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contents Havza Anadolu Imam Hatip Lisesi The story of 2nd project meeting: 17-20.01.2014, Havza, Turkey Students’ impressions Teachers’ impressions One county-one story Heroes of fairy tales Language mattersshort story conversation English- Turkish What’s next?
Havza Anadolu Imam Hatip Lisesi is the coordinator school in the project. It is located in Havza, which is a small district located in Samsun in the north of Turkey with its about 23600 habitants. In Havza, students, especially girls are under the risk of dropping out in education and cannot access secondary education due to cultural obstacles and needs of girl’s sheltering. Therefore students' parents living in villages are unwilling to send their daughters to secondary education even if they have chance to join an academic school. In lots of nationalities live together we have Albanian, Kurdish, Circassian and Georgian immigrant students. Our school is an academic and religious based school with 305 students aged from 14 to 20 and 23 teachers. As language, Arabic and English are taught in classes during the 4 years. Besides, language classes, students learn theoretical and practical knowledge on Islam. It was built in 1983. The school has got a dormitory for boys. Therefore, we have students coming from far villages, other districts of Samsun. Some little part of them have to use the means of transport. Most of the students come from the lowmiddle income families. %30 of Parents have official jobs and %65 of them are farmers and only %5 of the families are economically well being. Like project coordinator, Havza Anadolu Imam Hatip Lisesi we are having roles like taking care of all bureaucratic task( correspondence, reports, inquiries, etc), coordinating the materials, the visits, the communication among the partnership, the evaluation and the results and acting as central point for exchange of strategic planning information. Our school hasn’t had any experiences on Comenius. European digital stories is our the first international project. So, we really like to be in this project and partnership. We believe that new generation is digital generation. Teachers of the new generation should adopt the lessons according to their need and expectations. The project promotes ICT skills of both teachers and students. Digital stories will capture the attentions of the students during the classes. Due to a candidate country of EU, our students don't know about the EU, EU history, EU citizenship and EU enlargement. Project opens a new vision for our students. They have the opportunity that allows them to know about the daily life and the realities of the other Comenius schools and students. 1
The story of the 2nd project meeting... Havza, Turkey 17-20.01.2014
by Gulsum Hatice Unsal (TR)
What is digital storytelling? Digital Storytelling is the process of oral storytelling with multimedia elements. Digital storytelling can become a wide movement and can gain more supporters. This is because of the strong positive effects people are seeing with the implementation of digital storytelling. The Digital storytelling will be a productive method to teach students/teachers of all ages, not only to develop skills in the use of a variety of digital tools, but also to voice their point of view, to enter a (virtual) discussion and to try and find mutual ways of communication with others. Digital stories allow individuals to give others an insight of their everyday lives, their convictions, their goals or their concerns, helping to create a common Europe. Storytelling has always provided a good means to share experiences, to distribute what’s new, to maintain tradition and to promote developments. Digital storytelling means that the boundaries between people disappear: It matters less where you are at the time you are telling your story. Why should teachers know and use digital storytelling tools and strategies?
The first digital Storytelling Workshop Of our Comenius partnership project First Digital Storytelling Workshop of the project was held between 17h-20th of January 2014 in Ancere Hotel in Havza, Turkey.Total 21 teachers joined the workshop from 9 countries together. Teachers took education on New Technologies and methods, like digital storytelling and public screenings; Workshop was organized as writing scripts (story circle)and technical session. Turkey was the responsible for the first part of education; writing scripts (story circle) and Norway was responsible for the technical session. We created learner-based environment and increased the collaborative learning by using non-formal education tools and colorful activities. As a coordinator I believe that we reached our goals for the
To promote student creativity To inspire narrative writing To encourage learners to create and communicate in multiple media To model digital-age work To model respect for intellectual property using 21st century tools To help students share their local stories with a larger community/audience To promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness To engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. To promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. To model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
first part of the project. It was nice and enjoyful workshop. Each participant shared something special. It was friendly atmosphere. Italian Coordinator , Roberto Rivolta said “The days in Turkey were going away fast! it was so nice and perfect that we just found the time too short !We discovered ther real meaning of "energizer" and "ice-breaker". Infact none of us had used them before. We realized that games are very useful to know eachother and to get students united.We too could get the heart of Digital Stories , while we started some games. Everyone was "putting" a part of himself in creating his/her story. Visits around, eating toghether and programming next meeting was just the last touch to a pefect organised workshop!“ We developed knowledge, respect and understanding ,the intercultural communication among students and educational staff on the diversity of European cultures organizing cultural event, homestays and colorful art craft activities both at school and hotel; Students had a chance to observe Turkey culture by means of staying with Turkish families.
