Project activities in eTwinning, as technology activation learning and improving of working with parents. Svetlana Liščinska, Nataļja Kozireva Daugavpils pilsētas 20. pirmsskolas izglītības iestāde
The word "project" actually originally meant "before an action". Teaching should be carried through the organization of targeted attacks, which include: the problem, a plan of its realization and evaluation of its realization. The founder of the project method Kilpatric W.H.
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Possibilities in eTwinning projects: find colleagues throughout Europe to share ideas, to cooperate and engage in projects, seminars, developing your skills in ICT
Peculiarity eTwinning projects is that they interact with the children, parents and teachers from different European countries, using ICT.
Project Safe road
ACTUALITY
Number of accidents shows that children often find themselves in emergency situations on the streets and roads. Habits of enshrined in childhood, last a lifetime, so one of the important tasks in providing road safety is the prevention of child road traffic injuries in pre-school. Observance of safety rules of life should be recognized necessity. This is why our task is to develop a stereotype of children of safe road behavior.
Safe road The world is changing every day. To catch the rhythm of life, children need to know how children in other countries live, what they think and dream. Protect your and others health on the road should all around the world. It is interesting to know what methods teachers use to acquaint children with the rules of the road. Share new ideas. To know the rules of other countries well have been there many times, but we want to provide absentee children the opportunity to learn this in the course of the project
Expected results: ď Ź Children will learn how children from other countries studying road rules, how to use road signs in fun way, learn better communication, learn how to make photos and create presentation using Power Point, also how to create simple Website. ď Ź
Languages: EN Pupil`s age: 5 - 7 Tools to be used: Audio conference, Chat, e-mail, Forum, MP3, Other software (PowerPoint, video, pictures and drawings), Video conference, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes...), Web publishing Aims: Cross cultural integration. Improving language abilities. Using IT in education. Work process: 1. September - Meet the partners Event "Safe Road”. At the event in the form of a game is given an initial idea of the road and rules of behavior on it. Event changing photos. 2 .October - Create the album "The Alphabet of the road." Album of existing main road signs. 3. November - Create posters with parents "My way to nursery". 4. December - Christmas mini-play for Santa: “About road traffic”. 5. January - Create the album "The newest road signs." Album of invented by children characters. 6. February - Create presentations in PowerPoint: «Right-Wrong". 7. March - Familiarity with “the road alphabet "of other countries. Planning the video conference about children from other countries creating new road sings. 8. April - To equip play area with natural materials for gaming exercises with road traffic roles. Children will be involved in it‘s creation. 9. May - Presentment the project to community, teachers, parents and partners.
Videoconference Introduction to the the project partners
We study road signs. Refinement of representations children about safety rules on the road. Creating a photo report for parents to activization the project.
Creating an album with the children "The ABC of the road." Selection of literature for parents “Child safety on the road.� (Theoretical training)
Creating posters with parents "My Way to Pre-school" (Practical implementation and by practice.)
Mini Games on Road Traffic: Fixing received knowledge
Creating a new traffic signs with pupil`s parents. (The development of creativity in pupil`s parents)
Holiday "Visiting Traffic Light." To introduce children to dangerous situations that may arise on the road. (Implementation.)
Quiz "Right and wrong". Games about traffic rules with parents of pupils. (Implementation.)
Activity on the playground with traffic police "Meeting the traffic police." Theoretical and practical training of children and parents, "The importance of observe road traffic rules pedestrians and drivers, familiarization with the accident statistics." For a gift reflectors.
Shareable production of the equipment (homemade signs, uniforms) for the group and the playing field. (Parents of pupils, children and teachers)
Targeted walk to unregulated crossroad (device roadway, road signs, pedestrian crossing)
Presentation of the project "Safe road." (Parents of pupils and teachers)
Developing environment for the project:
didactic games according to the rules of traffic; learning models; literature on according themes, encyclopedias, reference books; building constructor; transport: special transport (ambulance, fire and etc.), building machines (bulldozers, excavators, etc.); desktop-printed games; model cars: passenger car and trucks; model of of our district with markup, traffic signs, transport, traffic lights, small toys, dolls; different albums on these themes, children's drawings; «route plan", which shows a way from home to pre-school; СD, DVD disks; illustrations of dangerous situations in the life of children; family projects, "Road signs", "Rules of using bicycle", "Road traffic regulations, which we follow with our family", etc.
For cooperation with the parents be used the new technical information, audio-visual and nontraditional educational technology tools with the using of ICT:
Power Point Skype conference E-mail Movie Maker On-line interact organization in social networks
Result of the project "Safe road"
children were introduced to the project activities of children from other countries learning the culture and language of other countries learning to apply their knowledge in specific situations on the roads enhancing the educational process by ICT increased literacy teaching parents about the safety of children's behavior on the roads.
Go safe road!
Good luck!