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Project
form
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PROJECT
TITLE |
A Christmas game |
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Short
Summary |
Changing some cultural information about the way Christmas is
celebrated in each of the countries involved in the project.
Building a cultural game about Christmas in the three countries
involved where information about the way this festivity is
celebrated in each of the countries was included. For instance
what do we eat/drink at Christams eve? Do we believe in Santa
Claus? How do people decorate their houses/shops? ... |
| School:
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Escola
Básica 2, 3 da Cruz de Pau |
| Country: |
Portugal |
| Partner
schools:
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Nexø Skole (Class: 7B), Denmark
Peellandcollege Deurne, The Netherlands |
| Classes:
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6, 7 grades
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| Project
team: |
teachers of English |
| Project
coordinator:
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Francisca Soares |
| Contact
person (name,
surname, e-mail address): |
Francisca Soares,
mfsoares@netcabo.pt |
| Link
to the
Project:
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http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0671190301/xmas/default.htm |
| Collaborative
work at school:
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Group work was implemented with the children, while the teachers
planned the project and activities using email. |
| Technological
tools:
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Computers, printers, Internet, email |
| Socrates
Programme:
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YES
o
NO
o |
| Distance
Collaboration (among
Partners): |
YES
o
NO o
All the work among the partners was done using the email,
namely the design of the project and the planning of the
activities. |
| RESOURCES |
Internal
(from your school) |
External
(outside your school) |
Costs |
| Human |
Teacher of English with some competencies in Multimedia |
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| Facilities
(rooms, labs, etc) |
Classrooms and computer labs |
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Equipment
(PC,
videorecorder, cameras...) |
Computers, printers |
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| Funds |
From the school budget |
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| Other |
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Objectives |
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Overall objectives |
Make children aware of the cultural and social differences /
similarities between them as far as the celebration of a
festivity is concerned |
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Specific
objectives |
Telling others about their languages, Telling others about their
culture,
Writing short sentences in English,
Giving information |
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Study
skills |
Learn to use the Internet, and other ICT facilities |
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Social
skills |
Group work, co-operation |
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Subjects involved
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English, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch and ICT |
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PROJECT
DESCRIPTION |
| Duration: |
School
year:
From: October
2001 To: December
2001 |
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Children worked on the Project |
for ___3___ hours a
day
/
a
week
/ a
month |
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Teachers worked on the Project
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for __6____ hours a
day
/ a
week
/ a
month |
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Work
has been done
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in
the class / at home
Work has been done
in class and at home |
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Short description of how the Project has been
carried out
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1)
How work has been organized either in class and at home
(i.e. individually/in pair/ in small groups/all class)
The children organised themselves in groups. After a
brainstorming each group wrote down some interesting questions
they would like to ask their foreigner partners, and they would
like to make available from their point of view to the others.
There was then a class meeting where all the questions were
presented and some chosen by everybody. The questions were then
sent to all the other partners. All the questions were joined
and through email discussed. Finally there was a decision about
which should be answered by all the partners in order to have
the final version of the game. Afterwards, in groups, each
school answered the questions chosen by all the partners
concerning their own country. The answers were then put together
and the webpages built.
2) How the work has been shared among children
Each group was responsible for creating a number of questions
and then to answer a given number of the final questions.
3) How resources have been used/managed
Children used the computers at the Computers lab and surfed the
net to look for pictures and the information they needed. With
the help of the teacher they created the files for the game. |
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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) |
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Users
(teachers/children/experts): |
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Where
(at home/at school):
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How |
The work was done in groups and the children
used Word, e-mail, and the Internet
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| WORKPLAN |
| Activity |
Responsable |
Expected
outcome |
When
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Starting / Brainstorming |
Teachers |
Mind map |
Week 1 |
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Writing the questions – group work |
Children |
Questionnaire |
Week 2 |
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Choosing the questions to be sent to the partners – class work |
Children |
List of final questions from each school |
Week
3 |
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Writing emails – sending the questions |
Children |
Email messages |
Week
4 |
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Choosing the questions to be included in the game – class work |
Children |
Final questionnaire |
Week
5 |
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Answering the questions – group work |
Children |
Data to be included in the website |
Week
6-7 |
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Building the webpages |
Teachers |
Webpages |
Week
8-9-10 |
| PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Problems with computers and Internet connection
Computer lab not always available
Problems within the groups |
| WAYS
TO OVERCOME
PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Having someone responsible at school for the maintenance of
computers
Having the Computers lab exclusively for the use of the children |
| EVALUATION |
| Evaluation
worksheets of operative
objectives |
Questionnaires |
| Feedback
from students |
Questionnaires |
| Feedback
from parents |
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| Feedback
from teachers |
Report/summary of the work done |
| Other |
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I allow to
publish the above information on the ECOLE website
(www.ecolenet.nl) : YES
o NO
o
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