1. Talking Cultures Sanja Božinović OŠ Nikole Hribara,Velika Gorica

2. Talking Cultures: organised by British council
students collaborate on a wiki
celebrates cultural differences
an opportunity to compare British culture with our own
sharing our culture with students from other countries

3. School Year 2010/2011 Talking Cultures: Armenia and Croatia

4. School Year 2011/2012
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine
our cluster 7 wiki:

5. Collaborating on a wiki
Wiki = Quick in Hawaiian 
picture from pbworks.com

6. Wiki: why and how?

7. The benefits for students
access to lessons
protected environment
autonomous in work
sharing

8. The benefits for students:

9. The benefits for the teacher:
easy to set up
easy to monitor
free
easy to start or join a project

10. Setting up a wiki for students
settings
content
design

11. Celebrating cultural differences
Our tasks on the wiki:

12. Task 1: Introducing a friend
learning doesn’t end with the end of the lesson
collaborative writing
peer correction
work stays on display forever

13. Task 1: Introducing a friend
Voki avatars (
recording voice and listening to others
learning while using the tool
learning about the internet

14. Task 2: Our town and country
sharing research results
collaborative writing

15. Our country – using web 2.0 tools
Google maps
Glogster

16. Task 3: Food
expressing opinion
fun - wordle

17. Task 3: Food Writing our recipes: -vocabulary building
-responsible use of the internet

18. Task 4: Famous people presenting our country critical thinking fodey

19. Task 5: Festivals turning a real life event into a lesson
comparing different cultures
glogster

20. Task 6: Music revising vocabulary favourite songs and musicians

21. Task 7: Holidays
presenting places in Croatia

22. Task 8: Sports writing photos http://animoto.com/

23. Task 9: Farewell students take initiative
collaborative learning with the teacher facilitator

24. More web 2.0 tools Voicethread -comments in voice and writing
-comments in voice and writing
Wallwisher
- Sticky notes plus attachments

25. More web 2.0 tools Bighugelabs Photopeach http://bighugelabs.com/

26. The challenges availability of computer room
getting other teachers from school to take part

27. The Impact on Students more confident in the use of language
more confident in the use of technology
think critically about topics and problems
collaborate 