ERASMUS+ KA229: Cybersecurity Schools: C1 Romania: 9th to 13th of December, 2019

Friday, December 13, 2019

C1 Romania: 9th to 13th of December, 2019

ROMANIA MOBILITY

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

With the title "Welcome" we carried out the first mobility of our project "Cybersecurity Schools" that developed the following contents:

Activities to welcome teachers and students.
Educational and cultural knowledge of the partners from the participating countries through presentations and videos, exposed to the whole community.
Visit to the most emblematic places in Galanesti and its surroundings: Marginea Pottery Center, Sucevita Monastery, Salt Cacica Mine, "Stefan cel Mare" University (Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering), Planetarium and the Astronomical Observatory of Suceava; Suceava Fortress and Natural Park.
Implementation of specific activities on cybersecurity: Review of the blog of the school project "Samson Bodnarescu". Creation of a presentation on privacy rules when surfing the Internet. Evaluation of unit 1 on good privacy practices. Update of the eTwinning platform.
Participation in a conference entitled "Computer yesterday and today".
Knowledge of the history and culture of Romania through a gamification activity carried out with the Kahoot tool.
The teachers:
- We review the activities carried out so far on the eTwinning platform. We clarify important aspects and pillars of the project such as the exchange of good practices and the organization of these practices during the life of the project.
- We organize important aspects of the second mobility to Poland, such as the date, number of participating students from each school, organization of the students with the host families, etc.

The methodology was characterized by the active participation of the entire educational community in collaborative work environments. The key element was neither the teachers nor the students, but all the people of the Galanesti Community with whom all the partners relate. About ten families from Galanesti hosted our students, standing out for their hospitality, closeness and kindness. The contact with them was established weeks before the beginning of the mobility and it was very easy.

The results of this activity have been a greater knowledge and cohesion of the group. The activities promoted face-to-face contact and mutual knowledge of the partners, greatly favouring the development of linguistic, intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence. Significant learning was achieved through real classroom communication situations described above.

The activity was perfectly integrated in the centre of Galanesti. For example, taking advantage of the fact that Christmas was approaching, the whole centre prepared activities such as greeting cards, songs and dances that were exhibited as a closing ceremony. During the week the activities were carried out in different spaces, which favoured the carrying out of the usual activities of the centre.

BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPANTS

Thanks to the development of this activity, the participants involved benefits from the following aspects:

Traveling allowed us to develop skills that might otherwise not have come along. Some of our students, due to their young age, were travelling for the first time without their parents' presence and using means of transport such as the airplane.
We all got to know each other physically, establishing bonds of friendship that will have a positive impact on the development of the project. In the case of students, this knowledge will facilitate communication for the implementation of future joint project activities. In the case of unit 1 we have decided to make it an interactive presentation with Google Drive tools through the eTwinning platform.
From the teachers' point of view, the contact helped us to form professional and friendly links that will benefit the good development of the project and our professional future.
We improve or strengthen our skills in a foreign language. In our case it was the English. We have found that this task is easier when students share with host families or peers. Being immersed all day in a place that speaks a certain language is the best way to incorporate it and learn it in a real way.
Greater knowledge of cybersecurity thanks to the activities that took place in the Cultural Centre and presentations such as "Computer yesterday and today".
Openness of mind to other realities (social, economic and educational) different from our own.
We have lived with other cultures, traditions and ways of life.

PHOTOS OF EACH OF THE ORGANISATIONS

Common video of the experiences of the first mobility.

Each country has chosen the ten best photos of our mobility in Romania. These photos will be able to use in all our school presentations or dissemination activities.

Hungary