The name of this project is “The Dog and the Turtle", the two SOFT TOYS that will VISIT many countries in EUROPE .The scope of the project will include children aged from 8 to 12. The chosen language is English. “The Dog and the Turtle” represent two rocks in the Mediterranean sea that you can see from Benidorm beach in Spain (“El Gos i la Tortuga”) and that look similar to those two animals. The main objective of the project is to provide an opportunity for primary teachers and their pupils to establish a multilateral partnership and to develop a joint creative project. Sustainability of skills and dispositions students develop via the project will be a priority for continuation and sustainability. We will improve the communication among people coming from different cultures with the help of the project. We are going to give information about our values dealing with the diary, videos, photographs and celebrate the diversities.The toys will leave Spain on June 2010 and will be sent from one country to another and spend some weeks with their children and their schools. They will travel together with a hand written diary that will keep the experience in each school and town. Each host school will produce visual documents (photos, videos,...) to be shared on the net.

• Subjects: Art, Citizenship, Drama, Foreign Languages, Geography, History of Culture, Language and Literature, Music, Primary School Subjects
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 8 - 12
• Tools to be used: Audio conference, Chat, e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Video conference, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
• Aims: The main aim of this project is the children: -to know other countries in Europe, their inhabitants and customs. -to use the... read moreThe main aim of this project is the children: -to know other countries in Europe, their inhabitants and customs. -to use the English language as a tool to communicate with countries with many different mother tongues. -to be able to read and write a hand written diary to explain their experiences. - Self-Management (Respect for Diversity) skills development. We will see how the diaries will be changed, how events will be changed about the same toys as they are travelling around the countries and we will learn to respect the diversities. - Self-Management (Responsibility) skills development. (All pupils have a responsibility to care the toys and the diary) - Self-Management (Participation, Sharing, Cooperation and Teamwork) ability development. - Using Information Technology skills and multimedia for efficient, effective and innovative communication. And for children and teachers too: -to improve their knowledge of the ICT use in general and eTwinning site particularly. -to know and respect other ways of living and thinking. hide
• Work process: To start the project, every school will have to prepare a presentation of their school and class participating (a video with... read moreTo start the project, every school will have to prepare a presentation of their school and class participating (a video with a walking tour e.g.) to be uploaded on the site. The soft toys will spend some weeks in Benidorm/Spain (about a month time) and then will be sent together with the diary to the next host country. Photos, videos, presentations will be produced in each school and town during the 4 weeks' visits of the toys and shared on the net. All the visual documents will have to include the picture of the Turtle and the Dog. Songs and festivals could be included too depending on the time of the year. At the end of the exchange, the toys will return home with the diary. hide
• Expected results: The impact will be improved teaching and learning skills and improved written and spoken English. It will be a very... read moreThe impact will be improved teaching and learning skills and improved written and spoken English. It will be a very good experience for pupils to share the same toys with other students who were born in different countries of Europe and speak different languages, but who live in similar circumstances to themselves. We intend and expect pupils to improve their ICT skills in order to learn, to communicate and to express themselves; to improve social skills, to co-operate well as a team as they decide to "toys activities", to negotiate and mediate, to take initiative, responsibility and to make decisions, etc… Material results: -Visual documents to be produced from each host country including the image of the Turtle and the Dog as “participants” on the different activities in the schools and the places that children normally visit in their towns. -A hand written diary to be kept by the children in each destination to share their Experiences. -E-book: At the end of the project, the diary that written by all countries will be published as an ebook in pdf and doc format. -Short documentary: With the help of the ICT tools, we produce a short documentary movie and publish it in internet and also some channels Personal results: -Children and teachers to know Europe better and respect the others with their ways of doing. -A better use and consideration of English as a common language and tool to open communication doors. -Improvement of computers' use as a media and eTwinning as a real tool for teaching and learning.. hide

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