Upload
karen-eini
View
8.975
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Citation preview
Project Director:Karen Eini1999-2007
Israel
Friends and FlagsA Multicultural Learning Project
Project Objectives
GLOBAL COLLABORATION
STUDENT CENTERED
DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURALAWARENESS
AUTHENTIC LEARNING
TOOLS COMBINED TO ACHIEVE PROJECT OBJECTIVES
TECHNOLOGY:Community siteEmail /email listsForums/blogsChat rooms
To: USA:From: ISRAEL
POSTAL SERVICE Mailing of tangible items
Packages letters
Friends And
Flags
WHAT’S IN A FRIENDS PACK?
Pictures
Small flagCollage of items
Goodies
Audio Tape
Video
Country Guide Book
Friends and Flags PartnersOver the years
TOPICS IN COUNTRY GUIDEBOOK?
Student Stories
Favorite FoodsAnd Recipes
Holidays
Tourism
Art Work Israel Australia
Brazil
USA
Posters, Maps
Friends and Flags Packages Around the World
Methodology and organization
Group Work: Teams prepare packages .Team per country
Jigsaws within Groups: Topic work
Pair Work: Students pair up and prepare topics together
Class Work: Teacher works with class as a whole on topic/ vocabulary students contribute to package
content as individuals
To: CanadaFrom : Israel
:
EACH CLASSROOM MAILS 5 PACKAGES ,
ONE TO EVERY MEMBER IN THE CIRCLE!
To: JapanFrom: Israel
To:CyprusFrom: Israel
To AustraliaFrom: Israel
To : IndiaFrom: Israel
MANY TO MANY EXCHANGE ENABLESEACH CLASSROOM TO CREATE AN AUTHENTIC
CULTURAL LEARNING CENTER
Romanian studentsenjoying a packagefrom Turkey!
Israeli students displaytheir package fromFinland.
Friends and Flags Exhibitions Around the World
PRESENTING FINLANDEin Ganim School ,Petach Tikvah, Israel
Katzir School ,
Katzir , Israel
Doncrest School ,
Toronto, Canada
English Forever School ,
Brazil
Brazil
Romanian Exhibit
Friends and Flags
Friends and Flags Partners
Schools
Home Schools
Hospital Schools
Computer Clubs
Orphanages
Summer Camps/ Youth
Groups
Friends and Flags Community Projects
GLOBAL BEAD CHAINEvery bead represents a child!
ISRAEL
JAPAN
Friends and Flags Peace Calendars
Friends and Flags Quilt
We are children, we want to play with our friends.We need house and home, food and fresh water,and a caring that never ends....but most of all peace
Vallhovskolan
Gr. 4,Sandviken, Sweden19/09/02
Friends and Flags Chain Poem
Students demonstrated presentation
skills
Students demonstrated ability to select
apply and integrate variety of
computer skills
Students improved
collaborative skills
Students ( EFL and General
Population) Improved Writing
Skills
Students demonstrated critical thinking
skills
Students exhibited
appreciation of cultural diversity
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Teachers role shifts to
facilitator
Teachers benefit from
Educator Network
Project encouragedprofessional development
Teachers
Friends and Flags winner of Online Shared Learning Award
TEXAS, 2002