Le Luc, Var, France

4° work meeting

13 - 17 April 2015Comenius «Let stones

speak: rocking around our

European heritage»

The agenda

Apologies from the coordinator and

delegation of role to Marcel

The Final Report

Tasks to complete before 30/07/2015 and

delegation of tasks among partners.

Rapid SWOT analysis

A very warm hello from Italy Sorry I can’t be with

you! (Old bones take a long time to mend!!)

Marcel will take over…. verycompetently !

Thanks also to Elisa for substituting me!

Have a wonderfulweek together!!

Compilation of Final Report

Our National Agencies won’t upload the Final

Report until June. However, we should

consider now what we have to write.

After watching the explanation of parts that

we have to submit, could you please send

me a list of the OUTCOMES (RESULTS &

PRODUCTS) from each country?

Please discuss the interpretation of terms:

results, products, activities, etc.

Section E.2 OUTCOMES - RESULTS

OUTCOMES = RESULTS + PRODUCTS RESULTS = EVENTS = seminars, workshops, local events, laboratories

All four work meetings are events e.g. of a seminar

Lithuanian geologist SimonasSaarmann Ph.D from the Dept. of Geology & Mineralogy,VilniusUniversity presented a series of interactive lectures entitled«Principles of Geology», «Shapingthe Earth» and «Geotourism» to allparticipating partners.

e.g. of a workshop

The Polish school orgainised a

hands-on workshop for all

participating countries entitled

«In search of agates». It

involved a geological guided

walk, the search for agates and

the subsequent cutting and

polishing of the stones.

e.g. of a local event

The Italian school organised an

excursion in loco to the

magnetite mines of Cogne.

Section E.2 OUTCOMES-PRODUCTS

PRODUCTS = publications, websites, blogs,

forums, magazine, logos,

hand made products,

assignments, papers, etc.

produced together with

other partners or by an

individual school.

EXAMPLES =

The Wikispace

The logo

Didactic tools (work

sheets, Powerpoint

presentations, films,

lesson plans)

Questionnaires

Wikiloc maps

Section F2: PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES: DEFINITION

This means a description of all activities carriedout locally and abroad to reach the results thatwe outlined in E.2 (outcomes)

e.g. What kind of preparatory activity wasorganised with staff and students in order to create a website, a magazine, a questionnaire, an exhibition, etc.?

What didactic activities were organised duringthe project meetings?

Tutoring of pupils by teachers from othercountries

Collaboration between teachers and pupilsfrom different countries

Section F.2

PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES: EXAMPLES

The Lithuanian school established a collaboration with the Universityof Vilnius, whose member of staff, Dr. Saarmann, acted asgeological expert and advisor throughout the project. He prepareddidactic material and hands-on activities which can be re-used in any teaching environment

The Polish school made contact with an organiser and promoter of geotourism, whose farm holidays include the searching for, cuttingand polishing of agates. The process was recorded by pupils so they can explain it to peers.

The Italian school (as well as most partners) organised an excursionto a nearby mine, learned about methods of extraction, interviewed a miner whose story showed what mining was like in the past and researched the necessary facts(accommodation/transport) in order to illustrate an itinerary of economic geotourism in the area.

European Shared Treasure: EST New ResultLithuania: A collection of idiomsreferring to stones, rocks and minerals.

Slovakia: didactic material and lesson plans

Spain: An environmental camp in Tremp.

A theatrical performance in Catalan (subtitled in English) on the founding of their town, Igualada.

France: Didactic dvds «On the roots of mountains», «Landcapesof central Var»

New Joint ResultThe Wikispace

The logo

The Wikiloc trails

Rock & mineral collections

I.D card of rocks sampled

Geotourism guides

Earthcache lessons

Geotourism guides & Earthcache lessons

Geotourismguides/itineraries.

Italy will be responsible for these, as I think they will be an excellentoutcome/product. There will be at least one for each country. The guide (PDF ) will contain a link to the Wikiloc map, with indicationsof cheap accommodation and transport to the site, a didacticdescription of rocks/mineralsfound there with (preferably) a work sheet that a geotourist couldcomplete. However, I need youto complete the parts of the Wikispace so I have all the information.

Earthcache lessonsAnother excellent outcome!!

