THE X-CROSS X-CROSS PROJECTPROJECT

City of MirafloresLima, Perú.

Closing ConferenceMay 22-24, 2008Rio de Janeiro.

The X- CROSS Project URB AL II

• It has been a very successful experience in the three schools participating in the City of Miraflores since july 2006.

Results for the Schools

• The improvement in the quality of education applying ICT s on Biology didactic material in three Public Schools of Miraflores.

• New and needed resources: computer Pentium D and Video camera.

Results for the Teachers.• IT training on innovative softwares as

sofTV and Movie Maker

• Sharing experiencies and team working.

• To be part of an International Project for the first time.

Results for the Teachers.

• Improvement of their professional qualifications.

• To be able to apply the X-CROSS softwares to Math, Art, Literature, after the Project´s time.

The Dream Teams and the Officials

are commited to X-CROSS

Results for the students.

54 students (15/16 years old) from 3 schools acquired the following multimedia skills:

• Operating video cameras.

• Cutting video recordings.

X-CROSS International Certificate Ceremony

Results for the students.

• Producing Power Point presentations.

• Working with sofTV.

• Performing on camera.

• Presenting working results to a group.

Scipión Llona School in the marsh of

Villa 2007

Results for the students.

• New possibilities to be inserted in the labour market.

• A higher self esteem.

• To be self confident and independent.

Results for the students.

• Learning to work as a team.

• The experience of students teaching students.

• 40 passive participants from a Lower Grade.

Juana Alarco de Dammert School 2008. With their Teacher Nora Mena.

e-lessons produced

3 Power Points.Topics: • The food chain. • A balanced diet.• Peruvian native plants (In spanish) .

All the images are from Wikipedia or madeby the students.

e-lessons produced.

5 videos.

Topics: • The Mollish reaction.• Solubility.• The Xanto proteic reaction.• The peruvian root: the maca . • The peruvian seed: the tarwi.

Federico Villarreal School 2007 in the Marsh ecosystem of Villa

E-lessons produced.4 sofTV.

Topics:

• “The ecosystem of the marsh of Villa

Federico Villarreal School.

• “ Nutrients” and “10 suggestions to prevent global warmth from home” Juana Alarco de Dammert School

• “ The ecosystem of the marsh of Villa “2da part. Scipión Llona School

Scipión Llona School students after publishing their first sofTV

Students as IT trainers

• The students Diego Vega and Eder Rivera from Federico Villarreal School

• The students Christian Guevara and Melissa Gutiérrez from Scipión Llona School

Students as IT trainers

• Trained the students from Juana Alarco de Dammert school on all X-CROSS software during their summer school vacations 2008.

• The results were excellent.

The IT

Trainers.

Strenghts of the Project

• The world wide image of the European Commission and its partial funding.

• The institutional participation of the City of Miraflores.

• A revolutionary vision of teaching following the students perspective on learning.

Strengths of the Project• A unique opportunity in Public Schools in

Perú. A privilege for teachers and students involved.

• The topics deeply related to peruvian reality. Nutrition and ecosystems.

• The special interest of the students in video filming and using a Pentium D computer.

Strenghts of the Project

• Their need to have new experiences through an innovative project.

• The contact with students of other countries and to be part of the website X-CROSS news.

• To see their e-lessons on the website.

Weaknesses of the Project.

• Having only one video camera.

Solution.

Not to delay but lower down a bit the rythm

of the Project.

Students of Scipión Llona School with their Teacher Pilar Rodríguez

Weaknesses of the Project

• Having only one computer for the Project and one license for SofTV.

Solution.

Having temporary practice versions in more

computers and publish the e-lessons only in the computer of the Project.

Weaknesses of the Project

• Students do not study Biology nor any other course in English. Only 1% of them speak English.

• The English Teachers do not attain the level required for Biology e-lessons.

Solution

• English scripts are translated by the internal expert in charge of Contents.

We all love X-CROSS!!

Thanks

The students and teachers involved in X-

CROSS deeply thank the

• European Commission

• the Project Management and

the City of Miraflores

for giving them the opportunity to be

involved in the X-CROSS Project.

City of MirafloresLima , Perú.