Award for Call Me Maybe

Our 2015-2016 project, Call Me Maybe has been considered the Best Project of 2016 in Ukraine, one of the participating countries.

 

European eTwinning Quality Label for Call Me Maybe

Quality Label for our eTwinning project

Our eTwinning project this year, Call Me Maybe, has been awarded the Quality Label in all our four countries, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Spain.

Students' certificate for our project

This is the summary of the project:

Our students using different methods will enquire about the usage/importance of their mobile phones (frequency, applications, texting, phone calls, etc.) and constant feedback will be received from the partner schools.

• Subjects: Cross Curricular, European Studies, Foreign Languages, Informatics / ICT, Media Education
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 12 - 16
• Tools to be used: Chat, e-mail, Forum, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Project Diary, Twinspace, Web publishing
• Aims:
  The final aim is to create a newspaper and/or online blog where students can publish all their articles about mobile phones trying to get a critical perspective of their importance and usefulness for European teenagers.
• Work process:
  The students from our schools will decide on the aspects to be dealt with and then they will try to enrich the monthly topics created with their descriptions, charts, photos, sms language, etc. They will make at least one survey about phones that can help to answer various questions from what are the favorable means of communication with friends and parents to what appliccations they prefer in their mobile phones. Students will collect data using different methods: questionnaires, interviews, group work. Communication will take place either using the Twinspace (forums, chatroom) or using social networks. If this last option is chosen, a common hashtag will have to be used.
• Expected results:
  An increase of cooperative skills and competence. Better ICT competence. An improvement of our students communicative competence in English. A critical view of our use of technologies.

Today's eTwinning chat sessions

This is an invitation to all the students in the eTwinning project to participate in today's final chat session. Even though it will take place outside school time, we hope it will be interesting. This is the link to the Twinspace chatroom.

The times for the different groups are as follows:

• Group1- 19,00 (20,00 Ukraine-Lithuania)
• Group2- 19,30 (20,30 Ukraine-Lithuania)
• Group3- 20,00 (21,00 Ukraine-Lithuania)
• Group4- 20,30 (21,30 Ukraine-Lithuania)

Today's eTwinning class

This is our last eTwinning class this year.

I want you to finish the tasks in your group and check all the work has been done. Last minute for modifications and changes.

So:

• Check the work in your group and see that everything has been done. You can write something in the blog page that corresponds to your group.
• Group 3 students. Last week the link to the Voki did not arrive. Please send it to your teacher again, or paste it at the blog and Twinspace.
• Fill in the survey with the final assessment of the project: this is the link.
• Write your opinion about the project: try to show what you liked and didn't like and your ideas for a project next year. Write it here, at the Forum opened for this final comments.

eTwinning activities for today's class

GROUP 1: SMS language

• (led by Barbara N'Sir/Spanish students Carla Fernández, Sandra Núñez/Xacob Yáñez)
• Message from Barbara: Thank you for the work on the sms-language task. Now I’d like to summarize our job in an unusual way and to create some visual materials using some free internet applications like Popplet or Text2Mind Map.
• You or your teachers can use a very simple application Text2MindMap https://www.text2mindmap.com/ - it doesn’t require registration – it’s very easy to use, you have to only copy the words, paste them into the window on the left and click: Draw mind map.
• The second tool I’d like you will try is the Popplet: http://popplet.com/ - it requires registration and 5 popplets are free. It’s a very simple tool. I’ll send you the link to the instruction in English: https://youtu.be/CxLDsWHsQ1g
• You can see examples on a Page (SMS language ) and subpages (Gathering information- Popplet and Text2MindMap).
• When you finish your avatar, send the link to your teacher (anaariascastro@gmail.com) so that she can upload it at the Twinspace. You can also upload it at the blog.

GROUP 2: Survey on mobile phones

• (led by Ana Arias/Spanish students Francisco Martínez/Javier Pajón)
• Check the data in the form and then complete the presentation with graphs and comments about the information given. Try one graph per slide and one comment summarizing the results. They can be global (including people from all four countries), specific to a country, comparing the same aspect in all four countries, or comparing teachers to students.
• Summary of data
• Data in the spreadsheet

GROUP 3 : History of Mobile phones

• (led by Neringa Lemeziene/Spanish students Josefina Feito/Jennifer Vázquez)
• Message from Neringa: I appreciate your work on the slides about the history of mobile phones. Some of you have also shared some information and a photo of your first mobile phone. 
• Now, a new challenge is waiting for you. Why don't we create avatars? Go to www.voki.com and create a speaking creature which will say everything you write about your first mobile phone. When you do this, send the address of your avatar to your teacher. 
• Here is my avatar. Have a look and you will understand what I mean.  http://www.voki.com/site/pickup?scid=12646038&width=575&height=323&chsm=38ff2517dbc3a782b88b8b215c1efdcb 
• Then you should place the link at the Twinspace and at the blog: http://futurephonesetwinning.blogspot.com.es/

GROUP 4: Phones of the future

• (led by Halyna Mohylyak/Spanish students Antía Cabanas/Daniel Rodríguez/Lucía Villar)
• Teacher Halyna said she would like to start a blog for the project. Why don't you start it and then make her administrator of the blog? Be creative and start a good blog where we might upload all our materials and results.
• Lucía, make Antía and Daniel administrators of the blog and then improve it, make changes and give information about whatever you think is relevant.
• Send an invitation to be authors to all the other students in the project.

