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Project
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PROJECT
TITLE |
Rainbow |
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Short
Summary |
The RAINBOW is a task-oriented web-site that was devised,
developed and tested through co-operation between 2 colleges,
The Friese Poort College, in Sneek, Netherlands and
Malgomajskolan, Vilhelmina,Sverige. Now Iceland Norway and
Germany work on it too.
It is a site which offers a large variety of subjects and tasks
to stimulate exchange of (peer-) information between Dutch and
Swedish students. The electronic communication platform used to
enable this communication is called First Class. |
| School:
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Friese Poort, college for vocational training |
| Country: |
Netherlands |
| Partner
schools:
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Netherlands , 16-20, Iceland 15-16,
Sweden 16-20, Norway 16-20,
Germany 16-20 |
| Classes:
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16-20
year-old students |
| Project
team: |
Iceland
Gudny Karbo – informatics, Ragga Ragnarsdottir - English
Netherlands
Harm Schraa – Electronics, Sjoukje Piebenga - Psychology/
English, Henk - Building
Sweden Hans Tegnander – Electronics, Solveig – Care, Maria
Lindberg - English
Norway Ole Kristian S¢rly - Electronics, Bj¢rg Wendelbo -
English
Germany Volker Wiehe - English, Dethlef - English |
| Project
coordinator:
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Sjoukje Piebenga |
| Contact
person (name,
surname, e-mail address): |
Sjoukje Piebenga spiebenga@friesepoort.nl |
| Link
to the
Project:
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| Collaborative
work at school:
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Students share information about themselves, about their
environment, about their history. Students from different
countries interview each other.
Newest development: Students will discuss European political
issues in a European Youth Parliament. |
| Technological
tools:
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First Class (ELO) |
| Socrates
Programme:
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YES
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NO o |
| 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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Euro 25000 |
| Facilities
(rooms, labs, etc) |
Computer room and study hall |
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Euro 25000 |
Equipment
(PC,
videorecorder, cameras...) |
PCs |
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Euro 25000 |
| Funds |
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Socrates, Leonardo, BVEnet |
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| Other |
115 |
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0 |
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Objectives |
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Overall objectives |
Widen horizons. Language development. Communicative skills.
European awareness.
Political interests |
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Specific
objectives |
Accepting challenges |
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Study
skills |
Students have learned to use the computer as a means to
communicate and co-operate with students from other countries.
They learn to read texts, to write texts, to chat in a useful
and respectful way.
They learn to work in an independant way. Competence -learning. |
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Social
skills |
Communication. Overcoming shyness |
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Subjects involved
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Culture, Language, Poetry, History, Interviews, European Youth
Parliament |
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PROJECT
DESCRIPTION |
| Duration: |
School
year: 1999
From: 1999
To: ongoing |
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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 ___5___ 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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In the Rainbow we made different groups.
All the groups could use about 20 tasks.
In the groups we have formed groups of four students from
different countries, who can co-operate on the tasks. They work
in their personal workbooks, and only the four students + the
tutors can see in the workbook. The teacher can see that work
has been done, because then there will appear a red flag.
Finished tasks, can be put in the group-workbook, where
everybody can read them.
We have also made a notice board where all participating
students can write notes, and ask for reactions
There is a possibility for chat, so students can discuss there
work, but also their lives.
They can write letters to each other in the mailbox. |
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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) |
Technological tools
FirstClass ELO developed by the University of Ottawa. |
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Users
(teachers/children/experts): |
Teachers/students |
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Where
(at home/at school):
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at home and at school |
How |
Students can install the client at home and work there. |
| WORKPLAN |
| Activity |
Responsable |
Expected
outcome |
When
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Contact new partners |
Rainbow-team |
New partners |
now |
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Make new tasks(projects) |
Rainbow-team |
New challenges |
2003 |
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European Youth Parliament |
London (New partner) |
New challenges |
2003 |
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| PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
We would like to have more Partners from all over Europe.
Other colleges often think it will be very expensive or
difficult or cost too much time. |
| WAYS
TO OVERCOME
PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
Just do it! |
| EVALUATION |
| Evaluation
worksheets of operative
objectives |
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| Feedback
from students |
In the beginning students find it hard. some are insecure about
this new way of working.
After a while they find it cool, and spend more time on it the
is required. |
| Feedback
from parents |
Respect for this enterprise |
| Feedback
from teachers |
Teachers that participate, are excited about the possibility of
real communication between students in Europe |
| Other |
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REFERENCE
BOOKS |
FirstClass guides |
I allow to
publish the above information on the ECOLE website
(www.ecolenet.nl) : YES
o NO
o
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