Design properties
- Name
- DiciPedia
- Topic
- Digital skills
- Learning time
- 5 hours and 5 minutes
- Designed time
- 5 hours and 25 minutes
- Size of class
- 60 of different european schools - eTwinning project
- Description
- The purpose of this project is to create an ebook guide that will help students develop critical thinking skills, necessary to use popular online tools in a safe and ethical way. The general purpose is to prepare the students through these skills to become active and responsible workers in a highly technological society.
- Aims
- To increase the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in a safe and ethical manner, with particular attention to key skills relating to: • online safety • authenticating online information • understanding of the importance of copyright laws and plagiarism • protecting own privacy • managing online relationships • dealing with cyberbullying To work collaboratively with teachers and pupils of other European schools.
- Outcomes
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- Knowledge
- Application
- Analysis
- Affective learning outcomes
- Analysis
- Synthesis
- Editor
- mariateresa
Timeline controls
Timeline
Preparatory phase
85 minutes)
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Produce3060The students of school partner prepare a video where they introduce themselves and their teachers, their school ,their hometown and all in the etwinning twinspace
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Practice1520The students of each group answer a quiz, which includes information presented in the video of their partners. This step aims to cause interaction between the two groups.
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Collaborate3060A video conference between the groups is held via Skype or oVoo, where one of the students in each group introduces the class as a whole. Students get to know each other online, talking, posing extra questions and cross-checking information exchanged in the videos and the quizzes.
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Discuss10Pupil answers to a survey about the use of technologies that they make in their lives and reflect on their use
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Operating phase
180 minutes)
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Investigate306Pupils divided into international groups search in internet informations, videos, games about the responsable use of technology
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Collaborate2060Using Piratepad pupils of several partner school write what they have learned.
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Produce2520Pupils organize the informations written in various categories (no more than six), assign each category a title. It is attached an example
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Discuss2060On the basis of each category pupils of several partner school collaboratively create a common set of interviews to be addressed to the members of their community (teachers, school principal, parents, experts) and film this activity.
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Collaborate4020Pupils create games on the various aspects of responsible use of technology
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Produce4560Using My Ebook Maker pupils from various schools create an ebook containing the interactive map, the interviews, the games and create a glossary
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Restructuring phase
60 minutes)
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Discuss4560Students answer to a questionnaire on the activities undertaken and realize a videoconference.
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Collaborate1560Using a SWOT analysys students reflect and discuss the experience made highlighting the strengths and weaknesses.
Notes:
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Learning Experience
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