Smart and Skills PR2 “Training course kit for teacher”, which plans for the elaboration of a curriculum is being evaluated by teachers. The teachers involved will be subjected to a submission of a questionnaire created specifically for obtaining quality feedback on the course, in which points of strength and criticality will be highlighted, after the classroom experimentation. The latter is based on life skills with a methodology focused on microteaching and interdisciplinary small units.
Smart and Skills PR1 is about to be piloted in school, in Prague. Experimentation in the classroom is a fundamental and necessary step to verify the degree of usability of the didactic materials and any progress made by students, in particular by the SEN ones (student with special necessities).
As a reminder, Smart and Skills PR1: “Digital Didactic Pills” has for purpose of providing teachers with engaging digital materials targeted especially for students with special needs, and to be used for cooperative learning.
VET 3D Project Result 3 or “Skills intelligence database” consists of a database, designed as a platform with multiple educational resources useful for the development of transversal skills through the integration of the 3 learning dimensions: formal, non-formal and work-based learning. The purpose of this database is to support, thanks also to other training experiences (for instance, school-work alternation, internships), the strengthening of transversal skills useful for employability, within a customized professional training path.
Find out more: https://vet3dproject.eu/
On the 10th of October representatives of all project partners coming from Czech Republic, Greece, Italy and Latvia and also other experts were welcomed in Riga, Latvia.
The meeting aimed at discussing the results achieved (Project Result 1, 2 and 3) but more importantly, to address the upcoming efforts of collaboration, which consists in the creation of a mobile app (Project Result 4). This meeting was also the occasion to schedule the next and last meeting in Prague in April 2024.
🔍FOCUS on DigitUp action plan!
DigitUp acted as a mapping of needs in SME managers and self-entrepreneurs in relation to digital transformation.
To obtain the information needed, the desk research has put forward 3 areas of interest:
👉Status quo of digital transformation in business sector
👉Support and obstacles to digital transformation
👉Exploitation of BIC technologies: Big Data, Internet of Things and Cybersecurity
🎯The European Union aims to achieve a 75% digitalization rate for SMEs by 2030, but there are significant discrepancies between EU members. The lack of digital transformation in SMEs makes them less competitive than larger companies, leading to a brain drain phenomenon and negatively impacting the economy.
The COVID-19 pandemic initially forced SMEs to quickly digitalize, but subsequent economic weakness caused a decrease in investment. The lack of infrastructure, awareness, support, capital, understanding of cybersecurity, and human capital are major obstacles to digitalization, and not only private but also public services require adaptation.💻
✨Depending on our critical findings, we are proposing resolution means via DigitUp Project:
1. Develop assessment tools for digital skills measuring
SMEs will be provided with instruments, training sessions and support materials that will allow them to regularly assess their workers’ skills. As such, gaps in skills will be easily identified and tackled.
2. Provide free access to high quality and up-to-date information, material, training, support
SMEs will have an equal opportunity to learn, access and implement the program’s offer into their practice. The program itself will also be regularly updated with the latest developments in digital transformation to guarantee accurate data.
3. Ensure the access to and use of innovative teaching and learning practices by the users
Time and resources will be invested in advertising the teaching method through trainings and social events so that all SMEs have an equal opportunity to benefit from the innovative practices.
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As part of the Smart and Skills project, the objective of the this first phase is to provide teachers with engaging digital materials targeted specially for SEN students (students with special necessities) created by the partners.
This teaching being developed by the partners materials will tackle the issues of everyday life by putting it in the context of cooperative learning. Smart and Skills partners want to help create teaching methods that are effective and adapt to today’s technology as a form of education, with the ultimate goal of implementing the developed materials.
Let’s shape the future of education together!
Newsletter #1: Introducing DigitUp! 
Take a look at our first newsletter, where we outline the mission and goals of DigitUp! We’re excited to embark on this journey, empowering SMEs with the digital skills to thrive in today’s economy.
Have you ever heard of digital footprints before? In simple words, every time you visit a website, make a search, post on social media, or send an email, you leave behind a piece of information that can be collected and tracked. This information can be used to understand your online habits and activities. Digital footprints are the record of your activities on the internet.
In March 13.03.2023 – 19.03.2023, Behave Your Prints project invited young people to attend a training in Tirana, Albania. This 5-day training included activities aimed at making participants better understand digital footprints and see what could be the consequences for their entry into professional life.
In total, 24 young people coming from 6 different countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia) attended this training.
