OUR SHARED FASHION MISSION

An etwinning project about the world of clothes and fashion by 3 schools from Europe:

-Nyvangskolan in Dalby, Lund (Sweden),

- Marijampolés Petro Armino Secondary School (Lithuania)

- Institut Jaume Callís in Vic, Barcelona (SPAIN)

OBJECTIVES: • to widen our pupil's experimental and cultural horizons;• to use English as the lingua franca among different

European young people ; • to use the ICT in a creative and educational

communicative way with the use of blogs, chats, forums, emails...;

• to explore and debate on issues related to the environment, eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia...) and other cross-curricular issues;

• to exchange cultural realities of the different countries related to the world of clothes and fashion: giving opinions, reaching conclusions and developing a rich and multicultural European reality

DURATION:• from September 2009 to June 2010

LEVEL OF OUR STUDENTS:

• 4th ESO (15-16 year-olds): SPAIN• 8th. & 9th. grades (14-16 year-olds):

SWEDEN• 8th. & 9th. grades (14-16 year-olds):

LITHUANIA

NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED:• 84 pupils (39 Spaniards, 14 Lithuanians and

31 Swedes)

WORKPLACES:

• For teachers: a wiki

• For pupils: blogs 1 and 2 and the Twinspace.

STEPS:

• STEP 1: INTRODUCTIONS

• STEP 2: FASHION IN OUR COUNTRIES

• STEP 3: THE HISTORY OF

FASHION AND DRESS

• STEP 4: FASHION BOOKS

STEP 1:

• Forum: Getting to know each other

• Articles in blog 1 about schools, cities, countries…

STEP 2:

• Fashion in our countries:- articles about fashion events, designers, labels…

• Quizzes about the articles: - LT articles: quiz prepared by ES, answered by SE.

- SE articles: quiz prepared by LT, answered by ES.

- ES articles: quiz prepared by SE, answered by LT.

STEP 3:

FORUMS ABOUT CLOTHES AND FASHION: :

• - FASHION AND EATING DISORDERS• - SCHOOL UNIFORMS• - SECOND-HAND CLOTHES• - TEXTILES AND THE ENVIRONMENT• - THE OSCARS AND FASHION

THE HISTORY OF FASHION AND DRESS:

In international groups, using wikis in the twinspace. Final outcome using WWW. EMPRESSR.COM

STEP 4:

Fashion books:

•fall-winter, spring, partying, skiing…•In collaborative groups;• drawing, taking pictures of themselves, using an avatar maker: www.digimi.com or evusing online games such as www.i-dress-up. •Writing descriptions

SPECIAL EVENTS/ TASKS:

December 09:EXCHANGE OF XMAS

GREETINGS: collected in the Twinpace

and published in the Blog using www.slide.com or www.animoto.com

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In December ’09:“THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA”:

Task 1: watch trailer and predict about the film.Task 2: write an opinion essay about the world of fashion depicted in the film

VIDEOCONFERENCE LT/ES:

in April/ in the twinspacecommunicate using www.skype.com and getting to know each other

better

PODCASTS “LISTEN TO US”:

- in May / in the twinspace- recording of students’

reflections on the project

February ´10:EDITA’S VISIT TO VIC:

Exchange of presents (postcards and posters prepared by students with thehelp of the art teacher)Edita’s speech about Lithuania, the school, the students, the project. Comments on the event and presents in the twinspace.

WEBTOOLS:

• Presentations using Powerpoint and uploaded online using www.empressr.com and www.issuu.com .

• Use of www.youtube.com and www.vimeo.com to upload and host videos.

• Use of www.picasa.com, www.animoto.com and www.slide.com to upload picture albums.

• Use of www.polldaddy.com for surveys.• Use of www.podomatic.com for podcasts• Use of www.digimi.com and www.i-dressup.com to

create designs• Use of www.skype.com to hold videoconferences

And that was our project.Hope you find it as enjoyable

as we did when doing it!!!!