eTwinning project plan 25 october -5 november 2010 OUR CITY eTwinning project plan 25 october -5 november 2010

Partners: · Giulio Prevedello: Technical Institute - Italy   ·         Giulio Prevedello: Technical Institute - Italy ·         Biserka Kamenova: Vocatonal school -Bulgaria ·         Nadina Carmen Nicolici: Technical College - Romania ·         Victoria Pavlenko: Technical College, Latvia ·         Alena Jandlova: Commercial High School, Czech Republic ·         Veronique Sanguinetti: High school, FRANCE ·         Maricela Tuchiac: Colegiul Agricol, Romania ·         Mihaela Anton:  - Colegiul Economic, Romania ·         Daniela Grecu: Art High School, Romania           Liliana Rossetti  - High School, Italy

Details: Pupils’ age : 14- 18 years old Language: English    Details: Pupils’ age : 14- 18 years old Language: English Duration: 2 months School type:  high school, technical institute / vocational upper school

Short description Pupils from partner schools create a photo album presenting their city. Pupils take and upload photos of places, people, interesting monuments, etc., in order to give a profile of their region and life there. Pupils from the other school(s) then vote on the most interesting photos their partners have taken.    Students write short texts in English to describe the pictures. They present their city / region to their project partners. Students create a logo of the project. A short project about our countries, towns, schools and families. Students exchange impressions in student room.  Students will write letters to their partners according to the schedule and the letters will be combined by the quizzes which will be created by students.

Goals Pupils improve their ICT skills by learning more about the places where their partners live. They learn about regional originality of different countries. Develop skills in the use of multimedia tools in order to present photos or create photo slide presentations; improve communication and research skills. Develop our pupils’ abilities to communicate in a foreign language, share information and connect virtually.    Make students aware of their local identity and its importance. Students develop their artistic skills, their creativity and originality working in a virtual team.   To make students realise that we all live in one large family the EU. We are different, we have different customs, festivals, and foods but on the other hand we are the same. We all are modern people who want to live in a free society and to know about the others.

ICT TOOLS TwinSpace Picasa or Flickr Blogger, WordPress Slideshare presentation Skype Magazine factory

Pedagogical basis   Pupils can examine their own locality and compare it with those of other places, so international collaboration can be encouraged. Move towards an education for diversity and multiplicity. Provide to pupils,  the tools and flexibility needed to move from a cultural identity to another without too much fear.  Students become aware of the importance of collaborating. They discover their project partners by discovering themselves. Pedagogical approach in this project  is based on  "project learning", "inguiry-based learning", "active learning", "peer-to-peer learning", “discovery learnining", "collaborative learning", "knowledge building", "connectivism", "learning-by-doing”.

Working methods  Each class discusses and chooses a series of monuments, landmarks and/or other interesting places in their area. Pupils search for images of the places they have chosen or take their own digital photos, if possible.  The photos are then uploaded into a gallery in the TwinSpace or in Picasa  Once the pictures have been uploaded, the pupils can write short paragraphs about the places (monuments, landmarks) which include interesting background information, and also ask questions to the others about their places (they can create quiz).  Partners discuss the gallery using the TwinSpace chat  or website Magazine Factory and vote for the most interesting photo.    To see the Working methods in detail  go to the link: PROJECT PLAN "OUR CITY"