My dream school in Europe

Paese, Città/Regione

Paese: 
Italy
Città: 
Francavilla in Sinni (PZ)/ Basilicata

Organizzazione

Nome dell'ente o associazione: 
Istituto Comprensivo “Don Bosco”- Sc. Primaria “A. Ciancia”
Contesto dell'ente o dell'associazione che presenta il progetto: 
School

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Tipo di progetto

Educazione fino a 10 anni

Descrizione del progetto

Description Frase (max. 500 characters): 

Children of all the schools prepare them to become responsible and open-minded citizens in Europe.

Project Summary (max. 2000 characters): 

The project idea has been conceived in collaboration with the partner school teacher and developed by the following schools: Gina Antonietta Mango -Filomena Donato: ICS "Don Bosco" di Francavilla in Sinni - Plesso Primaria "A. Ciancia", Francavilla in Sinni (PZ), Italia; Katarzyna Ernest-Małecka: Szkoła Podstawowa nr 11 im. Pabla Nerudy w Toruniu, Toruń, Polonia.
It was based on the theme “School of the Future” with the following objectives: Promoting consciousness of being European citizens and pupils-working together in the design of the school of the future-comparing pleasant school activities-improving Language competences–improving the usage of ICT. In a most wider educational contest, where they worked together to achieve common objectives, children of all the schools collaborated in the exchanges of experiences , information and ideas about their activities in a wide and without borders school that day after day, in a pleasant way, prepare them to become responsible and open-minded citizens in Europe. The comparison with foreign pupils and teachers, the usage of English language and of ICT to communicate and to make multimedia productions using the Twinspace and other tools available on web to share them were creative and innovative elements.

Da quando è funzionante il vostro progetto?

2013-09-29 22:00:00

Obiettivi ed elementi di innovazione

The purpose of the project was to guide the children to share information about their own school and to outline aspect and peculiarities of their school dream in the future collaborating with their pair in the other countries .
Objectives fo the project were:
Promoting consciousness of being European citizens and pupils - working together in the design of the school of the future - comparing pleasant school activities – improving Language competences – improving the usage of ICT.
The collaboration with the partners was intense and constant in all the phases of the project thanks to the usage of emails and of the twinspace. Students and teachers of all the schools worked together, both in a complementary that parallel way. Teachers collaborated in the planning of the modules and in the realization of the expected activities. Students from the two countries produced common works to share ideas and information about their own schools. In many particular cases , they exchanged each other letters and cards by snail mail. Finally everything has been exchanged and compared through the publishing on the twinspace of videos , images and little texts using different software and web tools.
In particular we took photos and produced drawings about all activities carried out, then we scanned and used them with voices and music to create videos using Windows Movie Maker that finally we uploaded on You tube and embed in the twinspace blog or web content tool. In detail the tools we used are : hardware( PC, scanner, Digital Audio Recorder, camera, Data traveler ),different software ( Paint, PDF, PowerPoint, Widows Movie Maker to make videos with video, photos and drawings), Publication on web ( You Tube, Tripwow, Animoto, Kizoa, Glogster…), TwinSpace ( blogs, web content, file archive, image gallery, wiki on which we create a space for common activities).

Risultati

Describe the results achieved by your project How do you measure (parameters) these. (max. 2000 characters): 
The most relevant general result is the discovery of the possibility for teachers and students to collaborate with other schools improving knowledge and competences. In particular we highlight: Refinement of the teacher’s class team’s capability to collaborate, co-operate and interact each other and with the other school operators and different school methodologies and organizations and the improvement of their competences in the usage of the ICT and English Language. Definitely positive results with the children: they outlined their dream school in Europe, described its aspects and its peculiarities, expressed their ideas and their expectations, shared and compared everything with the partners, collaborated with them using English Languages and the new technologies. Otherwise, Without any doubt the collaboration with the class partner enriched and improved the project whether for the most accurate organization or for the more variety of the activities and tools. The criteria We used to evaluate the results is the observation of the improvement of children’s motivation in all the provided project activities and the consequent achieved abilities .
How many users interact with your project monthly and what are the preferred forms of interaction? (max. 500 characters): 

Monthly all the registered partners interacted with the project through the collaboration on the Etwinning platform.

Sostenibilità

What is the full duration of your project (from beginning to end)?: 
Meno di 1 anno
What is the approximate total budget for your project (in Euro)?: 
Da 10.001 a 30.000 Euro
What is the source of funding for your project?: 
Altro
Il progetto è economicamente autosufficiente?: 
No
Since when?: 
2015-08-30 22:00:00

Trasferibilità

Has your project been replicated/adapted elsewhere?: 
No
What lessons can others learn from your project? (max. 1500 characters): 

How to improve collaborations among different European schools , children’s motivation and abilities and to pass subject knowledge in a creative and easy way.

Are you available to help others to start or work on similar projects?: 
Sì

Informazioni aggiuntive

Barriers and Solutions (max. 1000 characters): 
In fact we did not have particular difficulties, the project was easily implemented in schools and most of the partners have actively participated in various initiatives proposed. The only drawback: the lack of classroom technology equipment suitable for a more active and direct collaboration and communication between pupils from different schools.
Future plans and wish list (max. 750 characters): 
For the future we would like to continue with this project or activate a similar one and program and implement joint activities without charge due to technological deficiencies. We Need some small grant to equip the classroom tablet for pupils. Organizing physical exchanges between partner students and teachers would be, however, the main ambition.
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