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Youth Exchange project and study Think GREEN is being created as an

exchange of 44 young participants aged 13 and 14 years, who will
spend 10 days together on a common meaningful activities, linking
the eco theme, 'back to nature' with modern technology.
Youth Exchange is divided into two parts, this will be the first five
days, the Italian participants would spend time in Zagreb, and the
other five days Croatian participants will spend in Italy in Syracuse.
The base of the central project activities in both countries is the
creation and setting up educational trails for bird watching with
integrated QR codes on info-panels placed along the path.
The project includes young participants from two different countries
who will present their ideas of bringing the modern ways of learning
in the form of QR codes into the natural environment and making
'classroom' and a place for spending quality time together outside
the school.
Main project outputs, objectives:
1. Educative path for watching birds in school yards, redisigned
school garden (small wooden tree birdhouses, set-up of the solar
lights in the school yard, decorated benches)
2. Info-tables for the educative path with integrated QR codes
made partialy in the preparatory phase, main phase in Croatia and
Italy and in follow-up phase of the project. The information on tables
will be translated in the Braille
3. Yearly eco calendar 2018/19 with marked important dates
connected with pollution, Earth, environment
4. Short documentary movie eco topic Movie/video sessions on
daily basis both in Croatia and Italy
5. Web page of the project in English, Italian and Croatian language
set up as the platform for this projects disemination and also for all
future project ideas of participants, other students, young people,
other organisations and schools internationaly.
Planned project objectives meet the objectives of the project through
all phases of the project. Participants will be using IT and other digital
knowledge in creation of QR codes integrated in info-tables,
development of documentary movie througout the whole project
and exchange, development of other digital materials, such as
information letter for the participants in the preparatory phase,
power point presentations, preparation of the yearly eco calendar
2018/19 (editing, inserting pictures, using photoshop etc). This
project activities will enhance learning opportunities and motivate
young participants to continue using innovative ICT tools in their
future education and life in general.
Outdoor games and eco activities in both parts of exchange (e.g. food
picnic) will raise awareness among the young participants on healthy
lifestyles, the importance of movement, caring about nature and
other ecological issues.
Participants will improve the linguistic competence since the
participants will use the English language. During the exchange and
cultural exchange workshop, young people will have the opportunity
to learn the basic words from partner country (to present yourself,
greet, etc.), will develop their creativity through activities assembling
and installing birdhouses; painting benches and other activities of
their project curricula (making bookmarkers out of the dried leeves
each participant makes bookmark for participant from partner
organisation (CRO -IT), making the city map for the activity of
interactive sight-seeing and search for the QR codes and Solar system
in the town).
Activities will be based on non-formal and informal methods of
learning outside the classroom, cross-curricular competences,
content and language integrated learning.