The objectives of the short term exchange of students in Türkiye are the following:

• Let’s get to know each other personally, icebreaking games and orientaion at school.
• Preparing and organizing guided tours to the main cultural heritage sites of Nazilli.
• Visiting and learning about cultural heritage, traditions and customs in Türkiye to gain intercultural understanding.
• Getting to know the local culture and traditions by means of thematic visits.
• Improvement of skills regarding communication in English, the language of the project.
• Learning video editing and green screen effect/choroma key
• Preparing green screen videos using free online applicaitons
• Improving ICT skills by means of a workshop and the making of videos about the sites visited.
• Discussing project outcomes like the eBook.
• Improving student participation on eTwinning and discussing project outcomes
• Teachers sharing experience by getting to know each country’s educational systems and different educational tools and apps

• Developing international awareness and European citizenship.
• Improving student participation on eTwinning.
• Promoting inclusion of students from diverse backgrounds.
• Improving social and collaborative skills.
• Decorating Erasmus+ corner

During the fifth short term exchange of groups of pupils, the activities have been

continuously connected to the objectives of the project as follows:

On the first day of the mobility, (18 March 2023), we departed from Nazilli to pick up the partners from İzmir. On the way to Efes, a very famous fistorical site in Türkiye, through fun icebreaking activities, students started to get to know each other. Then, we visited The House of the Virgin Mary. Our next destination was Şirince, a typical Turkish village close to Selçuk. After the lunch in Selçuk, we had a sightseening in Kuşasası and came to Nazilli. During the tour, students and teachers were given time to collect visual material to create green screen video in the workshop.

The second day of the meeting (19 March, 2023) was also devoted to cultural tours because of the sudden change in the weather. In order to get accuainted with the cultural heritage of the region, we visited a pottery production place, where the group was infromed about how it is produced and the brief history of the town. The tour went on seeing another famous historical site, Afrodisias. After taking photos and videos to be used in the creation of the project output, we drove to Denizli, where we had luch. The last destination was Pamukkale. Our partners explored the area, walk on the travertenes and saw the ancient ruins in Hierapolis. On the way back to Nazilli, a Kahoot game about the places we visited was played by the students to get a feedback about to what extent they are interested in the history and culture of the country.

In the evening at 20:30 the group met in Hangar restaurant to have international dinner with their peers.Students were given some free time to enjoy with their new friends. As a boarding school, most of our students come from from low-income or disadvantaged backgrounds. That is why, it was an opportunity for them even though they had to go back to their dormitory  at 10:30  to obey he school rules.

On the third day of the meeting (20 March, 2023), an opening ceromony was held to welcome the project partners. After principle’s speech, a short school introduction video was shown to give an idea about our school. After the folk dance performances and songs by our students, we gave a coffe break. Our guests tasted the foods  and national dishes prepared by parents. At 11:00 o’clock, we met in the meeting room again so that each team could present their green screen video they had prepared as part of project task. As teachers, we were all impressed by the quality of the videos prepared by the students. They created really cool videos even before getting any proffessional help. For lunch, the group were taken to a local restaurant to have pide, which was enjoyed by all the teams. In the afternoon, two workshops were organised to give the participants the basics of video editing. Students were taken to green screen studio and supervised by Kamil Okyay, a video expert on photography and film making. Teachers were in another workshop prepared by Orhan Erdoğan. They were given the practical tips to create videos on educational purposes. Beacuse the topic was engaging and interesting, the students and teachers both had fun and learnt editing videos using green screen. They loved to bring their own video project ideas to life.

On the fourth day of the mobility (21 March, 2023), the day started with two workshops again. Students under the supervising of Kamil Okyay began to edit videos in the studio. They learnt that green screen effects allow students to put themselves into any background they like. Once they  mastered the green screen, the expert challenged them to use it to film a story.

They were given a variety of topics to choose from and asked to prepare videos in the studio. Some prefered to create a video tour of a significant location using green secreen, some recast  a scene from a famous  movie whereas others made videos of a legendary figure. They proved that they dont have to visit the places they want to present. The teachers had a meeting to plan the next mobility, the migration of  the etwinnig to the new platform and  preparation of the europass certificates. After the lunch at a local restaurant, we came back to school again.  Each international group presented their video. The teachers had another meeting to discuss and evaluate the project outcomes and what to include in e-book. Meanwhile, Turkish students showed their friends our school such as music and art class. After the workshops and presentations, the certificates were given to each participant. In the afternoon after 16:00, he students were given time to enjoy together.

The results of this short term exchange of students are not only material ones like

brochures, posters, leaflets, green screen videos but also the improvement of the participants’ skills in English and other languages, ICT and communication skills, collaborative and social skills, a better understanding of the importance of culture and its conservation and protection. It also help gaining cultural knowledge about all partner countries and the development of international awareness, with the added value of European citizenship. This mobility has brought together people of six different nationalities who forged lasting friendships.We were very happy to witness the fast and easy communication of the students to break the cultural and language barriers. Now they know projects end but friendships last forever.