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Interesting examples - Lower secondary schools
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URL to the school website:
http://centros.edu.xunta.es/cpiocruce/
School name:
CPI O Cruce
Number of students:
350
Number of teachers:
39
Level of education:
lower secondary school
Experience with international projects:
Actually we are running our fourth Comenius 1 project, we have participated in a Comenius 2 IPM Tools. Since 2001 we have participated in e-schola and won e-learning awards in 2002. We were at top 100 entries. Since 1999 this school has participated in Netd@ys with Finland and other different European countries. From 2002 we have participated in Spring Day together with Galician and other European Schools.
How many computers/per 30 pupils?
1/15
Is your Internet connection:
good
Title:
Reporters
Theme:
A news paper about: Three generations/ Cinema
URL to the project website:
http://ejournal.eduprojects.net/museo
Age and number of the students involved:
3-18- 350 students
Activities: what did students do
creating website, investigation, communication, publishing, creating CD-rom, something else
An on line newspaper
Integration into the curriculum, - other. Which areas of describe of the curriculum?
The objectives and activities match with the curriculum: Obtain and select information using the sources where habitually is available. For example Webquests are excellent resources to work this objective. Production of messages written with property, autonomy and creativity.
Students participate in activities of group with tolerant attitudes. The materials are developed from a constructivism point of view and a motivating perspective, as much for the teaching staff as for the pupils.
Communication: students produce different messages that will develop communicative abilities in English and other languages. Using expressive resources (according to different format: article, presentation in Power Point, Front Page, Flash, videos.....).
Different formats and didactic proposals. Research works on different topics: 3 generations (since they have changed: towns/cities; Houses/life forms; toys/school........ The History of the last 50 years in our country. To make students solve problems and to carry out studies and small investigations applying the conceptual instruments and procedures of investigation of the sociolinguistic scope. Participate in discursions and debates with constructive, critical and tolerant attitude, basing suitably the opinions and proposals and valuing the discrepancy and dialogue as way to solve of human and social conflicts, all this objectives are integrated in students curriculum
Is participation compulsory for the students?
No
Type of partnership:
Pupils/students exchange
Which technology did you use:
chat rooms / messenger chat, e-mail, websites, electronic learning environment
Describe the technical equipment in your and the other participating schools. What use did you make of the technology? Describe the methodology used.
Students publish their articles in eJournal, we choose the best and put them in a website. Students exchange e-mails and once a week they do chats
How did you use it: at school, during lessons...
All project activities are integrated in the plan of work of every teacher, there is not a different work for the project, every activity is integrated in the lesson plan. E-mails and chats are integrated in activities and lessons of foreign languages
What went very well? Give some examples.
We started a new project this year. Our project "From printing to DVD carried out from 1997-2000” gave a big improvement to our school in ICT, we have access to internet since 1996 and it was because of the project. ICT is integrated as teaching tool in our school since 1996.At that time our students did hypertext, web pages,.... Our two last projects are about journalism we won the European Label 2003 with a newspaper
What was not so successful? Give examples.
Not all schools involved have the same level working and sometimes you have to push to carry things out. It was different in 1997. Our partners were very good and we had to move and try to do the best. In this new project we are just starting. Other schools are getting familiar with the tool eJournal.
What solutions were found to problems occurring in the activity?
It’s not a problem sometimes you learn from others and sometimes you have to teach the others, but anyway you always have something to learn
What difficulties were not solved during the duration of the activity?
When other school is not skilful with the use of ICT, you have harder work but at the end everybody tries to do the best
What kind of long term benefit and impact has the project had on learning activities?
Comenius project improve the learning of foreign languages and helps to integrate ICT in teaching and learning.
Has there been an impact on other projects, on the learning and teaching activities at school? Please describe.
Our school is well-known by its activities in innovative way. Last year we did a project and courses to teach teachers to use ICT in the classroom. We have participate as coordinators in a Comenius 2 project,... We got several prizes in ICT (Spring Day Galicia, Siega,... )
How did it change your practice in your school?
A lot our students exchange e-mails since 1997 and use the computer as a pencil. The methodology and the way of teaching also has changed. We do lesson plans, webquests, newspapers online, tales with interactive activities,....
What advice would you give to other teachers who would like to do a similar project?
Try to get all the school involved to use ICT. Communicate with your partners every week. Give your students the responsibility of the final product.
Respondent:
Milagros Trigo
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