There’s an app for that. Students at schools in Germany and Denmark have brainstormed ways to connect as part of an ERDF-funded initiative aimed at promoting cross-border integration. The students, teenagers at two partner schools in the neighbouring countries, came up with a wide array of concrete projects to get to know each other better. Ideas ranged from a handball tournament in the German city of Flensburg and joint German-Danish music festival – to a new app. More than 2
- 23 November 2017
There’s an app for that. Students at schools in Germany and Denmark have brainstormed ways to connect as part of an ERDF-funded initiative aimed at promoting cross-border integration.
The students, teenagers at two partner schools in the neighbouring countries, came up with a wide array of concrete projects to get to know each other better. Ideas ranged from a handball tournament in the German city of Flensburg and joint German-Danish music festival – to a new app.
More than 29 schools in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein are currently involved in the Interreg project, with participants from the Theodor-Storm school in the city of Husum recently presenting their ideas to fellow students and local politicians.
One conclusion from the cross-cultural endeavour? Creating an app that works for youngsters on both sides of the border – should it ever come to that – is no easy task. That is because Danes are more likely to use Facebook while German teenagers are keener on WhatsApp, according to one German student.
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Source article on shz.de 13/11/17
Author: Friederike Reußner
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