IEARN LOCAL HISTORY IEARN LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT –PROJECT –

EXPERIENCE OF EXPERIENCE OF CROSS-CULTURALCROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION

RIMMA 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

Fund Raising for Sierra Leone

Live with students in Namasia

Teach Social Studies in Canada