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Project
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PROJECT
TITLE |
GETTING TO KNOW YOU |
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Short
Summary |
An e-mail penpal project between comprehensive school sts in
Italy and in Finland
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| School:
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Variska School, Vaasa, |
| Country: |
Finland |
| Partner
schools:
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Instituto Comprensivo Vincenzo Monti, Pollenza, Italy |
| Classes:
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seventh and eighth grade groups |
| Project
team: |
Merja Haavisto and Paola Scolari |
| Project
coordinator:
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| Contact
person (name,
surname, e-mail address): |
Merja Haavisto;
merjahaavisto@hotmail.com
Paola Scolari
paolascolari@tin.it |
| Link
to the
Project:
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| Collaborative
work at school:
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| Technological
tools:
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pcs, video camera, digital camera |
| Socrates
Programme:
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YES
o
NO
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| Distance
Collaboration (among
Partners): |
YES
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NO o |
| RESOURCES |
Internal
(from your school) |
External
(outside your school) |
Costs |
| Human |
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| Facilities
(rooms, labs, etc) |
Classroom, computer class |
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Equipment
(PC,
videorecorder, cameras...) |
Computers, video camera, digital camera |
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| Funds |
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| Other |
I was paid for 25 extra lessons for the extra work |
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Objectives |
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Overall objectives |
To learn to tell about yourself,your life, your country |
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Specific
objectives |
Better English skills |
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Study
skills |
How to write letters, how to tell facts |
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Social
skills |
Beinh friendly and polite to a foreign sts of your age |
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Subjects involved
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English, IT |
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PROJECT
DESCRIPTION |
| Duration: |
School
year: 1999/2000
From: November
To: May |
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Children worked on the Project |
for ___2___ hours a
day
/
a
week
/ a
month |
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Teachers worked on the Project
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for __10____ 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 sts were given help material to write their letters. The
material included questions and by answering them They got
simpliest version of a letter . The videos, posters and power
point presentations were made in small groups.
2) How the work has been shared among children
They were very eager and also learned to hand in their
assignments in time. They asked every day whether they had got
letters from Italy. They planned and carried out the videos and
the power point presentations quite independently.
3) How resources have been used/managed |
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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): |
The teacher and children |
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Where
(at home/at school):
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Both at home and at school. When the video was filmed and when
the pictures were taken for the power point presentations, they
went around in town to places they were telling about: The
market place on
May Day, to the football fields when they had games, to the
ruins of the St Mary Church etc. |
How |
It was spring so they went by bike or sometimes their parents
drove them by car. The parents also let us use the video and
digital cameras and computers to do the presentations. It’s
important to notice that most of the work was done in their free
time; this proves how much they enjoyed it. I only helped them
when they had problems with English and we always went through
all the material that was sent to Italy and discussed if
someting should be left out or added. |
| WORKPLAN |
| Activity |
Responsable |
Expected
outcome |
When
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| PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
The internet connections at school did not work, the connections
were far too slow. |
| WAYS
TO OVERCOME
PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
The teacher typed out the sts messages. Thus the purpose to
increase their skills in sending e-mail wasn’t reached, but we
couldn’t help it as the technology was against us. |
| EVALUATION |
| Evaluation
worksheets of operative
objectives |
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| Feedback
from students |
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| Feedback
from parents |
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| Feedback
from teachers |
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| 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 |
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| Exhibition |
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| Website |
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| Seminar/Panel
session |
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| Other |
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I allow to
publish the above information on the ECOLE website
(www.ecolenet.nl) : YES
o NO
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