Cook It, Taste It, ICT IT Submitted by Owain Kimber and John Warwick
Broad age range All
Age range 10-16 years
Applications used Video/Video Podcast, Blog
Description 1. Each school investigates traditional recipes from their country. 2. They choose a recipe. Then they make a video or take still images of the making of the recipe. Then they edit using suitable software tool. 3.Finally, they upload their finished product to a Project Blog.
Project URL or screenshot http://cookittasteitictit.blogspot.com
What challenges had to be overcome? At the beginning of the project, partners involved were not always sure of how integrating the use of different forms of media would work and whether students would respond well. However, they quickly came to see the educational benefits of using web 2.0 technologies in their teaching and learning activities. This led to staff INSET sessions being delivered to demonstrate the potential of different technologies. Staff were also impressed and surprised at the creativity and skills shown by the pupils when producing video and still image presentations.
What would you recommend to others? Through integrating the use of web 2.0 technologies and working with European partners via http://www.eTwinning.net, the project has taken on a life of its own. Pupils are keen to continue with the blog. What started as a food recipe sharing blog project using film making skills has developed into a motivational teaching and learning opportunity to share and learn together through collaboration with our European etwinning neighbours. This project using food as the topic of a project is very easily transferrable to other schools. In the next school year each class in our school is to set up a blog linking with another etwinning school in Europe.
Reactions and outcomes Portuguese student – “the project helped us to learn and practise our English in a real context”. “A beautiful project” English Special needs student – “Blogging is great – I learnt a lot. Loved using the blog to tell the others what I thought of their recipe videos”.
The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book
Terry Freedman (ed)
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