WELCOME

MY DEAR COLEAGUES: TEACHER & LIBRARIANSat the eTwinning workshop for librarians

Poland- Gdańsk17-19. 09.2010

MY INTRODUCING

Name : Emilia WyględowskaOccupation: teacher, librarianPresent working place: Primary School Number 4 with the

Integrations Classes in Sochaczew /near Warsaw/

Why am I making this presentation?

The founder and coordinator of eTwinning project :

The Books Connecting the Children of Europe - the winner of the first prize

in Polish National eTwinning Competition „eTwinning in the school library

2010”

OTHER REFERENCES(in others words - my credibility)

• Degrees:Polish Philology at Warsaw UniversityPostgraduate training:Librarian at Warsaw UniversityPhilosphy and EticsFaculty of Humanities

• Main Courses :Bibliotherapy, yoga, social skills, FCE ( for the present!)

• Working and experience:Teacher of humane sciences in Primary and High School,

librarian at Primary School

HOBBIESReading Classic English literature;Watching English films;Bringing up children and animals;Developing ICT knowledge;Sailing;Practising yoga;Keeping on dreaming about trip around the

world (after my close retiring).

ENJOY eTWINNING!The eTwinning World

is a Fun, Fascinating and Exciting Place

To Be!

WHY DO WE NEED TO DO

eTWINNING PROJECTS?

THE WORLDis becoming smaller and smaller:

the English and Internet are International Tools

for the people over the worldto keep on learning and working.

THE RULES OF DOING PROJECT

both for Teacher and Pupils• Do have a lot of Time and Patience, have Fun and relax;• Take Practise and build Confidence („ I can do it”);• The project must become a part of your everyday life;• Don’t worry about making mistakes („No pain no gain”);• Show your appreciation, express your joy, surprise and say: „ You

are (I am) the best; Well done”.!

All in all:

DOING PROJECT SHOULD BE FUN AND USEFUL EXPERIENCE

LIBRARY eTWINNING PROJECT

„The Books Connecting the Children of Europe”FOR WHOM?FOR WHAT?

This project is really to bring children together and use literature as a starting point for plenty of activites both mental and physical;

The groups have used literature generally to: spread individual literacy and reading pleasure, build community and improve wellbeing.

IT’S HIGH TIME FOR

EXAMPLES OF OUR ACTIVITES

ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOPEnglish is realy fun with lots of

INTERESTING BOOKS!

Extending the World of English Words with dictionaries.

The excellent method: Guest (the expert), new materials, different activites:

drawing,singing, exchanging information; giving qestions and answers.

The English books are so interesting , aren’t they? Teacher and students next to each other.There’s no

barriers!

WRITING THE BOOK• Both characters and plot story were going to be invented week

after week;• The children’s feelings and dreams were being talked over;• The feelings were named (the first love, friendship, jealousy

genorosity, shyness ); • Psychology appeared as an important part of teenagers’

knowledge • Building Group self-esteem: „Each person is different yet the same at the same time”;• Developing foreign language skills.

EVALUATION The good book was created (both traditional and e-book). Plenty of discussions about human (teenagers) nature was done. Cooperation and agreement were built.

GALLERY: „The Pages from teenagers’ Diary”

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BOOK LIST & REVIEWSWritten• To share our opinions on fiction and authors,• To see other human points of view: it may be the same book,

but an opinion will depend on someone’s education, culture, life experiences and so on.

EVALUATION The lists of bestseller were exchanged and the common books were

pointed with joy and pleasure a specially „ Harry Potter” and „Twilight”. European tenagers seem to like reading the same kind of books

increasing their general knowledge and feeding their imagination.

The reviews have been written and read but no one discussed them since lack of time

DRAWING THE PICTURES

• For recomended books by Janusz Korczak;• For book „The Pages of Teenagers’ Diary”

written by ourselves;

EVALUATION Super workshops were running for over 60 pupils; Ilustrations for Korczak’s book were displayed as mini gallery and

Library’s Logo; Interesting and amusing pictures were painted by teenagers for

our book written by teenagers so we have got The Big Book created by young people themselves!

PAINTING WORKSHOP

By Piotr Sulik: Matt’s helplessness in the world of the power.

There are our illustration!

Charity Action for homless animals from the city kennels

First we contacted with the workers from the shelter,We gave publicity by: leaflets, posters, news for school’s and city’s

web - before, during and at the end.

EVALUATION The meetings were organized: The gifts were handed to workers, the Big

Thanks were said , the Hot Discussion was runnig on! The workers set on the greetings for our library to the local press; the whole

school and the local surroundings were involved in charity activites For one month almost 1 per 7 school children took part (also with their

families ) in the action carring the gifts and chating about their animals and those homless beings;

The awareness of the important rule : Let’ s take notice of our surroundings was fostered..

POSTER: Earth Is NOT ONLY for People

THE SCHOOL MEETING :THE SHELTER’S STAFF IN THE LIBRARY

SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR WORK IN OUR LIBRARY

Part of children’s gifts.Almost one hundred children’ve taken part in our

action!

PROMOTING HEALTH AND EXERCISES via

the book ‘Yoga’ by Vimla Lalvani& yoga workshopunder the banner of

‘Let’s be well- read and let’s keep well’

We aimed at:• pointing that Physical and Mental Health have the ability to affect each other,• showing that the good book may help people to cope with health and mental

problems: overeating, obesity, clumsiness, shyness, worry, stress,• Presenting Library as the good place for STRESS BUSTING and CALM AREA.

