"Click... in History" is a new one, innovative educational program carried out by the Greater Hellenic Foundation with the cooperation of Vodafone. The purpose of the program is to highlight local history through the eyes of the students, harnessing the unlimited possibilities of mobile communication in modern education. The program is aimed at high school students and is under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religion. As the special secretary of the Ministry of Education, Michalis Kontogiannis, said in a presentation of the program, the cognitive approach via mobile phone and computer is a key priority and challenge for the era.
The program takes full advantage of the digital environment in which young people move today, putting digital technology at the service of education. As part of the program, the students, equipped with a mobile phone used as a camera, camera and voice recorder, they become "reporters of history". They explore the city, their neighborhood and village, collect evidence from family photo albums, cultural institutions and public records, and make their own audio-visual presentations.
The audio-visual research material is sent via the Vodafone network to the http web platform://local.e-history.gr/ which has been designed specifically for the program, in such a way as to be the tool for presenting students' work to parents, the school community and the general public. The program uses methods that stimulate students' interest, at the same time giving the school community the opportunity to take an active role in the local community and to present its work in continuous dialogue with other school communities.
The "Click... in History" program, with the continuous cooperation of students, teachers and researchers of the Greater Hellenistic Foundation, makes an important contribution to educating students about how research is conducted, while also helping to acquire skills in composing a paper in electronic format with a method that gains the attention of students. End, trains students to work collaboratively, since they create groups, within which they must collaborate to shape the final work.
Mr. Dimitris Efraimoglou, CEO of the Greater Hellenic Foundation, he said about the program: “Once again, the Foundation of Greater Hellenism is actively alongside the students, keeping up with and strengthening Education in any way it can. The program "Click… in History" was not only "embraced" by the Ministry of Education, the teachers and students who participated in its pilot phase, but it continues on an even larger scale, with even more participants and even greater responsibility towards our work".
Ms. Angeliki Papantoniou, Director of Corporate Relations at Vodafone, he said about the program: "Click... in History" is proof that the contribution of technology to the educational process can be essential. The students, utilizing the possibilities offered by technology throughout Greece, they get close to the history of their place and immerse themselves in collective work and composition. The warm reception of the program by the students and the educational community is the strongest basis for its evolution and further development".
The program has already been piloted in six public high schools throughout Greece, while by the end of this school year twelve more will have been added to the Prefectures of Attica, Achaia, Evros, Evia, Lasithiou, Lesvos, Xanthi, Pella, Rodopis and Samos.
On the website http://local.e-history.gr/ the visitor can navigate to the work of the schools of the first phase of the implementation of the program from Agia Larissa, the Drama, Thebes, Nafplio, Nea Ionia and Chios.
