This project aims at accompanying a Comenius project. The project will be developed for 2 years alongside with the Comenius project. Pupils will exchange photos, videos and short descriptions of their traditions and they'll do activities popular in their partners' schools. Polls and surveys will be published and a logo competition will be one of the first activities of the project. Web tools will be used and ICT will play a major part in the project.

• Subjects: Foreign Languages, Geography, History, History of Culture, Informatics / ICT, Music, Physical Education, Primary School Subjects
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 5 - 12
• Tools to be used: Chat, e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Project Diary, Twinspace, Video conference, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
• Aims: We want our pupils to learn more about other cultures (traditions, songs, dances, food, sports and games). We want them to... read moreWe want our pupils to learn more about other cultures (traditions, songs, dances, food, sports and games). We want them to practise their computer skills and become able to use the new technologies in order to present themselves, present their culture and communicate with peers. Through ths communication, we want them to practise foreign language learning and learn more about the partners' languages. We also want to create the basis for a Comenius project that is to follow and establish good cooperation among the partner teachers and pupils. hide
• Work process: -January/February 2012: Partner schools introduce themselves with videos, photoslides or Powerpoint presentations. -March: Partners introduce their cities -April: Partners introduce their countries -May/June:... read more-January/February 2012: Partner schools introduce themselves with videos, photoslides or Powerpoint presentations. -March: Partners introduce their cities -April: Partners introduce their countries -May/June: Partners work on the topic of Olympic Games and finally have an Olympics Day. They share results and scores. September 2012: we hope that the Comenius project will have been accepted so the etwinning project will work alongside it providing the chances for pupils to continue to communicate in Twinspace and for all partners to use the Webtools for the presentations and the exchange of work. The Comenius planned activities that will be done in this etwinning project are as follows: September 2012-January 2013: Partners work on the topic of food (past and present) alongside the Comenius project. They exchange traditional recipes, share videos and photos, discuss the eating habits of pupils, create a healthy lunchbox. They participate in quizes, questionnaires and games on the same topic. -December 2012: Christmas traditions/activities/songs. -February/March 2013: Games (traditional and present playground games). Partners exchange information, share instructions on these games and play each other games. -May/June 2013: Presentation of traditional dances with videos and instructions. Partners will try to learn each other's dances to perform at their schools. -September 2014: Day of Languages. Pupils do activities related to their partners' languages. Quizes, worksheets. -October/November 2013: Halloween: research the history of this festival, exchange photos related to it and the countries that don't celebrate it, will do some activities to inform their pupils. Writing and exchanging of spooky stories! -December 2013: Creation of an advent calendar and exchange of short plays that are performed in the partner schools and then presented to the other schools with slideshows or short videos. -January 2014: New Year's traditions -February/March 2014: Carnival. What happened with Halloween will take place again with the rest of the countries. -March/April 2014: Easter customs. -May/June 2014: Day of Europe celebrations and activities. Evaluation of the project. hide
• Expected results: - Firstly we want our pupils to get to know each other before they start a Comenius project. - We hope... read more- Firstly we want our pupils to get to know each other before they start a Comenius project. - We hope their ICT skills will be enhanced and we want them to realise that New Technologies can help them communicate easily with peers from other countries as well as help them present their life easily and with exciting web tools. Games can be funny as well as informative. - We want them to realise the importance of learning a foreign language as it will be used for the project and they'll use it in a real authentic context and not only in the artificial class environment. - We want them to work together with peers from other countries, learn more about them and get over stereotypes they may have about them. We want them to feel like citizens of one community, a wide European community. - We also want to raise their self-esteem, their self-confidence and help them believe that they can perform different and more difficult tasks in a European context beyond their narrow school environment. hide

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