Today, May 19th, marks the end the third LTTA (Learning, Teaching and Training Activities) of the project “MyLIFE in Europe” which saw the partners meet in Portugal, welcomed by the Associação Social Recreativa Cultural Bem Fazer VaiAvante. The mobility, which was preceded by online preparatory activities, began in Porto on May 16th and involved European partners in educational workshops, aimed at developing the skills of the participants in various aspects, from the development of autobiographical writing skills, to training activities regarding the dissemination of the project.
The crucial part of the teaching activities took place on May 18th: the work began with a presentation by Grazia Chiarini of the LUA (Free University of Autobiography) which illustrated the methodological principles behind the design of the cards that make up the pieces of the autobiographical narrative path developed by the game MyLIFE. In particular, she illustrated a number of examples which were results of photographs taken by participants of the project ASFYE (Autobiographical Stories for Fostering Youth Employability) that had taken place simultaneously with the first LTT of the project MyLIFE in Sibiu, Romania. She was then briefly illustrated the main 64-card deck with particular reference to cards dedicated to Europe. This part was directly linked to the presentation given by Beata Partyka of CEBS, who talked about the founding values of European identity, which are the main theme of this LTT, aiming at educating partners about the pillars of European solidarity and Erasmus plus projects.
Subsequently, the participants were divided into three groups, to take part in a creative workshop. On the basis of what they had learned throughout the mobility, each group had to develope 4 cards, choosing for the theme two of the six founding values of European identity: human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights. In this phase, Sara Panicci of Nkey and Grazia Chiarini and Sergio Brunetti of LUA supervised the work of the groups, answering doubts and questions that arose during the course of the activity.
Once this phase was completed and the produced materials were collected, Gianmarco Rossi and Silvia Fergosti of Nkey illustrated the functionality of the online platform of the MyLIFE game, which allows you to create custom decks. The participants of the various groups then tried to put into practice the skills acquired, loading by themselves the digital versions of the cards created, which all together formed the “European Values” deck of 12 cards, a significant number as it’s the sasme number as the stars on the European flag. The newly created deck was then used for a short sample game, so that everyone could see and comment on the result achieved, comparing opinions to discuss the outcomes of the project. . Participants continued to experiment with the deck’s customization features as they proceeded to create localized versions of the 64-card main deck. In this phase, Maurizio Sani of Nkey and Grazia Chiarini of LUA supervised the workshop, answering technical and translation-related questions.
That evening, all the participants met up for a common dinner organized by the association VaiAvante, which was also attended by two other members of the Portoguese association, among whom Fernando Duarte.
The activities of the LTT wrapped up the next day with a general discussion dedicated to the evaluation of the results achieved with the workshop (results which were judged very positively by everyone), with the drafting and compilation of the questionnaires for the evaluation of the event. There was also the official delivery of certificates of participation, which were handed out by representatives of Vai Avante Ines Oliveira and Fernando Duarte,
Finally, Carla Sabatini of Nkey, coordinator of the project who participated remotely in the 4 days of LTTA , greeted the European partners by giving appointment to the next LTT of the project MyLIFE in Europe, which will take place in Poland this October, The participants of the Erasmus+ project also make available, for anyone interested, all the training content, the resources and didactical materials produced during the various LTT, which you can check out and download at this link.
