Talking Talking CulturesCultures

Sanja BožinovićSanja Božinović

OŠ Nikole Hribara,Velika GoricaOŠ Nikole Hribara,Velika Gorica

sanja.bozinovic@skole.hrsanja.bozinovic@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

sanja.bozinovic@skole.hrhttp://allworkandnoplay.pbworks.com