Friends and Flags Global Peace Project

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