IEARN LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT – EXPERIENCE OF CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION RIMMA ZHUKOVA (RUSSIA) PATTY WU (TAIWAN) THEFONZ HSIEH (TAIWAN)
The IEARN Local History Project is a teacher-directed collaborative project in which students research the history of their communities in social and cultural aspects and share their findings with their global peers.
Neighbourhood
Famous sites of local communities
Local communities
School
LOCAL HISTORY- it’s a history of the place where we live
Famous people
Family heritage
The goal of the project - To teach the students to care about the place they live, appreciate historical and cultural environment, to care and respect older generations, to understand and appreciate a historical heritage of the past and the present. - To enhance awareness of the significance of local history to students’ present lives. - To develop research skills. - To form and develop academic skills, thinking, reasoning, teamwork skills and to enhance cross cultural dialogue. - To form and develop key foreign language competences and skills. - To develop ICT skills
The Local History Project Timetable : September – June,15 Age/level of project participants: 718 Project/classroom activities: email exchange; forum discussion; snail mail; diaries and essay writing, drawing pictures and collecting photos; videoconferences via Skype. Outcomes/products: creating school sites; publishing booklets; making PowerPoint presentations , blogs and videos. Project language(s): English, Russian
Global Local History Project participants
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USA Taiwan Romania Syria Iran Tajikistan Belarus Surinam Nepal
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Pakistan Korea Ukraine Canada Uzbekistan Japan Azerbaijan
2011 iEARN conderence in Taiwan By School to School + hostfamily+friendship
2011-2012 the first time in LHP • Computer teacher (me) cowork with a history teacher in Taiwan • Students in Team work • Report to Russia teacher Rimma Link 1m50s-2m
ICT tools: Skype (share screen) 、 powerpoint Issuu flash ebook • Ebook about “The political differnce between Taiwan and Russia
2012-2014
2012 Exchange introduction of group, school, city between Mr. Haruo (Kyoto, Japan) and Patty (Tainan ,Taiwan) . Skype to each other. 2013 Exchange local history by taking a video.
Google questionnaire for collecting opinions Collect Students’ Opinions
Google questionnaire & Certifications An online Certification
Rehearsal for Video Conference
Presentation
Fund Raising for Sierra Leone
Live with students in Namasia
Teach Social Society in Canada