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From webdesign to web-business
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The project of ”Nicu Gane” National College, as an Erasmus+ VET mobility stage in May 2016 (2-20) adressed the training needs identified among highschool students specialized in Math-IT, following the SWOT analysis of the school. The beneficiaries were 15 students in 10-th grade – selected according to criteria which was cleary established and stipulated in the project – who carried out pactical activities in webdesign and E-business in Germany, through professional training at European standards. The forming stage took place at the VET institution in Dresden, ”WBS Training AG” – as a host organization – according to a training schedule with clear tasks for both partners. The communication language was English. After the setting up the management team, the sending organization had the selection Contest which evaluated the students knowledge and competencies in IT and English. Prior to the departure in the mobility, there was a pedagogical, linguistic and cultural training program for the selected students, included 3 substitutes (according to the achieved score). After negotiating the training agreement, the sending organization communicated with the host organization regarding the administration and monitoring of the stage as well as aspects concerning transport, accomodation, subsistence and cultural activities. The objectives of the projects were: forming practical skills and competencies to use complex informatic strategies, by acquiring methods and models of good practice in webdesign and e-business, with the purpose of facilitating personal development and professional insertion of the European labour market; stimulating the entrepreneurial spirit by developing necessary abilities to create websites for virtual business; improving social, cultural and linguistic skills. Throughout the mobility, the participants carried activities of training and developing professional skills to create basic settings of webpages, to create and introduce lists in webpages, to create webpages interactivity, to acquire and understand the terminology used in technical language, to develop an e-business, to use semantic web in e-business, to develop the web image of a company and ways to promote it online. The students gained social and linguistic abilities as well. The evaluation of the project was done according to a plan regarding the way of achieving the aims, the participant involvement, the acquiring of proposed skills. The evaluation and monitoring of the project was carried out before, during and after the mobility, according to a well-established schedule and by means of a variety of resources and methods, ending with the participating certificate. The practice tutors evaluated the degree of acquiring the proposed skills by oral questioning, checking the achievement of daily tasks, the analysis of the final project presentation. The results of the project were: acquiring new practical skills in webdesign, increasing the motivation for learning, ability to communicate in English, to work in a team and in a culturally different environment, increasing the reputation and European dimension of the school, The participants also developed social and linguistic skills in a real conditions, in a multicultural environment and in a competitive socio-professional context in the European market and formed a professional conduct based on respect, sociability, communication. The acquired skills were acknowed by awarding the Europass Mobility Certificate. The sending institution's gain was the adaptation to the new chalenges and evolutions, the preparation for learning and ongoing training, ensuring the direct exercise of participative democracy, the apparition of initiatives to carry out new educational projects regarding to equality of chances or the development of intercultural experiences. On a local level, the impact resides in increasing the school prestige in the local community, forming future citizens who are responsible, tolerant, involved in community problems, models for other students. On a national level, the project contributed to the establishment of the act, based on the needs of personal and professional development of the students. Moreover, this training contributed to the increase of the education quality, the degree of the school autonomy in choosing the curriculum. On a European level, the impact is materialized in the formation of future European citizens who are responsible, tolerant and aware of their role in the society. The dissemination was carried out through presentations on a local and regional level, articles and interviews in mass-media, news on the school webpage. Participants achieved a professional behaviour based on respect, sociability, communication and cooperation.
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