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IEARN LOCAL HISTORY IEARN LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT –PROJECT –
EXPERIENCE OF EXPERIENCE OF
CROSS-CULTURALCROSS-CULTURAL
COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATIONRIMMA ZHUKOVA (RUSSIA) RIMMA ZHUKOVA (RUSSIA)
PATTY WU (TAIWAN)PATTY WU (TAIWAN)
THEFONZ HSIEH (TAIWAN)THEFONZ HSIEH (TAIWAN)
The IEARN Local History Project is a teacher-directed collaborative project in which students research the history of their communities in social and cultural aspects and share their findings with their global peers.
LOCAL HISTORY- it’s a history of the place where we live
Family heritage
School
Local communities
Famous sites of local communities
Famous people Neighbourhood
The goal of the project - To teach the students to care about the place they
live, appreciate historical and cultural environment, to care and respect older generations, to understand and appreciate a historical heritage of the past and the present.
- To enhance awareness of the significance of local history to students’ present lives.
- To develop research skills.
- To form and develop academic skills, thinking, reasoning, teamwork skills and to enhance cross cultural dialogue.
- To form and develop key foreign language competences and skills.
- To develop ICT skills
The Local History Project
Timetable : September – June,15Age/level of project participants: 7-
18Project/classroom activities: e-
mail exchange; forum discussion; snail mail; diaries and essay writing, drawing pictures and collecting photos; videoconferences via Skype.
Outcomes/products: creating school sites; publishing booklets; making PowerPoint presentations , blogs and videos.
Project language(s): English, Russian
• USA• Taiwan• Romania• Syria• Iran• Tajikistan• Belarus• Surinam• Nepal
Global Local History Project participants
• Pakistan
• Korea
• Ukraine
• Canada
• Uzbekistan
• Japan
• Azerbaijan
2011 iEARN conderence in Taiwan By School to School + hostfamily+friendship
2011-2012 the first time in LHP• Computer teacher (me) cowork with a history teacher in Taiwan• Students in Team work • Report to Russia teacher Rimma Link 1m50s-2m
ICT tools: Skype (share screen) 、 powerpointIssuu flash ebook
• Ebook about “The political differnce between Taiwan and Russia
2012-2014
2012 Exchange introduction of group, school, city between Mr. Haruo (Kyoto, Japan) and Patty (Tainan ,Taiwan) . Skype to each other.
2013 Exchange local history by taking a video.
Google questionnaire for collecting opinions
Collect Students’ Opinions
Google questionnaire & Certifications
An online Certification
Rehearsal for Video Conference
Presentation
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