By using the opportunities offered by Information Technology, Polish and French students take a virtual tour of Europe with fairy tales in a backpack - learn about the European legends and fables,
1. Project summary
Summary:
In the project participate students in Primary School number 1 in Bolesławiec and a group of students from Ecole Primaire Publique in Salut-Les-Rethel in France. Sudents learn about European fairy tales and countries of their origin. During the lessons and post-school exercises children listen to, watch and read chosen fables, take part in contests, make arts jobs and multimedia presentations, jointly create their own fairy tale in Polish and French language version. Compilations are presented at expositions, in e-albums, blogs, the web page, which are the results of the project. While implementing ideas of the Project, students Get to know partner countries, their cultural heritage, traditions and customs. Every fairy tale is preceded by the exercises about the country of its origin. We use the WebQuest method, which Allows to profit Internet information effectively and safety. Students listen to, watch and read chosen fairy tales, for example: French “The Cat in the boots”, Polish “Wawel Dragon” and German “Hansel and Gretel”. Each month we devote one of fairy tales and the country of origin. We conduct workshops on topics literary, geographical and historical, bringing the selected European countries, and then we write thematic blogs, create presentations, expositions and demonstrations. Students from both countries take part in contests: to do a logo and a mascot of the project, do art jobs, solve quizzes, crosswords and riddles. We exchange information using e-mails, chat, forum.
2. Country (City / Region)
3. Company/organization/institute presenting the project
Organization:
Miejski Zespół Szkół nr 2 – Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 w Bolesławcu
4. Type of organization
5. Project coordinator
6. Website
The website of the project:
http://basnieeuropy.eu.interia.pl/, http://my.twinspace.etwinning.net/boleslawiec?l=en
7. Please select the category in which you candidate your project
Youth Education Project. Select Project Users by age:
Helping youth step in the job market:
NOT Helping youth step in the job market
Creativity and Social Innovation:
Creativity and Social Innovation
8. How long has your project been running?
9. Targets and Elements of Innovation
Please explain the targets and the background of your project:
In the Project, which is implemented thank to the eTwinning, participate students from classes IV-VI in Primary School number 1 in Bolesławiec and a group of students from Ecole Primaire Publique in Salut-Les-Rethel in France.
The targets:
• popularisation of reading among children - develop and fixation of Hobbys, needs and reading habits
• knowledge of fairy tales and legends of different countries and nations
• to acquaint students with selected countries, daily life and traditions and customs,
• developing the skills of creative use of information and communication technologies.
What does it try to achieve and how:
During the project, students developed and could remember the interest, needs and reading habits, know the most popular fairy tales and legends of Polish, France and Germany, more than 50 works of art, illustrating known fairy tales, and presented at exhibitions, in an e-portfolio, website, deepen their knowledge about their own homeland, and of the partner countries - get to know their customs and traditions. The workshops were on topics literary, geographical and historical, bringing the selected European countries. Students developed their skills using the tools of information and communication technology, known programs: Publischer, PowerPoint, Word, iSpring Free, FrontPage, IrfanView, Picasso, MindMap, learned to write the blog.
Which opportunities/problems does it address to:
All the operations in the project were planned jointly, teachers got in touch systematicly and together were planning all the exercises.
Please explain what is unique or special in your project:
Students created PowerPoint presentations, which show chosen countries and all the exercises. The developed materials have been placed on a specially created of the Project. Using WebQuest method children make compilations in a comics form, with the mascot as a guide: booklet about Bolesławiec (in Publisher); PowerPoint presentation about 5 places in Poland, which French guests should know; blogs about the most interesting places in France, Poland and Germany; mental map of the most interesting places in Germany and the blog from virtual travel to France. On the Project webpage there is collective, Polish and French story created. In this tale heroes are our guides in the most interesting places in Europe. Similar materials are created by our French partners. By using the opportunities offered by Information Technology, Polish and French students take a virtual tour of Europe with fairy tales in a backpack.
10. Results
Describe the results of your project as per today:
How does it fulfill the users’ needs:
• Students developed their knowledge about their own homeland, and of partner countries,
• now the students know the fairy tales, customs and traditions of the partner countries,
• enhance their skills using the tools of information and communication technologies.
How many users interact with your project per month and what are the preferred forms of interaction:
In the project take part about 100 students.
All the operations in the project were planned jointly, teachers got in touch systematicly and together were planning all the exercises. Exchange information via e-mail, chat, forum.
How has it improved the quality of educational and/or training services:
The realization of international projects increases the variety of post-lessons resources in a school, activates and inspires children to discover their hidden talents and intresting topics or people in their environment. Encourages to document the most important events in a school. Students also develop their skills in using informatics technology: using text editors, scaners, digital cameras, the Internet and the web post.
How has it improved the participation of professionals, children, youth and other stakeholders:
Technology it is used as a tool for education, and personal and social development of its users. Cooperation motivates to use technology for social contacts, and to learn how to use new software and hardware. Acquired experience in the use of multimedia can foster lifelong participation in distance learning courses available around the world.
How does it promote the use of ICT for the educational and cultural development by professionals, children and youth:
eTwinning opens door to education of the future, integrates local environment, provides space for teacher development. Technological resources available in schools are used more extensively and effectively as tools for teaching and learning.
11. Sustainability
What is the full duration of your project:
12. Transferability
Has your project been replicated/adapted elsewhere:
Specify:
Similar project can be effactuated in every school. In this project can participate small groups of interested students, it may be also an altenative to tradicional lessons dedicated to fairy tales.
What lessons can others learn from your project:
In June we finished the first part of our project. Next year we want to continue, expanding it and gradually adding new countries and new partners to it.
We are available to help others starting or working on similar projects:
We are available to help others starting or working on similar projects.
13. Background information
Background:
We try to be a school active in its environment , opened to a cooperation with parents, local government, and non-governmental organizations. We manage series of international student exchange with schools in Germany and the Czech Republic,we implement various educational projects. In order to fully use our library – School’s Information Center – has proposed children to implement the Project using imformatics and communicating technology. The students reacted well. We conceived the topic and we started to search for a partner. After a few days of searchings we received a proposal to Implement the Project In Polish from French partner. Together we worked out the Project’s rules.
Barriers:
For us the language barrier is the hardest.
Solutions:
In order to gather experience In international partnership through the Internet, and in Internet science, I accomplished the online course for teachers „How to participate In eTwinning Programme”. From the beginning the students were enjoying the work in the Project and they still are (also during the holidays). Next year I want more teachers from our school to be interested in the Program.
Future plans and wish list:
The project was covered by the auspices of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009, received the National Quality Label in France and Poland, and in the "eTwinning in the school library" received third place in the country. We are planning to continue the Project in the next schoolyear. We will know even more fairy tales and European countries.
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