EK 2000 Project Summary
European cultural diversity and identity
| School level | Procedure | |
| Educational objectives | Objectives | Subjects |
| Target groups | Educational contents | Partnership |
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Previous Experience | |
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Introduction
Our project agrees to the line of action of EC eEurope initiative, in the area "European youth into the Digital Age"
Educational objectives
Spreading
and exchanging knowledge and culture from the children's point of view (age 9-13)
Interacting among teachers, children, schools from different countries (creating a schools
network)
Getting to a good use of multimedia and exchanging learning materials on the Internet.
Target groups
Children
(age: 9-13) in involved schools
Teachers (training of teachers' ICT skills)
Parents and local council
School level
Comprehensive (primary and lower secondary school)
Objectives
- getting
to a good use of multimedia
- spreading and exchanging knowledge and culture
- creating and exchanging learning material on the internet
- creating new electronic networks
Educational contents
- cultural
identities and differences
- knowledge of the other cultures from the children's point of view
- interaction between schools
Procedure
-
children's works in mother tongue and in English
- teachers working out of children's own production on Web for a wide enjoying (home page
in Italy)
Subjects
* our town
- our village
* one holiday (Christmas, Easter, Carnival, local feast...) lived by the children
* our school - moments of school life
Partnership
The
partnership is formed by schools located in European Countries:
East and West Europe
North and South Europe
EU Countries
applicant Countries for the EU
and also non-European Countries.
Schools are located in small and big islands, cities, rural villages, and towns, in Europe
and beyond Europe:
Italy, Spain, Denmark, Greece, Portugal, Iceland, Czech Republic, Rumania,
Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Victoria (Australia), Wisconsin (USA).
Previous Experience
The applicant school set up, in 1999, an official Netd@ys project (http://scuole.provincia.ps.it/dd.pesaro1/) that as a "good practice" is going to be extended to other partner schools.