"Professional Orientation - My future in Europe! Chances and Challenges for young people in different European Educational SystemsThe title of the project implies the challenges and opportunities for young people in a united Europe. Taking into account the different rates of youth unemployment in the countries participating in the project it becomes clear that it will take a concerted effort here. A youth unemployment rate of 27.4% in Poland, 24.3% in Latvia, 22.6% in Sweden and 19.8% in Turkey shows, in comparison to Germany (5.9%) that here action is needed.This project has been as yet been carried out at any of the participating schools. It is an attempt that teachers provide the framework of the project and the students are asked to complete this. The different types of schools present a particular challenge for their students.Students from higher lever classes should be qualified to ""job scouts"", whose provide assistance in traineeships and education for other students in the same or lower grades.They can be a model for other students from different types of schools in the participating countries.During the meetings the students shall set the toppics for her own work in the project and carrying out these in their own schools and bring the results on etwinning to their partners.A very important target will be to install the “Europass” for every school as a “normal instrument” for the students. They shall learn to use the different possibilities of this European-Project. As coordinating school, the Goethe-Gymnasium offers experiences in cooperation with companies of different size and orientation in internships and co-operation in teaching. Every year students of the Goethe-Gymnasiums are involved in internships and one of the aims in this project shall be, to share this with the partners and established similar projects there. The following forms of communication have proven successful in past projects: E-Mails, eTwinning, Lo-Net2, Microsoft 365 and Skype. The first choice for the communication in this project shall be eTwinning. So the students can store and change their results and everybody can participate.We checked the availability of the domain www.my-school-my future-my Europe.deDuring the project a new development of concepts for the job-orientation (Turkey, Latvia and Sweden) and a continuous development of the concepts from Germany and Poland at the participating schools take part.An implentation of European components (international internship, learning and use of foreign languages) and cooperation in the future for job-orientation and international internships shall be the important targets.The results shall be used by other schools, especially these with students of special needs. If it is possible, the students shall explore which jobs and internships are possible in the participating companies for students with lower level education and special needs.If it is possible, the Goethe-Gymnasium will organize teacher-meetings with colleagues from special schools nearby during the meetings and students/teachers can be participate."

Integration of new technologies into classroomThe project was created to boost students' motivation for using new technologies into school-lessons and for their home-work. Students and teachers learned to use new computer-programs for lessons and private-learning. With these tools they created materials of different topics for using in their own classes and for other students and teachers. During the meetings the participants worked together in mixed groups to create results which are relevant for every school. This cooperation promotes intercultural dialogue among people from different countries and backgrounds in a European context. So the students got more involved in their own learning by using the computer in their studying and improving their results and performance. On the other hand they made the experience what it means to be a European to expose them to different ways of thinking, values and beliefs.The partnership includes five schools – Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy and Turkey with different types of schools, social-backgrounds and geographical conditions. It was a mirror of the diversity of Europe and it's surrounding (from the rural area in Estonia to the “Megalopolis” of Istanbul) and a variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds, which made the project even more appealing. This improved the students' motivation, involvement and promoted the intercultural dialogue. The students were involved in their own learning with a view to attaining better results and becoming more motivated. They developed their transversal skills - numeracy, computer, literacy, critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability; intercultural understanding and acceptance by the communication in English as the common language of the project. During the group work European values were promoted and a cohesion between European citizens and Turkey was developed. The using of special software to create (fun) lessons about customs and traditions, artwork, religious topics, mathematics and literature (book-trailers) was very successful. To safeguard the results, online programs were used to create quizzes and these were used online too. Students improved their knowledge in terms of ICT tools for educational purposes, practical skillsrelated to designing mini-lessons, story-trailers, digital projects, online quizzes and digital artwork. The motivation to create school results growed up. The experience of another culture, the increase of adaptability, self-awareness and awareness of cultural differences which make Europe so diverse, and yet unitary are unforgettable. Teachers could exchange good practices, opinions, teaching methods and tools. They improved their English, digital and organizational-skills.The schools promoted a positive self-image and got more visible in the communities. They gained project management experience and set examples for other schools to apply for projects. They also became more cohesive and a positive atmosphere was be created among the members.The results are available: https://integrationognewtechnolologiesintoclassr.weebly.com/