Kindergarten of Mežmaliņa

K I S SKeep It Sort and Simple

Clear & Flexible

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Good Communication

• Exchange : 1-2 emails addresses, tel, fax,etc• Always reply to messages, even in a short respond• Be aware of cultural differences• Netiquette : your partner read only just a text and

has to be clear and kind• If something upset you, don’t react immediately

give a second thought

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Set deadlines and keep to them

• Set deadlines and stick to them • Agree on the tools to be used to avoid

frustrations ( e.g a web conference without suitable Internet connection)

• Flexibility is a must but first we can be able to trust each other and this takes time

• Invest time to build a mutual understanding –is the basis for the best cooperation

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Don’t afraid to Ask!

• Regular e-mail contact• Support each others work in a good way

• Choose the appropriate work-rhythms for the involved classes

• Enjoy the procedure of the whole project because this new pedagogy

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Our 7 years eTwinning adventure!

Year 1: 2005 –2006, LEDILEO -I-

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KISS: Keep It Short Simple ..and Flexible

1 year project• We planned our activities into 3 terms• So that it became Short, Simple and Flexible

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To learn: how to learn from each other

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Year 2: 2006 –2007, LEDILEO II

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Learning from our ‘mistakes’

• We set more realistic targets for our young students

• We experienced what they are able to do and what not

• We learned how to listen more carefully students needs and suggestions

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Year 3: 2007 –2008, ‘Travelling with our e-story’

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9 Kindergartens .. 1 e-story• ONE οn-line story:

the synthesis as much

as many pupils ideas.• Our concept: the

following Key words:• Equality, Friendship, Freedom, Love, Loyalty,

Brotherhood, Kindness, Tolerance, having common characters, a Kid with a Dog.

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New web 2.0: Blog & Wiki Wikispace: Presentation of the Project

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Blog: How students worked

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Year 4: 2008 –2009 IT’S UP 2U• Good use of Web 2.0 with the creation video

Clay Animations, concerning the eco-issues we face today LATVIA

GREECE

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Wikispace: 9 GREEN IDEAS What we have planned .. What we have done

• 1. PRECYCLING by taking a little action before• 2. SAVE ENERGY turn off .. the lights – the tap• 3. OBSERVE THE PHENOMENA make and exchange data• 4. PLANT A TREE… at school and care of it• 5. RECYCLE BOOKS .. sending them to your partners• 6. CHOOSE AN INDOOR PLANT observe its phases • 7. REDUCE THE USE OF PAPER AT SCHOOL make a craft• 8. SING A SONG about environment and make a VOKI• 9. MAKE AN ECO-BROCHURE to disseminate

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Blog: Eco4kids

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Year 5: 2009 –2010 e-S@fe acting

• Students learn through cross curricula ways how to

use and behave on the Internet with safety, making right options.

Resources : Videos - Games- Crafts- Good practices

Mascots: one4each

Safe Tips: from kids to kids

Safe Stories: ‘Antivirus’ ‘Privacy’ ‘Safe Pages’ ‘Think B4 U post’ ‘Firewall’

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Glogster: Alphabet in synergy

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This Project:• Was a necessity for our schools after 5 ICT

years• Was the outcome of listening our Students

needs and their parents concerns• Was the ‘navigator’ to our the future plans

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Year 6: 2010 –2011 Act-in-Art

• 5 Kindergartens learn about 5 artists and co-create 5 traveling canvases.

KLEE

KLIMT

MONET PICASSO

MALEVICH

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How we worked?

KLEE

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Visual Biography

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Extra activitiesTimeline

Picasso outdoor

Klee on the window

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Exchange students’ artworks

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Virtual Museum

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Sites we used

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Year 7: 2011 –2012 P.A.L.E Play and Learn English

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5 Kindergartens 7 years e-Twinners

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1rst term: Play & Learn English

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2nd term: Skype: Share the knowledge

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3rd term: collaboration with Interaction

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Project Evaluation

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Project Dissemination

INSAFE EUROPEAN COMPETITION

1RST NATIONAL PRIZE in LATVIAETWINNING CONFERENCE

LANGUAGE LABEL ‘12

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eTwinning is the new pedagogy!

Anna Karidi Pirounaki -Greece

http://playle.wikispaces.com/