eTwinning+2009-2010

toc = = =1. Halloween Across Europe =

Get to know other ways to celebrate Halloween; intercultural dialogue; develop reading and writing skills in a foreign language; be creative in article/works presentation
 * **Subjects:** Art, Cross Curricular, Foreign Languages, Informatics / ICT
 * **Languages:** English
 * **Pupil's age:** 12 - 15
 * **Tools to be used:** Other software (PowerPoint, video, pictures and drawings), Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
 * **Aims:** To get to know how teenagers across Europe celebrate Halloween; develop reading and writing skills; cooperate in building up knowledge; publish their work.
 * **Work process:** 1. students introduce themselves to partners; 2. each group sends their work; 3. students work is published on a website or blog; 4. show work in an theme exhibition at school; Publish all the work in a booklet or magazine.
 * **Expected results:** Website and booklet.

=2. Christmas Traditions =

The project aims to differences and similarities between Christmas traditions and customs of different countries. Each partner in the project will prepare Christmas cards with greetings in English and mother language. We will add power point presentation with recipes for dishes and traditional cakes festive Christmas meal and special songs. Then, each school will arrange a panel e-cards from partners. We want to feel the magical moments of Christmas in different countries.
 * **Subjects:** Art, Foreign Languages, Informatics / ICT, Language and Literature, Religion
 * **Languages:** English
 * **Pupil's age:** 12 - 19
 * **Tools to be used:** Chat, e-mail, Forum, Other software (PowerPoint, video, pictures and drawings), Web publishing
 * **Aims:** to know traditions and customs of Christmas in different European countries and beyond.
 * **Work process:** Task1: All partners send name and address of their school. Task2: Students prepare power point presentations with Christmas traditions and customs, foods and cookies recipes for traditional and special songs for Christmas. Task3: Students create Christmas cards with greetings manual in English and mother language. Task4: All schools send postcards so that each partner school to receive at least one card. Task5: All partners arranged panel e-cards. Task6: Christmas wishes all its partners.
 * **Expected results:** knowledge of Christmas traditions and customs of other countries.

=3. Up to the nines =

In this community, we want to exchange between teachers in schools for children with special needs. At the beginning of the project, we have to learn to know each other. After that, we can exchange good practices, materials, ideas, ...
 * **Subjects:** Special Needs Education
 * **Languages:** English
 * **Pupil's age:** 6 - 20+
 * **Tools to be used:** e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Web publishing
 * **Aims:** To connect teachers that work with children with special needs. To exchange experiences, good practices, materials, … To learn from each other across European borders To give advice and support to colleagues across European borders.
 * **Work process:** 1. General presentation of the school by the use of video, photo, power point, text, … 2. General presentation of the organization of the education for children with special needs in the country - Children in special schools - Children in regular schools 3. Detailed description of own school by theme: - How are students placed in groups - What are the subjects we teach? - What’s the work our pupils do after school? - Which extra support we have from specialized colleagues (speech therapy, physiotherapy, …) 4. Platform to exchange experiences (text, video, power point, photo, …). This could be a website or a weblog. - Materials - Links - Good practices At the platform we can work with themes: - ICT - Work - Hobby - Contact with parents - Testing 5. Forum - Ask questions and get an answer from your European colleagues - Discussing difficulties
 * **Expected results:** An internet community that is open for all teachers in special schools that grows trough years.

=4.Festivals celebrations around the world =

The project aims at describing festivals and the way we celebrate the world around them - traditions, customs, food ... etc.
 * **Subjects**: Art, Ethics, Foreign Languages, Home Economics
 * **Languages**: Slovak - English
 * **Pupil's age**: 10 to 18
 * **T****ools to be used:** audio conference, IM, e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (PowerPoint, videos, pictures and drawings), Web publishing
 * **Aims:** to know the culture and customs of other countries, learn new knowledge about life in those countries and know the way to celebrate various holidays as well as differences between them
 * **Work process**: meeting with partner schools, the creation of profiles of individual schools and pupils, and progressive process as holidays go consecutive calendar during the school year
 * **Expected results**: "Guide" celebrate holidays and practical presentations during the hours of teaching a foreign language

=5. International recipes=

The aim of the project is to create a book with recipes from the world. Student can exchange recipes from their countries, cook them together and take pictures.
 * **Subjects:** History, History of Culture, Home economics
 * **Languages:** English
 * **Pupil's age:** 13 - 15
 * **Tools to be used:** Chat, e-mail, Forum, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...)
 * **Based on kit:** Cooking and Culture
 * **Aims:** Create a book with recipe from over the world.Different country pupils meet at the same taste...Pupils cook together.
 * **Work process:** Students search recipes from their own country and they propose them to their foreign colleagues, each group of student will prepare a recipes from abroad and then come together to cook
 * **Expected results:** Improving communication. Learn about tradition from other countries. See the partners countries...

=**6.** The handicraft and picture exhibition= By combining the children of different countries and communities, to share and to learn about other cultures to prepare technology environment. Skills and abilities that affect children's lessons to students in other countries to transfer. In this way, the students reflected the beauty of cultural interaction will be.
 * Subjects: Art, Design and Technology, Informatics / ICT, Technology
 * **Languages:** English - română
 * **Pupil's age:** 14 - 18
 * **Tools to be used:** Chat, e-mail, Forum, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
 * **Based on kit:** Surf the Net - Think Privacy!
 * **Aims:** In this project it was aimed that helping students to worth their spare time, improving out of class activities, and to elicit their abilities.
 * **Work process:** 4 mounths
 * **Expected results:** Through this project students spent their time more efficiently, as well as it was a motivation for their other classes

=7. In spite of our religions we can still be friends =

A study on the similarities and differences of various religions.
 * **Subjects:** Art, Foreign Languages, History, Informatics / ICT, Music, Religion
 * **Languages:** English - română
 * **Pupil's age:** 16 - 19
 * **Tools to be used:** e-mail, Forum, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Web publishing
 * **Aims:** To make students aware of their religious heritage, to help them understand the differences and similarities of various religions, to build partnership and motivate students to appreciate other religions.
 * **Work process:** Students will start collecting information and send it to the students abroad, they will communicate in English and use new information technologies, they will make Powerpoint presentation to compare different religions.
 * **Expected results:** The students will improve their communication skills in English and ICT, their understanding of other cultures, they will make new friends and will be able to realize the importance of religion in everyone's life.

=8. Tourist attractions of regions we live in= = =

Students gather and exchange information about their schools, towns and regions.They can present the materials in the form of multimedia presentations, collections of pictures and photos, albums as tourists guides. Students also have opportunity to make friends and get to know similarities and differences of both regions and schools.
 * **Subjects:** Cross Curricular, Foreign Languages
 * **Languages:** Deutsch - English - polski
 * **Pupil's age:** 13 - 16
 * **Tools to be used:** e-mail, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Web publishing
 * **Aims:** Improving students' English language skills, using IT in education, learning about our regions, friendships of our students.
 * **Work process:** Starting from presentation of our schools and than our towns and regions. More details will be defined as project is developing and monitored by teachers in both countries.
 * **Expected results:** Emails, Power Point presentations, albums,maps of the regions, web publications, photos, quizzes.