Story Changers

Story Changers: enhancing pupils’ social skills and enriching teaching methods through storytelling and virtual reality

Presentation:

STORY CHANGERS is a strategic partnership (Erasmus +, Key Action 2) coordinated by the Mediterranean Management Center in Cyprus.

The main objective is, in primary school, to facilitate the transition between traditional-led classes to digital-led classes and nowadays to virtual reality-led classes.

Duration: 28 months (02/2021 – 05/2023)

Objectives:

  • To allow for the development of basic social skills among pupils through storytelling and virtual reality methods
  • To acquaint pupils and teachers with innovative teaching / learning methods
  • To upgrade teachers skills and facilitate digital-led and virtual-led classes
  • To promote diversity, respect and tolerance at school enhancing key social skills such as empathy emotion management or problem solving)

Results:

  • A good practice guide about storytelling and virtual reality practices worldwide
  • Creation of YOU TELL stories: highly impactful and amusing international experiences about which pupils can react and discuss with the teachers
  • Adaptation of the YOU TELL stories within virtual reality: creation of the innovative tools to allow the pupils to lead the YOU TELL stories towards the end that they will choose (interactive’ ’open-to-the-readers-decisions’’ stories)
  • Curriculum and Methodological Guide for teachers: how to combine storytelling and virtual reality in teaching methods to enhance pupils’ social skills

Website: http://storychangers.projectsgallery.eu/

Social networks:

Contact: cooperation@eurocircle.info

Coordinator: M.M.C Management Center Limited (Cyprus)

Partner countries: Cyprus, France, Greece, Spain, Malta