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The I CT4Upr oj ec ti san i nnov at i v e pr oj ec t bet ween 5 di f f er entEur opean educ at i onal i ns t i t ut es . The ai m was t oi nc r eas et he I Ti mpl ement at i on i nt he c l as s r ooms and ev al uat e/di s c ov ernew I Tt ool st hatc an be us edi nt hedi f f er ents c hool s .S t udent swer e di v i dedi nt omi xedi nt er nat i onalgr oups ,hav e c r eat ed educ at i onals t epby s t ep c ar dsf or t eac her sandt heyhav epr es ent eddi f f er ent t ool sdur i ng t he pr oj ec t meet i ngsand t hus t eac hed t he t eac her s . S t udent s hav e i mpr ov ednotonl yt hei rdi gi t als ki l l s ,butal s o t hei rl anguages ki l l sandi mpr ov edt hei rs oc i al c ompet enc es .Thes uc c es soft hi spr oj ec thas been r ec ogni z ed bydi f f er entor gani s at i ons : mi c r os of ti nnov at i v et eac her s( 4t h pl ac e) , s hor t l i s t Eur opean eTwi nni ng awar ds and s ev er alnat i onalet wi nni ngpr i z es . OurI Tt ool smakeani mpac tupont eac hi ng and l ear ni ng i nt he Eur opean c l as s r oom. Exper t i s ei nt heus eofWeb2. 0t ool ss houl dbe dev el oped t o al ev elt hats ki l l st aughtwi l l pr oduc e a pos i t i v ei mpac ti nt he c ur r i c ul a del i v er edac r os sEur ope,butal s oens ur et hat s t udent swi l lbeabl et oc ont r i but eef f ec t i v el y t ot he v i r t ualwor kpl ac esoft omor r ow and dev el op c ompet enc esf orl i f el ong l ear ni ng. Foc us i ng on c ont entt hats uppor ti nt er c ul t ur all ear ni ngandt hec ol l abor at i onbet ween s t udent s , makes t hem awar e of t oday ’ s I Ts ol ut i ons . Teac her swi l lexc hangeeduc at i onals y s t ems andt al kaboutt hedi f f er entt eac hi ngmet hods .S t udent swer eabl et ot as t et hej oyof i nt er nat i onal i z at i on and hav e bec ome mor e opent omobi l i t yandar emor ec onf i denti n c ommuni c at i ngwi t hf or ei gner si nEngl i s h.
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