EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET TEACHERS' NEWSLETTER #58
January 29, 2002
Stuttur útdráttur
á íslensku er hér.
Harpa Hreinsdóttir |
ESCHOOLNET
Cartoon Competition
Collaboration Experts
myEUROPE
Multimedia Stories
Word Land
FOCUS ON
Together Project, Comenius
Maps of England
Maths by The UK Royal Navy
Environment for Young Europeans
CALLS FOR COLLABORATION
German Speaking Exchange
Twinning, Citizenship
Tale Writing in French
Exchange Tourism and Economics
Exchange with Sweden in Spanish
Nursery Schools and ICT
Breeding Trees, Primary
Babelnet, Spanish Competition
Living by the Sea Side
Streams of Images and Rivers of Words
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A lot of calls for collaboration this time! I am very happy with this.
Using the Internet at school for resources is a good thing, but using it
to collaborate is another dimension. It means opening up to other schools
and countries, using communication tools, building and learning together.
It is more complicated but one gets so much more out of it all.
Collaborating also means creating and working for the development of
the Internet, and the web needs this!
Talking about the Internet, from here I see its development and I am worried. Maybe some of you share my concern about the power of technology and standards that stop people from really creating content. I remember the fun I had when I started making web pages, now all this is over, we will all have to wear the same technological clothes and obey the rules imposed by technicians. Therefore I have created an email address for those who share this fear of the future with me. If you would like to discuss alternative ways to be creative on the Internet, I would be extremely happy to meet you online. The address is ict_rebels@yahoo.com and the password is internet. If you know anyone who also feels frustrated by the way the Internet is going, pass her or him the address. There will be no mailing list, no database, rebels know how to communicate!
Warm regards from Brussels to you all, rebels or standardisers!
Brigitte
brigitte.parry@eun.org
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Do you have pupils aged 5-18? You could help them win great prizes in
our eSchoolnet cartoon competition! They could stand a chance to win a
Apple Mobile Classroom for their class (including Three Apple iBook laptop
computers, a printer and a scanner), comic books and more from our sponsors.
Apple Computer and Utopia comic shop in Brussels, Belgium have kindly
donated prizes. To enter pupils have to draw a cartoon relating to the
theme "tolerance".
Visit www.eschoolnet.org for more info.
Contact: Alexa Joyce
alexa.joyce@eun.org
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A certain number of European teachers have accepted to be part of a special group. They have proved that they knew what it means to collaborate and they know how to integrate technologies to their daily work. Please do not hesitate to contact them for advice, they know what it’s like to collaborate across borders in a world that is not really ready for it yet.
To find them, go to:
http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/Collaboration_eschoolnet/sub_area.cfm?sa=579
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Link and Learn Europe
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We have created a tool for you to get your pupils to write a story or
a poem, and link it to their favourite web sites, images and/or sounds.
The result is what we call a multimedia story.
Once the pupils have done this, the story is featured on the myEurope
web site. Taking part in such an activity will enable the participants
to become ICT literate in a very friendly way.
Read the pedagogical guidelines before you start!
http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/myeurope/content.cfm?lang=en&ov=10619
Contact: Petru Dumitru
petru.dumitru@eun.org
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Proverbs and sayings are the fruit of experience and observation. They
express practical truths or a simple perception of everyday life. They
are concise and use simple rhymes, metaphors, comparisons or contrasts.
They embody our cultural archetypes in a wonderful and colourful way.
In each country, proverbs and sayings provide insights into beliefs
and simple truths. Those beliefs were passed down from generation to generation,
altered by the wisdom of the times and finally becoming part of culture
and education.
How to take part?
Collect proverbs and sayings from your country, add a short definition
and an example of when they are used.
This can be done with a text, a drawing, a poem, or any means of expression.
A great activity for language teachers.
http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/myeurope/content.cfm?lang=en&ov=9777
Contact: Petru Dumitru
petru.dumitru@eun.org
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Projects and Initiatives
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“Together” tries to improve students’ collaborative learning skills.
The students are the main actors contributing with valuable information
to the learning of other students (in the same school and partner schools).
The teacher works side by side with the students.
How does it work?
Students communicate via e-mail.
Students and teachers edit a magazine on line, share ideas and experiences
about the following themes: lifestyles, culture, houses, food, popular
festivals. The articles are written in their mother language with a short
summary in English. Teachers also share information about education systems,
difficulties met, plans, goals. Students also report about what they do
or learn.
The languages used are: English, Austrian, Italian, Spanish, Galician.
Next year three more schools will join the project (England, Romania
and Germany)
More information at http://personal2.redestb.es/cruce
Contact: Milagros Trigo
gorcam@teleline.es
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Ordnance Survey Maps site for kids:
An excellent initiative where pupils can learn about, play, find maps of cities and zoom in. There is even a quiz which can make the pupils learn geography and have fun at the same time. Try it, I did and my score was awful!
http://www.mapzone.co.uk/
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The Royal Navy has worked with schools for many years, most notably in the areas of sport and fitness, but Maths and Engineering in Action is a most exciting project to date. By focusing on maths they are taking their involvement in education to a different level, aimed particularly at potential engineers, although if you are interested in technology and related apprenticeships you will also find this useful.
