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Project DETAILS

  • Project DETAILS

     

     

    Description

    In ‘MUSAIC’, pupils will explore diversity, diversity of animals, trees, flowers, fruits or vegetables, words, names, food, musical instruments, music patterns, songs, legends or fairy tales, landscapes, houses or buildings… Pupils will be working in international teams in order to create a ‘musaic’ based on their own explorations of the world around them. Teams will use their research to create a musical piece (which can be a song, a rhythmic piece, or other), a story, a play, a quiz, a game or any other creative product.


     

    Subjects

    Music, Foreign Languages, Mother Languages, Informatics/ICT, Art, History, Natural Sciences, Citizenship, Environmental Education, Geography,

     

     

    Languages

    English and all the languages of the partner countries

     

    Pupil’s age

    9 to 13

     

    Tools to be used

    Chat, email, TwinSpace, Forum, MP3, Other software (PowerPoint, video, pictures and drawings), Web publishing, Video-conference, Web 2.0 tools

     

    Aims

    Develop imagination and creativity; develop ICT and English skills; contact with recording tools; raise awareness about cultural diversity; raise awareness about the threats to the environment; learn to respect the difference; learn how to create simple melodies/compositions and play them; learn how to organize different elements in order to produce creative works.

     

     

    Work Process

    • This project will last one school year (2016-2017).

    • Partners will try to meet in video conferences as often and as soon as possible.

    • Teachers will prepare some ice breaking activities.

    • Pupils will be organized in international teams.

    • Each team will be responsible for one ‘musaic’ built on Padlet.

    • A ‘musaic’ can contain photos, videos, drawings or descriptions of animals, trees, flowers, fruits or vegetables, words, names, food, musical instruments, songs, legends or fairy tales, landscapes, houses or buildings, among others.

    • Pupils are not allowed to use pictures taken from the internet on their ‘musaics’. They should always take their own photos or make their own video or audio recordings.

    • Each ‘musaic’ should always contain, at least, one creative product, such as a musical piece, a play, a story, a quiz, a game or other, based on the elements collected previously by each team.

    • Partners should take photos of the entire working process and share them with the other project members on TwinSpace.

    • A Post Office will be created to increase communication amongst each team members.


     

    Work Scheduling

    • This project will be developed during the school year (2016-2017).

    • October 2016: organize a “get to know each other” video conference.

    • October 2016: organize the pupils in teams.

    • October 2016: choose the Padlets to work on.

    • Until January 2017: pupils will populate the Padlets.

    • December 2016: all teams will collaborate on the Christmas MUSAIC.

    • January 2017 onwards: each team starts working on their creative projects.

    • February/March 2017: all teams will collaborate on the Spring MUSAIC.

    • March/April 2017: each team will start sharing their work in order to prepare the final Sway.

    • May/June 2017: teams will present their products (their 'musaic'). Time to evaluate and finalize the project.



     

    Expected results

    A fabulous collection of ‘MUSAICs’ and a bunch of creative works to go along with it! :)