Erasmus mobility programs provide students with opportunities to study or gain work experience abroad, enhancing their academic and professional skills, cultural understanding, and personal growth. Digital tools play a crucial role in facilitating and enriching the Erasmus mobility experience for students. Digital tools improve the Erasmus mobility experience by reducing administrative processes, promoting academic and social integration, providing learning resources, and providing student safety and well-being. Students can use these tools to make their Erasmus exchange more efficient, engaging, and enriching.
Melina Ciltea: I am extremely satisfied with the mobility in Erasmus program from the very first time I went there. The improvements I noticed in my daily activities have been remarkable and I recomand everyone to go for this program that s going to be very useful in their future. The team I was part of with Alex, Iustin Catalina and Diana supported me in everything I did and I am more than happy that I was able to spend time with these wonderful people. One of the most remarkable things from this Erasmus experience is the warmth with which we were received by those people in Turkey and how nicely both students and teachers behaved throughout our stay at Ÿukselen College in Ankara. We were very well welcome by the organizer of this Accreditation, Mrs. Asli Sari, who put in a lot of effort and showed a strong desire for everything to go very well, and that happened thanks to her. From the first day of school, we were able to meet some exceptional teachers who had an important role in our development. I participated in the English class of Professor Eren Cagri-Adiyaman with his students, where we were able to get to know each other well and discuss topics interesting things related to life in Turkey as well as in Romania. Information and communications technology classes were my favorites where I learned so much with Alișan Yilmaz, ICT teacher.I worked in Canva and Google Slides projects with the theme of what jobs we want in the future, where when I didn't know something I could ask this teacher without any embarrassment, which I appreciated a lot.I found out about Freepik where you can write anything you want and it will generate diversified images based on what you wrote. For example, if you wrote veterinary doctor, images of animals with doctors and medical instruments were generated.
Together with the students, I participated in a Computer It and Kahoot competition where we learned that through games you can learn so many things. The programming instructions were so easy to understand through Compute It that all the students understood IT. On Tuesday, I went to another campus where I worked with another very good IT teacher and I experimented using gbt chat and tinkercard that we can open a trash can based on hand movement sensors in the air.He also showed us video clips with the new gbt-4o chat, where when someone uses this application, they are filmed and manage to talk vocally with a robot that sees everything they do. For example, he holds the phone on the table and let's say he asks if something happened strange lately and chat gbt says that a few minutes ago someone passed behind him. This is useful in certain situations and I found it interesting. The documentation visit from Cappadocia was very beautiful and together with our guide, a wonderful man, we learned so much about the culture and religion of this divine place. The view cannot be compared with anything.Pigeon Valley, Imagination Valley, Chimeneas de hadas and Underground City they were some of the most beautiful places I've ever been, full of history and wonder. Together with the team I was part of, I developed so much and I thank them for being there for me when I needed it. Together with Ms. Militaru Nicoleta, Buzoianu Simona, Boboc Cristina and Visan Emilia I felt at home and when I had a problem, they didn't hesitate to help me, and for that I thank them! The Erasmus adventure does not stop here!
Catalina Chirca: I can definitely say that my first Erasmus mobility in Turkyie was one of the best experiences I have ever lived in my entire life. I am saying this because during the mobility I developed a lot of personal skills such as public speaking, time management and also had the opportunity to learn new things, especially during our courses. From the very first day of our arrival, Mrs. Aslı Sarı and İpek Başer warmly welcomed us to the biggest campus of Yükselen Koleji, located in Mamak, Ankara. On our first day of courses, we attented Eren Cagri-Adiyaman's english class in which we had the chance to conversate with some Turkish students about their culture, traditions and school and also we shared information about our country. We also attended Alișan Yilmaz's ICT class where we had to design a poster in Canva or BeFunky regarding our dream jobs. The professor showed us a efficient site named FreePik which offers free images based on your search. We also had to create a Google Slide with the topic of jobs we love. We also presented our projects to the class of 9A. The students were so nice towards us and showed us an interesting game, ComputeIt, a game which makes you understand coding better by applying the code instructions on your keyboard. We also competed in Kahoot, the main topics of the games being computer science and social media. On our second day at Yükselen Koleji, we went to the other campus were we attented for once again the ICT class. This time we discovered Tinkercad and made awesome experiments in their lab! We also were informed about the newest version of ChatGpt and its new features. At the end of the day we also had the great opportunity to meet the founder of the school, Mehmet Yüksel, one of the most open-minded and inspiring man I have ever met. I am so thankful that I had the chance to hear his story and talk to one of the most important man in Turkish education. The third day of our mobility was about the Ankara Tour.
We made a documentation visit to Anıtkabir, one of the most sacred and respected historical places in Turkyie. This place simply left me speechless. The way Turkish civilization managed to conserve their leader's history and life until today amazed me and made me realize how much they love their country. After that, we went to Ankara Castle and the view there was absolutely gorgeous. I could see the whole Ankara from above! Our next documentation visit took place on the forth day of our mobility and it took us to Cappadocia. Our guide Mehmet Ali Özdemir was truly amazing! I learned a lot of things about Turkish culture and history from him. I can say that I'm really grateful he was there all the time for us! We visited Pigeon Valley, Imagination Valley, Uchisar Castle, Fairy Chimneys and Kaymaklı Underground City. The history and meaning of these places made the visit so memorable to me. Also the aspects regarding religion and the mixture between Christians, Muslims, Jews and many other religions involved in the history of the places fascinated me a lot. Our last day of courses was about web development. For the last time, we attented Alișan Yilmaz's ICT course. We learned HTML and CSS and had a lot of fun while designing our own websites! I'm so glad that I had the chance to meet amazing teachers and students in Turkyie and spend time with my highschool mates, Diana, Melina, Alex and Iustin. They are all brilliant and I'm so happy that during our mobility we created such a special bond which I hope is going to last a lot of time from now on! I also want to say that I appreciate our teachers, Nicoleta Militaru, Simona Buzoianu, Visan Emilia and Cristina Boboc for teaching us so many things and always being here with us! Lastly but not lastly, I want to thank Yükselen Koleji for hosting us and for giving us the opportunity to explore the educational system of Turkyie! I'm looking forward to another Erasmus experience and dreams to achieve.
The Erasmus+ mobility program in Ankara has proven to be a resounding success, offering students a wealth of enriching activities, outstanding academic support, and memorable cultural experiences. This makes it a fantastic choice for those looking for academic advancement and cultural enrichment.
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