Italy has already submitted an

Earthcache lesson to the

Geological Society of America,

but hasn’t had a reply yet. If

another country wishes to do

so, there are guidelines in

many languages.

TASKS TO COMPLETE BEFORE 31/07/2015 and

delegation of tasks among partners

Although the deadline isSeptember, I think it’s best to submit our Final Reports earlier, so that we can remember everything wedid.

Every partner has to look atthe Wikispace, at the drop-down menu, and fill in the parts that are missing. For example, the page dedicated to «geologicalheritage» is incomplete. Every school must add 2 rocks and 2 minerals, with a brief description.

I would like to ask each of you to be responsible for the completion of one or two sections of the Wikispace. I hope youagree.

It’s not necessary thateach partner contributesto every section of the project Wikispace, but it isrecommended that asmany activities and outcomes as possible are completed.

SilviyaThanks for all yourcontributions…. the idioms, your pupils’ film of Iceland and the video lesson of senoirstudents teaching the younger ones, «A geography lesson».

https://letstonesspeak.wikispaces.com/Video Fantastic!!!

Requests

Could you please move the video from «Movies» to «Teaching aspiring geologists»?

Could you also upload the Powerpoint that your studentsshowed? And any work sheetsor teaching aids they used with the younger pupils?

Could you encourage some other partners to plan and film a similar lesson with anotherclass in their school or a schoolnearby as a peer –teaching/ peer-learning experiment?

Violetta

Thanks for your

great contributions

to «Stones in

cultural heritage»

and above all your

tracks and

descriptions on

«Geotourism and

Wikiloc»

RequestsCould you please make surethat every partner uploads atleast one track with a description of its geologicalvalue, some information about cheap accomodationnear and transport to the site, including prices? Partners who have alreadyuploaded trails, please checkthat you have includedtransport & accommodationdetails and prices.

Eva

Thanks for

everything you do

to make the

project work!

Could you please askour partners to choose a man-made, historicallyimportant building, which is near to a geological site (previously registered on Wikiloc), and upload an image and a description about it?

https://letstonesspeak.wikispaces.com/Man-made+stone+constructions

Ulfur

Thanks for the

greatest project

meeting

experience!

Your country, albeit

a bit cool, is a

treasure chest of

natural, awe-

inspiring wonders!!

Request

Given that yourstudents are talentedand inventive, couldyou please ask them to update the section «A day in the life of…..» by asking all the pupilspresent at the meeting in France to pass on their material to upload to our projectWikispace.

JanTogether with Sylvija, Janhas read the applicationform and follows the rules. He has contributed to every section!

Thanks a million for all the didactic material that youhave uploaded. I hopepartners are takingadvantage of its usefulnessin class.

https://letstonesspeak.wikispaces.com/Didactic+tools

Could you please encouragepartners to organise an excursionto a local mine and upload theirfindings? If they have trouble with Wikiloc, can you give them a hand?

I think we need to have more examples of «monitoring». Pupilsshould do your aptitude test «Geology, ICT and Culture quiz» again so we can compare resultswith their initial attempts.

It’s necesary to have some feedback from colleagues and parents regarding their opinion of the impact of Comenius. I’llprepare a «survey monkey» but ithas to be translated into the local language.

Marcel

Thanks for the

language portfolio

(excellent!!), the

theatrical

performance

«Aqualata’s

Legend» and your

Catalan

determination!

Could you please

ensure that all

partners complete

the page on

«geological

heritage» with a

description of 2

rocks and 2

minerals?

Extra homework Could each school

that has hosted a project meeting (Lithuania, Poland, Iceland & France) please upload theiritinerary or a brief description of whatwe saw and did to the work meeting section?

Did any schoolpublish an articleabout the projectmeeting in Iceland? If so, please upload itto «Work meetings»

Please add yourcontributions to asmany sections of the Wikispace aspossible.

Extra tasks Encourage all pupils to take

Jan’s online aptitude test

«Geology, ICT and culture

quiz»

https://testmoz.com/199968?

logout=1#student

Translate the Survey Monkey

questionnaire into your local

language and ask

colleagues and parents to

answer questions, using the

link on our Wikispace

Is any school

planning to

organise a

Comenius /

Erasmus+ day?

Highly

recommended for

dissemination of

the project.

Thanks …..

for your continued collaboration

for your hard work

for your imaginative contributions