About the project

Age of the pupils: 10 - 14

Used language: English

Duration: 10 months (September 2024 to June 2025)

Educational Goals:

• to learn about the 17 education-related SDGs
• to deepen students' understanding of global challenges
• to improve foreign language skills (English)
• to develop students' and teachers' teamwork and communication skills
• to increase the awareness of the connection between Technology and Sustainability (Tech4Good)
• to learn the use of Web 2.0 and AI tools and develop creativity skills and collaboration through them
• to understand the importance of the ethic use of Artificial Intelligence
• to develop students skills of critical thinking
• to develop the DigComp 2.2 competences
• to develop the GreenComp framework competences, especially:

               Area 1. Embodying sustainability values, competence

                           1.3 Promoting nature;

              Area 2. Embracing complexity in sustainability, competence

                          2.3 Problem framing;

              Area 3. Envisioning sustainable futures; competence

                          3.3 Exploratory thinking;

              Area 4. Acting for sustainability; competence

                         4.2 Collective action and

                         4.3 Individual initiative

Work process:

September 2024:

• School and teacher introductions.
• Project introduction to students.
• Project eSafety rules.
• Pre-survey for project participants.
• Global Goals Week (20-29 September 2024): Introduction to the 17 SDGs

October 2024 (Project-Based Learning):

• Forum discussion for students (introduce yourself and write down your expectations from this project).
• SDG 4: Collaborative activity (5th of October / World's Teacher Day) - Creating an illustrated ebook with the most important educational challenges and solutions in each partner country.

November 2024 (Socratic Seminars):

• Online meeting for students to meet each other and creation of a Word Cloud with favorite SDGs.
• SDG 16: Collaborative activity (10th of November / World Science Day for Peace and Development) - Creating an illustrated ebook about peace in the world with AI created images and a Word Cloud about peace and justice.

December 2024 (Experiential Learning):

• Exchanging online new year cards.
• SDG 10: Collaborative activity (3rd of December / World Day of the Handicapped) - Creating a Padlet with tools, games or apps to help handicapped people.

January 2025 (Storytelling):

• SDG 3: Collaborative activity (3rd of January / International Mind-Body Wellness Day) - Creating a digital illustrated story about health and well-being in everyday life with the help of AI.
• Online meeting to showcase students' work and play a Kahoot quiz for the 3rd SDG (well-being at school).

February 2025 (Inquiry-Based Learning):

• Safer Internet Day.
• SDG 5: Collaborative activity (11th of February / International Day of Women and Girls in Science) - Creating a collaborative presentation about famous women scientists.

March 2025 (Game-Based Learning):

• International Day for Digital Learning (19 March)
• SDGs 6 and 15: Collaborative activity (3rd of March / World Wildlife Day and 22nd of March / World Water Day) - Creating a digital collection with games about Water and Life on Land (Wakelet, Symbaloo, ...).

April 2025 (Collaborative Learning):

• Earth Day 2025.
• SDG 13: Collaborative activity (22nd of April / World Mother Earth Day) - Creating an Earth Day celebration video with advices on how to tackle Climate Change
• Online meeting for students

May - June 2025 (Flipped classroom):

• SDG 14: Collaborative activity (2nd of May / World Tuna Day) - Creating an online whiteboard full of reflections and solutions for our oceans.
• Evaluation (online survey).
• Final Survey (by comparing the pre-survey and final survey results, we can see our progress on the project).
• Reflection (Padlet).
• Project presentation in schools (pinboard, parent meetings, teacher's council…).
• Dissemination.

Expected results:

• An illustrated ebook with the most important educational challenges and solutions in each partner country: "The importance of quality education worldwide".
• A Word cloud about students' favorite SDGs.
• An illustrated ebook about peace in the world with AI created images and a Word Cloud about peace and justice: "An AI-Driven world with peace and justice".
• A Padlet with tools, games or apps to help handicapped people
• A digital illustrated story about health and well-being in everyday life: "Promoting Good Health and Well-being using AI".
• A Kahoot quiz about the 3rd SDG.
• A collaborative presentation (Google slides) about famous women scientists: "Creative women of the scientific world".
• A digital collection with games about Water and Life on Land (Wakelet, Symbaloo, ...).
• An Earth Day celebration video with advice on how to tackle Climate Change.
• An online collaborative whiteboard full of reflections and solutions for our oceans: "Exploring Life below Water".
• Pre-survey and final survey results.
• Evaluation report.
• Public TwinSpace, Weebly project website.