Digital vs Traditional

The first mobility - Yalova - Turkey
25-29 October. 2021

After an amazing week of Erasmus, we have completed the first mobility of our project with all the partner schools from France, Romania, Poland, Spain and Latvia. During the week, all the participants have carried out many different workshops and activities such as digital and traditional art work, world music and rhythm, handmade paper, designing handicraft and ceramic. We have visited Termal, Yürüyen Köşk, Yalova Municipality, Earthquake Memorial, Paper Museum and Kapili Çınar. School trips to Istanbul, Iznik and Bursa were also amazing. More than 60 teachers and students take part in the activities and over 200 students joined and supported the project. All the partner schools returned their countries after a week full of experiences, emotions and unforgettable memories. (Murat Aksoy - Digital vs. Traditional Project coordinator)

Students' Feedback

Ananaria Lazăr It was the most beautiful experience of my life! I learned and developed with the help of these activities within this mobility. I am glad to have had the opportunity to be part of this beautiful Erasmus family. It was the first experience I had the opportunity to stay with someone in the host and I could see traditions and customs so close, I learned words in a language I did not think I would have the opportunity to speak and I made new friends. We discovered step by step how beautiful the country is and how much history surrounds us, we found out how similar we are as peoples and yet how different we are. Thank you for this occasion and for the wonderful memories!!!

Alexandra Zaharia I felt alive! It was that kind of experience that was too good to be true, but at the end of the day it was actually true. I felt every day, I encountered all the feelings and I forgot for a week my daily life. I was someone new, I was Alex, the person who takes risks. I learned a lot of things about tradition, culture, music and art of Turkey, but also I learned how to make Turkish tea and coffee, how to say a bunch of words in this beautiful language and most importantly how hard, but beautiful is to live with a big family. Now I look at this experience and I realize how lucky I am to have all these memories with this community.

Ema Borca The Erasmus project feels like something really close to a blessing. Even now, a few days after I returned home from Turkey, I still feel like I should be there, not here. The mobility made me feel like there is no point in returning home, gave me such a sense of belonging that parting from the students was almost impossible to phantom. I have met so many amazing people so far, I have learned how to enjoy life like they do and I cannot thank them enough for that. I still can barely believe that I was given the opportunity to take part in such an incredible project, with such loving and beautiful people. I can sincerely say that I loved every part of it; the early mornings, the fun and insightful activities, the hurried walks on the roads of Istanbul and especially the clear waters and the seagulls of the Bosporus. Not once did I get bored and surprisingly, the lack of sleep did not get the best of me. Why? Because I was always happy and excited to do more. That is what happens when you are surrounded by nothing but love and positivity.

Alexia Chifor I have never thought that one week abroad would make me see life the way I do after this experience. Through this project I have found a foreign home and an unbiological family, that I painfully miss right now, and the mobility has taught me a lot about relationships, kindness and dedication. From the marbling workshop to the closing ceremony, I could feel all the hard work put into each activity, meant to challenge our curiosity, creativeness and sense of awareness, all together giving us a full cultural experience. Besides having the most fun in all the workshops and trips, I have done all of this in the company of the most loving and friendly people, with whom I have built strong and hopefully long relationships. I dearly thank each and one from the Turkish community that contributed to making our stay feel more like home than our actual home, as I have never seen such caring and generous people before. It has been a surreal learning experience, full of spiritual and cultural growth, and now, each place I have visited and person I have met holds a special place in my heart. Thank you! Mulțumesc! Teşekkürler!

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The aim of the activities that took place in our school, Colegiul Național Pedagogic ‘Regina Maria’ Deva, Hunedoara, Romania, was to popularize the Digital vs Traditional EK2 project through a series of activities in which as many students from our school as possible could participate. Until October 10, 2021, teachers were able to register using a google form distributed on the internal drive of our educational institution and announce with which class / students they will do the proposed activities.

These were, at choice, the presentation of the partner countries (Turkey, Spain, France, Poland, Latvia) or an activity on the topic of Traditional and Digital Games, an activity that is part of the calendar of our project. 15 teachers were involved with more than 300 students.The activities were carried out during the classes at school or online. The students involved sent us a positive feedback and were they were glad to be a part of a European activity. They discovered new countries, theirs flags, customs and traditions on one hand and on the other they played and had fun at school.

You can see more pictures of the activities on Facebook

The event was promoted on erasmusdays.

THANK YOU!