"A Snapshot of Europe" is a project involving the use of photography by primary school children across Europe. Children in all eTwinning countries will be encouraged to take photographs of their local area, using either digital cameras, or mobile phones. Once each participating school has collected their pupils' pictures together in a range of categories, they need to decide upon their favourite one picture to put forward as their entry into the Europe wide contest which will follow. All pupils in all countries will then be asked to evaluate the entries, and vote, using the webcam conferencing tool, FlashMeeting, to decide the winning entries in each category from all over Europe.

• Subjects: Citizenship, Environmental Education, European Studies, Foreign Languages, Geography, Informatics / ICT, Primary School Subjects, Technology
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 5 - 12
• Tools to be used: Video conference, Web publishing
• Aims: The aim of the project is to use photography as the stimulus to allow children from all over Europe to... read moreThe aim of the project is to use photography as the stimulus to allow children from all over Europe to find out more about each others' cultures. By allowing the children themselves to do all the work, it is hoped that they can learn much about photography, about each others' countries, about each other through the use of FlashMeeting conferencing and about the importance of making friends throughout the continent. hide
• Work process: Each participating country will be encouraged to get their pupils to take a series of photos in different categories- eg... read moreEach participating country will be encouraged to get their pupils to take a series of photos in different categories- eg landscapes, nature, animals, people, places. Then, each country has to decide upon their own favourite in each category, and put these pictures forward as their entries into the contest. These entries will be displayed on the project blog, and then all countries will evaluate all entries and vote for the overall winners. This will be done by webcam conferencing. hide
• Expected results: It is expected that pupils will: 1) Gain an increased understanding of digital photography, via cameras and mobile phones. 2) Gain an... read moreIt is expected that pupils will: 1) Gain an increased understanding of digital photography, via cameras and mobile phones. 2) Gain an increased understanding of countries throughout Europe, through the observation of the entries put forward by each partner. 3) Meet and discuss the project with partner countries directly through webcam conferences. 4) Gain an increased understanding of webcam conferencing through he voting system that will be employed. hide

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