Reports from our mobilities
Mobility in Romania
Day 1: The project opening ceremony. PPTs presentations about each partner school and their country's local traditions and customs. A debate about the importance of photography related to Cultural Heritage held by Mr Edmond Sabin, professional photographer. Coordinators meeting. City tour "Suceava through students’ eyes" - taking photos of important historical places in Suceava. Day 2: Workshop with an experienced photographer Mrs. Buculei Mihaela from Palatul Copiilor who introduced the participants in the world of photography (taking and editing photos). Each country presented some legal requirements related to publishing images. Visit to History Museum / Hanul Domnesc, Suceava Fortress and Village Museum. Day 3 An educational visit to discover the beauty of Bucovina and its local customs and traditions (Pottery workshops in Marginea, Museum od painted eggs, Monasteries in Sucevita, Moldovita, Voronet). The participants, divided into transnational groups, took photos of those local landmarks connected to the Romanian heritage. Day 4 Participants took part in interactive activities: Television , Radio and Edutainment School - Romanian Traditions through children’s photo lens. National representative symbols of each country - workshop held by Olga Marcela Reut - expert from Palatul Copiilor. Day 5 Students’ power point presentations about local Cultural Heritage through photographs taken during the mobility. Photo contest resolurion, mobility evaluation session and coordinators meeting. |
Mobility in Italy
Day 1: Participants presented their local presentations about local and national cuisines being their national cultural heritage. Italian students showed their history starting from Ruggero II, the Norman King who gave the name to the host school. Next participants visited Zungoli and the millenary caves of stone and tuff, where the characteristic local cheese called "caciocavallo podolico" is aged and preserved, at Cooperativa La Molara. Coordinators meeting. Day 2: Participants divided into international groups and in different order visited the school’s ceramics laboratories and had practical activities in ceramics. Then they had an interactive workshop in the Educational Museum of Ceramics with the Architect Carmine Iuorio. Next they visited the Norman Castle of Ariano Irpino and the Cathedral of Ariano Irpino where they were given a lecture: “The story of the sacred thorns preserved in the Cathedral of Ariano Irpino” by Giuseppe Perrina. Day 3: A whole day educational trip with visits to Norman castles of Castel Del Monte and Trani, Cathedral of Trani, where participants learnt about life in the Norman times, saw an interactive digital presentation of living in medieval times. Day 4: Participants acted at a Historical representation of the most important of Ariano Irpino traditions: the gift of two thorns from Christ’s crown to our town by Charles of Angiò. They wore medieval costumes, and participated in a live reconstruction of the ceremony. In the afternoon students worked on computers on preparation of English descriptions for the album. They also had a display and contest of local dances and songs. Day 5: Participants visited an interactive ceramics museum. Later they visited the Norman Tower of Casalbore. After returning they had a Kahoot game checking knowledge gained during the visits (mobility) and then participated in a competition: each team chose a predetermined number of images during all the activities that they showed them and described to all participants on PCs. Coordinators meeting. |
Mobility in Lithuania
1st day. Lithuanian traditional dances and songs display (performed by students of Vilkija gymnasium). A lecture about photography specialties was given to project participants Arūnas Zalanskas a professional photographer. Participants paid a visit to Antanas and Jonas Juškos ethnic museum. There was a coordinating meeting. 2nd day. All day activities in international groups in a form of workshops related to Lithuanian cultural heritage at Vilkija gymnasium. Making traditional decorations, candles, cooking national dishes, doing sports, martial arts. National costumes display and dances practice. 3rd day. Educational trip: Lithuanian cultural heritage. A visit to Vilnius and Trakai. Visiting Vilnius Historic Centre, the first of the four Lithuanian sites added to the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage list. Students took photos of Vilnius and Trakai buildings and architecture. 4th day. Exploring Panemune scenic route and its castles, old manors and hill forts. A visit to Panemunė’s castle and a treasure hunt game to discover hidden treasures of the castle organized by the museum workers. A lecture and workshops on photo editing at the host school. Making of presentation of Lithuanian heritage in international students’ groups to be presented on the last day. Visiting Kaunas Photography gallery and the most unique and the only devils’ museum in the world. 5th day. Students edited their photos and presented them to LTT visit participants - on Lithuanian cultural heritage through students’ eyes. All participants gave feedback on the visit (evaluation). Second coordinating meeting. Farewell ceremony. |
Mobility in Türkiye
Day 1 Partners presented effects of local work done before the mobility i.e. parts of their albums about music and dances in their cultural heritage. Next students participated in a training about photos editing in Canva prepared by an ICT expert invited by the host school. Afterwards they attended a workshop of Ebru Art. The coordinating meeting was carried out. Day 2 Participants attended a trip to ancient cities of Pamukkale and Hierapolis to see what cities and life were like in ancient times. On the way they also visited a town of Buldan with its famous textile weaving workshops. Participants had a chance to see the weaving work as it was like in the past and is still practiced today. They could see handmade textiles, and the arrangement of a traditional Turkish house. Day 3 In the school activities, the students participated in traditional folk dance display and workshop, and saw a traditional Turkish music show with traditional costumes from different parts of Turkiye. In the afternoon they went on a short trip to Babadağ, Blue Lagoon and Kayaköy the most beautiful and known landmarks of Fethiye area. Day 4 Participants attended a trip to the town of Üzümlü where they took part in workshops of weaving textiles, making pottery, clothes painting, and playing traditional Turkish musical instruments. Next they visited Letoon Ancient city and Patara Ancient harbour city and the beach. Day 5 The participants collected the visuals created during the week activities and had a workshop practice guided by ICT teachers on the album editing. Later they presented effects of their work and participated in a Kahoot game summarizing the knowledge gained from the mobility. They had a city tour connected with a visit to the Museum Amintas Tomb. Project evaluation activities and coordinators meeting. |
Mobility in Poland
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Day 1
Presentations of national versions of albums - architectural and natural heritage. Introduction to the photo contest rules. Polish cuisine workshop activities with a local housewives society. Participants prepared traditional Polish dishes with the assistance of the local housewives society. Polish national dances and music workshop with a professional dance trainer and champion. Coordinators meeting. Day 2 A visit to the outdoor museum “Karpacka Troja” (Carpathian Troy) in Trzcinica. Participants experienced real life situations of people living in the area in the bronze age. Workshops presenting games of Slavic people of the times and workshops presenting warriors of those times, archery workshops. A visit to local wooden architecture monument - the 16th century wooden church in Święcany. A visit to the Hutsul horses stud in Regietów – biggest stud of this type of horses in Europe connected with a horse carriages ride and a display of local traditional food. Day 3 Guided visit to the Sanok outdoor museum where old wooden buildings and their equipment are reconstructed (moved) from all south eastern Poland including the manor house from Święcany, which used to be located right behind the host school in the past. Participants divided into groups attended workshops of icons writing (with a world famous icon writer and protector) and of simulating life in a manor house from 18th century. Day 4 A visit to the Unesco Heritage Salt Mine in Wieliczka in a form of an educational lesson of salt mining from the previous centuries. A visit to the old town of Kraków – the Wawel Castle, the Wawel cathedral and Sigismunt Bell, the Market square with the St. Mary’s church. Day 5 Album editing activities. And presentation of the final versions of the Album as the project product Resolution of the photo and memes contest and awards. Coordinating meeting and LTT evaluation. Farewell ceremony and certificates. |