Today's eTwinning activity

1. At 13:45 go to the chatroom and communicate with the students from LIthuania, Ukraine and  Poland.  Speak about the project, what you have done, what you liked, what you didn't like, etc.
2. Use your eTwinning user and password.

TODAY'S ETWINNING ACTIVITY

1. CHATROOM

1. At 13:45 go to the chatroom and communicate with the students from Ukraine and, maybe, Poland. The Lithuanian students cannot participate today. Speak about the project, what you have done, what you liked, what you didn't like, etc.
2. Use your eTwinning user and password.
2. AFTERNOON CLASS
1. Let's take some photos with Reid
2. let's continue with our eTwinning activities as last week:

GROUP 1: SMS Language

• (led by Barbara N'Sir/Spanish students Carla Fernández, Sandra Núñez/Xacob Yáñez)
• Message from Barbara: Thank you for the work on the sms-language task. Now I’d like to summarize our job in an unusual way and to create some visual materials using some free internet applications like Popplet or Text2Mind Map.
• You or your teachers can use a very simple application Text2MindMap https://www.text2mindmap.com/ - it doesn’t require registration – it’s very easy to use, you have to only copy the words, paste them into the window on the left and click: Draw mind map.
• The second tool I’d like you will try is the Popplet: http://popplet.com/ - it requires registration and 5 popplets are free. It’s a very simple tool. I’ll send you the link to the instruction in English: https://youtu.be/CxLDsWHsQ1g
• You can see examples on a Page (SMS language ) and subpages (Gathering information- Popplet and Text2MindMap).

GROUP 2: Survey on mobile phones

• (led by Ana Arias/Spanish students Francisco Martínez/Javier Pajón)
• Check the data in the form and then complete the presentation with graphs and comments about the information given. Try one graph per slide and one comment summarizing the results. They can be global (including people from all four countries), specific to a country, comparing the same aspect in all four countries, or comparing teachers to students.
• Summary of data
• Data in the spreadsheet

GROUP 3 : History of Mobile phones

• (led by Neringa Lemeziene/Spanish students Josefina Feito/Jennifer Vázquez)
• Message from Neringa: I appreciate your work on the slides about the history of mobile phones. Some of you have also shared some information and a photo of your first mobile phone. 
• Now, a new challenge is waiting for you. Why don't we create avatars? Go to www.voki.com and create a speaking creature which will say everything you write about your first mobile phone. When you do this, send the address of your avatar to your teacher. 
• Here is my avatar. Have a look and you will understand what I mean.  http://www.voki.com/site/pickup?scid=12646038&width=575&height=323&chsm=38ff2517dbc3a782b88b8b215c1efdcb 

GROUP 4: Phones of the future

• (led by Halyna Mohylyak/Spanish students Antía Cabanas/Daniel Rodríguez/Lucía Villar)
• Teacher Halyna said she would like to start a blog for the project. Why don't you start it and then make her administrator of the blog? Be creative and start a good blog where we might upload all our materials and results.
• Lucía, make Antía and Daniel administrators of the blog and then improve it, make changes and give information about whatever you think is relevant.

eTwinning tasks

GROUP 1: SMS Language

• (led by Barbara N'Sir/Spanish students Carla Fernández, Sandra Núñez/Xacob Yáñez)

Message from Barbara: Thank you for the work on the sms-language task. Now I’d like to summarize our job in an unusual way and to create some visual materials using some free internet applications like Popplet or Text2Mind Map.

• You or your teachers can use a very simple application Text2MindMap https://www.text2mindmap.com/ - it doesn’t require registration – it’s very easy to use, you have to only copy the words, paste them into the window on the left and click: Draw mind map.

• The second tool I’d like you will try is the Popplet: http://popplet.com/ - it requires registration and 5 popplets are free. It’s a very simple tool. I’ll send you the link to the instruction in English: https://youtu.be/CxLDsWHsQ1g

• You can see examples on a Page (SMS language ) and subpages (Gathering information- Popplet and Text2MindMap).

