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Project
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PROJECT
TITLE |
ENO environment on-line |
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Short
Summary |
ENO-Environment Online is a global web school for environmental
awareness where more than 130 school classes in 51 countries are
studying four different environmental themes ( four dimensions
of sustainable development ) throughout the school year on a
weekly basis. ENO.
Program is coordinated by Eno School District and
it has been running since August 2000. |
| School:
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Eno School District, Finland ( Solkan Primary School (Osnovna
sola Solkan) is one of the partner school. |
| Country: |
Finland |
| Partner
schools:
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different schools from Europe and beyond |
| Classes:
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from
5 to 8, classes of secondary schools, students at university |
| Project
team: |
teachers of different subject, science, English or mother tongue
and computing (Coordinator Mika Vanhanen) |
| Project
coordinator:
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Mika Vanhanen |
| Contact
person (name,
surname, e-mail address): |
Mika Vanhanen,
mika.vanhanen@edu.eno.fi
and
Viljenka Savli,
vili@mirk.si
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| Link
to the
Project:
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http://eno.joensuu.fi/ |
| Collaborative
work at school:
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ENO is a collaborative program. Learning is student-centred. All
the learning material is produced by schools and summarized as
pdf files on ENO website for public use. Activities are both
online ( material database, discussion, ENO Chats ) and offline
( learning diary, surveys
and other activities ). Curriculum for the school year is
decided together with teachers. |
| Technological
tools:
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computer, internet, e-mails, chat, videoconferencing, forum,
special learning environment accessed only by special code,
tools for writing, scanner, digital camera… |
| Socrates
Programme:
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YES
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| Distance
Collaboration (among
Partners): |
YES
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internet, e-mails, chat, videoconferencing, forum, special
learning environment accessed only by special code |
| RESOURCES |
Internal
(from your school) |
External
(outside your school) |
Costs |
| Human |
A team of Teachers with competencies in English, Multimedia
tools, Science, Environment, Biology…. |
Local journalists and international journals |
ENO community gave certain sum of money to help the ENO school
to organise international ENO conference in Finland in 2002. |
| Facilities
(rooms, labs, etc) |
Classroom, Computer Lab, tools, software |
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Equipment
(PC,
videorecorder, cameras...) |
Digital Camera, Computer, Scanner, Printer, html Editor, webcam... |
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| Funds |
ENO school + partner schools |
ENO community |
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| Other |
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Objectives |
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Overall objectives |
GOALS
* to study to learn co-operationally in web community
* to learn new skills in ICT
* to deepen environmental themes in education
* to add global awareness and internationality
* to support sustainable development
* to get developing countries as active participants
ENO partners come from the university of Joensuu, different
organisations, NGOs and networks. There are about 2 600 students
and 250 teachers actively involved in ENO. The age of students
varies from 12 – 18 years old. ENO is a cross-curriculum subject
in many schools. It has received many international recognitions
and awards, latest a national quality price in eLearning by the
ministry of education, Finland ( April 2003 ). |
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Specific
objectives |
ENO is a collaborative program. Learning is student-centred. All
the learning material is produced by schools and summarized as
pdf files on ENO website for public use. Activities are both
online ( material database, discussion, ENO Chats ) and offline
( learning diary, surveys and other activities ). Curriculum for
the school year is decided together with teachers. |
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Study
skills |
Think Globally – Act Locally
Collaborative learning is not only inside the network. In
addition to learning and studying in the global web community
ENO benefits local schools and local communities. We have
campaign weeks when students and teachers share the results of
learning ( posters, booklets, presentations) with local school
and community. We want local people to be a part of our
learning. They take part to our surveys and activities. ENO goes
to society and leads an active role. 'It doesn't take a village
to raise a child, but a CHILD to raise a village!'
ENO gives a global perspective on environmental education. It
unites students together to learn about environment and
encourages them to act for it. It brings teachers together and
brings global understanding despite cultural differences.
First ENO Conference for students and teachers were held July
2002 in Finland. Next conference will be held 2004 in South
Africa.
ENO is the only school project in Europe that has deep
connections with schools in developing countries. A school
twinning program will be launched in August 2003 together with
NGO's WorLD Links and UNITeS. “Rich schools” will adapt “poor
schools”.
This model of learning is basically a simple one and can be
transferred to any subject or school networks.
We encourage students to get motivated and inspired through
different special happenings and contests. Especially contests
are a good way to get students interested in our issues.
ENO had drawing contests and will have in the future, maybe
essays and photo contests also. Or environmental actions.
They don't share students but gives more perspective and
motivation, not to everybody but makes learning interesting and
fun! |
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Social
skills |
Cooperation, exchange and evaluation of environmental work and
study, |
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Subjects involved
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Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, English, Mother tongue,
Environment, Sociology, Music, art, history, tradition,
geography |
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PROJECT
DESCRIPTION |
| Duration: |
School
year:
on-going project
From: Sepetember
To: June
each school year |
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Children worked on the Project |
for __2____ hours a
day
/
a
week
/ a
month
Children worked on the Project for at least 2 hours a week in
some schools even more. They have special ENO hours on the
timetable.