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“It was the first mobility with the students. In this mobility,Turkish families ”I hosted a wonderful friend, hosted European students with pleasure.The students joined many cultural Bastian from France. I really activities like artcraft activities,cultural events, cultural visits.They broke the want to see him again. It was ice via ice breaking activities! They were all open and friendly.Families were fantastic experience for me. We excited and also w orried about their little guests. They were included in the got up together, we ate Project too! “( Gulsum Hatice, project coordinator) together, we laughed together. “Turkey was my first travel We exchanged a lot of things. abroad. Here I was hosted by He is wonderful friend and he Furkan's family. They are people is so Turkish. Nobody understood, he is French “I can not forget Alessandro from with golden hearts and have during his stay. A year later I Italy. He was fantastic,sincere and treated us ( me and my colleague am going to France with my helpful boy! He was always smiling Stefanita) as theirs sons. It was best friends Ekrem. I can not and all my family members loved amazing to discover a new culture and to make new friends. Furkan wait to see him again.” (Ahmet him so much.” (Tayyip BIYIK) was all the time taking care of us AYDIN) and sometimes I felt sad that I “I hosted a boy from Bilbao,Spain.He had couldn't speak to much in English. wonderful curly hair! Everybody wanted to take I cried when I left and I ‘ll happy phote with him.He was very friendly. We started to meet my friend Furkan again.” to speak before the mobility.He was also so ( Alex ION) talented.We learnt that he could play musical “I have been in Project clup for instruments.He liked my family and my family two years. I was asked to host a liked him. I have no sister and brother.Being two girl from Greece.I and my family at home was great feeling for me! “ ( Habib were too happy and I searched YAKAN) her name on facebook yet unfortunately I could not find.The midnight when two minibus arrived, we were waiting in front of big mosque and closed the road with flags and a big welcome! I and my “I hosted Romanian boy friends were so excited.I was ,Klaudiu. He was too shy.It was looking for Diana.Finally I his first experience in abroad found her! Suprisingly she began like the most of all students.He to speak Turkish! I understood was so upset while he was that our culture were like leaving his teachers.When we twin.We are still texting .I miss came home, he did not want to her and hope to meet again! “ speak or eat.I called my teacher (Gamze KAYA) and she comforted me by “We are teachers at Havza Anatolian Imam Hatip Secondary School. We are saying;“he will be better also a member of Project club.While we are arranging families,We noticed tomorrow and you will never that we had not got enough families as our school was a boarding forget these days.She was school.My husband,Güner and I decided to host a boy. Yet there was still a right.Tomorrow we were at problem.I have son yet he is younger than the students general age. We school and he felt safe,happy decided to host two together, one from French and another from our school. and friendly Now I am missing Finally we managed it. We had three boys at home.We spent wonderful time him. “(Kadir AKÇA) together.We taught Theo, Turkish song “dido”.It was unforgetable times for all. They were practicing English.They are dancing and we were always leanrning new things from each other.As a teacher we saw the improvement of students not only english but also understanding each others,new cultures.” (Güner-Sezer ŞAHIN) “Thanks to the Comenus Project I had the opportunity to travel to Turkey.I was host by a very nice Turkish family, and they all did the utmost to make me feel comfortable as I was at home. The family was made up by 7 people: father, mother, three girls and two boys.One of the girls, the oldest one, was not at home, since she was studying at the University.Being with them it has been really strange: different food, different habits and an incomprehensible language. In fact, communicating with them has been the hardest thing. It has been a very interesting experience, which allowed me to know new people, a different facinating culture and a wonderful place: Havza, close to the Black Sea. I hope to have another chance to live such a great experience because you know new things and you can enrich yourself.” ( Alice JANNELLI) 3
” When my teacher told me that I was going to Turkey, the first thing that I felt was happiness, pride, I thought that I was better than before, and I felt well. When I went to the airport I was very nervous, I was too happy. I thought that my partner wasn’t going to be funny but when I met him I thought that he was going to be my best friend in Turkey and now I miss him. That experience was the best, I won't be better than when I was in Turkey with my two school friends and the Italian, Greek, French, Romanian and Turkish people. I love this Comenius project” (Jon SHASHO)
“First I was shy and I didn't know what to do. My new friend Kadir and his family were very kind with me . I spent a great time in Turkey and Kadir was always with me! And if you read these words, I want to thank you Kadir!” ( Claudiu CODREȘ)
Gülsüm teacher asked us to host a boy from Italy. I was a bit worried as ıt was winter time and my house was not big enough.By knewing that I really wanted to host .She said me “I believe in you and your family.Alexxandro will be your forth son! I said ok. As she said, we were fond of him.I behaved like my children. We gifted him a sweater.We put the jar of jam that he liked most in his suitcase. It was hard to say good bye!” (Nazife BIYIK)
