1^st TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING

BREAKING DOWN WALLS!

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership

2017-1-PT01-KA219-035972

Agrupamento de Escolas de Santo André, Barreiro, Portugal

 

MEETING REPORT

Monday, 8^th January 2018

                                                Official reception in the AESA auditorium

                                                Presentation of the programme of the 1^st Transnational Project Meeting

                                                Presentation of the six partner institutions

                                                Official presentation of the project’s mascot by the Turkish partner

The representatives of the six partner countries met and presented their schools to each other and to the invited audience.

The Turkish coordinator handed the mascot of the project to the Portuguese coordinator and the first part of the film of the mascot was presented (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZduaSj31Gg&feature=youtu.be).

In the evening there was a welcoming dinner for all participating teachers to socialize and to get to know each other better.

Tuesday, 9^th January 2018

             ETwinning, Adobe Connect and Google slide (dictionaries) by Andrea Ullrich, eTwinning Ambassador

             Monitoring and assessment tools for the project

             Presentation and evaluation of the work developed by each partner so far

             Planning activities, task distribution and deadlines -

             Digital Scratch Games and Multicultural Cardboard Game

ETWINNING, ADOBE CONNECT AND GOOGLE SLIDE

The German coordinator and eTwinning Ambassador Andrea Ullrich presented how to use eTwinning and Twinspace and Adobe Connect to develop and disseminate the project. All teachers had the chance to experiment and interact. She showed an example of how to create dictionaries by means of Google Slide.

DICTIONARIES AND LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO

The Latvian partner will start the multilingual dictionary with very simple language, which should be presented during the students’ meeting in Latvia. The German partner will proceed on the dictionary and will present it in the students’ meeting in Germany. The French partner goes on working on the dictionary and it should be presented in the students’ meeting in Italy. The Italian partner will be responsible for the accomplishment of the final Language Portfolio which will be finalized in multicultural groups during the students’ meeting in Italy in February 2019. In the end it will be published as an eBook (ex. Lucidpress or Calameo).

DEADLINES

May 2018 – 1^st part of the dictionary (Latvia)

September 2018 – 2^nd part of the dictionary (Germany)

February 2019 – 3^rd part of the dictionary (France)

                              Final Language Portfolio eBook (Italy)

MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR THE PROJECT

All partners have accomplished the previously defined tasks to be carried out until this meeting.

As for the assessment tools for the project the following has been reinforced:

After each international meeting there will be an assessment questionnaire.

The Turkish partner will be responsible for the creation of the following assessment questionnaires (for all partners to implement):

1. After the accomplishment of the main outputs (pupils involved in the activities)

2. General online questionnaire after the first year of the project (pupils, teachers and parents)

3. General online questionnaire after the second year of the project (pupils, teachers and parents).

   The Turkish partner will also be responsible for the comparative study of the questionnaires in the different countries and also the comparative study between the first and the second general online questionnaire.

All these results will be analyzed during the 3^rd transnational project meeting in Turkey in October 2019 in order to measure the impact of this project.

DIGITAL SCRATCH GAMES

The Portuguese partner with her expertise in creating Scratch Games with pre-primary and primary school children will start working on the games with the children. The Latvian partner will start teaching their pre-primary and primary school children the necessary English language in order to be able to provide for the recorded language to be included in the games. All partner countries will send the required recordings (in English and in their mother tongue) to be included in the digital games. 

DEADLINES

1^st February 2018 – Portugal informs about the language needed for the accomplishment of the games.

1^st March 2018 – All partner countries provide recordings in which students speak in English and in their mother tongue about the previously asked topics.

1^st May 2018 – Digital Games will be ready and shared.

MULTICULTURAL CARDBOARD GAME

Students in all partner countries have already started working on different aspects of their culture (ex. Traditions, festivities, personalities, etc.). Reports and images will be published on Twinspace. Each country will create ten questions and answers about another partner country. The countries in the left column will create questions and answers about the countries in the right column:

                                                       Germany → Italy

Italy → Latvia

Latvia → Turkey

Turkey → France

France → Portugal

Portugal → Germany

All sets of questions and answers will be published on Twinspace.

The Turkish partner will create a Kahoot game with the questions and answers published.

Simultaneously students in the different partner countries will start working on the cardboard game cooperatively.

A different part of the game will be created by a different country as follows:

           Card front (with numbers) and back → Germany

Questions and answers sheet → Portugal

Table and box → Portugal

Counters → France

Dice → Latvia

Rules → Italy

All partners will have in mind that there have to be six copies of the same game. Printables will be shared online and dice and counters will be shared in Latvia in May.

If necessary online meetings will be held to monitor the process.

DEADLINES

15^th February 2018 – All partner countries publish their reports and images.

1^st March 2018 – All partner countries publish the sets of 10 questions and answers about one of the other countries.

15^th April 2018 – All printable materials will be published (ex. Cards, table, question and answer sheets) so that all partners can print and accomplish their own game).

