We would like to share our i-EARN experience that we lived and enjoyed together with our peers from the countries we collaborated with. The first project we were involved in was ”Holiday Cards Exchange”. My pupils from the IVth form enjoyed it very much. We made together Christmas cards to send to our partners from Pakistan, Taiwan, Taiwan (R.O.C.) - 2 schools, Canada, USA and Belarus. In our cards we included information about our country, our traditions and holidays. But the most interesting part of the project for my students was when they started to receive the letters with the cards from our international partners. They began every school day by asking me or our school administration if there were new letters for them. If you could see their eyes full of curiosity every time we opened a new letter... and finding information about a new and unknown country for them that became closer thanks to this project. Now they are waiting forward to next year to participate at this project again. It was also a good practice of English and a real life example where they can use their foreign language knowledge.
Another project we participated at was ”Computer Chronicles”where were included the pupils from the VIIIth and IXth forms. Our partners in this project were pupils from Howrah India; Soligorsk Belarus; Budești Moldova; Baranovichi, Brest Region, Belarus and Mendham, New Jersey, USA. Every participant at the project proposed for the others a topic to be studied in a certain period of time and after that to present a report on the it using the web tool the students like the best. In this way our pupils studied and presented reports about a lot of interesting topics as:
My pupils enjoyed very much this project and the topics that they studied as they were very well chosen and actual for the teenagers. Now we continue our iEARN collaboration in two new projects: ” Daffodils & Tulips”and ”My Hero”. The pupils from the VIth form accepted gladly to take part in the project ”Daffodils &Tulips” and lately in November they planted the tulips and daffodils bulbs inside their classroom as it was snow outside when the project started and since then they study day by day the temperature of the soil and of the air in the room where the plants are in order to see how does the temperature influence the growth of the flowers. Now they are waiting for blooming time.
At ”My Hero” Elementary School project the pupils from the IVth form got already acquainted with their project partners and also we shared with them our class survey and a beautiful movie about our country and our town. They appreciated them very much. Our next task is to register every pupil on the My Hero blog page. My students are waiting forward to chat with children from other countries. They find this project very attractive. The iEARN experience is a very beneficial one for us and due to it I, as a teacher, succeeded to make my lessons more attractive, more interesting and more ”waited” by pupils. We plan to continue our online collaboration in different iEARN projects next year too.
GREAT THANKS TO iEARN FOR BRINGING DIVERSITY AND INTERACTIVITY IN OUR ENGLISH CLASSES!!!
Another project we participated at was ”Computer Chronicles”where were included the pupils from the VIIIth and IXth forms. Our partners in this project were pupils from Howrah India; Soligorsk Belarus; Budești Moldova; Baranovichi, Brest Region, Belarus and Mendham, New Jersey, USA. Every participant at the project proposed for the others a topic to be studied in a certain period of time and after that to present a report on the it using the web tool the students like the best. In this way our pupils studied and presented reports about a lot of interesting topics as:
- Books our Eternal Companion
- No to Computer Addiction!
- A Healthy Life Style
- Songs in Our Life
- Crossword Puzzle, Additive Story, Video Games
- Holidays Around the World
My pupils enjoyed very much this project and the topics that they studied as they were very well chosen and actual for the teenagers. Now we continue our iEARN collaboration in two new projects: ” Daffodils & Tulips”and ”My Hero”. The pupils from the VIth form accepted gladly to take part in the project ”Daffodils &Tulips” and lately in November they planted the tulips and daffodils bulbs inside their classroom as it was snow outside when the project started and since then they study day by day the temperature of the soil and of the air in the room where the plants are in order to see how does the temperature influence the growth of the flowers. Now they are waiting for blooming time.
At ”My Hero” Elementary School project the pupils from the IVth form got already acquainted with their project partners and also we shared with them our class survey and a beautiful movie about our country and our town. They appreciated them very much. Our next task is to register every pupil on the My Hero blog page. My students are waiting forward to chat with children from other countries. They find this project very attractive. The iEARN experience is a very beneficial one for us and due to it I, as a teacher, succeeded to make my lessons more attractive, more interesting and more ”waited” by pupils. We plan to continue our online collaboration in different iEARN projects next year too.
GREAT THANKS TO iEARN FOR BRINGING DIVERSITY AND INTERACTIVITY IN OUR ENGLISH CLASSES!!!