Name of the project:

Partners:

X, Y, Z

Details:

Age of the pupils: 10- 12 years My children are 12-15 :-)!

Used language: English

Duration: 10 weeks

School type: Primary school

Short description:

In this project, students will learn about children’s rights:  basic needs of having parents, food, education, etc.  Through the creation of animated movies, books and comics, wordclouds and mind-maps, quizzes and games they will learn about what’s right, what’s not, and discuss their thoughts together during a video conferencing session.

Goals:

Cognitive: Students will learn important issues on children rights; improve their English and ICT skills.

Affective; Students will develop their interpersonal skills through the communication with their partners•

Psychomotor: Students will develop their artistic skills and talents.

ICT tools:

http://www.wordle.net/  or http://www.tagxedo.com/ :to create beautiful wordclouds of children rights in the different languages of schools involved.

http://bubbl.us/ : to create mind-maps on children rights in English pointing at children’s perception on their rights.

Dvolver:  to create animated movies - http://dvolver.com/live/home.html

Toondoo:  to create online comic strips/books - http://www.toondoo.com/

(www.imaginationcubed.com, www.sketcfu.com)

PowerPoint and SlideShare:  To create presentations and then share them online:  

http://slideboom.com 

http://www.slideshare.net/ (www.smilebox.com)

http://www.xat.com/web_gear/quiz.php 

http://justwordsearch.com/ and ttp://www.teach-ict.com/quizhome.htm : final quizzes and games on children rights.

Elluminate/Flash Meeting:  to have a web conferences and discussions - http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/, http://www.elluminate.com/

TwinSpace:  to upload resources and information

Webquest about Children´s Rights

Pedagogical basis:

- Cooperative learning.

- Multicultural approach.

- Motivation.

Time / period

Task description – tools to be used

Responsible person(s)

Week 1

Learn something about each other - Introduce ourselves on TwinSpace, on Pupil’s Corner, through emails and the TwinSpace’s blog. Students’ school, town, country, ages, intrests are shared.

X

Weeks 2 & 3

Teachers will help students with research into children’s rights.  Children will use the Internet to gather information and put everything together by using a Webquest

Y

Weeks 4

Resources such as powerpoints and pictures, wordclouds and mind-maps  start being uploaded on TwinSpace.  Web Conferencing

Session can be organised so that students learn from each other’s findings.

Z

Weeks 6 & 7

Students use ToonDoo (www.toondoo.com) to create online comic strips and books to tell each other stories that teach us about the importance of children’s rights.

X

Week 8&9

Students direct and create their own movies using Dvolver, http://dvolver.com/live/home.html. Once again they will be telling stories which highlight the importance of children’s rights, and the lack of in certain parts of the world.

Y

Week 10

Final web conferencing session, where students discuss what could be done for children’s rights all over the world...especially with regards to spreading the message

Consolidation through word-puzzles, quizzes and games played on-line.

Z