1^st May 2018 – The Turkish partner will publish the Kahoot Game                           

Wednesday, 10^th January 2018

   New Technologies for the implementation of international projects: Padlet, Bityble, Socrative

   by Sónia Barbosa, Future Classroom Lab Ambassador

   Planning activities, task distribution and deadlines – Multilingual Storybook and Multicultural Brochure

PADLET, BITYBLE, SOCRATIVE

The Portuguese Future Classroom Lab Ambassador Sónia Barbosa presented the digital tools Bityble, Padlet and Socrative. All participants had the chance to experiment these tools, being this session very useful for the implementation and dissemination of the project.

MULTILINGUAL STORYBOOK

Students in all partner countries are working on traditional legends/stories in their mother tongue. In each country three stories are chosen to be translated into English and published on Twinspace in order (1, 2, 3) being number 1 the chosen story to integrate the final multilingual book. All stories (1 to 2 pages(?) are published in English and each country will translate into their mother tongue and illustrate one of the stories from another partner country. In the end there will be three versions of the same story with illustrations (up to three).   

The countries in the left column will translate and illustrate the stories of the countries in the right column:

Portugal → Turkey

Turkey → Italy

Italy → Latvia

Latvia → France

France → Germany

Germany → Portugal

18 (3x6) illustrated stories will be published on Twinspace and the Italian partner will be responsible for the creation of the Digital Multilingual Storybook that will be published on Twinspace, so that all partner countries can print it to be offered to the school libraries and to the municipal libraries in each partner city.

DEADLINES

1^ST March 2018 – Three stories from each partner country will be published (being the chosen one number1).

1^st April 2018 – Partner countries will publish the translations and illustrations of the corresponding country’s story.

1^st May 2018 – Italian partner will publish the accomplished Digital Storybook for all to print.

MULTICULTURAL MAGAZINE

This activity will be carried out throughout the whole project and finished in the final students’ meeting in Portugal in May 2019. To start, students from each partner country will record a 5 minute video in which they will present their country. They can refer to the following general aspects: The school, city, country, capital city, size, inhabitants, language, etc. These videos will be shared on Twinspace and will be worked on in multicultural groups during the international students’ meeting in Germany in September 2018. In that meeting students will write the necessary information for the Digital Magazine which will be created by the Latvian partner by means of Madmagz.  Students will decide cooperatively how to proceed with the Digital Magazine.

DEADLINES

1^st September 2018 – Videos will be published on Twinspace.

24^th September 2018 – Digital magazine will be started with the information of the videos.

                                       - Continuation of the Digital Magazine will be decided on.

May 2019 – Accomplishment of the final version of the Digital Magazine

Thursday, 11^th January 2018

         Cultural Programme

         – Guided visits to a wine cave and to a traditional Portuguese tiles manufactury

          - Free visit to the city of Setúbal

Friday, 12^th January 2018

           CLIL methodology for the implementation of the project

           Planning and task distribution until the Students Exchange in Latvia, in May 2018

           Scheduling of the international meetings in Germany and Reunion Island

           General Evaluation of the work developed so far          

           Evaluation of the 1st Transnational Meeting in Portugal

The Portuguese coordinator made a short presentation of the CLIL methodology, which is one of the methodologies used in the implementation of this project.

All tasks and deadlines until the students exchange in Latvia were defined on the previous days. Teachers discussed practical aspects such as flights, accommodation, students’ selection, etc.  As for the dates for the meetings to come are as follows:

Students Exchange in Latvia → 14^th to 18^th May 2018

Students Exchange in Germany → 20^th to 24^th September 2018

2^nd Transnational Project Meeting in Reunion → 3^rd to 7^th December 2018

Partners made a general evaluation of the work developed so far having all partners accomplished the defined tasks. All teachers involved are very satisfied with this partnership and with the great work carried out by each one of the partners.

An evaluation questionnaire was filled in by all guests being the results attached to this report.

All participants were given a Certificate of Attendance of this 1^st Transnational Project Meeting. 

 

 

PROGRAMME

1^st TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING PORTUGAL 8^th to 12^th  JANUARY 2018

Monday 8th January 2018

13h55: Meeting at the Hotel Lobby

14h25: Boat to Barreiro

15h15: Official reception in the AESA auditorium

             Presentation of the programme of the 1^st Transnational Project Meeting

             Presentation of the six partner institutions (+/-15 to 20 minutes each)

             Official presentation of the project’s mascot by the Turkish partner

            17h30: Visit to the ESSA secondary school.

