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Project
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PROJECT TITLE |
TANDEM PROJECT ITALY-USA |
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Short Summary |
Email correspondence between an Italian (from
Bergamo) and an American high school (from New Rochelle), which
lasted one year. Italian students wrote emails in English,
(their foreign language) American ones in Italian (their foreign
language). Text chats completed the project at the end of the
year. |
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School: |
ITIS “Majorana” – Seriate (Bergamo) |
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Country: |
ITALY |
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Partner schools: |
High School New
Rochelle (NY) |
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Classes: |
12th graders |
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Project team:
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Mr Galimberti-Mrs Byrnes |
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Project coordinator: |
Mr Galimberti |
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Contact person
(name, surname, e-mail address): |
Attilio Galimberti –
galimber@yahoo.it |
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Link to the Project: |
www.majorana.org/informatici/3b |
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Collaborative work at school:
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Technological tools: |
Internet – PowerPoint – FrontPage - |
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Socrates Programme: |
YES
o
NO
x |
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Distance Collaboration (among Partners): |
YES
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NO
o |
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RESOURCES |
Internal (from your school) |
External (outside your school) |
Costs |
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Human |
1 |
X |
No costs |
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Facilities
(rooms, labs, etc) |
Multimedia lab |
X |
No costs |
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Equipment
(PC, videorecorder, cameras...) |
X |
X |
No costs (available at
school) |
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Funds |
X |
X |
X |
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Other |
X |
X |
X |
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Objectives |
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Overall
objectives |
To foster motivation for students to
learn and practice their mother and foreign language; they are
faced with real communication, writing, revising, editing and
finally publishing on the Internet.
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Specific objectives |
To emphasizes spelling,
punctuation, grammar and vocabulary in the writing process
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Study skills |
Learning how to write
email messages; differences in writing letters and email
messages; |
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Social skills |
by sharing knowledge, customs and
traditions students learn how to reconsider stereotypes
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Subjects involved |
Geography, history, social studies
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION |
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Duration: |
School year:
From: Nov 2002 To: June 2003 |
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Children worked on the Project |
for 2
hours a week
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Teachers worked on the Project |
for 3
hours a week
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Work has been done
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Work has been done
in class AND at home |
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Short description of how the Project has been carried out |
1) How work has been
organized either in class and at home (i.e. individually/in
pair/ in small groups/all class): individually and in small
groups
2) How the work has
been shared among children: they all worked collaboratively
in the making of their webpages (audio file, images etc.)
3) How resources have
been used/managed: use of the school multimedia lab once a
week |
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USE OF TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS
Short description of how technological tools have been used |
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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): |
all the technological
tools were used collaboratively by students and teacher |
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Where
(at home/at school): |
mainly at school; some
individual work at home |
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WORKPLAN |
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Activity |
Responsable |
Expected outcome |
When |
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Preparation in class |
Both teachers |
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x |
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Information exchanges to
be written and sent in monthly email messages |
Both teacher |
motivation; team work |
Long-term |
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Creation of web pages |
Mr Galimberti |
Socializing; activation
of different learning styles |
Long-term |
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PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
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WAYS TO OVERCOME PROBLEMS/BARRIERS |
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EVALUATION |
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Evaluation worksheets of operative objectives |
Not necessary |
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Feedback from students |
Very good |
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Feedback from parents |
Not involved
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Feedback from teachers |
Very good |
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Other |
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OUTCOME DISSEMINATION |
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Wall-charts |
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Article on school/local/district magazine |
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Brochure |
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Multimedia products |
Yes |
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Exhibition |
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Website |
Yes |
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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)
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YES
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NO
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