Welcome
The "European CNC-Network - Train for EUROPE - Digital Revolution 4.0"
is an Erasmus+ KA229 technical project running for 33 months from December 2020 to August 2023.
It has six partner schools, one each from Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania and Norway.
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This School Exchange Partnership is coordinated by
BBS TGHS Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
Corona Delay
In the first year, our school partnership was really strong dominated by the CoViD-19 pandemic. The high numbers of incidences throughout Europe were leading to many lockdowns in schools and home schooling at our partner schools. Due to high infection risks travelling activities were completely stopped by school administration and so the planned project meetings could not be realized.
The web-based conferences established as an alternative to the planned meetings did not work out the way we had been expected to because the periods of lock down in the different partner countries again and again made it impossible for students to get back to working on the product. Apart from that, schools had to cope with the most relevant problems concerning their regular curricula and organisation of lessons. All that led to the fact that developing the project more and more was shifting into the background of the daily work in school.
Repeated travel warnings and the presence of new mutations of the virus made the planning of further project meetings impossible until early autumn 2021. In the aftermath of having developed and been able to provide enough vaccine we today see that more and more activities are again possible. In conclusion we are quite confident to be able to develop and proceed in project work and to follow on the different project activities as outlined in the application.
Nevertheless, we are very happy to be able to meet again now in November 2021 in Trondheim (Norway), where we can discuss, evaluate and agree on the further structure and procedure how to go on in a first kick-off meeting. Despite all the delays and difficulties, we are still very confident to be able to work proper on all our tasks in the coming months.
Foto by Daniel Roberts at Pixabay
Kick-Off Meeting in Trondheim (Norway)
On the 17th of November, 2021 students from six schools all over Europe came together in Trondheim to revive a project that has been going since 2020. After the start of the project had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, us students from Lithuania, Croatia, Italy, Ireland, Norway and Germany met in the Byåsen Videregående Skole in Trondheim to get an idea of how to further improve our Train as well as strengthen the interconnection between all the participating schools.
The starting event of the entire project was a dinner prepared by the students in Trondheim and it, along with the complementary lunches every day, was definitely a highlight. On the second day the project really took off with us all starting to think about the actual realisation of a manageable plan. After a delicious breakfast at the hotel, we all took the public transport together and after arriving we heard about the project’s history, the outline for our specific project and how we wanted to work on it as well as how the project work will be structured. That evening we also were treated to a guided city tour of Trondheim where we were taken around the beautiful city centre and learned about its long and rich history. Sights we explored include the Stiftsgarden, Nidaros Cathedral, the Old Town Bridge and the Old Harbour. Afterwards we explored some more on our own and concluded the Evening with our own dinner and some free time, as well as anticipation for the next day’s project start.
Second Meeting in Ivrera (Italy)
On the 16th of February 2022, we arrived in Italy and were welcomed with a dinner at the Pizzeria La Lucciola. After not seeing the other students for so long, getting to re-meet some and meet some others for the first time, it was nice to sit together and have a clam evening before the excitement of the project really started. Some delegations brought the same members as before in Norway, others switched out part of or their entire team of students.
The first actual day in Ivrea started with a warm welcome to ISS Olivetti with a presentation about the Confindustria as well as the city and surrounding area. Part of that Presentation included the Aosta Valley which we would visit the next day. Also the Team from Croatia presented us with a working prototype using an ESP32 which works great and will be fun to use in the actual tran carts. After that eventful morning and a delicious lunch at the school cafeteria we finally got back into working on our tasks for the project. The rest of the work day was spent working on new ideas and developing ones that we already had in Norway. We concluded the day with a school tour which the Italian students guided us on. We saw different Computer science and graphic/design labs. At the end we had some time to get individual dinners and maybe check out the town a little by ourselves.
The next day was split into a half day of work and a half day of exploring. The morning was set off with a work phase of Workline C as well as Workline D, both of these were being worked on for the first time which gave a nice new perspective of what else goes into such a project. Next to the obvious parts of a project titled “digital revolution” like programming and coding, we now also talked about public relations, the project corner and web contents. Working on these workalikes gave a welcome break from all the technical talk that was all that was spoken about up to that point.
