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:
- Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Story-Changers-102086068818143
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Contact: cooperation@eurocircle.info
Coordinator: M.M.C Management Center Limited (Cyprus)
Partner countries: Cyprus, France, Greece, Spain, Malta
