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Name of the project:
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We are not different
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Partners:
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Lower Secondary Schools teachers from different countries
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Details:
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Age of the pupils: 12 to 14
Used language: English
Duration: 6 months
School type: Lower Secondary
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Short
description:
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This is a project about the customs and traditions
in each country. Each participating country will show their customs and
traditions. In this way, we have the chance to see the similarities between
the countries and find out we are not that different.
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Goals:
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The goals of the project are: to embrace diversity,
to collaborate, to improve English and ICT skills
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ICT tools:
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PowerPoint presentations,
Photos, Word documents, Webcam,
SlideShare, videos, skype, etc.
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Pedagogical basis:
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The aims of this project are: to improve intercultural
collaboration to enhance students’ skills, to find the real face of Europe, to
understand the importance of traditions, to improve willingness to share and
learn.
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Working methods:
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·
student workgroups
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teacher workgroups
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mixed groups
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communication by
e-mail
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creating PowerPoint slides,
videos, pictures, drawings and finally
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common posters
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Task description – tools to be used
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Responsible person(s)
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1st Month
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Sending e-mails and introductions
in Word or PowerPoint in order to know better the partners and their schools
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Teachers and students
of partner schools
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2nd Month
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Cooperating using
known ICT skills: Using PowerPoint presentations, movies, slide pictures,
digital photos, slideshares, slide pictures
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The project team of each
country
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3rd Month
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Description of the
most known traditions in each country by using Teacher Tube Video, Slide
Share, Blogger
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The coordinator of
the project in each school
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4th Month
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Presentations through
photos, Animoto, Jigsaw,
Slidecom, Google of old
customs
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The students of each partner
country
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5th Month
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Finding traditions
similar to each country using different tools. Make poster concluding that we
have many similarities.
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Teachers and students
from our schools
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6th Month
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Feedback, Evaluation,
Awarding Prizes and Certificates
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The headmaster from each
school and the project coordinators
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