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The main objective of the project is making secondary school teachers prepared to cope in the short / medium term with the new ways of learning, teaching and communicating with students at risk of exclusion whose situation has been further endangered by COVID19 emergency and in the longer term to develop an aware capacity to use innovative ICT based methodologies guaranteeing full access and equal opportunities to learn to all students.

The CUT! project will target directly pre-adolescent boys and girls in school, as they are the best target group to prevent at an early stage alcohol abuse and other risky behaviours. At the same time, parents, educators and psychological support staff are also directly targeted as they represent the two actors mainly involved in the growth and education of young people between 11-14. Specific objectives include:

• Raise awareness on the issue of alcohol abuse
• Prevent risky behaviours eventually leading to alcohol abuse
• Develop response strategies to tackle the issue of alcohol abuse among pre-adolescents

The CAMPS project intends to develop a greater and sound awareness of the importance of CLIL methodology for primary schools, as language studies have been increasingly proving that foreign languages can be more easily learned at a younger age, and so it seems to be for foreign languages learned/taught through CLIL methodology. The specific aims of the project are:

• Provide primary school teachers with reliable yet accessible methodological training that can supply knowledge and experience with the CLIL so that it will be possible to create simple disciplinary input in English
• Provide teachers with easy and effective access to CLIL base teaching tools, taking the form of CLIL based Video lessons in English focusing on Arts and Music, to be used in their everyday teaching practices
• Promote the insertion of CLIL methodology at the primary school level by providing exemplary and motivational case studies

The project aims at redefining disciplinary programs and educational methods through cooperation between the different institutions of education and providing theoretical-methodological schemes which are innovative and closer to the analyzed realities as well as virtuous models of action which will enhance environmental issues. The specific aims of the project are:

• Contribute to promoting the awareness of schools communities about environmental issues and sustainable development through the promotion of a transdisciplinary approach and problem-based learning.
• Implementing, experimenting, validating, supporting, and disseminating training models linked to the environment and to more aware management and consumption of natural resources.
• Enhance the contribution that the school education system can give to the environmental sustainability

The project identifies three main specific objectives:

• Provide basic and transversal digital skills to teachers for a transformation of teaching methodologies by emphasizing the opportunities for relationship and participation that online platforms offer.
• Work on the innovation of sharing strategies of teaching materials in social platforms close to the daily online relational experience of young people, as well as on better communicability of teaching materials through the adoption of visual languages and storytelling as narration methods of more engaging content.
• Provide transversal digital skills (e.g. critical analysis, user awareness, creative content production) for greater autonomy and behavioural online responsibility online.

The purposes of IHES project is:

• Develop and implement online programme on inclusion and independent living for people with intellectual disabilities in universities.
• Design and pilot a methodology to support inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in the Higher Education (HE) systems.
• Develop a set of recommendations to university policy and decision makers at HE level on how to promote inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

The objective of the BiMo project is, with the help of secondary school headmasters and teachers, to deepen the views, impressions and needs of the parents in monolingual societies with implemented bilingual education programmes, and to establish synergies from societies with greater experience in everyday bilingualism and bilingual education programmes in a foreign language.

” Anghel Saligny” Technological High School,  from city Bacau  is partner in the OFF-Book project. High School website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of this High School website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

” Octav Bancila” National College of Art,  from city Iasi  is partner in the OFF-Book project. High School website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of this High School website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

”Miron Costin” Technical High School, , from city Roman  is partner in the OFF-Book project. High School website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of this High School website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

”Virgil Madgearu” Economic Technical High School, from city Iasi is partner in the OFF-Book project. High School website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of this High School website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

”Ion minulescu” National College, from city Slatina is partner in the OFF-Book project. High School website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of this High School website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

General School, from village Bodesti is partner in the OFF-Book project. High School website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of this general school website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

Stefan cel Mare National College, from city Harlau  is partner in the OFF-Book project. High School website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of this High School website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

The Economic Technological High School of Tourism from city  Iasi is partner in the OFF-Book project. High School website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of this High School website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

The technological high school of transport and construction from city Iasi is partner in the OFF-Book project. High School website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of this High School website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project.