The web site is in English, it is an excellent way to ally maths and
engineering. Bookmark it!
The level is quite high, check it first and adapt it to your pupils.
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Environment for Young Europeans
The European Commission Directorate General for Environment offers a
wealth of excellent resources for the pupils and teachers interested in
all environmental issues.
Ms Margot Wallström is the European Commissioner for the Environment
and she gives an exceptional impulse to all activities for youth.
The texts are only in English for now.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/youth/index_en.html
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Create Together
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Marianne is a German teacher at a secondary school in Derby, England and she would like her pupils to have contacts with German speaking pupils from a school in Germany, Switzerland or Austria! It can also be a contact with a teacher of German from another country.
Contact: Marianne Porter
Marianne@amber-valley.demon.co.uk
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Twinning, Citizenship
The project should be a joint-project between two schools. A planning-meeting
between the teachers involved is essential to set the detailed guidelines.
The idea is to bring together students from two different cultural backgrounds
first via e-mail and web-conferencing, working the entire spring-term with
cross-curricular projects such as comparing school systems, the rights
of young people, social well-fare system, equal rights, various social
issues. Finally during the 2002-2003 academic year visit each other and
do plenty of different study visits to each school.
Contact: Inkeri
inkeri.book@eskilstuna.se
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Take a look at the work done by pupils from Belgium, Algeria, Canada
and French Guyana.
Pupils and teachers exchanged via email and the stories were written
in four phases. If your pupils speak French or if you teach French to them,
you may contribute of simply inspire yourself from this idea.
http://users.swing.be/villers/vie_ecole/contes/conte_intro1.htm
Contact : Bernard Verhaeghe
bernard.verhaeghe@skynet.be
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Exchange Tourism and Economics
Cioara Dana, from Romania, is looking for schools that are interested
in establishing a partnership with her secondary school specialised in
tourism, economics and services.
Romanian teachers are very dynamic and their country is beautiful to
visit.
The school’s email address:
licecohd@tvnethd.ro
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Exchange with Sweden in Spanish
Pernilla used to be the Swedish translator of this newsletter, she is
now a teacher of Spanish in Sweden.
Of course she wants us to help her find partners to collaborate with
and we will do our best for her.
She is looking for contacts with Spain, South America or teachers of Spanish anywhere. Set up a network with her and exchange!
Contact: Pernilla Valén
pernilla_valen@yahoo.com
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Flavia teaches very very young children in Italy. She would like to integrate the use of technologies to her daily work. This is quite a challenge and if you know how to do this, I invite you to get in touch with her and exchange experiences. A lot of pioneer experiences are implemented here and there, it is easier to share than make the same good and less good discoveries in different parts of the world!
flaviarobi@libero.it
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A direct call for a very friendly project:
“Our sixth class elementary school will cultivate trees (Rhamnus Frangula)
from seeds. If your class wants to join this project, we will send you
a packet of seeds. We want you to send us a weekly growing report, with
drawings, texts or digital pictures. We will put these data from different
countries on one central website, so you can follow the evolution of the
other participants.
The project will start right now, and go on until the end of February,
maybe longer.”
Contact: Jef Theys
de.kriebel@pi.be
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"Carlitos cumple años", is the title of the new Spanish Event
of Babelnet. Students organize Carlitos' birthday party, they write the
invitation and search for a lovely e-card or produce it themselves. They
make a shopping list and illustrate it with GIFS. They choose the music
and even help little Sara, the exchange student who feels homesick.
Of course the students have at hand a storyboard that they may follow
step by step.
Participation in the event is quite easy and it can be fun.
To register, go to:
http://babelnet.sbg.ac.at/carlitos/eventos/cumpleanos/index.htm
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This school is located in Le Guilvinec, South-West Britanny, in France. Some pupils are studying the sea in its various aspects: scientific approach, literature about the sea, etc. The English teacher would like her pupils to exchange information with pupils living by the seaside around the world, to learn about fish, boats, water sports, jobs linked to the sea, pollution problems, etc in other countries.
Contact: Claude Mariana
Claude.Mariana@ac-rennes.fr
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Streams of Images and Rivers of Words
What a wonderful name! With this project pupils discover the world of
rivers through words, poetry, art and environment. It is launched by all
the schools, from nursery to upper secondary levels situated along the
river Loire in France.
It is in fact a competition. Each participating class is invited to
explore a little part of the river or of one of its tributaries (history,
geography, ecology, ethnology, etc) and present their work in the form
of a poem or a work of art. The coordinating team offers guidelines for
teachers.
This year, the main themes are:
The Loire, our dream hub
The fantastic journey of migrating birds
Register before February 15, 2002.
http://www.rivernet.org/educ/rivima_f.htm
Contact: Cécile Simonet
cecile.simonet@rivernet.org
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