Discussions

Your Name and Title:

Balda Marcia, Teacher of English

School or Organization Name:

Dreams Language School
 
Area of the World from Which You Will Present:

Argentina

Language in Which You Will Present:
English

Target Audience(s):
Teachers, EFL teachers, ESL teachers.

Short Session Description (one line): The Olympic Games 2012, working collaboratively in a globalize world to develop cultural awareness: Connecting Classroom programme.

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

This testimonial session will explore how we, educators, can benefit from the use of Information Communication Technologies to work collaboratively. I will be sharing a project that I carried out with my Argentinean students and a group of students from England, as part of Connecting Classroom programme.

The core of the project was the Olympic games, and the value and meaning of the Olympic Mascots. During six weeks we worked simultaneously and shared different activities which lead to the final outcome that was to design a mascot that represented each school. 

At the end of this project learners were able to gain awareness of the wider world, learn about other cultures, and accept cultural differences

I will be sharing with you the different activities that were carried out, links and  tools that were used, and ideas on how easily you can design simliar projects.