Polo Universitario Grossetano is associated partner in OFF Book, contributing to the project dissemination

Maremma News is a daily paper (on-line) covering news and events in Grosseto district (223,652+ inhabitants in 2016)

Il Giunco.net is a daily paper (on-line) covering news and events in Grosseto district (223,652+ inhabitants in 2016)

Grosseto Notizie is a daily paper (on-line) covering news and events all over Grosseto district (223,652+ inhabitants in 2016)

The DiSPI was regularly kept updated on the project implementation and promoted the final conference at ist members, students and website visitors.

Publication of information about the project on the institutional Facebook page of the "Constantin Păunescu" Special Gymnasium School Iași (the school acts as associated partner in the project).

Publication of information about the project on the institutional website of the Hadîmbu High School, Iași (the school acts as associated partner in the project).

Publication of information about the project on the institutional website of the "Constantin Păunescu" Special Gymnasium School Iași (the school acts as associated partner in the project).

Naujoji Akmene Public Library is one of the OFF-Book associated partners which is sharing the information about the project and its official webpage.

Pamario is associated partner in the OFF-Book project. It’s Facebook website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project.

Klaipeda Aukuras Gymnasium is associated partner in the OFF-Book project. Pixel website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of gymnasium website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

KPSCK is partner in the OFF-Book project. KPSCK website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal and for links to the Guidelines in Lithuanian. There are many users of KPSCK website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

Noi@Europe is one of OFF Book Associate Partner, the association helps UniSi to disseminate the project activities at youth level mainly through its social networks. In particular the Association supports an Italian Language course for foreigners and organizes an intercultural laboratory based on non-formal methodologies called “Laboratorio Meticcio”.

REDU is one of OFF Book Associate Partner, the association helps UniSi to disseminate the project activities at its network of educators, who have a specific interest in informal & non formal education. REDU co-operates with the Council of Europe (for the COMPASS project) and Amnesty International (with special regard to bullying issues).
Through REDU Portal OFF Book will be reaching educators in European and non European countries.

Prof. A. Viviani (UniSi Team Co-ordinator) announces the 22,000+ followers of UniSi on Facebook that IO1 is available on line at the project portal.

Prof. A. Viviani (UniSi Team Co-ordinator) announces the 1,000+ followers of UniSi on Twitter that IO1 is available on line at the project portal.

Prof. A. Viviani (UniSi Team Co-ordinator) announces the academic community of the Dept. of Political & International Science that IO1 is available on line at the project portal, both in English & Italian.

Klaipeda Puppet Theatre is a partner in the OFF-Book project. This website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many parents, school partners visiting this site, so the information about OFF-BOOK is being spread.

Teatro Stabile di Grosseto is partner in the OFF-Book project. TSG website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of TSG’s website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project, in particular teachers, other people working in the world of school and theatre educators and operators who in turn can disseminate the new educational methods promoted by the OFF-Book project throughout their activity.

ScenaMadre is associated partner in the OFF-Book project. ScenaMadre website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of ScenaMadre website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project, in particular teachers, other people working in the world of school and theatre educators and operators who in turn can disseminate the new educational methods promoted by the OFF-Book project throughout their activity.

Ordinesparso (NIN nuove interpretazioni) is associated partner in the OFF-Book project. NIN website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of NIN website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project, in particular teachers, other people working in the world of school and theatre educators and operators who in turn can disseminate the new educational methods promoted by the OFF-Book project throughout their activity.

Livello 4 is associated partner in the OFF-Book project. Livello 4 website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of Livello 4 website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project, in particular teachers, other people working in the world of school and theatre educators and operators who in turn can disseminate the new educational methods promoted by the OFF-Book project throughout their activity.

Geometria delle Nuvole is associated partner in the OFF-Book project. Geometria delle Nuvole website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of Geometria delle Nuvole website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project, in particular teachers, other people working in the world of school and theatre educators and operators who in turn can disseminate the new educational methods promoted by the OFF-Book project throughout their activity.

