ON BOARD Eduprojects

In addition, and to facilitate the project start-up, all partners selected a number of pilot projects to mobilize local agents in the implementation of simple innovative projects. This is what we call Eduprojects.

Eduprojects are a series of education experiences of ON BOARD partners. They are part of a "basket of projects" ON BOARD partners are preparing so they can be shared and replicated in other cities to support them in the development of the Educational Innovation Networks.

What are the main criteria of those Eduprojects?

• They promote an integrative approach and co-responsibility of all education stakeholders are creating so they can be share.
• They incorporate technology and connectivity in the daily teaching-learning process.
• They create new collaboration relationships with non-school local agents.
• They build capacities of agents involved.

Let’s find out the selection of first ON BOARD Projects to be implemented as first Educational Innovation Network initiatives in each Transfer and Good Practice City:

Scientific Forum - Nantes (chosen by Halmstad and Viladecans)

The main goal of Scientific Forum project is to share a scientific culture between various local stakeholders: scientific associations, parents associations, mediators, social workers... through a 1,5 days event based in Sequoïa center, which is a scientific center situated in a disadvantaged district. Scientific Forum gives the possibility to children to present their scientific learning projects to other children.

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station - Poznan (chosen by Viladecans, Nantes and Halmstad)

The objective of ARISS project is to increase students’ motivation for learning, to encourage them to ‘reach beyond’, to dream and follow their dreams, and to encourage them to pursue careers in STEM-related professions through space-related lessons and workshops, radio classes, etc. The project culminates in an event during which our students talk to astronauts on board the International Space Station.

PiGo - Albergaria (chosen by Viladecans, Tallinn and Poznan)

PiGo is an entrepreneur & creative event, based on Pi (π, 3.14...) that gathers on 14/3, at 3:14 pm, with 3 + 14 speakers and each of them with 3 minutes and 14 seconds to make their pitch. All speakers are "heroes of the nation" that in that short space of time tell something that have marked their lives to inspire others. The project was born when students of marketing, communication & public relations of the academic year 2013/2014 of the Secondary School of Albergaria-a-Velha were aware of TEDx and Ignite Portugal events, both being over 18 years old and with a cost that many could not afford. The students decided to create an event that would inspire the general public and at zero cost.

Smart Brain - Halmstad (chosen by Viladecans, Albergaria, Nantes and Poznan)

Nowadays there are many children and young people who suffer from stress. The project aims is to understand how the brain works in different situations and how pupils can draw this advantage when they study, so an arena/platform on which neuroscience, psychology, pedagogy and information technology are linked has been created. The long-term goal of Smart Brain is expressed as "that staff and students should develop sustainable strategies for well-being and knowledge development in the school that can also be used in other contexts and later in life".

Encouraging pupil’s participation in the local youth events - Tallinn (chosen by Viladecans)

In order to prevent antisocial behaviour it is very important to involve young people into local life through different possibilities at the youth centres of the area. According to the school curriculum it is important to develop student’s personal interests, their talents and to help them finding the ways they can spend free time or learn new things. The project involves young people into local life, providing them interesting and motivating activities out of the school environment. How? Developing constant cooperation between school and local youth centres.

Ideas Contest - Albergaria (chosen by Tallinn)

The project promotes the familiarization of students with the idea of ​​creating, managing and maintaining a company, fostering the creative and entrepreneurial spirit, as well as educational communication for the importance of entrepreneurship education in schools. The students of the Secondary and Professional Education of the Municipality work and develop their business ideas during the classrooms with the teachers to present them in a final pitch with a jury of enterprise associations, universities, young entrepreneurs… The top three in the competition are awarded with entrepreneurship missions.

Real Classroom Lab - Halmstad (chosen by Albergaria)

The Real Classroom Lab is a Vinnova project in Halmstad aiming to develop test environments in classrooms. These classrooms can then be used as test environments for local, regional, national and global companies to develop products and services that provide digitally enhanced competence in the school focusing on math, tech and science. The purpose is also to establish test environments for future innovation procurement. RCL will, through the test environment as a meeting place between school and business, create a collaborative method for strengthening digital competence of teachers and students as well as attractive products.

Emotions - Viladecans (chosen by Nantes and Poznan)

It is increasingly evident that emotional stability of students is relevant for the teaching-learning processes. Students knowing how to react to their emotions and how to channel them towards their positive part may become an improvement factor, not only for their performance but also for their personal growth. The main objectives of Emotions project are: making the students learn to be aware of their emotions; making them understand their reactions and learn to change their emotional state out of specific actions; and involving families, because emotional responses also occur in the family environment. A joint school-family work will lead to improved project development and results.

Smart Month - Tallinn (chosen by Poznan)

With Smart Month Tallinn Education Department supports the innovation and initiative of schools, preschools and schools for extra-curricular activities to think creatively, "out of the box", to collaborate, to use and experiment with exciting learning methods and digital solutions to make learning for students and teaching teachers more exciting and life-giving. During the month, the educational institutions in Tallinn organize open lessons and events that promote the development and creativity of the learners. The lessons are targeted to different groups (students, teachers, parents and other interested) and they can participate in various practical activities.

Research project joint-mentoring - Viladecans (chosen by Tallinn)

Baccalaureate students must do a research project on a topic of their interest. Being able to do so with the help of some professional (from a company, hospital, institution, etc.) in the city makes it possible to get to know more about some subjects and, at the same time, the students have the opportunity to have a more direct experience of what they are studying. The company or organisation appoints an expert as a “referent” person, a mentor, for the student who monitors and helps him during the elaboration of the research project.
 

Folk for social - Tallinn (chosen by Halmstad)

The idea of the project is to develop bilingual education and dialogue between local minorities (in this case Estonian and Russian speaking kindergartens) through acting together and joining different cultural events. Children can learn to cooperate and value different cultural traditions, teacher’s language skills improve and parents are also involved in kindergarten activities through different events.