Being a part of I-Engage Project was a challenge, a motivational tool and a pleasure all the way of its implementation. Students from my school have taken part in three international, educational I-Earn projects: "One day in the life", "Holiday Card Exchange" and "My hero: Learning Circles Project" that is still being implemented. It was a great occasion to prove that English is actual and a must-have of our times.
It was definitely a new experince for our school community that instilled our interest to bring the education and learning outside the English classroom.
About 14 willing students from the 5th and the 6th grades were involved in the"Holiday Card Exchange" project. We had schools from 6 countries as partners: the USA, Romania, Bielarus, Russia, Packistan and Taiwan (two schools). Through our group ( nr.24) from the Project Forum I could get in touch with some of our partners, namely from Romania and Bielarus. As far we have received postcards from Russia, the USA and Taiwan. We are still waiting for the others, but the pupils are very pleased with the feed-back.
Six enthusiastic girls from the 11th form took part in the "One day in the life project" and have found out what an e-pal means and how connection can be maintained through a forum, in spite of the huge distance between them.
Here are some thoughts that express Maria Oleacu's oppinion about the impact of the project:
"I have always wanted to pass over my fears and discover a different world and i think that i -Engage came in the right time. I opened my soul to the world and met wonderful people that became close friends and thanks to them i set new goals, new dreams and I'm very happy to know them and speak daily in English.
I learnt and heard new ideas and visions and discovered different parts of the world, I'm content to remember and keep in touch with I-Earn friends. I think we did a great work,motivated others and changed maybe a bit the world."
Currently we are implementing the third educational project -"My hero", that provides the perspective to improve the students' digital skills. Three students managed to design media projects about their heroes. Moreover, they have taken part in the iEARN Moldova National Student Media Conference and came back home very pleased with themselves and trustworthy to continue.
It motivated them a great deal!
As a teacher I am more than satisfied with the results, because the participationinto the project helped me to do the most important thing a teacher can do, except teaching-instilling his students' interest to learn and become better today than yesterday!
The next Prezi illustrates our I-Engage path at a certain extent:
It was definitely a new experince for our school community that instilled our interest to bring the education and learning outside the English classroom.
About 14 willing students from the 5th and the 6th grades were involved in the"Holiday Card Exchange" project. We had schools from 6 countries as partners: the USA, Romania, Bielarus, Russia, Packistan and Taiwan (two schools). Through our group ( nr.24) from the Project Forum I could get in touch with some of our partners, namely from Romania and Bielarus. As far we have received postcards from Russia, the USA and Taiwan. We are still waiting for the others, but the pupils are very pleased with the feed-back.
Six enthusiastic girls from the 11th form took part in the "One day in the life project" and have found out what an e-pal means and how connection can be maintained through a forum, in spite of the huge distance between them.
Here are some thoughts that express Maria Oleacu's oppinion about the impact of the project:
"I have always wanted to pass over my fears and discover a different world and i think that i -Engage came in the right time. I opened my soul to the world and met wonderful people that became close friends and thanks to them i set new goals, new dreams and I'm very happy to know them and speak daily in English.
I learnt and heard new ideas and visions and discovered different parts of the world, I'm content to remember and keep in touch with I-Earn friends. I think we did a great work,motivated others and changed maybe a bit the world."
Currently we are implementing the third educational project -"My hero", that provides the perspective to improve the students' digital skills. Three students managed to design media projects about their heroes. Moreover, they have taken part in the iEARN Moldova National Student Media Conference and came back home very pleased with themselves and trustworthy to continue.
It motivated them a great deal!
As a teacher I am more than satisfied with the results, because the participationinto the project helped me to do the most important thing a teacher can do, except teaching-instilling his students' interest to learn and become better today than yesterday!
The next Prezi illustrates our I-Engage path at a certain extent:
The most precious outcome of the Project Based Learning is that together, my students and I, could see one more reason, may be the most outstanding, why English is to be loved, learned and spoken - that is interaction with people like us. In the same time, we have learned that diversity means personality and our traditions are worth promoting!