Digital Update on the Arts and Creativity in Education” (The ARTICS)

Topic(s) addressed

• Social inclusion and equal opportunities. 

• Creativity and culture 

• New technologies, tools and apps 

• Active citizenship

• Gender equality

• Green living

• Sustainability

Target groups

• Students, staff and parents

• Experts, local businesses and communities,

• Mayors, school boards and media 

Methodologies

• Pioneering the implementation of advanced use of IT in teaching arts, crafts and languages.

• The freedom of expression in a collaborative environment, interacting and learning from each other. 

• The methodology included collaborative teamwork, creative writing, storytelling, drama techniques, crafts, dance, music and rhythm. 

• Equal participation of all partners, tolerance and respect for differences, related either to culture or disadvantaged background. 

• Adapting teaching techniques to students’ level of knowledge, skills and abilities

Environments

The diversity of input from partner schools:

• Greece– Creative Classroom for students with dyslexia and Asperger’s syndrome 

• Spain - teaching foreign languages in large groups and to students with special needs 

• Italy – language and cultural inclusion of immigrants, workshops on the use of eTwinning for Erasmus+ projects 

• Latvia - robotics, programming, technical design, CNC, 3D printing 

• Finland – the new CBE approach, individual support to all students

• Portugal -  staff management, results, gender issues, equality  

Teachers

• Responsibility to help students acquire basic literacy, digital and transversal skills, develop their potential and self-confidence

• Teaching them to be responsible and active citizens

• The project encouraged creative collaboration between teachers of different subjects and provided a deeper insight into European education systems

• Teachers led masterclasses, often assisted by their students.

Impact

• The development of students' basic and digital and transversal skills

• Opportunity for new experiences and networking

• Teachers shared good practices, 

• Cooperation, advanced foreign language and IT skills and new solutions introduced in schools. 

• Active cooperation with parents, experts, local communities, municipalities, schools, organizations, businesses and media