This project will connect children in Scotland, Finland, England and a guest school in Afghanistan in an exchange of their daily lives and activities. The project will be based on using mobile phone technology to communicate daily activities through digital imaging, video, text and audio. Emotional responses to the activities of the children’s daily lives will also be included to communicate feelings. Each day each group of children in each country at given points of their day and at their local time will transmit their activities and feeling to all the other participants. The children will then compare and contrast and use the information in ways that address their individual curriculum needs such as PSD, citizenship, social sciences etc.

• Subjects: Art, Citizenship, Cross Curricular, Foreign Languages, Geography, History of Culture, Informatics / ICT, Language and Literature, Pre-school Subjects, Primary School Subjects, Religion, Special Needs Education, Technology
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 5 - 16
• Tools to be used: Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings)
• Aims: To encourage children to use their mobile phones as learning tools as well as communication tools. To promote learning as a... read moreTo encourage children to use their mobile phones as learning tools as well as communication tools. To promote learning as a 24/7 experience, anywhere, anytime activity. To develop new PSD lessons on mobile phone safety for pupils. To support multi sensory learning and inclusion. To develop understanding of time zones and the geography of Europe and the world. To engage directly with children from different language and cultural backgrounds. To counter negative images and stereotyping of different cultures and communities. To examine shared histories and common activities and feelings. To enable sharing pedagogies and teaching techniques across the partnership. hide
• Work process: The staff in the partnership will interact and plan the detail of the project activities prior to our week of... read moreThe staff in the partnership will interact and plan the detail of the project activities prior to our week of action. Pedagogical exchange should ensure maximum benefit for all the children involved. A trial run to test the technologies and any communication issues will take place the week before the project starts. Each day of the week long project, which will include Saturday and Sunday to accommodate the different cultures involved, pupils will record their activities and their feelings using their mobile phones. A video, digital photograph, text using plain language a text using their own text shorthand, and an audio exchange will be the actions each child will carry out. Each school will then use the information and materials to meet the curricular and cultural needs of their classes. hide
• Expected results: For all students involved to have gained some specific information about the lives of students in the partnership countries. It... read moreFor all students involved to have gained some specific information about the lives of students in the partnership countries. It will be up to each school to present the work individually. A student led awareness of mobile phone safety which they can share with their peers. Each student will have had the opportunity to a mobile phone as a learning tool. Each student will be able to locate all the partnership countries and know the associated time zones. hide

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