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Viljenka, Slovenia; Francisca, Portugal eTwinning conference, 15th January 2005

It is a tele-trip or Teleproject: cooperative projects in which teachers and their pupils use electronic mail to exchange information, data, opinions, etc., on many different subjects with colleagues and peers abroad.

The Image of the Other…is an e-mail project meant to be used in English lessons, and preferably in lessons for English as a second language;…has the twinning of classes / schools as one of the basics for its development;… features collaboration in a transnational perspective;… fosters internationalization of schools;… promotes the building of collaborative environments; … involves students (from the age of nine and upwards) and teachers from all over the world; …has connected many teachers and students in the last years.

What is The Image of the Other project?

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The exchange of information, data and opinions done through e-mail, aims at…

…using different technological collaboration and

communication tools;… promoting collaborative learning with the use of ICT; …creating a deeper engagement between students and

teachers; … establishing strong ties between students; … making those involved aware of the differences and

similarities between other schools / classes / students;

Objectives / purposes

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… creating a real collaborative environment where

students collaborate and interact using the different

technological tools; … improving the students writing skills; … opening the pupils horizons through getting and

letting know different cultural and social realities.

The exchange of information, data and opinions done through e-mail, aims at…

Objectives / purposes

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early 1990s – Das Bild der Anderen, for German language - students and teachers of German 1995 –The Image of the Other launched with the support of the European Platform for Dutch Education 1996 – The French version, L’Image, was launched 1997 on – The project has been available on-line in different languages 2003 - The Image of the Other portal was launched2004 – a very fruitful year as far as the Image is concerned

Italian version - T'Immagino/M'ImmaginiDutch version - Intern@tionale Interculturele Bruggen

2005 - Spanish, Slovenian and Portuguese versions to come

How was it born?

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Some changes were introduced in 2003 mainly at 2 levels:

1. A portal was created and launched to improve • the organization of the work;• the effectiveness of the communication between teachers.

2. The materials suffered also some changes which tried to • make proposals to use different communication possibilities; • make pedagogical use of as much Internet possibilities available as possible; • make use of the new possibilities technology offers of transmitting images, sound, video, for instance.

Some reformulations / changes

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… the different language versions

It gives access to…It gives access to…

News

Articles

Good practice

Presentations

Contact persons

Find your

partner

Teacher’s & student’s materials

The Forum –

Discussion board

The portal was born…

Useful links

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Tools for searching partners…

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The teacher’s manualThe teacher’s manualincludes…includes…

Introduction

Credits

The beginning

General hints

Lettershtml formatPrintable version

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The students’ pages The students’ pages include…include…

General rules for letter-writing

Lettershtml formatPrintable version

The portal link

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http://www.europeanschoolsproject.org/image/



Letters Letters - characteristics- characteristics

Easy to access and download; Can be edited according to individual needs; Introduce new vocabulary and grammar structure; Make use of ICT; Try to create a collaborative environment; Great variety of activities that can be done by the students:

e-mailsreportsquestionnairessongs and essaysphotos and drawingspresentationsWebPagesinteractive materialstourist guides

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Advantages / Positive points Advantages / Positive points (1)(1)

Flexibility concerningNumber of lettersTopicsNumber of students involvedTimelinesPurposeLanguagesCountriesCross curricula The use of ICT

Student centred - students decide ontopics to discusstools to usethe frequency of letters’ exchange

Easily updated Adapted to ones needs and skillsBasic material and instruction for starting such a project is given to teachers and studentsVarious communication tools involved

e-mailsforumspollsWebPageschatsE-environments – with all above mentioned tools included (Manhatan, EUN Community…)x

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Advantages / Positive points Advantages / Positive points (2)(2)

7 C’s global learning (as Bob Hofman, Netherlands presented us)

Contextual – larger context

Collaborative – group knowledge and reflection

Competence based – learner’s planning and progress and results

Connected – a human network of individuals and groups

Creative – creating new ‘firsthand’ knowledge, project based global learning and exchange

Care – the most important of the C’s – caring leaders

Community – the real everyday world

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Examples of good practice + toolsExamples of good practice + tools

Spain - Italy example

Slovenia – Sweden

Manhatan – e-environmet

EUN Community

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http://usuario.tiscali.es/cefax/2002/index.htm





http://www2.arnes.si/~osngso3s/the_image/The_image02.htm



http://ucitelji.tscng.net/manhat2-bin/doorstep





http://community.eun.org/logcomm.cfm?area=1655





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Some hintsSome hints

No need to use all the suggestions. You can introduce your own items/topics according to your students’ needs and interests. The use of these suggestions depends on…

… the software and hardware available at school (No digital camera? Use a scanner),

… the possibilities of the schools (videoconference will not be easy to organise in some schools, but it may be different in others),

… the skills of the teachers to use these ICT possibilities,

… the technical possibilities at school,… the willingness of the pupils to communicate this

way.

Some Some more more hintshints

Combination of new and more traditional methods are desirable – a video of the class can be available at the school website and / or sent via snail mail. Discuss all ideas / possibilities with your partners – you can agree on carrying on all proposed activities, just some of them or only sending the letters. Make the adaptations you feel necessary for your groups. Collaboration between teachers and pupils is the basis for a successful project.

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