The Little Prince
digital storytelling - an eTwinning & a global project
Project Goals:
1. Students will enjoy funny and creative learning and communicating
2. Students will learn how to learn from other students by using different kind of media.
3. Students will learn how to communicate and collaborate through different kind of social media - twitter, Facebook, wiki, Glogster, Skype
4. Students will learn how to use many different kind of web tools supporting good communication, collaboration and creativity
5. Students will know more about project partners' countries and culture, language, will study how to accept and respect diferrences.
6. Students are developing essential key skills and improving their English language skills,.
7. The using of project based strategies and new technologies such Glogster EDU make them successful in their work with different kind of media which is a great way for developing and improving students' 21st century skills.
Duration: November 2013 - June 2014
Subjects: Citizenship, Ethics, Foreign Languages, Music, Art, Technology
Languages: EN
Pupil's age: 8 - 18
Tools to be used:
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/235741116591130/
wiki: http://peacetshirt.wikispaces.com/home,
GlogsterEDU: http://eduambassador.edu.glogster.com/,
Skype, Twitter, e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software: (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Project Diary, Twinspace, Video conferences, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
Guidelines:
Join the wiki: http://peacetshirt.wikispaces.com/home
Partners are going to meet, connect and create glogs together in a virtual classroom organized on GlogsterEDU site. Bulgarian partners are giving a free Glogster edu student's account with premium features to each of their partners on Pen pals ambassador teacher's account. The global sharing will be on the wiki, mentionad above.
The second: choose the chapter of the novel for storiteling and pin your choice on the same thinglink image HERE (see Rose's example). Partners will use one linoboard HERE for sharing their audio files recorded with vocaroo HERE. No need of registration for using thinglink, vocaro and linoboards tools.
The third: Submit your monthly tasks HERE (in your month section wiki page)
Finaly: When the your storytelling is ready just make a glog as a final product and post it on your personal main wiki page HERE and (or) on twinspace blog or diary.
Also project partners could collaborate on wiki, twitter and Facebook, using their blogs and forums. Using Skype and Google hangouts as a conference connection is also recommended.
Monthly project planning of activities on Glogster EDU:
December 2013: New year - a new hope (Make a Christmas card)
January 2014: Pen pals on Glogster (Project work)
February 2014: Hope, Love, Faith (Digital storytelling - The Little Prince)
March 2014: Let you show me your way (video about storytelling in the classroom)
April 2014: Create a peace message through the Little prince story ( on a T-shirt;our song together)
May 2014: Connect, create, combine: (a song share)
June: share on Twitter #peace4littleprince
How This Project Works:
How to Join:
2. Follow CONNECT, CREATE, COMBINE sections of the digital storytelling project on the project wiki
3. Mail or tweet the organizers (mail: rosesunrise65@abv.bg ; @sunrise651) to set up a free student glogster account in eTwinner glogster pen pals classroom.
4. Join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/235741116591130/
Rosecompclass
http://multilingualclassroombyuspeh.wikispaces.com/Home
https://www.facebook.com/rose.compclass
Email: rosesunrise65@abv.bg
Website: http://peacetshirt.wikispaces.com/
Location: The Fifth primary school, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rose.compclass
Twitter: @sunrise651