1. Intercultural cooperation of regions on ICTs & PBL via a Comenius Regio project Alexandroupolis, 14 February 2014 Charitomeni GKIOUROGLOU, Eastern Macedonia – Thrace Regional Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

2. ICTs & PBL Comenius Regio project August, 2012 (start) August, 2014 (finish) Two regions: – Eastern Macedonia – Thrace Regional Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education – Trabzon Provincial Directorate of National Education Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

3. Local Partners Primary School “Bener Cordan” Trabzon Social Sciences Upper high-school (Lyceum) Association for The Support of Social Research and Development (TARGED) 6 th Primary School of Alexandroupolis 3 rd High-school of Alexandroupolis “Domna Visvizi” 3 rd Upper high-school (Lyceum) of Alexandroupolis Special Education School of Alexandroupolis Regional Training Center of Alexandroupolis Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

4. Data Eastern Macedonia – Thrace 933 schools 83.591 pupils 12.713 teachers Trabzon Province 684 schools 124.883 pupils 9.553 teachers Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

5. Educational Systems Greek Educational System: 9 years compulsory education (1 year compulsory Kindergarten) 6 years primary 3 years lower secondary 3 years non-compulsory upper secondary Turkish Educational System: 12 years compulsory education 4 years primary 4 years lower secondary 4 years upper secondary Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

6. ICTs & PBL Comenius Regio Topics: – The use of ICTs in the two educational systems – The use of project-based learning (PBL) in the two educational systems – The exchange of good practices on the use of ICTs and PBL in both regions – Teacher training & exchange of teacher training material – The investigation of teachers’ attitudes & training needs Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

7. ICTs - Information & Communication Technologies Greece ADSL broadband connections, labs, equipment (2 nd & 3 rd CSF) Interactive boards & relative equipment (4 th CSF, ESPA 2010) Teacher-training in ICTs (2-4 CSF) Educational software (2 nd CSF) Educational portals (e-yliko, Digital School, Photodentro, interactive books) (2-4 CSF) Hellenic School Network Educational Management systems (My School…) Turkey: Project FATIH (2011-2016) Equipment & software Smart boards to all classes (1400 schools/Trabzon - 87.000 schools/Turkey) Table-computers (with e-books) to all pupils and all teachers (50.000 pupils & teachers in Trabzon – in March, 150.000 tablets/Turkey) In-service teacher-training in ICTs (1 st & 2 nd level) Educational e-contents Educational Management systems Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

9. Project Based Learning (PBL) “Project” as subject in secondary education “Flexible Zone” in primary education Projects in Environmental, Aesthetic and Health education European projects New curricula with innovative methodologies (pilot) The project is not compulsory lesson in the curriculum. Teachers trained in inquiry- based learning & learner- centered methods Project as optional subject in 9th grade (secondary) for 2 hours per week. It depends on the teacher to use PBL in his/her subject Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

10. Mobilities to EM-Th 3 mobilities (until today) 22 Turkish directors & teachers moved Visits to 13 schools across the region (primary, secondary, VET, special education, intercultural, minority, experimental) Visits to 3 Environmental Education Centers 17 presentations by school consultants & teachers of the schools visited 2 presentations by Turkish teachers 2 Day Events: – For Primary education in Xanthi (May, 2013): 9 presentations/140 teachers attended – For Secondary education in Alex/polis (February, 2014): 13 presentations Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

11. Mobilities to Trabzon 3 mobilities (until today) 18 Greek directors & teachers moved Visits to 9 schools (primary, secondary, VET, special education, art & sports school) 7 presentations by Greek directors & teachers 7 presentations by teachers of the directorate & schools visited 1 Day Event for primary and secondary education: 8 presentations – around 50 teachers attended Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

14. Intercultural activities Eastern Macedonia – Thrace: Ethnological Museum of Thrace – Alex/polis Ecclesiastical Museum of Alex/polis Archeological Museum & site of Philippi Museum of Silk, Soufli National Park of Dadia River Nestos, Paranesti Xanthi, Kavala, Komotini, Didimoteicho, Sapes, Thasos Trabzon: Sumela Monastery (visited 3 times) Hagia Sophia Museum Trabzon City Museum TrabzonSpor Museum Ataturk Pavillion Akcaabal Traditional Houses «Uzungöl» (Long Lake) Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

15. Good Practices 55 good practices by primary and secondary school teachers on the use of ICTs and PBL are available on our website: http://pdetra.com/ind ex.php/resources/goo d-practices http://pdetra.com/ind ex.php/resources/goo d-practices Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

16. Teacher Training Project-based learning (primary & secondary) Web 2.0 and e-portfolio Project-based learning (primary & secondary) Project-based learning and e-portfolios in Special Education Project-based learning (primary & secondary) ICTs and digital portfolios (primary & secondary) Using ICTs in education (secondary) Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

19. Questionnaire PDE EM-Thr questionnaire for teachers: – The use of ICTs by teachers – The use of PBL by teachers – Teachers’ training needs Research in EM-Thr & Trabzon Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"

20. Future events 1 mobility to Trabzon 1 mobility to EM-Thr Comenius Regio "ICTs in education and Project-based learning: Politics, Practices and Knowledge Exchange"