Name of the project: International eTwinning project "Invitation to a party"

Subjects: German

Supervising teacher: Signe Ilmjärv

School: Toila Gymnasium

Short description of the project:

Students exchanged different information in German with their partners from Slovakia. This was done in eTwinning environment. Also a party through Skype was organised to celebrate eTwinning’s 5^th birthday. See more  http://new-twinspace.etwinning.net/web/p26784

Aim of the project:

Give students feeling of success in speaking German (I CAN RELLY SPEAK IT!), learn  to use ICT tools and motivate students to learn German more.

1. Activities

Activity 1

Teacher’s activities: planning the project with partners

Results: registering the project, setting up Twinspace

Activity 2

Students’ activities: describing their Easter traditions, taking photos of their traditions at home, looking at what partners have done.

Teacher’s activities: uploading pictures, guiding

Results: comparing traditions of 2 different countries

Activity3

Students’ activities: designing party invitations and uploading them in blog, responding to partners invitations

Teacher’s activities: supervising and helping when needed

Results: party invitations

Activity 4

Students’ activities: planning the party, making a shopping list in German, comparing shopping lists with partners

Teacher’s activities: supervising and helping when needed

Results: all ready for shopping for the party

Activity 5

Students’ activities: preparations for the party, party through Skype video conversation facilities

Teacher’s activities: prepare technology, moderating party, guiding

Results: party with partners

Activity 6

Teacher’s activities: working with photos and video of the party uploading them in the blog

Results: documentation of the party

3. Project’s curricular links

1. Subject: German

Implemented knowledge and skills: students used vocabulary learnt in lessons, ICT tools were used (blogging, Word, Power Point, Skype)

4. Links to real life and the world of work

Students had to work together in making invitations and presents and making preparations for the party. Individual work was used in blogging. Students decided which song to sing, how to decorate the classroom and what there has to be on the menu.

Projects activities were related and culminated with common party in Slovakia and Estonia. Students’  posts in blog were made under their real names and everyone was responsible for what they published.

For communicating with partners German learnt in lessons was used. As practical task invitations and shopping lists were made.

During party students had to introduce themselves, sing a song with partners in German, listened to the greeting of partner school’s headmaster and responded to it.

For introducing themselves students made so called Friendship Book, which was sent to partners. To communicate students had to use phrases, which they had learnt in German classes.

The best feedback was students’ feeling of success – year 4 students could actually communicate in a foreign language, which they have learnt for two years. Results of the project can be seen in our blog.

5. Involving partners

1. Toila Parish Government

Provided material for introducing Toila and Ida-Viru county

2. Daniela Gmanova, ZŠ Komenského Bánovce nad Bebravou, Bánovce nad Bebravou, Slovakia

Partner school