Documenting school and local society life events that are important to pupils, with the use of childrens' creative activities: 1) fine arts (application of various fine arts' and computer technics), 2) forms of written descriptions (i.e. a letter, a poem, an illustrated text, a short account, short photo reports with descriptions). In every month, we record the events mentioned above and exchange informations. Presented facts should be close to a child's heart, who is their active participant, guest or witness. Pupils are able to document and describe the events. The exchange of experience will lead to a closer meeting with our cultures, and it will contribute to understanding and tolerance towards dissimilarities, as well as it will show likenesses and differences between social envirements we live in.

• Subjects: Art, Foreign Languages, Informatics / ICT, Media Education, Primary School Subjects
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 9 - 12
• Tools to be used: Chat, e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Web publishing
• Aims: Developing of linguistic skills and use of ICT. Enrichement of pupils' aesthetic experiences, expressions and creative needs. Enhancing the ability... read moreDeveloping of linguistic skills and use of ICT. Enrichement of pupils' aesthetic experiences, expressions and creative needs. Enhancing the ability of social and culture space perception as realities that pervade and change dynamically. Acquisition of skills concerning information accumulating, selecting and transforming. Learning of understanding, acceptation and tolerance towards other cultures. hide
• Work process: The realization of the project would be held in following levels: 1. home - a child as a family member, 2. school... read moreThe realization of the project would be held in following levels: 1. home - a child as a family member, 2. school as a place of various culture events - a child as a pupil and an organizer of school society life, 3. locality and its inhabitants - a child as a concious participant of local society events, 4. nature around the child. Rotation of education materials' recording and working out would be optional, depending on events' calendar in respective societies. At the beginning of every month, the teacher settles with his pupils what kind of events they want to record (festivities, family and national celebrations, trips, culture events held in school and locality etc.). Pupils take part in these events, then they transmit them in a chosen fine arts' and written form. Together with others, they select and work out the collected materials; they share their impressions with coevals. The selected and worked-out materials are systematically sent to partners in a form of Power point (or other) presentation; it is done after the recording of every event. At the month's end we make a calendar card with attached materials from individual schools, in this way creating a collage of events. hide
• Expected results: The final product will be a recorded and described collage of events that are important from children's point of view;... read moreThe final product will be a recorded and described collage of events that are important from children's point of view; it will be made in a form of calendar cards.Pupils from different countries will learn about their coevals' life. They will learn to see and respect differences that result from belonging to other nationality, as well as they will discover common elements in various cultures. They will become attentive observers and co-creators of their life in local reality. hide

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