04Mar 2025
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Virtual Kick-off Meeting
All partners online. Goal alignment, role clarification, lesson-plan deadlines, eTwinning setup, and communication plan. Led by Portugal as project coordinator.
An 18-month Erasmus+ Small-Scale Partnership uniting four countries — Portugal, Türkiye, North Macedonia, and Belgium — to rebuild education around narrative, imagination, and the most powerful new tools of our time.
In an era of information overload and shrinking attention spans, traditional teaching methods struggle to compete with the multimedia content students live in. StoryLab equips teachers with digital storytelling skills that captivate students, hold their attention, and transform lessons into compelling narratives that build emotional connection, curiosity, and critical thinking.
The project addresses three Erasmus+ priorities at once: digital transformation, support for teachers, and the development of key competences. As the AI & Digital Training Leader, G&M Projects (through its branch Vision Tree) leads the development of digital literacy modules and AI training programs that equip educators to embed storytelling and artificial intelligence — responsibly, in line with the EU AI Act — into daily teaching practice.
The result: more engaging, inclusive, and future-proof classrooms across four European countries, with measurable gains in teacher confidence, student engagement, and digital readiness.
Every deliverable is designed to leave the project and live inside real schools, real lessons, and real teacher routines.
All partners online. Goal alignment, role clarification, lesson-plan deadlines, eTwinning setup, and communication plan. Led by Portugal as project coordinator.
Three days of hands-on workshops on digital storytelling, AI integration, AR/VR, and cybersecurity — hosted by G&M Projects (Vision Tree). Cross-cultural digital story development with all partners.
Storytelling beyond the classroom: QR-code outdoor learning tied to Lisbon's maritime history and Fado, AI-powered digital tools (Pitch, Gamma), and the future of immersive storytelling.
Five days hosted by Ümitköy Lisesi and Çankaya MEM. Photography & storytelling field trip across Ankara, digital exhibition curation, AI/VR/AR workshops, and cultural exchange of traditional tales.
VR storytelling, multimedia lesson development, and a field trip to the local lake where teachers transform a regional legend into a multimedia story to teach back home.
Wrap-up session led by Çankaya MEM. Reflection on outcomes, panel on the future of digital education, dissemination strategy, and sustainability planning beyond the project.
Continuous coordination, monthly virtual meetings, social media campaigns, eTwinning sharing, conferences, press outreach, and publication on the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform.
National-level activities at every partner school: Erasmus+ Corner setup, local teacher workshops, classroom storytelling implementation, school exhibitions, e-books and podcasts.
Schools, education authorities and a digital partner — co-designing what storytelling-driven, AI-supported education can look like across Europe.
A large public secondary school offering scientific-humanistic and professional courses across pharmacy, IT, design, civil protection, tourism and more. Home to ~2,000 students from 30+ nationalities, including refugees, with a dedicated Special Education Service.
Erasmus+ accredited in both SCH and VET sectors. Hosts a national-reference Center for Qualification & Vocational Education (CQEP), partnered with Lisboa University, AlmadaForma and the City Hall.
Role: Overall coordination, storytelling methodology development, pilot testing, and Erasmus+ reporting.
The district education directorate for Çankaya, Ankara — overseeing 676 schools, ~103,000 students and ~16,000 teachers, including 72 high schools serving 30,200 high-school students. Manages education policy, professional development, and digital innovation at the district level.
Active in Erasmus+ KA1, KA220-ADU, and KA220-VET projects. In 2023–24 alone, 284 teachers from 110 schools participated in eTwinning, and 87 schools earned the eTwinning School label.
Role: National dissemination, alignment with Turkish education policy, support to 12+ partner schools across the district.
A girls' science and social science project school founded in 2018 by the Turkish Ministry of National Education. 519 students aged 11–18 across 31 classrooms, with a dormitory for 60 boarders. A Cambridge Test Center.
Strong extracurricular focus: drama, chess, coding, MUN, and Cambridge prep. Previous Erasmus+ experience includes the KA229 project "Cultures on a Palette" (2019–2022) and a KA1 consortium with Ankara MEM.
Role: Implementing storytelling-based lesson plans (especially English & Math), measuring student engagement, leading digital storytelling workshops for teachers.
A public secondary school for 530 students aged 14–18 across general gymnasium and vocational tracks (economics, chemistry-laboratory technician, e-commerce & digital marketing). Dual education has been successfully running since 2021. Includes special-needs students.
An eTwinning School four times in a row, with multiple National and European Quality Labels. Since 2017: 19 Erasmus+ projects across KA102, KA201, KA210, KA219, KA229. Partnerships with Peace Corps, USAID, and international NGOs. Recent Euroscola visit to the European Parliament.
Role: Adapting digital storytelling to rural, resource-constrained contexts; leading VR integration; teacher training on interactive storytelling techniques.
A Brussels-based SME specializing in two complementary domains: mental health services (CBT, mindfulness, counseling for depression, anxiety, trauma) and software development (custom apps, AI integration, digital transformation, web & mobile).
In StoryLab, G&M Projects contributes through its branch Vision Tree — a Brussels non-profit operating at the intersection of psychology, technology, and education. The combined expertise enables culturally-sensitive, psychologically-informed integration of AI-driven storytelling tools into the classroom.
Role: AI & digital training leader. Hosts the Brussels mobility, leads workshops on Canva, Adobe Spark, AI assistants, AR/VR; provides ongoing technical support across the consortium.