Report Comenius meeting Gent 8-14 February 2006
1 2006
1.1 Evaluation movies
1.1.1 Troisdorf
There was a difference in sound quality
solution: connect extra micro
It is good that children could hear the mothertongue
Because of the number of pupils a choice is made to film only some families
1.1.2 Cento
because of the number of pupils there was a chance to end up with a boaring video
The children didn't know each other at the beginning of the roject
The last years comenius kids were involved in presenting the school
letter for Finland
Also problems with the sound quality
1.1.3 Gent
There were technical problems to open the different discs
It took quit some time to make the films
editing takes time
A textbook was sent with
1.1.4 Turku
opening the videos gave some difficulties
Please send info how the disc has been burned
Now we know how to handle the camera
1.2 Puppets
1.2.1 The making off
Troisdorf
Documentation will follow
It took a lot of time to make the puppets
Few children?
It was a long work for little children
Cento will ask for the names of the puppets in an E mail
Children worked out the body but clothes made by ...
Family members:
father & Mother, 2 boys & a girl
Cento
Children couldn't displace themselves in the storys of the other countrys
We made up a questionary to gather the info
Each child made his own puppet
We used 500 euro to pay an expert to make the puppets
Family members
Father, mother, boy & girl
Gent
Erics Family
Mother,father, grandfather, a boy & 3 girls
Turku
Kevins family
Mother,father,boy, girl, hamster
The puppets were based on a drawing
Also some atributes were made
We wrote a description of every member
1.2.2 exchange
Finland creates a puppetfamily for Belgium with information from Germany
Belgium creates a puppetfamily for Germany with information from Italy
Germany creates a puppetfamily for Italy with information from Finland
Italy creates a puppetfamily for Finland with information from Belgium
All puppets were exchanged in Evelines class
We took pictures of all puppet families
1.2.3 report website
A picture to present all families
A written presentaton of all families
Report + pictures to documentate the making off.
All text in word please!
1.3 Homeculture
Finland describes a day in the life for the puppetfamily inGermany with information from Belgium
Belgium describes a day in the life for the puppetfamily in Italy with information from Germany
Germany describes a day in the life for the puppetfamily in Finland with information from Italy
Italy describes a day in the life for the puppetfamily in Belgium with information from Finland
1.3.1 Task:make a story?
The children have the task to write a story," a weekend at the home of..."
Therefore they need some information
1.3.2 Wich info do we need
Make an empty mindmap with questions for info
collecting/clustering
info daily life
games
relaxatie
celebration
timing
meals
music
tv
solving problems
pocketmoney
...
send
Finland sends empty mindmap to Belgium
Belgium sends empty mindmap to Germany
Germany sends empty mindmap to Italy
Italy sends empty mindmap to Finland
before 3 march
to Eveline before 23 feb
1.3.3 collecting info
Collect the info about the home culture and fill in the mind map
send back info
Before the 17th march
Troisdorf to Gent before the 10th march
1.3.4 make a story
You receive the info
Write the story without dialogues
The story tells a weekend at the family
send
Finland sends the story to Germany
Belgium sends the story to Italy
Germany sends the story to Finland
Italy sends the story to Belgium
before 10th April
1.3.5 play/film
= 26 may 2006This is the first episode of the soap!
aprox.5 minutes
Only the puppets who are speaking move!
Start the film with an introduction of the family
You get the script without dialogues from another partner
The weekend ends with saying goodbye
why?
kids decide
reason for a big tour
who?
argue and...
luggage
translation:choise
text like in a silent movies
subtitles
...
send to?
disk to all partners
The land where puppets are going to:travelling puppets + disk
1.4 website
1.4.1 content
a weekend at...
film of every country
1.5 evaluation 2005/06
joint evaluation report (like we did in Cento)
questions will be disseminated to all partners
answer and send back
period:may?
editing by Didier
June
2 2006.07
2.1 soap
2.1.1 second episode
= 3 November 2006something is missing
2.1.2 thirth episode
= 30 January 2007seasons greeting new year christmas
2.1.3 forth episode
= 1 April 2007party
2.1.4 fifth episode
= 11 may 2007homecoming
2.1.5 souvenir
travellers get them everywhere and take them in their suetcase
travellers collect souvenirs
scale
2.1.6 technical
For each episode, 5 discs are made
Send to all partners but don't show the kids
Show only the previous episode of the visitors coming
Send 2 discs to Gent as a back up!
For each episode we use a new disc
Give info about how the disc was burned (program)
Security:back ups!!!!!
Set up a workpath so we can exchange ideas in Cento
2.1.7 exchange
Each time the puppets are send forward to the next country
We send a letter or a postcard home
2.1.8 website
a picture of the visiting puppets with the children in the class?
We talk about this in Cento
2.2 visit Cento
2.2.1 3 November - 9 November
2.2.2 start in Rome - ends in Bologna
2.2.3 content:
workpath for the editing
exchanging experiances about editing
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2.3 Visit Gent
2.3.1 11 may - 15 may
2.3.2 content
(1) evaluation 2006-2007
(2) viewing all soaps?
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Report Comeniusmeeting Gent 8-14 february 2006