“During the Turkey mobility I met a lot of cool people from Europe:) and I hope I will have a chance to see them again someday. Overall, I had a lot of fun and I will never forget the trip to Samsun and Amasya. I like a lot the the common activities with other students and the first day spent in Turkish school. The hosted friends (Furkan , Kadir, Samet) were great! “ ( Ștefăniță DINCULEANU)
"We were four students in Turkey, it was an experience very incredible we think that it was the best trip in our life. We met friends with different cultures and for us it was Wonderful. The host was amazing Turkish were very friendly. we will never forget Ahmet, Ekrem, Merve, Mine and Esma and the other Turkish students. We also talk with the other students of other countries and they became our friends. We discovered the daily life of Turkish, and we visited Turkey like Havza, Amasya, Samsun and to finish Istanbul. This trip allowed us to practice English, to live in community, and to make friends.During this trip we learnt a lot about European countries, cultures and people. So it's with the head full of memories that we had left Turkey. We wanted to thanks Turkish team for their incredible host and it's sure that we want to come back one day.” (Bastien PICHON, Théo BONNEVILLE, Kahina ZAOUCHE, Claës GARNIER)
“Visit in Turkey was a unique and unforgettable experience. Since I had never been to Turkey before I had no idea what to expect. However, from the very beginning we were accompanied by hospitable and helpful Turkish delegation which made the stay a pleasant experience. Being able to visit the school and take part in the lesson gave me a chance to learn more about the teaching conditions in Turkey. Cultural events brought us closer due to the fact that we had a chance to see and listen to characteristic dances and songs . Moreover, talking with the teachers and sharing our experiences enabled me to learn more about their educational system. I also had a chance to participate in workshops during which I got accustomed with the technical requirements of the project, but there was also time to familiarize with Turkish culture and cuisine. During visits to Samsun and Amasya I had a unique chance to visit the Amazon Village, the mosque and many other places which helped me understand Turkish culture to a greater extent. Taking everything into consideration I have to admit that Turkish mobility always bring a smile to my face each time I think of it :)” Anna Geniusz ( PL)
“The Portuguese delegation in the Turkish mobility was very small: only one teacher and no students went to Havza to the workshop on Windows Movie Maker. The first curious impression was about Amasya's airport: it looks like a lot of people arrived home and let the plain in the "garage". I feel it was a great moment to strength relationships between teachers, after the kickoff meeting in Sopuerta. In another hand I saw lots of joy and friendship among students, that were together for the first time. The organization was perfect. Everything was prepared to welcome the partners and to allow the work that was planned in the project.” Luís Gonçalves (PT)
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The Turkish mobility - from a Norwegian perspective… With love, by Jone Johnsen and Stian Andre ( NO) Our task during the visit to Turkey was a general introduction to the software and in addition technical support. As we walked away from Sony Vegas and across to the simpler Windows movie maker, we considered this as a reasonably straightforward and manageable task. It turned out that the technical part should challenge us more than we had anticipated. There were some complications since we wanted everybody to use the 2012 version. Several had downloaded 2011, which lack some features that are labor saving in the actual editing of the digital stories. This problem could of course be solved by using external devices, but this would not be practical in the longer run. The solution was , as many recall, a few late nights with downloading and waiting . Having said that, there was a lot of pleasant socializing and networking that happened while we waited for the turkish Internet to do its job. When everyone finally had the tools they needed to get started, we conducted a crash course in the software. This was not meant as any dive into the software's capabilities , but rather an introduction to the main features. The rest were " learning by doing" . In good school spirit! The results were varied, but positive. We expected some “newbie” mistakes, but was positivly surprised by lack of these. Already at the first see through we were presented with aesthetic and beautiful digital stories. We quickly noticed that our good friend Luis should have a separate course for all of us. His ability to combine images, music and voice tracks were of a consistently high quality. Having said that , there were also lots of other stories that impressed us. Good work people! When we summarized the job we came to do, we concluded with two options: •We had conducted a particularly good and inspiring lecture. • Some of you had preknowledge about the software. We choose to believe it first :) We wish all of our good friends and partners a good meeting in Thessaloniki and Milano and are looking forward to your upcomming visit to Stavanger - It will be a blast!
