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History lessons with authentic touch |
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 Project work in the classroom and virtual reflection with foreign peers led to excursions |
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Peter Leitl, history teacher at Schigymnasium Stams in Austria, is highly involved in eLearning. It was therefore natural for Peter Leitl to include collaboration through eTwinning in everyday teaching of history, his subject.
Partner school in Ireland
As the theme of the year for history was “The History of Ireland from the Beginning to the Present”, Peter Leitl looked for a partner school in Ireland to twin up with. He posted an outline for the topic in the TwinFinder, and Second Presentation School in Wexford in Ireland responded positively. The two schools registered a partnership on the eTwinning portal, and work started in the classroom and in virtual space, involving students from both schools.
Communication between students
Before the project was presented to the students, Peter Leitl and John McCormack, his Irish counterpart, decided that emails should be the main tool for communication among students. However, it soon became clear that there was a need for simultaneous communication as well, and students therefore began communicating online using Skype.
Students exchanged information on places of interest to Irish history. They worked either in small groups or individually across borders, and as collaboration went well, the project was extended to include excursions where the students met face-to-face. In preparation to the excursions, Austrian students informed their peers in Ireland on the specific aspects of Irish history that they dealt with, and Irish students organised a tour through Dublin highlighting these aspects. In return, the Austrian students will prepare a day in October on “Locations that are connected with the history of National-Socialism in Tyrol” where the Irish students among others will visit a concentration camp.
Benefits
Students benefited in many ways from collaborating with foreign peers. Reflecting on content taught in class with local people, getting a global view of European history, doing project work and reassessing own historical background to the history of another country, were some of the benefits. For the Austrian students, improved English skills as well.
Read the interview in English (doc) with Peter Leitl.
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22/11/2006 |
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