MINDFUL MOTION  is a short-term ITE eTwinning project, where future teachers of Universities from Italy, Turkey and Romania, collaborate to co-create active break routines. They will implement these activities in primary classrooms to see how they benefit students’ learning and the classroom environment.

The project aims to value collaborative experiences of future teachers in creating activities for primary school pupils subordinated to possibilities of introducing active breaks in students’ activities.

Student teachers, with the help of teacher educator will plan short active breaks activities and try to apply in classroom during the internship.

This project facilitates a series of online collaborative sessions among international students who will co-create lesson plans featuring active breaks to observe whether the integration of active breaks leads to measurable improvements in both classroom climate and student learning outcomes.

ROADMAP

TwinSpace Onboarding & Roles

• Student Access: All students will be uploaded to TwinSpace with "Teacher" permissions so they can manage forums, pages, and upload documents, images, and text.
• Italian University: Responsible for organizing the overall structure of the TwinSpace.
• Romanian University: Responsible for organizing the forum to share "Active Break" ideas.
• Turkish University: As PE specialists, they will suggest additional active breaks to be applied in class.

Student Collaboration

• Grouping: Trainees will be divided into two groups.
• Communication: Students will meet autonomously via synchronous meetings (Meet) and asynchronous forums to discuss and agree activities.
• Requirements: Parental consent forms and GDPR compliance are compulsory for each country. Each partner will upload their specific model to the dedicated TwinSpace pages.

Implementation & Observation

• Classroom Application: Once three active breaks are finalized, students will implement them during their primary classroom internships.
• Observation Sheets: A common model for observation sheets will be prepared in collaborative way to measure improvements in classroom climate and learning outcomes  
• ·  Unified Protocol: This collaborative feedback is necessary to ensure we create a single, common observation protocol to measure classroom climate and learning outcomes effectively.
• Final Output: The "Active Break Toolkit" will be created collaboratively using Canva. Each activity must include a video of the session, results from the observation sheet, and practical tips/suggestions.

Important Deadlines & Holidays

• March 31st: All activities must be ready for classroom application.
• April 30th: All classroom activities should be completed.
• Holidays:
  • Turkey: Ramadan ends March 22nd; available from Monday, March 23rd.
  • Italy: Easter Break from April 1st to April 7th.
  • Romania: Easter Break from April 7th to April 14th.
  • Note: During these weeks, students can work on individual tasks or update Canva, but no synchronous meetings should be scheduled.