The information about the Off-Book project second partner meeting is provided in the blog of Klaipeda University. Information provided here: a second meeting photo, a project brochure, and a link to the project's website.

The website of Klaipėda University Academy of Arts provide the information about the institution and the events as well. In this link is the information about the second partner meeting provided.  

Liudvikas Sultpinas progymnasium is one of the OFF-BOOK project partners. There are one teacher joining this project and fifteen students participating in theatre workshops.    

Baltija gymnasium is one of the OFF-BOOK project partners. There are three teachers joining this project and fifteen students participating in theatre workshops.    

Klaipeda Sendvaris progymnasium is one of the OFF-BOOK project partners. There are four teachers joining this project and thirteen students participating in theatre workshops.    

Klaipeda Verdene progymnasium is one of the OFF-BOOK project partners. There are two teachers joining this project and fifteen students participating in theatre workshops.

Education Development Centre (EDC) is the biggest institution affiliate to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania providing educational support in the field of pre-school, primary and general education. EDC staff consists of more than 100 professionals in education.

Klaipėda University is the partner of the Off-Book project. The website of Klaipėda University Academy of Arts provide the information about the institution: main information for the students and for other interesting in history, structure, art and science activities, projects and events). 

OFFBOOK project and community has been linked with the Glottodrama project, which aims is to teach foreign languages by integrating the communicative approach alongside with theater techniques. Glottodrama is the result of 3 European projects launched since 2008 through the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Program. In present, Glottodrama project and method lives through the Glottodrama Academy (Via dell'Università,16/D, Fermo, Italy) and through the international association: EUROPEARLL, European Association for Performing Arts Applied to Language Learning: www.europearll.eu.

Google+ launched in June 2011. Features included the ability to post photos and status updates to the stream or interest based communities, group different types of relationships, into Circles, a multi-person instant messaging, text and video chat called Hangouts, events, location tagging, and the ability to edit and upload photos to private cloud-based albums. The OFF-Book project has been included among the network of users that are accessing Google+.

Pinterest is a web and mobile application company that operates a photo sharing website. Pinterest acts as a personalized media platform, offering the opportunity to share information from various domains, including education and projects. The OFF-Book project has been included among the network of users that are accessing Pinterest.

LinkedIn Corporation is a social networking website for people in professional occupations. Founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003 it is mainly used for professional networking. LinkedIn reports more than 200 million acquired users in more than 200 countries and territories. On EuroEd account, OFF-Book project has been distributed among the network.

Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages on various subjects. Creating a very complex network you can use Twitter for sharing and disseminating projects. The OFF-Book project have been shared ensuring this way its visibility also to other countries.

EuroEd Facebook Page is an online community of over 2000 permanent viewers.

The people intrested in the EuroEd activities can access the institutional Facebook page and can read about the projects, including OFF-Book project (info about the project, news, events, photos from the activities, etc.). Also on the official EuroEd Facebook Page visitors can find a photo album dedicated to the OFF-Book project.

Share ideas about the project and connect with others to ensure the visibility of the project and to collect feedback and suggestions from other countries 

EuroEd is partner in the OFF-Book project. EuroEd website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of EuroEd’s website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project. 

Simon Dach progymnasium is a partner in the OFF-Book project. This website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many parents, school partners visiting this  site,  so the information about OFF-BOOK is being spread.   Simon Dach progymnasium is a partner in the OFF-Book project. This website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many parents, school partners visiting this  site,  so the information about OFF-BOOK is being spread.   

University of Siena is partner in OFF Book, contributing to: (i) scientific content of IO1 & IO2; (ii) ME organisation with Teatro Stabile Grosseto; (iii) project dissemination

Colegiul National de Arta “Octav Bancila” is partner in the OFF-Book project. CNAOB  website gives general information about the project and a direct link to the OFF BOOK Portal, as it can be seen on the pdf page link of the school website.

There are many users of CNAOB’s website who can learn about the development of the project, its intellectual outcomes thus benefitting from the OFF-Book project.

Pixel is partner in the OFF-Book project. Pixel website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. There are many users of Pixel’s website that may now learn about and benefit from the OFF-Book project.