Talking Talking Cultures Cultures Sanja Božinović Sanja Božinović OŠ Nikole Hribara,Velika Gorica OŠ Nikole Hribara,Velika Gorica [email protected] [email protected]
Talking Talking CulturesCultures
Sanja BožinovićSanja Božinović
OŠ Nikole Hribara,Velika GoricaOŠ Nikole Hribara,Velika Gorica
[email protected]@skole.hr
Talking Cultures:Talking Cultures:
• organised by British council• students collaborate on a wiki• celebrates cultural differences • an opportunity to compare British
culture with our own • sharing our culture with students
from other countries
School Year 2010/2011School Year 2010/2011• Talking Cultures: Armenia and Croatia• http://talkingculturesd.wikispaces.com
School Year 2011/2012School Year 2011/2012• Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Israel, Kazakhstan,
Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine• our cluster 7 wiki:
• http://007talkingcultures-2011.wikispaces.com/
Collaborating on a wikiCollaborating on a wikiWiki = Quick in Hawaiian http://pbworks.com/http://www.wikispaces.com/
Wiki: why and how?Wiki: why and how?
http://weplayandlearnenglish.pbworks.com
The benefits for studentsThe benefits for students
• access to lessons• protected environment• autonomous in work• sharing
The benefits for students:The benefits for students:
communication
criticalthinking
creativity
collaboration
skills for 21st century
The benefits for the teacher:The benefits for the teacher:• easy to set up• easy to monitor• free• easy to start or join a project
Setting up a wiki for studentsSetting up a wiki for students
• settings• content• design
Celebrating cultural differencesCelebrating cultural differences• Our tasks on the wiki:
Task 1: Introducing a friendTask 1: Introducing a friend
• learning doesn’t end with the end of the lesson
• collaborative writing
• peer correction• work stays on
display forever
Task 1: Introducing a friendTask 1: Introducing a friend• Voki avatars
(http://www.voki.com/) recording voice and
listening to others• learning while using
the tool• learning about the
internet
Task 2: Our town and countryTask 2: Our town and country• sharing
research results• collaborative
writing
Our country –Our country –using web 2.0 toolsusing web 2.0 tools
• Google maps
• Glogsterhttp://edu.glogster.com/
Task 3: FoodTask 3: Food• expressing opinionhttp://answergarden.ch/
• fun - wordle
Task 3: FoodTask 3: Food• Writing our recipes:
-vocabulary building
-responsible use of the internet
Task 4: Famous peopleTask 4: Famous people• presenting our
country• critical thinking
• fodeyhttp://www.fodey.com/
Task 5: FestivalsTask 5: Festivals• turning a real life
event into a lesson• comparing
different cultures
• glogster
Task 6: MusicTask 6: Music• revising vocabulary• favourite songs
and musicians
• http://audioboo.fm/• http://wallwisher.com/
Task 7: HolidaysTask 7: Holidays• presenting places in Croatia
Task 8: SportsTask 8: Sports
• http://animoto.com/play/dvACTu7T11QuJGvaU9o9XQ?utm_source=pbworks.com&utm_medium=player&utm_campaign=player
• writing• photos• http://animoto.com/
Task 9: FarewellTask 9: Farewell• students take initiative• collaborative learning with the
teacher facilitator
More web 2.0 toolsMore web 2.0 toolsVoicethreadhttp://voicethread.com/
share/1727091/-comments in voice and
writing
Wallwisherhttp://www.wallwisher.com/- Sticky notes plus
attachments
More web 2.0 toolsMore web 2.0 tools• Bighugelabshttp://bighugelabs.com/
• Photopeachhttp://photopeach.com/
album/ihrj6d
The challengesThe challenges• availability of computer room
• getting other teachers from school to take part
The Impact on StudentsThe Impact on Students• more confident in the use of
language• more confident in the use of
technology
• think critically about topics and problems
• collaborate
[email protected]://allworkandnoplay.pbworks.com