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etwinning project
Project's Title: e-Twin-Cities: Neo-Classicism
Short description
Students taking part in the project are working in groups in some European countries (e.g. Greece, Germany, Romania, France…). They have to introduce themselves to the others, describing their family, their school environment and the educational system in their country, and presenting their city and focusing on the neo-classical elements, comparing the possible mutual influences, seeking their common historical, cultural, social past.
Students in their countries surf on the WWW and look for material concerning the above subjects. They make crossword puzzles, riddles and diagrams trying to communicate and explain the similarities and the differences of their cities in the 19th century. They comment and publish the results of their navigation and their study via blogs, power-point presentations and web pages.
Guidelines:
· Who am I? What is my family like?·
What is my school, the educational system, post compulsory education like?
· What is my town like? (Architecture and environment)
· What was my town like in the 19th century?
· Are there any neo-classical buildings still now? Are they beautiful or not and why?
Responding to the above topics:
· The students will exchange images, photos, videos and texts. They will reflect on and present the current state connecting to the past and the future.
· By working on the Internet and using IC tools with the partners from other countries they will also appreciate the universal character of the Internet and its power.
· Studying the buildings and the neo-classical elements throughout the history they will comprehend the common cultural heritage.
Aims
To get a new view of the world around us
To empower young people with those tools, knowledge and skills they need to communicate in the future world
To deepen the relations among the European young people
To create a background for further educational plans
To improve their command of English
To get substantially familiar with modern IC collaborative tools and to improve their implementation skills in developing blogs, WebPages or Power-Point Presentations
To experiment with new learning methodologies
To learn how to work in international teams
To get to know the cities, the likes and the dislikes of the partners
To develop critical thinking and explore the European perspective
To exchange information about cultural differences and similaritiesTo obtain intercultural knowledge, experience and computer literacy
To make friends in another country and, if possible, to visit their cities.
Work process
At first all students introduce themselves.
Then, they work on tasks in 4 sub-groups with students from different countries.
There are approximately 3-5 students of each country in each group.
The first group focuses on school and the education system. This could be in the form of a diagram, a drawing or crossword puzzles.
The second group deals with the buildings, the architecture and the famous architects in each town/region
The third group works on presentations about the civilization, the culture of their own country.
The fourth group facilitates the communication among the partners.
Groups are encouraged to cooperate with each other when necessary.
They make comparisons between countries are compulsory.
They communication in English among students via ICT is important.
Each object-tool (photo, image, picture, sound, or video animation) utilised is accompanied by notes or comments and bibliography could be added.
"Project outcome"
Production:
Work plans, schedules and procedures
Blogs, Presentations and web pages
Pictures or videos of the work process.
Practical Tips
Communication Tools: e-mail, chat, TwinSpace, web sites, Voip (Skype or MSN)
Communication Language: English, Greek.
Participants:
Groups of students aged 16-20
Groups of teachers of different specialization.
Framework
Subjects:
Information and Communication Technology
History and Art
Multimedia and Network
English
Graphic Arts and Architecture
Programmes:
E-twinning, Environmental Education
Project's Title: e-Twin-Cities: Neo-Classicism
Short description
Students taking part in the project are working in groups in some European countries (e.g. Greece, Germany, Romania, France…). They have to introduce themselves to the others, describing their family, their school environment and the educational system in their country, and presenting their city and focusing on the neo-classical elements, comparing the possible mutual influences, seeking their common historical, cultural, social past.
Students in their countries surf on the WWW and look for material concerning the above subjects. They make crossword puzzles, riddles and diagrams trying to communicate and explain the similarities and the differences of their cities in the 19th century. They comment and publish the results of their navigation and their study via blogs, power-point presentations and web pages.
Guidelines:
· Who am I? What is my family like?·
What is my school, the educational system, post compulsory education like?
· What is my town like? (Architecture and environment)
· What was my town like in the 19th century?
· Are there any neo-classical buildings still now? Are they beautiful or not and why?
Responding to the above topics:
· The students will exchange images, photos, videos and texts. They will reflect on and present the current state connecting to the past and the future.
· By working on the Internet and using IC tools with the partners from other countries they will also appreciate the universal character of the Internet and its power.
· Studying the buildings and the neo-classical elements throughout the history they will comprehend the common cultural heritage.
Aims
To get a new view of the world around us
To empower young people with those tools, knowledge and skills they need to communicate in the future world
To deepen the relations among the European young people
To create a background for further educational plans
To improve their command of English
To get substantially familiar with modern IC collaborative tools and to improve their implementation skills in developing blogs, WebPages or Power-Point Presentations
To experiment with new learning methodologies
To learn how to work in international teams
To get to know the cities, the likes and the dislikes of the partners
To develop critical thinking and explore the European perspective
To exchange information about cultural differences and similaritiesTo obtain intercultural knowledge, experience and computer literacy
To make friends in another country and, if possible, to visit their cities.
Work process
At first all students introduce themselves.
Then, they work on tasks in 4 sub-groups with students from different countries.
There are approximately 3-5 students of each country in each group.
The first group focuses on school and the education system. This could be in the form of a diagram, a drawing or crossword puzzles.
The second group deals with the buildings, the architecture and the famous architects in each town/region
The third group works on presentations about the civilization, the culture of their own country.
The fourth group facilitates the communication among the partners.
Groups are encouraged to cooperate with each other when necessary.
