Living in a progressive society, where everything speeds faster and faster, in a era of technology and digital information, we realize that we, teachers and parents must change our vision, our means, ourmethods, our attitude, in order to offer to the children the best education we can, to help them gain skills, form positive attitudes towards the world, towards school and education. So, from our needs, from our children needs and from the society's actual and future requests, we decided to launch our project, Modern Teacher.Objectives:O1. Develop creativity and thinking processes for the 786 preschool children (normal and special children, poor or with learning difficulties) from the 6 kindergarten partners, implementing through the project activities the STEAM curricula, modern methods and techniques, modern software, teaching materials, robots and devices, until the project ending;O2. Create basic user skills for the 786 preschool children from the 6 kindergarten partners in order to work with the materials, STEAM kits and robots, Lego WE DO 2.0, Virtual Reality headsets, i-pads, tablets, android phones, Augmented Reality application and the other software and devices used by them, until the project ending;O3. Form easy coding skills for the 786 participating preschool children, through the sustained work with the robots: Cubetto / KUBO, Sphero SPRK, Bee-Bots, during March 2020 - November 2021 periodO4. Enhance, during the project entire implementation period, the teaching processes quality offered by the 50 preschool and ITC teachers in the six participant kindergartens in order to foster preschool age appropriate development of the 786 preschool participant children, to achieve better learning outcomes by introducing new modern methods and techniques, STEAM holistic curricula and using modern devices, software, applications, kits, learning materials, in order to offer and affordable and high quality early childhood education and care.O5. Increasing the inclusion of the 50 children with special needs, the 55 children with learning difficulties and the 169 with poor material conditions, by participating in the STEAM project activities, activities that are based on the holistic approach, learning by discovery, working in pairs and in small groups, team-work, along with their healthy colleagues and without problems, throughout the project implementation period.O6. Decrease gradually the number of absences and the number of preschool children that are missing kindergarten a lot, from the 786 preschoolers from the 6 participating kindergartens, as a result of the modernization of the teaching process and of the activities by introducing modern methods and techniques, the use of STEAM, robots, coding, kits and modern materials, application and devices, throughout the project implementation period.From every partner institution, only the kindergarten part will be used. The 6 partners are:Applicant institution - GRADINITA CU PROGRAM PRELUNGIT DUMBRAVA MINUNATA - kindergarten - FIENI /ROMANIAP1 - ZAKLADNA SKOLA S MATERSKOU SKOLOU - secondary, primary school and kindergarten- HABOVKA / SLOVAKIAP2 - MEHMET AKIF ERSOY ILKOKULU - primary school and kindergarten - EFELER /AYDIN/TURKEYP3 - Tallinna Lasteaed Südameke - kindergarten - TALLINN / ESTONIAP4- SOTIRIADI B. KAI SIA OE - kindergarten - ILIOUPOLI / GREECEP5 - Cra Nosa Señora do Faro.- kindergarten - PONTECESCO / GALICIA / SPAINOur most relevant local project activities are:- Counseling parents and teachers - Develop STEAM thematic projects - Using Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and create content using ZapWorks and other- Simple Screen less coding and using the robots: Cubetto, KBO, Sphero SPRK, Bee-Bots- Creating and using Digital Storytelling, using BookCreator and Androidify- Using Scratch 2.0., LEGO WE DO 2.0. - Conducting STEAM experiments in and out the classWe will also have 6 LTT, one in every partner country: Modern methods and techniques, Education starts with STEAM!, Robotic for preschool, 3D World for children, Creative Teachers- Creative Children and Let's Digital Storytelling. A plan for the project's implementation will be elaborated and it will contain deadlines, activities ,objectives, results and resources. It will constantly be monitored: activities, the project in achieving objectives within the given deadlines and the way the resources are allocated.This project will empower teachers to not only be confident in teaching through STEAM but also be able to assess student skills and competencies in scientific abilities, engineering design and development of STEAM artifacts. The project may lead to innovative changes to the educational system and/or provide a useful contribution to educational politics developments.and it has the potential for synergy with other Erasmus+ projects.

"Technology and computers are used in almost every part of life. ICT is a general term that refers to all kinds of technologies that allows users to access and manipulate information. Education is one of the fields ICT is frequently used and the usage of ICT in kindergartens has been increasing over the years.ICT can be a great tool to enrich learning activities in all subjects. Using different digital tools effectively in educational activities supports the child development and especially the STEAM skills. It is well known that using ICT tools effects child development in positive ways, but there is a challenge in how to get all teachers to use it.Because of that shared challenge, six kindergartens in Europe have come together to create a booklet that introduces the benefits of ICT usage in kindergarten and its benefits on children STEAM skills development. The booklet contains guides of what and how to use, simple games that can be adjusted depending on children age group and so on. This is why we named the project “ICT like 1, 2, 3” because we want ICT to be an integrated part of the education in our kindergartens and we want it to be easy for teachers to start using the new technologies.The project activities are structured to support the achievement of results. All participating kindergartens are actively using ICT in their organizations. Some of them use it more widely and some of them more specifically. Not every kindergarten have the same equipment. The six learning-training activities are planned in a way that all participants will see and learn something new in the field of using ICT in kindergarten. Through these activities, best practices will be shared and a booklet containing information and games for teachers starting using ICT will be put together. In order to increase the use of ICT by teachers in the organization, we want to offer them digital competence. This is done by sharing the experience gained from the learning and training activities aboard within the organization and measured by conducting a survey at the beginning, middle and end of the project.We all share a knowledge that using digital tools is important part in high quality early childhood education. In order to achieve a high level of ICT use in teaching, it is necessary to increase teachers' digital competences and skills to use these tools. Our differences in curricula, learning environments and past experiences will make our team stronger and the booklet we are creating more universal to use for all teachers around the Europe. In addition to the booklet we are creating an open twinspace and a facebook page to share our experience and new knowledge with all the kindergarten teachers interested in the field of ICT usage in early childhood education. The project involves the following kindergartens: Vretec Galjeciva – Slovenia, Kværnerdalen Barnehage – Norway, Taru Lasteaed Hellik, Estonia, Dobeles pirmsskolas izglītības iestāde ""Spodrītis"" – Lativa, Tallinna Lasteaed Pääsusilm, Estonia and Solheimslien Barnehage- Norway –"

