Hosted by OSOS , contributed by Aphro on 13 July 2018
Our Flat Puppet Tourist Project, provides an opportunity for students to make connections with students of other European partner schools. Students begin by creating paper “Flat tourists ” whom they sent to our partner schools and ask their pals there to keep a journal for a few months ,on a common Forum, documenting the places and activities in which their Flat Tourist is involved, each SEASON of the year.
Partners have to add to their journal, on a regular basis.
Partners should also, upload photos, and/or videos, of their puppet tourist’s adventures with special reference to the activities they are involved on different seasons of the year.
Additionally, they are taught about Science concepts such as Seasons in different hemispheress,by their puppet guests, in class.
All in all, children exchange ideas, photographs, questions and Science data and information with students abroad, focusing on collaboration and peer learning.
Se sentir
Through participating in this Science project, teachers and students will be able to:
enrich their Science learning and motivation
access ready-made resources
raise standards across the whole school community
enhance their understanding of Science better in order to build their self-esteem.
Imaginer
Our Puppet Tourist project, provides the opportunity to break down classroom walls and learn about natural and scientific phenomena in different parts of the World,using inquiry-based methods and working collaboratively. Whether the class we connect with is in another local school or another country, it serves the same purpose. It gives our students a chance to see a world outside of their walls. Additionally, our aim is that, the concept of Science will be understood and our students will become fully aware of the other European partner countries Seasonal conditions , similarities and differences. Science should become a practical ,rather than theoretical, part of the curriculum.
Créer
Students begin by creating “Flat tourists ” ,whom they sent to our partner schools, use to create their online platform profiles and together with their partners , they keep a journal for a few months ,on the collaborative Forums Diaries, documenting the places and Seasonal activities in which their Flat Tourist is involved. Each country’s Flat Tourist , has to be treated as a visiting guest. Puppet-Tourists, are sent back home,after they have spent a whole school year as well as their Summer, in the host country and have written about their Summer adventures in their Summer diaries .
All partners should , upload photos/videos , of their puppet tourist adventures and work on the collaborative online platform using a variety of web 2.0 tools. The final product of the project ,could be a collaboratively written puppet play or short film script, about everything they have learned , shared on the platform.
Partager
Apart from the School website and blog there are several other tools we will use to showcase our students' Work
Canva, for students to share their designs with classmates and teachers.
Bitstrips, to create cartoon-form comics & characters,in order to present their puppet play.
Page O Rama. to create our webpage.
Dropr ,for creating portfolios of our images, videos, and audio files.
Our Dropr projects can be embedded into a blog as a slideshow.
Tumblr. One of Tumblr’s main draws may be its capacity for both privacy and social sharing. Students can use their platform as a space to both reflect on and showcase their work. Knowing that others can “like” and share their posts increases motivation to produce quality work.
Edublogs. Edublogs lets us easily create and manage student and teacher blogs; quickly customise designs; and include videos, photos, and podcasts. Facilitate fantastic discussions; replace our paper newsletter; get our students blogging; post videos, podcasts, and documents; create a class publication; and more.
Last but not least, Evernote to create digital portfolios.