They make comparisons between countries are compulsory.
They communication in English among students via ICT is important.
Each object-tool (photo, image, picture, sound, or video animation) utilised is accompanied by notes or comments and bibliography could be added.
"Project outcome"
Production:
Work plans, schedules and procedures
Blogs, Presentations and web pages
Pictures or videos of the work process.
Practical Tips
Communication Tools: e-mail, chat, TwinSpace, web sites, Voip (Skype or MSN)
Communication Language: English, Greek.
Participants:
Groups of students aged 16-20
Groups of teachers of different specialization.
Framework
Subjects:
Information and Communication Technology
History and Art
Multimedia and Network
English
Graphic Arts and Architecture
Programmes:
E-twinning, Environmental Education
Work schedule
October 2008: (by teachers):
Blog's Construction. There the students will publish their works.
November 2008:
The teacher invite his/her students to offer their contribution.
Students introduce themselves individually or in group and upload a photo.
They discuss school, school life and future study plans on a general basis. They refer to their interests, hobbies, music preferences (while adding song extracts), comment on films they have recently watched (on the basis of video extracts downloaded from youtube.com . They express their ambitions and expectations of their future life.
December 2008
They describe their local area, their city (illustrating with plenty of pictures and presentations) in terms of architecture, city planning and history the last century.
They could present customs and local traditions and celebrations with reference to whether the society they grow up in is multicultural or not.
Januar - Febr-March 2009
Civilisation,Culture, History and Neo-classical buildings: they downlaod articles and images from electronic and printed journals; they take their own photos of their town focusing on neo-classical houses and monuments; they present well-known architects and their works all over their town (neo-classical building) during 18th - 19th century. They create webpages and they compose presentations and video. Presentations can be followed by interaction by means of texts or other techniques (crosswords,diagrams and quizzes) whose answers will be published.
They students can to describe the influences of neo-classicism on peinture and literature as well.
Each group discovers the similarities, the differences and the probable mutual influences on the neo-classical buildings among the cities and then they signify and point out their conclusion writing comments on the other blogs .....
April - May 2009
Reflections and tentative conclusions about the cooperation. What did we expect? What have we achieved?
On the whole
The school blog is ultimately a colourful magazin, in which the students will present themselves and their genuine interests in multimodal texts made up of ideas, images, sound and video, without offending or provoking. Suggestions and recommendations are welcome.
Our main objectives are to deepen the students' awareness of the global nature and potential of the Internet, to sensitise them to the significance of the respect to the human being, to deepen the relationships between European teenagers, to acquaint them with other European cultures, to promote tolerance towards the other, to make peaceful coexistence possible for all.
English is essential, parallel to their native languages, where necessary.
Posts include multigeneric texts (of a wide range of text types) such as diagrams, sketches (created by the students or computer scanned), pictures, animation, zigzaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, survey questionnaires and more. One student help the teacher and undertakes the tasks of the blog manager who has access to the code number and is responsible for uploading posts and comments.
It is required that all teachers involved get to know each other through either their school blogs.
Enjoy the project! Good Luck!
October 2008: (by teachers):
Blog's Construction. There the students will publish their works.
November 2008:
The teacher invite his/her students to offer their contribution.
Students introduce themselves individually or in group and upload a photo.
They discuss school, school life and future study plans on a general basis. They refer to their interests, hobbies, music preferences (while adding song extracts), comment on films they have recently watched (on the basis of video extracts downloaded from youtube.com . They express their ambitions and expectations of their future life.
December 2008
They describe their local area, their city (illustrating with plenty of pictures and presentations) in terms of architecture, city planning and history the last century.
They could present customs and local traditions and celebrations with reference to whether the society they grow up in is multicultural or not.
Januar - Febr-March 2009
Civilisation,Culture, History and Neo-classical buildings: they downlaod articles and images from electronic and printed journals; they take their own photos of their town focusing on neo-classical houses and monuments; they present well-known architects and their works all over their town (neo-classical building) during 18th - 19th century. They create webpages and they compose presentations and video. Presentations can be followed by interaction by means of texts or other techniques (crosswords,diagrams and quizzes) whose answers will be published.
They students can to describe the influences of neo-classicism on peinture and literature as well.
Each group discovers the similarities, the differences and the probable mutual influences on the neo-classical buildings among the cities and then they signify and point out their conclusion writing comments on the other blogs .....
April - May 2009
Reflections and tentative conclusions about the cooperation. What did we expect? What have we achieved?
On the whole
The school blog is ultimately a colourful magazin, in which the students will present themselves and their genuine interests in multimodal texts made up of ideas, images, sound and video, without offending or provoking. Suggestions and recommendations are welcome.
Our main objectives are to deepen the students' awareness of the global nature and potential of the Internet, to sensitise them to the significance of the respect to the human being, to deepen the relationships between European teenagers, to acquaint them with other European cultures, to promote tolerance towards the other, to make peaceful coexistence possible for all.
English is essential, parallel to their native languages, where necessary.
Posts include multigeneric texts (of a wide range of text types) such as diagrams, sketches (created by the students or computer scanned), pictures, animation, zigzaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, survey questionnaires and more. One student help the teacher and undertakes the tasks of the blog manager who has access to the code number and is responsible for uploading posts and comments.
It is required that all teachers involved get to know each other through either their school blogs.
Enjoy the project! Good Luck!
