Istituto Comprensivo "Il Milione" - Suzzara
ONLINE WORLD - 2006-07
Class: 2B
Language: English + Lithuanian.
Time: curricular English units - 10 weeks project starting October 2006.
Teachers: Seveso Graziella + Indre Bungardaite Language Assistant from Lithuania.
Students' life-skills development:
- Interpersonal communication skills - Verbal/Nonverbal communication.
- Decision making - Information gathering skills. Analysis skills regarding
the influence of values and attitudes of self and others on motivation. Reflective
thinking about the effectiveness of choices.
- Cooperation and Teamwork skills - Expressing respect for others' contributions
and different styles. Assessing one's own abilities and contribution to the
group. Sharing ideas, accepting differences, following directions, staying
on task, recording ideas.
- Critical thinking skills - Analyzing peer influences. Analyzing attitudes,
values, social norms and beliefs and factors affecting these.
- Empathy - The ability to feel what another person feels. Service learning.
- Skills for increasing internal place of control - Self-esteem/confidence
building skills. Self awareness skills including self-responsibility, influences,
values, attitudes, strengths and weaknesses.
Procedure:
- Opening of Kidlink/KidSpace pages.
- Class presentation (text + image).
- Presentation of Indre, Language Assistant.
- Country introduction: Lithuania - geography, traditions (typical dishes,
festivals etc.).
- Survival dictionary English-Lithuanian.
- Questions and answers.
Graziella Seveso