Home and Abroad in Home and Abroad in EuropeEurope

Second Meeting between partner schoolsIPTA Porto , 24 -28 February 2009

ParticipantsParticipants

Portugal IPTA PortoCristina Bastos , Armando Ramos, Miguel

Oliveira

Cyprus The English School NicosiaKatia Solomidou , Ursula Pantelides

ParticipantsParticipants

Germany Bischoefliche Canisiuschule Ahaus Paula Lefering , Jens Dritbrenner

PolandLiceum Ogolnoksztalcace NieszawaGregory Kotrych

Main ActivitiesMain Activities

Teacher’s Meetings 6 hoursPupils Workshops 6hoursHosting of guest pupils from 5 to 6 daysPresentation of policies on Education in

Portugal and the current problems faced.Walking tours in Porto Visit of the IPTA school premises and

introduction to the specific character of teaching/learning in this vocational institution.

Teachers MeetingsTeachers Meetings

Meetings Scheduled by Cristina Bastos Chaired by the coordinator of the project.All participating teachers were present at

the meetings.Internet connection and projection made

communication more efficient and helped to save time.

Easy access to photocopying was convenient

Future MeetingsFuture Meetings

Teachers agreed on the following future meetings:

One in Germany between the 9-13 of November 2009, with regard to the work to be accomplished and up to the 15th with regard to the maximum length of stay in Ahaus.

One in Poland in April 2010 during the last week of the month. The dates will be decided at a later stage.

Tasks to be accomplishedTasks to be accomplished

Communication on- lineIt has been agreed that email addresses

of pupils in the respective schools will be exchanged between partner teachers. They will then be distributed to those pupils in their schools, interested in having a ‘pen friend ‘ from the partner schools. This will broaden the dimensions of communication between pupils within the project’s framework.

Modes of communication on lineModes of communication on line

Through emailing on a one to one basis of communication. This allows communication to take place without being restricted by time constraints in the individual programmes of the pupils.

Through SKYPE . This enables both written and spoken exchange while ensuring closer and more direct communication. Language learning is thus effectively enhanced.

The Moodle platform for posting documents of a big volume.

Tasks to be accomplishedTasks to be accomplished

FilmingThis task must be finished by the end of

April 2009. It will have to be sent by the post to the appointed partner by the 30th of April at the latest. Addresses have been exchanged to this end.

The film will not be longer than 12 minutes or shorter than 10 minutes.

Technical details on the filmTechnical details on the film

The film must be of the same compression and the same format.

A two layer dvd needs to be used for the film.One level will be for the compression, which

will be CODEC and H.264.The film must be compressed from the beginning so as to enable the film to fit in the dvd.

QUICKTIME must be used for the Format, which will be saved as .mov on the second level. The film has to be sent to the assigned partner in ‘ MOV’( QuickTime: Apple)

More details on the filmMore details on the film

Each partner must acquire skills on implementing text and sound of speaking narration to the film.

Natural sounds can be removed by text writing teacher who will then work with own additions.

The text will be produced in the form of subtitles and narration .The latter will be achieved with studio sound recording.

Two programmes can be used for this task:Sony Vegas , for sound and video. It is recommended

for the elaboration of sound and images.Adobe Premier is also possible to use for the same

purpose. Audacity must be used for recorded sound.

More details on the filmMore details on the film

The narration can be as long as each partner wishes. As a consequence the music will be filling the gaps between the narration , or even used as a background.

Furthermore the music can be produced by mixing various songs or pieces of music.

There will be a clear storyboardThe European Identity is to emerge in the

film’s main theme.

The magic boxThe magic box

There will be two types of Magic boxes:One for text writing and one for the music of

the film.Both of them may include electronic and

paper format. They may come on a usb stick or a dvd. This will enable affordable postage.

The text magic box will be sent together with the silent film by the 30 April 2009.The music magic box will be exchanged with the texted film during the third meeting in Germany in November 2009.

Uploading material on a serverUploading material on a server

If wished to send big volume material , students or teachers may first upload them to a server.

www.mediafire.com/-38kwww.firesend.net/-15k

3 to 4 different accounts may be created here.

Material uploaded here may be downloaded by any recipients they are destined for.

Self –evaluation of this Comenius Self –evaluation of this Comenius projectproject

Each Comenius project needs to be self –evaluated.

Two questionnaires have been provided by the coordinator to the teachers

One addressed to teachers and a second one to pupils.

Also a checklist to be used for the questionnaires or interviews to be conducted for the self –evaluation of the project.

Self-evaluation of this projectSelf-evaluation of this project

Furthermore, the teachers will work on MICE for a more detailed elaboration of this tool recommended in evaluating the project.

Poland will prepare the questionnaire of 9 to 10 questions addressed to pupils.

Germany will prepare the one to be addressed to teachers and will comprise 5 main questions.

MICE( continuation)MICE( continuation)

Portugal will prepare the Q. aiming the effects on schools of this project. There will be five main questions ,which can be subdivided in smaller parts .

Cyprus will elaborate a questionnaire on the co-ordination of the project. Same number of questions as above.

The last three questionnaires will be integrated parts of one questionnaire addressed to teachers.

Six main dates for MICESix main dates for MICE

15 of March : Latest date to send the first questions to the coordinator.

By the 22nd March, the coordinator sends the partner teachers the two questionnaires. One for pupils prepared by Poland and one for teachers jointly prepared by Portugal, Germany and Cyprus.

By the 24th of March, the partners reply and confirm or comment on the received documents.

By the 26 March , the coordinator sends the final version of the questionnaires.

The dates for MICEThe dates for MICE

Between the 20th and the 26th of April partners will send the processed results of their questionnaires , to the coordinator.

By the 4th of May , the coordinator sends to all partners his final report on the results jointly obtained by the questionnaires.

The next MeetingThe next Meeting

The next meeting will take place in Germany.

The invitation has been already very heartedly made by the future host partners.

It will extend from the 9th to the 13th/15th of November 2009.

Poland will take ten students, while Cyprus and Portugal will have to depend on winter offers of travelling by plane before deciding upon this issue.