GROUP 2: Survey on mobile phones

• (led by Ana Arias/Spanish students Francisco Martínez/Javier Pajón)

• Check the data in the form and then complete the presentation with graphs and comments about the information given. Try one graph per slide and one comment summarizing the results. They can be global (including people from all four countries), specific to a country, comparing the same aspect in all four countries, or comparing teachers to students.
• Summary of data
• Data in the spreadsheet
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GROUP 3 : History of Mobile phones

• (led by Neringa Lemeziene/Spanish students Josefina Feito/Jennifer Vázquez)
• Message from Neringa: I appreciate your work on the slides about the history of mobile phones. Some of you have also shared some information and a photo of your first mobile phone. 
• Now, a new challenge is waiting for you. Why don't we create avatars? Go to www.voki.com and create a speaking creature which will say everything you write about your first mobile phone. When you do this, send the address of your avatar to your teacher. 
• Here is my avatar. Have a look and you will understand what I mean.  http://www.voki.com/site/pickup?scid=12646038&width=575&height=323&chsm=38ff2517dbc3a782b88b8b215c1efdcb 

GROUP 4: Phones of the future

• (led by Halyna Mohylyak/Spanish students Antía Cabanas/Daniel Rodríguez/Lucía Villar)
• Teacher Halyna said she would like to start a blog for the project. Why don't you start it and then make her administrator of the blog? Be creative and start a good blog where we might upload all our materials and results.

eTwinning questionnaire about mobile phone use

This is the questionnaire for our survey within Group 2's activities in our project:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i9I-Bsn-uVlgraDY2ijG0pPmNXhRoKRMPvIIMT8JbHA/viewform

eTwinning activity

GROUP 1 - SMS language

• (led by Barbara N'Sir/Spanish students Carla Fernández, Sandra Núñez/Xacob Yáñez)
• TODAY'S TASK: Go to the Google Drive document and complete the translations of SMS language into Spanish
• Then you might write another message in the forum and tell your group about the activity: what you have done, if you liked it, any other comments, etc.

GROUP 2 - Survey about mobile phones

• (led by Ana Arias/Spanish students Francisco Martínez/Javier Pajón)
• TODAY'S TASK: Go to the Google Drive form and complete the questions for the survey. Check all the questions in the forum and document are included.
• Then you might write another message in the forum telling your group partners about the activity, what you have done, if you liked it, any other comments, etc.

GROUP 3 - History of mobile phones

• (led by Neringa Lemeziene/Spanish students Josefina Feito/Jennifer Vázquez)
• TODAY'S TASK: Go to the Google Drive presentation and try to finish your work. Remember to describe and DRAW your first mobile phone using some computer tools as Neringa has asked you to do. 
• Then you might write another message in the forum telling your group partners about the activity, what you have done, if you liked it, any other comments, etc.

GROUP 4 - Phones of the future

• (led by Halyna Mohylyak/Spanish students Antía Cabanas/Daniel Rodríguez/Lucía Villar)
• TODAY'S TASK: Go to the presentation and add more information if possible. If you see any mistakes, please correct them if they are typos; if they are more serious, write your comments in the forum, so that the authors can correct them.
• The coordinator, teacher Halyna Mohylyak has said thanks to you for your work, so now write back telling her  and the other student members about the project. So go to the forum to do so.

Today's eTwinning activity

Hi everyone in 3rd and 4th year. These are our activities for today:

ACTIVITY 1
Go to your group and communicate. Introduce yourself and write something about the activity in the group.

• group 1: Sandra, Xacob and Carla (from Spain)
• group 2: Francisco & Javier (from Spain)
• group 3: Alba, Josefina & Jennifer (from Spain)
• group 4: Antía, Daniel & Lucía (from spain)

ACTIVITY 2
Revise your presentation to see that you know how to say everything. Ask Reid if you don't know how to pronounce something.

Pictures for the eTwinning logo competition

You are just on time to submit your pictures for our eTwinning logo competition: These are the pictures uploaded so far:

eTwinning task

One of the first tasks for our eTwinning project this year is to design an image that illustrates our project, Call Me Maybe.

You can use any technique you like: a picture, a compostion, a digital edition application, a drawing or painting with any tecnique or a mixture of those above.

The deadline will be next week, so hurry up and send us something good and original as all the members in the project will vote for their favorite one.

eTwinning activity

Today we are going to:

• watch the videos, texts and pictures in the Padlet section. There is a link in the INTRODUCTION page.
• watch some of the videos not still in the Padlet, which are in the video section.
• write down our comments in the eTwinning Forum.
• you can go to the MEMBERS section, click on a name and leave personal messages to the other members in our project.

eTwinning projects: past and present

2014-2015: Let's Cook Together

• project-Twinspace
• blog

2015-2016: Call Me Maybe

• project-Twinspace (use your keys)

Call Me Maybe - new eTwinning project

This is our latest eTwinning project. It has just been approved and we are going to start work in a few days.