Konya Provincial Directorate of National Education is a state institution in charge with the planning and coordination of all kinds of educational and training activities in pre-school, primary, secondary and adult education in Konya Province. Konya Province has 31 districts with 2.625 schools, 450.492 students and 31.200 teachers in total. Konya İl MEM is an umbrella organisation for all these schools and institutions. Our Directorate includes Personnel, Appointment, Examination, Investigation and Evaluation, Culture, Education-Training and Student Affairs, Program Development, In-Service Training, EU Project Department, Computer and Test Services, Pre-Primary Education, Special Education and Guidance, Physical Training and Sports in School, Health Affairs, Services for Teacher and Social Affairs, Scholarships and Lodging, Private Education Institutions, Non-Formal Education, Apprenticeship and Vocational Technical Education, Research Planning and Statistics, Budget Investment and Facilities departments.
Konya İl Mem’s mission; is to ensure to boost efficiency and productivity of associated institutions and of employees and pleasure of worker and service fields; to develop educationteaching process by following modern innovations and advances, by carrying out researches; to improve and to implement laws and other regulations through the general goals and fundamental principles of National Education System in Konya Province.
Our vision; is to be a qualified, prominent institution that has reached the level to compete equivalent institutions in Turkey and in modern countries with ensuring authentic contribution to the development of Turkish National Education System by providing effective usage of knowledge, skill, value and technology required for Knowledge Era.
In Konya Provincial National Education Directorate, there is the “Office of European Union Projects” which coordinates the EU funded projects in the province of Konya. Our directorate realized 92 projects in scope of EU Projects and has been going on this journey with new Erasmus+ projects.
This year, we currently have 24 Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Projects in partnership with various European Organisations.
Website: www.konya.meb.gov.tr
Our school is in the center of Konya. It was brought into education by a philanthropist named Zeki Altındağ, one of the prominent businessmen of our city. Our school, which started its education in 2003, is a warm educational home with 1400 students and 62 staff. We have a staff of teachers who are open to innovations and are interested in learning. Our vision ; To be a preferred school that makes a difference with its love, respect and tolerance oriented education approach. To enable our students to realize their personal talents and potentials, to raise happy individuals who are beneficial to our country and humanity. We are constantly striving to improve and renew our methods with an educational environment in line with our vision and mission.We serve in a 3-storey building in our school. Downstairs we have a multi-purpose hall, chess room, library, visual presentation room, canteen, course hall and archive. On the other floors, there are classrooms from first to fourth grade, English class, administrative rooms, teachers room, guidance service, masjid and sinks. We have football, basketball and playgrounds in our garden. Our school was inspected according to the criteria of a healthy and clean school in the 2016-2017 academic year and was awarded the “White Flag”. Our school, which aims to raise a healthy generation, has also received the “Nutrition Friendly School” label. Our institution received the e-twinning school quality label as a result of our application for e-twinning, the most exciting and efficient education portal in Europe. All studies within the school are planned student-centered. Within the framework of the strategic development plan, our institution strives for continuous improvement and change in line with world standards in line with our priorities and needs. As the school, 1 KA101.2 KA 229 project applications were made last year and 3 projects are working under the coordination of our school. In our project, technology addiction has become a common problem of humanity as a child or an adult in recent years, which negatively affects human relations and pushes children to loneliness and health problems. We know that the healthy character and personality development of our children, who are our future, is very important. Contributing to a problem at an international level, sharing and learning new and good practices make important contributions to the functioning of our institution and increases the learning and teaching motivation of all stakeholders.
Website: zekialtindagilkokulu.meb.k12.tr
The CRHACK LAB FOLIGNO 4D was created to help young people develop an addiction to innovative thinking and to acquire a conscious digital practical culture, exposing them in advance to the most advanced technologies to prepare them for the new jobs that will arise in the next decade. All this with the accompaniment of a team of mentors whose multidisciplinary skills range from management and enhancement of cultural heritage to spatial computing, including communication, art, publishing and design. The activities are focused on an open-lab that is already taking care of the development of three strands of projects:
– “Calls from the Other Side”, where we explore the future of entertainment and edutainment with
the creation of interactive StoryWorld;
– “It is bigger in its interior”, where we explore the future of publishing, and the impact of augmented reality technologies on it, particularly in schools;
– “The whole world is a stage”, where we explore the future of the enhancement of cultural heritage and training to manage professional scenarios through immersive environments. CRHACK LAB carries out activities of general interest for the pursuit, without profit, of the following civic, solidarity and social utility purposes:
to study the short and medium term impact in terms of inclusion and social cohesion of the epochal digital transformation;
to make available to young people and their educators new methods, tools and systemic organizational models to face the new individual and collective challenges that will arise in the new socio-economic and cultural context;
to develop models and prototypes mechanisms of creation and generational transmission of the cultural heritage adapted to the new technological context determined by the
expansion and consolidation of the capacity for interaction with the environment through its digital dimension. The activities carried out, mainly in favour of third parties and making prevalent use of the voluntary activity of its members are:
education, training and vocational training, as well as cultural activities of social interest for educational purposes;
interventions to protect and enhance the cultural heritage and the landscape;
university and post-university training;
scientific research of particular social interest;
organization and management of cultural, artistic or recreational activities of social interest, including editorial activities, to promote and disseminate the culture and practice of volunteering;
extra-school training, aimed at preventing early school leaving and scholastic and educational success, preventing bullying and combating educational poverty.