Depends how many topics students are working on, or how many
people they interviewed,
they publish their work in a special learning environment
themselves, and they can also publish things in their school
website (in our case see:
http://www2.arnes.si/~osngso3s/eno_project/eno_project.htm ) |
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Teachers worked on the Project
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for ___5___ hours a
day
/
a
week
/ a
month
Teachers worked on the Project for 4-8 hours a week/
Depends on the number of students involved. I as a coordinator
at our school
worked up to 5 hours per week. |
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Work
has been done
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in
the class / at home
Work has been done in class/at home |
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Short description of how the Project has been
carried out
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ENO stresses collaborative learning not only inside the network,
but also in partner schools. In addition to learning and
studying in the global web community ENO benefits local schools
and local communities. We have campaign weeks when students and
teachers share the results of learning ( posters, booklets,
presentations) with local school and community. We want local
people to be a part of our learning. They take part to our
surveys and activities. ENO goes to society and leads an active
role. 'It doesn't take a village to raise a child, but a CHILD
to raise a village!'
1) How work has been organized either in class and at
home (i.e. individually/in pair/ in small groups/all class)
The work was done at school or at home. Teachers gathered groups
of students – different age groups and they discussed different
topics and students started to work on environmental problems
and topics. There were also may other topics like folk music,
art, national costumes etc…. After they have finished work and
prepared written texts and photos or drawings they together
evaluated them and selected the best ones for publishing in ENo
environment. They have also published them in magazines and
school bulletin boards. They were taught how to select them –
criterion. They< also discussed the topics on weekly bases in
regular chats. Students themselves did decided about the topics
and they were only monitored by teachers.
2) How the work has been shared among children
Children shared their work in their classrooms and on the net.
Each partner schools organises this in its own way. There is a
regular on-line magazine published in –rtf for and in printed
form in ENO Finland and sent to all participating schools.
3) How resources have been used/managed
If any they were well used for didactical and collaborative
learning on international level. |
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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) |
videocamera/camera/digital
camera/computer/Internet/scanner/printer |
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Users
(teachers/children/experts): |
Teachers and students |
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Where
(at home/at school):
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At school – wordprocessor, digital camera, scanner, internet,
e-mail, forum, chat, webcam, ENO environment on-lineeditor for
html |
How |
In the computer classroom children worked in groups (different
partners in different ways). Tools utilized: Word, Internet,
FTP, html editor, digital camera, internet, web cam for
videoconferncing... Teacher supervised, mentoring, advising. |
| WORKPLAN |
| Activity |
Responsable |
Expected
outcome |
When
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brainstorming |
Teachers/students |
Ideas and mindmaps, materials |
Through the school year |
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Using ICT for producing materials |
students |
drafts |
Through the school year |
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Creating materials about environment |
students |
Articles, materials researches |
Through the school year |
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Analysing the data (questionnaires) |
Teachers/students |
analyses |
Through the school year |
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Publishing materials on-line |
Teachers/students |
Publishing materials on the net and in magazines |
Through the school year |
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Informing the other students, parents and community about the
work done |
Teachers/students |
Interviews and articles in local papers |
Through the school year |
| PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Lack of cooperation among teachers and late submission of
articles, difficulties in using certain ICT tools, organizing
the students’ work and collaboration among them Problems in
sharing tools and camera
Quality of the tools and PCs not many teachers are experts in
the use of technological tools for editing web pages not good
enough internet access |
| WAYS
TO OVERCOME
PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Helping teachers to acquire competences in the use of
technological tools needed for the success of the Project
Training children how to use html editors, how to create web
pages, write articles for magazines and to express their ideas
in English
Training children in the use of technological tools, learning
English through collaboration with other students
Convincing authorities and heads of schools that students need
good equipment for their work |
| EVALUATION |
| Evaluation
worksheets of operative
objectives |
e-mail questionnaires |
| Feedback
from students |
Articles and opinions |
| Feedback
from parents |
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| Feedback
from teachers |
e-mail answers |
| Other |
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OUTCOME
DISSEMINATION |
| Wall-charts
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| Article
on school/local/district
magazine |
articles in the
local magazines and school magazines. e-magazine |
| Brochure |
Eno magazine,
Magazine on Environment in EU |
| Multimedia
products |
powerpoint
presentations |
| Exhibition |
at fairs in
Ljubljana, ESP, EU, IN Finland |
| Website |
http://eno.joensuu.fi/ |
| Seminar/Panel
session |
teacher-training
seminars |
| Other |
awards on
different levels |
I allow to
publish the above information on the ECOLE website
(www.ecolenet.nl) : YES
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