This project aims to improve pupils' skills in Information and Communication Technologies, Maths and foreign languages. Through creating films, presentations, videos and surveys, collating data about themselves with the help of online statistical tools, pupils learn about cultural differences and similarities of their partner schools in other countries in an enjoyable way. Presenting and comparing their lifestyles also gives pupils the opportunity to raise awareness about the positive health effects of good nutrition and sport, as well as adopt healthy habits.

• Subjects: Art, Environmental Education, Foreign Languages, Informatics / ICT, Mathematics / Geometry
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 8 - 14
• Tools to be used: Audio conference, Chat, e-mail, Forum, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Video conference, Web publishing
• Aims: • To teach pupils to use and/or improve their communication skills using ICT • To enhance our pupils’ ICT skills and facilities • To... read more• To teach pupils to use and/or improve their communication skills using ICT • To enhance our pupils’ ICT skills and facilities • To become familiar with basic norms and etiquette for virtual communication to be able to collaborate appropriately in a virtual community • To encourage pupils to learn to know each other, have a better understanding of their partner pupils, school and country and finally become friends • To learn to evaluate information based on exact data. This will help avoid prejudice and will enhance a scientific approach to working • To help pupils develop an understanding of nutrition and encourage them to lead a healthy lifestyle hide
• Work process: September: • Teachers use emails and the TwinSpace to plan the details of the activities and establish base rules and Netiquette. They... read moreSeptember: • Teachers use emails and the TwinSpace to plan the details of the activities and establish base rules and Netiquette. They also introduce pupils to the use of the TwinSpace. • Pupils do practice with the eTwinning platform , discuss and get to know each other in the TwinSpace forum. • Introductions: pupils create personalized speaking avatars , upload their photos, and avatars in the TwinSpace, then pupils of the partner schools try to match every photo to the correct avatar; each country collects names from the partner school and creates a word cloud October • My school: a video for which pupils collect or create materials (photos, videos, drawings) and combine them altogether. Then they create their video around the materials they have collected November • Creating a logo of the project with the help of Internet tools (might be drawings), a competition for the best logo, students vote online . December • My home country and town: a slide show or PowerPoint presenting home towns , a quiz - pupils share information about their countries , then they create an online quiz. January • My hobby; Saturday’s cool February • Healthy lifestyle: Me and my diet; Get sporty; How green are you March • Statistics and me: analyzing graphs or charts showing statistical or numeric data, interpreting cultural differences and similarities of partners in other countries; creating a portrait/model of a typical pupil from each partner country and a typical eTwinner involved in the project April • A postcard from a summer vacation in partner countries; a slideshow tour May • Evaluation: an online survey, presentations during school events, articles in local newspapers, creating avatars talking about pupils’ favourite project tasks. During the whole school year the students identify important information and prepare online questionnaires, collate the data to spreadsheets with statistical graphs and create a portrait/model of a typical eTwinner involved in our project. hide
• Expected results: Enhanced skills in ICT, foreign language communication and Maths; friendship, understanding, cultural awareness, healthy lifestyle; photo galleries, videos; surveys and... read moreEnhanced skills in ICT, foreign language communication and Maths; friendship, understanding, cultural awareness, healthy lifestyle; photo galleries, videos; surveys and a small model or a drawing of an average eTwinner involved in the project; hide

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