"According to PISA studies, a big number of children lack the necessary literacy skills that are required to learn the other subjects, disciplines and to develop the basic key competences, The proper attention must be payed to Literacy from an early age, from the kindergarten period and even earlier.In special, this phenomena affects badly the poor and disadvantaged children, the children with disabilities that need a lot of support, love, care and attention in order to be included in the mass kindergarten and become an successful adult. We have to tackle this problems and help them not only in the inclusion process but also in gaining durable basic key-competences (Literacy, Science, Mathematics), develop social and emotional skills, have a positive attitude towards kindergarten, school, lecture, games and nature. Also a strong partnership between parents and teachers must be built, teach parents how to support their children because the children achievements don't reside on parents financial income or status, but on the parents ability to guide them, to help them and have quality time and a relationship full of love, support and respect.Our project objectives are:O1 - Develop the creativity and the critical thinking for all the 1211 children (normal, disabled, with learning difficulties or poor) through the lecture, STEAM activities and photography activities until 30.11.2022, the end of the project;O2 - Increase the inclusion level of the 137 special need children and 233 poor or disadvantaged children through the pairs and small groups collaborative activities based on STEAM experiments, photography, storytelling, arts and children outdoor games until the end of the project;O3 - Lower gradually the number of children, both normal and special and also poor or disadvantaged that are missing kindergarten and school a lot, from the 1211 total pupils, until the end of the project;O4 - Improve the comprehension of the language in the mother tongue, the speech accuracy and science / mathematics skills for all the 1211 children (normal, disabled, with learning difficulties, disadvantaged or poor) through the reading, lecture and STEAM activities until 30.11.2022, the end of the project;O5 -Improve, during the project implementation period, the teaching processes quality offered by the 125 teachers in the six participant schools in order to assure an appropriate development of the 1211 preschool and primary school participant children, to obtain better results by introducing new reading and lecture methods, STEAM holistic curricula and using modern devices, photography and nature experiments and activities, in order to offer and affordable and high quality early childhood education and care.From every partner institution, only the kindergarten part will be used. The 6 partners are:Applicant institution - GRADINITA CU PROGRAM PRELUNGIT DUMBRAVA MINUNATA -kindergarten - FIENI /ROMANIAP1 - Agrupamento de Escolas de Vilela - VILELA /PORTUGALP2 - OZEL KARDELEN ANAOKULU - CAPPADOCIA / TURKEYP3 - Tallinna Lasteaed Südameke - kindergarten - TALLINN / ESTONIAP4- Ville de Taverny kindergarten - TAVERNY -FRANCEP5 -Istituto Comprensivo Maria Montessori - ROME / ITALYOur most relevant local project activities are:- Counseling parents and teachers regarding the inclusion of special children- Creating ""Reading Corners"", fill them with quality books and have daily lectures - Establishing a great partnership with parents and guide them to support their children- Building strong social and emotional skills for children, build and strengthen the collaboration and a positive relation between special and normal children;- Help special and disadvantaged children have a smooth inclusion process and a normal happy preschool life- Use the smart board and the Digital Storytelling in class - Conduct nature related and photography activities with childrenWe will also have 6 LTT, one in every partner country: STEAM is FUN, Digital Storytelling, Social and Emotional Learning, Books, Drama, Art and Montessori, Parents-Teachers Partnership, Books and Nature.A plan for the project's implementation will be elaborated and it will contain deadlines, activities,objectives, results and resources. It will constantly be monitored: activities, the project in achievingobjectives within the given deadlines and the way the resources are allocated.The project will have a positive impact on all participant teacher skills as well as on the partner kindergartens, over children and parents.The project will help build an Erasmus+ culture in the participating kindergartens. Teachers will continue to use the lectures, theaters, dramatizations, singing and dances, social and emotional games and fun STEAM experiments in the class. Our project will continue even after it's granted period ends, because new generations of children will come and we have to support them under all the aspects."

<< Objectives >>The main goal of our project is to expand the digital skills of the participating partners for planning of educational offers in the fields of elementary education and educator training and thus to make a contribution to the digitalisation of vocational education. Another goal is the creation of a learning platform for digital learning spaces dedicated to elementary education and professional training of educators, taking into account didactic considerations.<< Implementation >>During our partner meetings, we will do an exchange and obtain information about the digital agenda of the EU. Our joint activities will allow us to process our experiences with digital tools / media didactically and through peer learning. The results will be published on the learning platforms installed on the websites of our partner institutions, communicated on the social media, and shared with educators and social workers directly.<< Results >>We expect an expansion of the digital competences of our project participants. We would also like to publish a didactically validated set of digital tools intended for elementary education and vocational training on a learning platform. Dealing with the digital agenda of the EU should strengthen the European identity of the participants and contribute to the dissemination of European visions.