, threatened species, overcrowding, urban sprawl, and attempts to cope with them are similar needs that partner schools of this project feel.The major target of the project are about 1500 students (ages 3 to 15). They will participate at all stages of the project, except during mobilities because they are too young to go abroad. They will also participate indirectly in E-Twininng virtual mobilities and in locally promoted activities.In the periods of mobility, students will be supervised by other teachers and adults involved in the project. Major topics and countries’ responsibilities/activities:PT - Personalized and Adaptive Learning - Climate Change RO - Gamification-PollutionIT - Video-Based Learning - Lack of Energy Sources, RecyclingTR - Digital Story Telling - Deforestation, Endengered SpeciesGR - Project-Based Learning - Urban Sprawl, Over PopulationCommon products/ Methodology to be used in carrying out the project:-A project website-E-twinning project space-A database for created video games-An album of authentic photos of urban sprawl from each partner country-A digital story book on deforestation and endangered species-An e-booklet of the international and local NGOs working for environment-An e-booklet of Innovative Strategies with lesson plans and authentic examples from each partner schoolThe results of this project will have the capacity to inspire the community effectively both locally and European level. At the project site, which will be available even after completion, and on the websites of each partner school, materials produced throughout the partner school can be found. These can be used by all European schools who wish.After all the intense teaching and learning process that results from this project, all involved will have their skills and know-how improved, will be more alert to environmental issues. It will be also easier to user English language in day by day communication, get better problem-solving skills, as well as critical thinking. All these new capabilities will keep being developed.Obviously, our goals to achieve are: High position in the quality of education and European projection/proportion.