19h00: Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant

Tuesday 9th January 2018

8h30: Boat to Barreiro

9h10: ETwinning, Adobe Connect and Google slide (dictionaries)

         by Andrea Ullrich, eTwinning Ambassador

10h15: Class observation (optional)

11h20: Monitoring and assessment tools for the project

           Presentation and evaluation of the work developed by each partner so far

12h15: Lunch at the school canteen or free lunch

13h30: Planning activities, task distribution and deadlines

            Activity: Digital Scratch Games

14h30:  Activity: Multicultural Cardboard Game

15h30: Coffee Break          

15h45: Visit to the AESA Primary School

Wednesday 10th January 2018

8h40: Boat to Barreiro

9h30: Visit to the AESA Kindergarden

10h30: Workshop

New Technologies for the implementation of international projects: Padlet, Bityble, Mentimeter, Socrative by Sónia Barbosa, Future Classroom Lab Ambassador

12h30: Lunch at the school canteen or free lunch

14h00: Planning activities, task distribution and deadlines

            Activity: Multilingual Storybook

15h00: Activity: Multicultural Brochure

16h00: Coffee Break          

16h15: Visit to the AESA elementary school

Thursday 11th January 2018

Cultural Programme

  9h30: Meeting at the boat station in Barreiro

10h30: Guided visit to the Wine Caves of José Maria da Fonseca in Azeitão

11h45: Guided visit to S. Simão Arte, a Portuguese tiles manufactury

13h00: Lunch at local restaurant in Setúbal

Afternoon: Free visit to Setúbal

Friday 12th January 2018

  8h40: Boat to Barreiro

  9h30: CLIL methodology for the implementation of the project

10h30: Planning and task distribution until the Students Exchange in Latvia, in May

           Scheduling of the international meetings in Germany and Reunion Island

           General Evaluation of the work developed so far           

           Evaluation of the 1st Transnational Meeting in Portugal

12h00: Lunch at the school canteen or free lunch

Departure

 

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE LEAFLET

BREAKING DOWN WALLS!

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership

2017-1-PT01-KA219-035972

1^st TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING PORTUGAL 8^th to 12^th  JANUARY 2018

Breaking Down Walls Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening/night. See you tomorrow. See you later. Goodbye.   My name is… I come from Turkey, Germany, Latvia, Italy, France, Portugal.   Nice to meet you. How are you? I’m fine, thank you.   I would like a glass of water, please. Where is the toilet?   Where is the boat to Barreiro? Where is the bus to the airport?     It’s very cold/hot. I’m hungry. I’m thirsty. I’m sleepy. I’m tired. I’m going to bed.   I like this (very much). This is very beautiful. I will never forget Portugal!

Quebrar muros Bom dia. Boa tarde. Boa noite. Até amanhã. Até logo. Adeus.   O meu nome é…. Eu venho da Turquia, Alemanha, Letónia, Itália, (de)França, Portugal.   Prazer em conhecê-lo(a). Como está(s)? Eu estou bem, obrigado(a).   Quero um copo de água, por favor. Onde é a casa de banho?   Onde é o barco para o Barreiro? Onde é o autocarro para o aeroporto?     Está muito frio /calor. Tenho fome. Tenho sede. Tenho sono. Estou cansado. Vou para a cama.   Gosto (muito) disto. Isto é muito bonito. Nunca vou esquecer Portugal!

With the support of the programme of the European Union.

 

 

 

FINAL EVALUATION

Agrupamento de Escolas de Santo André, Barreiro, Portugal

1^st TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING - BREAKING DOWN WALLS!

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership

2017-1-PT01-KA219-035972

EVALUATION OF THE MEETING - 8^th to 12^th  January 2018

              A – Content of the meeting

                    1. Interaction between participants

Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Weak	Very Weak
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                   2. Balance between work and cultural activities

Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Weak	Very Weak
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                3. Work sessions

Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Weak	Very Weak
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            4. Cultural activities

Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Weak	Very Weak
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      B – Accomodation and meals

             1. Accomodation

Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Weak	Very Weak
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            2. Meals

Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Weak	Very Weak
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       C – Organization

              1. Before the meeting

Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Weak	Very Weak
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             2. During the meeting

Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Weak	Very Weak
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           D – General Evaluation of the meeting

Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Weak	Very Weak
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Most positive aspects of the meeting:

“Very stimulating atmosphere.”

“Very flexible in doing all things.”

“Efficiency and collaborative atmosphere. Real multicultural spirit.”

“Hospitality – well organized.”

“Welcoming.”

“Hospitality of the coordinator school staff and good organization related with the project and meeting.”

“Interaction between teachers.”

“Warm welcome.”

“Friendly partners, new experiences, new knowledges.”

“I learned a lot about tools and the objectives of the project. It’s more clear for me. Thank you!”

“Friendly partners, beautiful city, welcoming host staff.”

Most negative aspects of the meeting:

“I can’t see any, really.”

“There is no negative aspect.”

“Unexpected cold.”

“The rain on Tuesday.”

“Swinging on the boat, while not seated.”

Other comments/suggestions:

“Collaborative effects.”

“Thank you!”

“Thank you for the meeting.”

“All is perfect for me! Thank you so much!”

“Thank you for your hospitality, interest and kindness.”

“Thank you to all Portuguese teachers for their commitment and making this meeting unforgettable.”

Other comments posted on the Internet:

Many thanks to the Portuguese team for organising a fruitful and motivating project meeting in Barreiro from 8th to 12th January, 2018.

 

THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS WONDERFUL MEETING! WITHOUT YOU IT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE

The Portuguese team

With the support of the programme of the European Union.

 

 

FILMS AND FILES RELATED TO THE WORKSHOPS ON PADLET, BITEABLE AND CLIL

CAN BE FOUND IN THE CORRESPONDING FOLDERS