The joy of simplicity by Adela Diaconu ( RO) Travel does enlarge not only one’s mind but also his spirit. It’s the thirst of discovering new and fascinating places which feeds the human mind. This is what happened to me during my mobility in Turkey. Turkey…one country and yet so many contrasts. A country where Eastern traditions collide with the Western ones and form such a juxtaposition that one cannot find somewhere else. I had the opportunity to experience a different lifestyle, to know a different culture from mine and to witness other values and convictions. I learned that in order to understand Turkey as a whole one has to understand its diversity and especially its cultural and historical heritage. I found there a different cuisine and it is well known the fact that food is both the product and the expression of a country. The food that in enjoyed in Turkey ( so colorful and so diverse ) was a step taken into the core of Turkish history. I learned that it is best to search further afield to discover authentic regional food and I enjoyed the clash of flavors that caressed my senses. I managed up to a point to capture the essence of Turkish food, its mélange of aromas and textures of its wonderful cuisine. My first time in a mosque was totally overwhelming. Its size, its workmanship, its adornments provided a soothing Imperial atmosphere. The tranquility, the serenity all helped me better understand the Ottoman history. I was impressed by the locals, so open-minded and willing to please you. The Turks are in general very friendly. The students were full of warm enthusiasm and so full of life that it was impossible for the others to remain untouched by happiness and energy. All in all, it was a dream came true. I set foot in Turkey, I was in the country where Europe meets Asia. It was challenging yet rewarding, I met wonderful people, I saw breathtakingly beautiful places and above all it was a journey of the spirit for trips enable people to compare and contrast themselves with the others.
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In every issue of this newsletter we invite you to make an imaginary trip in European literature and to discover a story / legend or different myths from our countries...
One country- one story....
HEROES OF FAIRY TALES by Spanish team Ane Rubiola (coordinator)
Mythology explains the place of human beings in the universe, the meaning of society or the meaning of the events that occur in nature. Myths show different periods of adaptation of a community, formulating answers to issues that concern human beings and continue to do, creating symbols, reinventing explanations or conceiving images on the birth, death or the ups and downs of fortune. The more you know about our myths, the better you will understand what we are and where we come from. This is an invitation, through the hands of various characters, to get closer to the world of Basque mythology. Welcome to this journey! But remember, we must not believe that there are, needless to say that there aren’t… MARI The most prominent mythical being of the Basque traditions, without any doubt, is a beautiful woman: Mari. She habitually lives in the interior of the Earth and emerges at the surface in specific times of the year via various caves and caverns. She alternates, therefore, moving from one mountain to another before the amazed look of man. Mari is beautiful and dressed in elegance, the quintessential essence of feminine guile. At other times, she adopts the form of different animals, or becomes a ball of fire crossing the horizon. The quality of her personal affects, such as her household furnishings, is considered the equivalent of solid gold, as prime example of the magnificence corresponding to her station. Haughty and arrogant in the defense of her interests, she allows no mortal to enter her dwelling, so that none of her personal goods are unduly appropriated. Mari has powers that allow her to reduce the stolen gold to coal with the simple contact of day light; and she knows how to turn the coal into gold, the good services. At times it is risky to approach her, including her cave. Once, one shepherd was pursued by the Lady, transformed into a raven, and although he escaped, he died shortly afterwards as a consequence of the scare.