Website: https://crowddreaminganew.world/
The “I.C.S. A. Gemelli” is situated in the area of Leporano, a small town near the city of Taranto, and includes Nursery, Primary and Lower-Secondary School. It has a total number of 32 classes (8 Nursery, 15 Primary and 9 Lower- Secondary) and 585 students (Nursery, Primary and Lower-Secondary). There are 18 students with special needs and 16 with specific learning disorders. The teaching staff consists of 57 teachers (Nursery, Primary and Secondary school teachers), the administrative staff consists of 4 people, there are 13 school assistants and, of course, the Head teacher. The “I.C.S. A.Gemelli” collects the students of the whole town area of Leporano, commonly referred to as “internal” and those of the “external” coastal area. It has its headquarters in the centre of Leporano and a branch, with classes for all three school levels, in the coastal area. Leporano is located to east of Taranto -the capital of the Ionian Sea- and has a population of about seven thousand inhabitants which, in recent years, has tripled its number because of the numerous settlements both along the coast and in the inner area, mainly due to the tourist peculiarities of the place. The differences between the “inner” and the “outer” areas lie, mainly, in the composition of the social and Professional status of their inhabitants. The population of the town of Leporano, inland, is mainly composed of agricultural workers. Its community suffers from many problems, above all unemployment, but also problems of integration of family groups with unstable residence, dysfunctional families and a growing number of immigrants especially from Eastern Europe and North Africa, and, also a number of adopted children from Colombia, India and Ukraine. In the quiet centre of Leporano there is a town library, but there aren’t any museums, theatres, cinemas, associations or research centres. The occasions for cultural enrichment are very modest and are currently charged on the school and the local parish. Due to this simple cultural context the school assumes a fundamental role as the main centre for the development of the education of its population, providing occasions for the cultural enrichment of the community, thanks to the many extra-curricular activities offered to children, teenagers, and sometimes also adults. It seems clear, however, that in the absence of other educational agencies, the action of the school needs to be further enhanced, in order to be able to face the new challenges posed by the remarkable changes taking place in the same community, with its increasing presence of non-EU children and adults needing diversified and specialized intervention. Different is the situation of what is called the “external” coastal area that, in recent years has seen, significantly increase its population. The community of this area has a very different social composition being mainly made up of professionals, employees in the tertiary and industry workers. By virtue of the social and economic characteristics of the users of this area, the rate of school dropout and evasion of the compulsory attendance is very modest and the occasions for social and cultural enrichment of the students living there, are much greater than for those of the “hinterland”.
Website: www.icsgemelli.edu.it
Eduvibes is a non-government organization working in education area. The most important goals of organization is to support education in the ICT, economic and finance. We promote computer games for educational purpose, develop start-ups and also promote new trends, new study methods using modern technology in teaching youth and adults. We also spread up activities for European integration, international cooperation and entrepreneurship. Organization implement different projects and initiatives for various social groups including social and economic discrimination of women in the world. Through our experts we also deal in the topic of ecology and sustainable development. Organization is founded by the experts in the field of higher education innovation and Project management. We focus on development and dissemination of the innovative technologies in the educational process in Europe. By partnering the leading centers for innovation such as Artificial Intelligence Labs, Augmented Reality Labs, Machine Learning centers we would like to contribute to the innovation and competitiveness of the educational sector in Poland. All members of our organization are PhD holders or PhD candidates specializing in entrepreneurship and new technologies with the experience of work in the leading Polish universities such as the Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw School of Economics and also University of Limerick (Ireland). As a creative spin-off foundation, we want to disseminate new technologies in the non-profit projects and also focus on building new applications and creation of the computer games for educational process. We cooperate with the teams of developers and programmers in Poland and also in the neighboring countries on the constant basis.
Website: www.eduvibes.eu
University “Dunarea de Jos”; of Galati is the largest university in the South East of Romania. It assumes the task of preparing specialists in various fields of engineering, economic, humanistic and social, that are actively in supporting technology transfer, science, transmission and culture dissemination. Also, it provides training for professionals within and outside academic community by specialization courses and training. University “Dunarea de Jos”; of Galati assumes the mission of promoting of science and culture at national and international level. The university has developed skills and Bologna-process based curricula relevant to the economic and social needs national and local level, and it is actively involved in a large number of European programs both for research and cooperation. University “Dunarea de Jos”; of Galati has 16 faculties and prepares students for bachelor, master and PhD degrees in various fields (technical, humanistic, economic, health, arts, sports, etc.). The university assumes the role of being a pole of scientific and technological creation for supporting the stakeholders as employees in economic, education and social sectors in the region. University “Dunarea de Jos”; of Galati is performing a high level scientific research by its high qualified teaching and research staff, by its consistent research laboratories and facilities, and by its scientific cooperation at national, regional, European and international level, within its research programmes and projects. Erasmus Office of University “Dunarea de Jos”; of Galati is experienced in organizing mobilities for students and staff and language courses for incoming students. Erasmus Office can also contribute to organize enjoyable activities and tours.
Website: www.ugal.ro