EVALUATION Gaining new knowledge: YOGA – AS A METHOD OF KEEPING FIT : ’Relax your mind and

body!’ Trying ourselves : ‘ WHAT can I do’, ‘ IF can I do it?’ and building our self-confidence ’We can

do it‘;

Only a half of pupils took part in our workshop . It’s meaningful! (I suppose the pupils were afraid of being made fun of).

YOGA’S WORKSHOP

VIMLA LALVANI:

JOGA

Buchmann, 2008.

„The World according to Matt”: the performance on video

(by J. Korczak’s book „King Matt the First”)

Some important steps:Adjusting and translating the script;Reading workshops ;Preparing performance and film on Video by camera (a lot of

rehearsal);EVALUATION DEVELOPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS; A LOT OF FUN, MORE AND MORE COLLABORATION AND SELF-

CONFIDENCE ; DISCUSSING ABOUT CHILDREN ‘ S RIGHTS ( refering to the book).

The first roles reading ( and over and over again)

Individual part of job

DISPLAY AND PROMOTION

Sections of wall, noticeboard were usedto stick:• Posters, certificates, displays, materials

(drawings, lists);• The articles were put to the press and

internet by myself and others (PAP);• I have been interviewed on the local radio and

as well with my students on PAP.

GALLERY - promotion

2010-06-14 00:53VI edycja konkursu "eTwinning" rozstrzygnięta / V I Edition „eTwinningW konkursie "eTwinning w szkolnej bibliotece 2010" pierwsze miejsce zajęła Szkoła Podstawowa nr 4 z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi im. Janusza Korczaka w Sochaczewie. W ramach projektu "The Books Connecting the Children of Europe" (pol. Książki, które łączą Dzieci Europy) uczniowie współpracowali z hiszpańską szkołą położoną niedaleko Salamanki. "W Polsce i Hiszpanii najbardziej popularne wśród uczniów okazały się takie książki jak +Harry Potter+ Rowling, +Zmierzch+ Meyer i oczywiście +Władca Pierścieni+ Tolkiena. Zależało nam na tym, by zainteresować uczniów +Królem Maciusiem I+ i trochę nam się to udało" - mówiła PAP nauczycielka-bibliotekarz Emilia Wyględowska z sochaczewskiej podstawówki. Jak dodała, w ramach projektu uczniowie przygotowywali m.in. filmy o sobie i swojej szkole, które następnie przedstawili na portalu You Tube, przedstawienie teatralne, rysunki i piosenki. "Udało nam się też zainteresować Hiszpanów jogą na podstawie książki Vilmy Lalvani" - mówiła nauczycielka. "Wysyłaliśmy bardzo dużo mejli, fotografie i tak poznałam Christinę, która - jak mama stwierdziła - jest do mnie bardzo podobna. Łączy nas bardzo wiele, obie lubimy malować i czytać książki. Dowiedziałam się, że w Hiszpanii dzieci uczą się o historii Polski, o II wojnie światowej, i Christina powiedziała, że chciałaby do Polski przyjechać i zobaczyć jak wygląda nasz kraj" - powiedziała Aneta Basiak, uczennica szóstej klasy z Sochaczewa

PAP- Nauka w Polsce (‘SCIENCE IN POLAND’)

The journalists appreciated our successful cooperation with Spanish school resulting in a big interest both in Korczak’s book and yoga practise for mental and physical health.

THE FINAL EVALUATION Relating to John Holt’s quote:

„Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners”.

I let myself take a risk saying:Learning is not only the product of teaching

but also ( probably above all) The product of the activity of learners.

CooperationsTeacher:Polish team – very well, Polish-Spanish team- satisfactory , some disciplines were different, not

sticking curriculum, For Spanish students the computers were not easily available during the

lessons.

Children: could do better: they (both sides) were too llittle independent with solving problems, for for Spanish students the computers were not easy available during the lessons.

eTwinng team: Helpdesk – excellent.

It’s essential (goal) for libraries’projects: have an opportunity to keep regular meetings in the Media

Centre!

THE VALUE OF ICT METHODS OF COMMUNICATION

THE USED:• E-MAIL• BLOG• WIKI• POWERPOINT• VIDEO Children’s e-skills were enough NOT USEDSKYPE, VIDEO CONFERENCE These required MORE advanced e-skills

WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?It’s worth to get involved in projects:Learning can be fun and exciting;Broadening our knowledge (a lot of new things from different subjects); Developing our relationships with: family, friends, colleagues and locality) Learning the basic skills of NVC ( Nonviolence Communication);Consciousness: Activities can help us to lead more fulfilled and satisfying

life; A sense of satisfaction and confidence ;Introducing eTwinning into our school as the new method of learning;Promoting eTwinning and its National competition;Promotion of our library, school, town, country.

What did I myself personally achive?• Developing my language and e-skills;• Obtaining The Yoga Certyficate and practising yoga; • Taking the roles: librarian as a counsellor, librarian as

a leader of the project;• Drawing attention to the librarians and library itself;• Improving my well-being;• Gaining the sense that my job becomes more

creative and rewarding.

The very last evaluation

The eTwinning project :• gives teachers opportunity to use modern

methods of teaching,• gets students to be resourceful and

responsible,• makes lessons less prescriptive and more

interesting.

Keep your eyes on the clouds’ but‘Keep your feet firmly on the ground’!

Thank you for your attention!

Made and performed by Emilia Wyględowska