GALTZAGORRI Red trousers is the English translation for the Basque word “Galtzagorri”. Red trousers are little gnomes, and they are humans’ friends. They spend the day asking their human friends if they have something to do, in order to help them. They don’t care if the job is too difficult or too easy. They usually are in groups of four and help their owner all together. They obviously wear red trousers and they usually live hidden at the dressing tables they find in their owners’ homes. Some of them are a bit naughty but they aren’t bad. However, some of them are considered as little devils. When their owner doesn’t give them any task, they become crazy and get depressed and naughty. Moreover, if their owners want to get rid them of they have to give them a quite impossible task to do. LIMA In Basque mythology, the “lamiak” are mythological geniuses often described with feet of duck, fish tail or some kind of bird claws. Almost always female, of extraordinary beauty, they dwell in rivers and sources, where usually comb their long scalps with coveted Gold Combs. They tend to be kind, and the only way to enrage them is stealing their Combs. Sometimes they fall in love of mortals, but they may not marry with them, because they can´t step on consecrated land. Sometimes they have children with them. BASAJAUN Basajaun, the so-called Basque Yeti, is the Lord of the forest. They are some characters in the Basque mythology of prodigious size and strength. They have human form, with the body covered with hair, a very long hair that reaches their feet. Far from being aggressive, he is protector of the herds of sheep. When a storm is about to happen or there are wolves around, he shouts and whistles in the mountains to prevent the shepherds. In return, the Basajaun receive a loaf of bread they collect as pastoralists sleep as tribute. Despite this, the Basajaun sometimes appears in the stories as one of the terrifying giants of the forest, colossal forces that it was better to not encounter OLENTZERO
Olentzero is a Basque Christmas character. According to Basque traditions Olentzero comes to town late at night on the Christmas Eve to drop off presents for children. Olentzero is depicted as a lovable character, widely attributed to being overweight, having a huge appetite and thirst. He is depicted as a Basque peasant wearing a Basque beret, traditional Basque shoes and smoking a pipe. Whether he has a beard or not is not yet an established tradition. His face is stained with charcoal, as a sign of his trade as a charcoal-burner. On Christmas Eve, groups of people or children carry effigies of Olentzero around on a chair through the streets, singing Olentzero carols and collecting food or sweets. At the end, it is a tradition in some places to burn the Olentzero.
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L L aan n g g u u aag g e e
mmaat t t t e e r r s s Hello Merhaba [MEHR-hah-bah]
Nice to meet you. Memnun oldum. [mem noon oll doom]
Go straight! then turn left/ right! Doğru git (gidin), sonra sola /sağa dön (dönün)
How are you? Nasılsınız? [NAHS-suhl-suhnuhz]
Thanks friend Teşekkürler arkadaş [teh-sheh-kewrLEHR r-kah-DAHSH]
Good morning, good day Günaydın [gew-nahy-DUHN ]
What is your name? Adınız ne? [AH-duh-NUHZ neh ]
My name is… Adım… [Ah-DUHM… ]
I'm fine, thank you… İyiyim, teşekkür ederim. [ee-YEE-yihm, tesh-ekKEWR eh-dehr-eem]
…I need your help. Yardımınıza ihtiyacım var. [yahr duh muh nuh zah eeh tee yah juhm vahr]
Where is my Comenius team? Comenius ekibi nerede? [Comenius e-KI-bi NEH-reh-deh ]
You're welcome Bir şey değil [beer SHEHY dehYEEL]
Bon voyage Gule-Gule [gew-LEH gew-LEH]
Goodbye Allaha ısmarladık [ah-LAHS-mahr-lahduhk ]
-Digital storytelling workshops in every school involved in the project -Making a selction of pictures, videos for personal digital stories - Preparing stories scripts
3rd project meeting: Thessaloniki, Greece, 24-27.02.2014 -Digital story: workshop for students ( team of trainers: Turkey and Italy) - Games for students: ( team of animators: Turkey, Italy and Romania) -Presentation of the project website and communication platform ( Norway) -Students exchange
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission through the framework of Lifelong Learning Programme: Comenius. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
7 The project newsletter is made by Romanian team, coordinator teacher Ecaterina Predescu