justice-course athens october 2003 1 justice some golden rules when running transnational projects

Justice-course Athens October 2003

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Some Golden Rules when running transnational projects


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Experiences collated from

European Schools ProjectTRANSPRO projects (http://it.pedf.cuni.cz/inverness)


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Planning

School/institution structure Curriculum (cross curricular or subjectbased) Holidays Exam periods At least two persons from each school/institution

engaged in the project


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Planning

Local ICT support If necessary, ICT training Testing and training the use of the

e-mail systems together with your counterpart.

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ICT

e-mail: always write a headline in the theme column

scanner digital camera video editing equipment

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Planning Plan the collaboration well ahead of time When you have received an e-mail letter - reply as

soon as possible. Above all DO REPLY!!! Always answer requests that the coordinator has for

the interim and final report Teachers/PARTNERS should give each other a good

introduction to their working conditions Keep each other informed of irregularities that may

disrupt the communication:illness, technical problems, promotion..

Above all keep each other informed!!

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Netiquette Be diplomatic. Criticism is always

harsher when written Use upper and lower case text, because

MESSAGES IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS HAVE THE EFFECT OF SHOUTING

Be calm. You may have misinterpreted the implied criticism or missed ironic humour in a message; don’t send replies while you are still hot under the collar (’flaming’)

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Material on the net that can be used in transnational projects for pupils:

For English: www.esp.educ.uva.nl/image-UK

For French:www.esp.educ.uva.nl/image-FR

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JUSTICEWhat have we achieved?

Improvement of oral and written English skills Improvement in communication through Internet etc-- “ of computer skills It helps to know our own situation better - in order to contrast it with other situations and/or problems in different counties More interest in the development of some parts of our syllabus We developed friendship between the partners We have introduced an European dimension in our daily work Teachers have worked more together We have co-operated and worked together with different subjects Some teachers have been motivated to learn more about ICT in Education Pupils have taken responsibility for production of our web-sites etc.


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JUSTICEOur students:

Positive aspects: It helps them to open up their minds They become aware of the importance of communication Santomera, Bari, Pribram etc are much more than just a place on the map It improves group-work and project-work Problems may be: They are not used to co-operate with partners in other countries It’s hard to organize this the best way E-mail for all pupils – still a dream


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JUSTICEGeneral speaking about the work: We have learnt about different school-systems ICT helps us to present our work to many people

But To co-ordinate the work is a challenge To exchange information and help each other with information - can be much better Specific vocabulary in the scientific parts of the project would have been good Problems with computers in some counties is a real problem Bureaucracy demands a lot a paper work, and in some countries the bureaucracy is exhausting.


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But my conclusion is: It is much work, there are always some challenges

ahead, but Comenius gives pupils and teacher good training in co-operation and internationalisation.

And travelling is also a lot of fun - and thanks to Socrates it’s exclusive for us that have joined it.


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RememberRemember

K I S S

Keep It Small and Simple

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But whatever we do we must remember that we should have a pupil-active school….

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I believe the children are our futureTeach them well and let them lead the way

Show them all the beauty they posses inside.

Give them a sense of pride.To make it easier,

Let the children’s laughter,Remind us of how we used to be……

- George Benson “Greatest Love of them All”

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