1.A Trip To Local Nursing Home(ITEC Project Activity)

2. Hatay Nursing Home 3. AIMS * Giving students an opportunity to show their appreciation and love for their grandparents and older people in their lives. *Give grandparents and older people an opportunity to show their love and caring for the youth and their grandchildren. *Honor older adults and give them validation in their role of grandparent (or "grandfriend" or mentor). Grandparents need to know that they are making a difference in the lives of younger generations. *Giving older adults a chance to share some of their life experiences with their own grandchildren and other children. 4. Students prepared some posters. 5. European Year 6. Students researched using theinternet 7. They worked in pairs 8. Some of them baked cakes andcookies with their parents. 9. Time to go.. 10. Getting in the bus 11. On the way to nursing home 12. Director of the nursing home gavesome information 13. Time to meet each other 14. Flowers for the director 15. asking questions in groups.. 16. Taking photos.. 17. Having fun.. 18. Having brunch alltogether.. 19. Time to say goodbye 20. One of the students feelings: My name is Gktu Yiit .Im a student at AmerikanKltr Lisesi I want to tell something about the trip to our localnursing home.We went there yesterday and we had agreat time .. firstly;we propared some posters andsome of us baked cakes and cookies for them beforewe go. When we arrived there,they were glad to see us.Wetried to sing Turkish and English songs and we hadbrunch all together. They told us stories and jokes. -This was the first time for me.But I liked. -It was really a great experience for us. 21. Results: The idea bringing the young and the old togetherto learn from and about each other was reallygreat.The result was fantastic. I think;By sharingskills and experiences, we could increaseunderstanding and respect between younger andolder generations. I had the chance to improve the students respectfor the others. I integrated videos in curriculum.I could teachthem used to structure and to be in the pasteasily and my students learnt withpleasure.Using videos , inviting older people andgoing outside made my lessons more active andmore interesting.. 22. It was really a great experience formy students The project activity ll also be advertised through: various articles in the school magazine and website;It ll also be shared with public via slideshare,facebook tec group,Promethan planet,class blog,and class wikispaces.