1. IEARN LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT – EXPERIENCE OF EXPERIENCE OFCROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION COLLABORATION RIMMA ZHUKOVA (RUSSIA) PATTY WU (TAIWAN) THEFONZ HSIEH (TAIWAN)

2. The IEARN Local History Project is a teacher-directed collaborative project in which students research the history of their communities in social and cultural aspects and share their findings with their global peers.

3. LOCAL HISTORY- it’s a history of the place where we live Family heritage School Local communities Famous sites of local communities Famous people Neighbourhood

4. The goal of the project  - To teach the students to care about the place they live, appreciate historical and cultural environment, to care and respect older generations, to understand and appreciate a historical heritage of the past and the present.  - To enhance awareness of the significance of local history to students’ present lives.  - To develop research skills.  - To form and develop academic skills, thinking, reasoning, teamwork skills and to enhance cross cultural dialogue.  - To form and develop key foreign language competences and skills.  - To develop ICT skills

5. The Local History Project  Timetable : September – June,15  Age/level of project participants: 7- 18  Project/classroom activities: e- mail exchange; forum discussion; snail mail; diaries and essay writing, drawing pictures and collecting photos; videoconferences via Skype.  Outcomes/products: creating school sites; publishing booklets; making PowerPoint presentations, blogs and videos.  Project language(s): English, Russian

6. USA Taiwan Romania Syria Iran Tajikistan Belarus Surinam Nepal Global Local History Project participants Pakistan Korea Ukraine Canada Uzbekistan Japan Azerbaijan

7. 2011 iEARN conderence in Taiwan By School to School + hostfamily+friendship

8. 2011-2012 the first time in LHP Computer teacher (me) cowork with a history teacher in Taiwan Students in Team work Report to Russia teacher Rimma Link 1m50s-2mLink

10. ICT tools: Skype (share screen) 、 powerpoint Issuu flash ebook Issuu Ebook about “The political differnce between Taiwan and Russia

11. 2012-2014 2012 Exchange introduction of group, school, city between Mr. Haruo (Kyoto, Japan) and Patty (Tainan,Taiwan). Skype to each other. 2013 Exchange local history by taking a video.

12. Google questionnaire for collecting opinions Collect Students’ Opinions

13. Google questionnaire & Certifications An online Certification

14. Rehearsal for Video Conference

16. Presentation

18. Fund Raising for Sierra Leone

19. Live with students in Namasia

20. Teach Social Studies in Canada