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Project
form
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PROJECT
TITLE |
Amico PC |
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Short
Summary |
In groups of 10-12 the student worked with computers in order to
learn about different programs. They normally use L2, but
sometimes also L1. |
| School:
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S. Giovanni Bosco, I.C. “G. Falcone”, via Comaschi 38, I-56021
Cascina (PI) |
| Country: |
Italy |
| Partner
schools:
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none |
| Classes:
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one 3rd, two 4th, one 5th
Primary school classes |
| Project
team: |
Mette Buchreitz, Sandra Golini, Sofia Garrone, Vania Paolicchi |
| Project
coordinator:
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Mette Buchreitz |
| Contact
person (name,
surname, e-mail address): |
Mette Buchreitz, m.buchreitz@humnet.unipi.it |
| Link
to the
Project:
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| Collaborative
work at school:
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Children have worked in groups of 2-3-4. They shared/”invented”
the ideas and planned together what and how to create before
they went into the Pc-lab. Afterwards they showed their
classmates with their works. If possible the works were printed
out. Teachers have planned activities together. |
| Technological
tools:
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7 computers, scanner, printer, digital camera, |
| Socrates
Programme:
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YES
o
NO
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| Distance
Collaboration (among
Partners): |
YES
o
NO
o |
| RESOURCES |
Internal
(from your school) |
External
(outside your school) |
Costs |
| Human |
A team of Teachers each with competencies in English, Italian,
Multimedia tools, Art, History |
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zero |
| Facilities
(rooms, labs, etc) |
Pc-room |
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Equipment
(PC,
videorecorder, cameras...) |
7 computers, scanner, printer, digital camera, video recorder. |
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| Funds |
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| Other |
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Objectives |
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Overall objectives |
Teach basic use of PC, scanner, and digital camera with
different programs. |
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Specific
objectives |
Use mostly of Word, Power Point, and Paint. |
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Study
skills |
How to use what the students already have learned in the
classroom (in different subjects) and make a project with the
PC. |
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Social
skills |
Bring students together in couples. Maybe change their works
with their pen friends. |
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Subjects involved
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English, Italian, Art, Geography, History, and Science. |
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PROJECT
DESCRIPTION |
| Duration: |
School
year: whole school year
From:
Sepetmber
To: June |
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Children worked on the Project |
for __30 min____ hours a
day
/
a
week
/ a
month |
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Teachers worked on the Project
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for ______ hours a
day
/ a
week
/ a
month
Teachers worked on the Project for 2 hours a week in the lab
+ 1-2 hours of planning a week.
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Work
has been done
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in
the class / at home
Work has been done in class or lab |
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Short description of how the Project has been
carried out
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Once a week the classes were divided into two groups, one went
in the PC-room, the other to the library.
The following week the groups changed activities.
The children learned how to work two and two and “divide” the PC
and what they produced together. Often one of the two students
had the possibility to use a computer at home, so s/he could
teach some basic knowledge to the couple-mate. If possible they
worked out the idea in a copybook, before beginning at the PC,
in order to have a visual idea of the work. When the works were
finished they were printed out, in order to realize and to show
and challenge their classmates, friends or parents. |
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USE
OF TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS
Short
description of how technological tools have been
used |
Technological
tools
(videocamera/camera/digital
camera/computer/Internet/scanner/printer) |
computer, scanner, printer, digital camera.
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Users
(teachers/children/experts): |
students and teacher |
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Where
(at home/at school):
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at school
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How |
In the computer lab children worked in groups of 2-3. Tools
utilized: Word, Power Point, Paint. Teacher supervised. |
| WORKPLAN |
| Activity |
Responsable |
Expected
outcome |
When
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Working at PC |
Mette Buchreitz |
Student quite secure in using basic knowledge in PC |
After a school year |
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Brainstorming |
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Task sharing |
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| PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Problems with the printer, sometimes PC. Unfortunate the school
has not Internet. No earphones. Teachers divided the work: who
planned in the classroom, who worked out in the lab. |
| WAYS
TO OVERCOME
PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
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| EVALUATION |
| Evaluation
worksheets of operative
objectives |
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| Feedback
from students |
Many produced something at home on their own |
| Feedback
from parents |
They felt happy to see their children works |
| Feedback
from teachers |
Children’s self-control during the work. Richer vocabulary
(Pc-words and L2) |
| Other |
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OUTCOME
DISSEMINATION |
| Wall-charts
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| Article
on school/local/district
magazine |
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| Brochure |
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| Multimedia
products |
Floppy for each child |
| Exhibition |
For mates and parents |
| Website |
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| Seminar/Panel
session |
Not yet |
| Other |
Print outs |
I allow to
publish the above information on the ECOLE website
(www.ecolenet.nl) : YES
o NO
o
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