eTwinning Contact Seminar, Bratislava

 project between Malta and Slovakia  November – June  Children 7-9 years old  National quality label  National prize winner  European quality label

 Select the topic with your pupils - interest, motivation  Set the goal  Find your partners

 Communicate about the goal, tasks and content with your partners ( , Skype, google docs )google docs  Plan and write the project - think of the number of activities and schedule (not stressful)  Project Project  Decide about the tools  , PowerPoint, Voki, Slideshare, Picassa, Google, Windows media player, Youtube, Twinspace, Blogspot, Mixbook,  wikispaces wikispaces

 Project learning - integrate the project to your curriculum (Slovak language, English, Math, Informatics, Geography, Natural Science, Arts and crafts, Music lessons, Ethics)  Cooperate with other teachers at school (support of headmaster )

 Let children learn from and with each other  Not just sharing materials with your partners, collaborative activities are important  writing our story, making illustrations, making comparison, graphs, creating problems, quizzes, riddles, crosswords,...  Calendar of activities – set the deadlines for all activities - Twin Space Calendar Calendar  Trust, responsibility, reliability

 Let children do as much as possible  Model: question (problem) - gathering materials, information, research - analyzing – conclusions –  presentations presentations  Working in groups – sharing tasks (children have a chance to show their potential, to realize themselves  Important – let them think, discover, cooperate, help each other

During the project  regular evaluation – progress, achievements, problems – all children  presenting partial results at school, for parents After finishing the project  presentation of final products, results  publishing on web sites, media  Twinspace, blog, wiki Twinspaceblogwiki

 They didn´t have to learn, but they learned with joy and happiness  They investigated, created, cooperated, helped each other  They were proud to see the results of their work, they raised their self-confidence  Children are looking forward to school  They love English  They learn parents how to use ICT tools  They are creative team, eager to create new projects

Thank you