Teens in Action Spreading Kindness (T.A.S.K.)
What do we aim to accomplish with this project?
The eTwinning project 2022-23 titled “Teens’ Action Spreading Kindness (T.A.S.K.)” is a 7- month-long (October 2022 -April 2023) capacity building project for students at the lower and higher secondary education level aimed to build a generation of respectful, responsible, healthy, and caring youth by strengthening their belief that they can make make this world a kinder world.
The T.A..S.K project will provide a structure for students around the world to connect as a team to learn about real global issues that they will need to face together whereby they exchange cultural information and discuss, plan, research, and create their own unique community projects.
Through authentic international collaboration, students will become global citizens who can make a difference.
What will the students learn?
• Identify, research and describe global problems, making connections with local problems.
• Collaborate with others and work effectively in teams locally and globally, communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
• Use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions (actions, campaigns, inquiries, etc...)
• Develop a sense of empathy
• Believe in their power to make this world a Kinder world.
Why is this topic so relevant?
At a time of global uncertainty and societal fragmentation, there is a real and pressing need to grow empathy and compassion and to challenge an existing lack of concern for, or connection with the suffering of others and the degradation of the planet.
What is the project methodology?
It will be PBL methodology in which students will play na active role on the learning process.It will consisto f diferente stages as briefly described below.
Preparation stage (Until 24th October):
• Teachers meeting for collaborative planning of the project activities
• Presentation of the project in each school (Director, teachers, students, parents etc...)
• Registration of the students
• Edition of the students’ and teachers’ profile
• Agreeing on a common Netiquette
etc...
