The rationale of this project , objectives pursued and needs to be addressed

he advances in technologies have brought Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in daily life and more importantly in schools. Children are comfortable using ICT mainly for entertainment use. This provides an opportunity for teachers to use ICT in classrooms for educational purposes. Therefore, Ministries of Education of European countries have invested heavily in Information and Communication Technology for use by teachers and pupils in schools. This has been in the form of computers and computer equipment (e.g., printers, scanners) in each classroom, computer labs in every school, interactive boards in many classrooms, projectors, educational software and teachers’ in-service trainings in the use of ICT.

Several children in our schools experience mild to severe difficulties mainly in literacy and mathematics. Therefore, we aim to improve pupils’ skills and knowledge in specific thematic areas of literacy and mathematics and make learning more attractive and qualitative through the effective integration of ICT in learning. Particularly, we aim to maximize pupils’ potential learning. Hence, we aim to enrich teachers' expertise of how to use ICT systematically during lessons, by following a more unified approach towards the use of technologies as learning tools, sharing good practices and exchanging ideas with teachers abroad. The good practices, innovative activities, lesson observations and co-teaching lessons will contribute to professional development of teachers and thus to school improvement.

We also aim that through this project all participants will learn to communicate effectively with each other, respect and accept different opinions and cultures. Participants will learn that cooperation is a healthy way to become part of a United Europe, despite cultural and linguistic differences. Children will increase their social skills and establish personal friendships with children abroad through email exchange, video conference, skype sessions etc.