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EXCHANGE |
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Part
of the Giangukai project involves the creation
of an electronic environment (ie, a website). This
is conceived as an environment for significant learning
and will allow the teachers to co-ordinate the intercultural
exchange, which will involve classes working and
sharing co-operatively whilst located in different
countries.
This type of communication favours knowledge exchange,
firstly organised in a one-to-one bilateral relation
and secondly, through a many-to-many multi-lateral
network exchange. |
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Model
of exchange between all countries |
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During
the latter online communication phase, exchange
will take place not only between the two twinned
schools, but also with all the other participants
in the Giangukai project. This should favour
a full exchange and stimulate individual exchanges
and also reflections on other children’s work. This
initial interaction will be mainly teacher-led (teachers
prepare materials that pupils will use and then
put online) but, once the path is tried out, pupil-only
communication exchanges (such as online chat-rooms)
may also be possible.
In order to understand more clearly how the online
communication will be organised, and the roles of
schools and teachers, it is useful to give an example
of what a teacher may typically have to do. |
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