Mosaic of Different Cultures: Cultural Exchange with eTwinning

The eTwinning project "Mosaic of Different Cultures: Cultural Exchange with eTwinning" is a comprehensive educational activity that aims to help students discover different cultures and understand the richness of cultural diversity. Thanks to this project, students will gain more in-depth knowledge about their own cultures while also getting to know the traditions, values and lifestyles of other countries.

Purpose

The aim is to develop students' respect and tolerance for different cultures, create a global perspective and increase their ability to interact with different cultures, and develop students' communication, cooperation and project management skills using the eTwinning platform.

Goals

The aim is to develop joint projects with students from different countries to engage in cultural exchange, to ensure the active participation of students by organizing cultural events in a virtual environment, to allow students to introduce their own cultures and represent them on an international platform, and to establish cooperation among teachers on cultural exchange and development.

Therefore;

Raising innovative and open generations,

Students are expected to exhibit behaviors of responsibility, sharing, cooperation, patriotism, compassion and sensitivity,

Students from different countries are expected to exchange information and use their foreign languages effectively,

Develop their creative thinking skills and learn to work as a team,

Get to know Web2.0 tools and use technology actively, and develop interdisciplinary development and application skills with information tools.

Expected Results

The expected results are that students will become more open-minded and tolerant towards cultural diversity, students will develop communication, cooperation and problem-solving skills, students will have a stronger sense of belonging to their own culture, international cooperation between schools will increase, and teachers will have enriched their pedagogical approaches.

As a result of the project, collective original products are expected to emerge. In this project, which we set out with this perspective, different activity examples, joint products and collaborative products will emerge from the students' perspective. Students will have the opportunity to develop their technological skills with the web2.0 tools they will use in their studies. As a result of the project, the original products produced by the students will be turned into an e-book.

Project Schedule: Students will realize the products specified in the project work schedule under the leadership of their guidance teachers. The founding partners will act in cooperation and work in accordance with the determined schedule.

Project Duration: November 2024-May 2025

Procedures to be carried out in November 2024;

Informing students about the project purpose and goals,

Obtaining signed parental permission forms,

Making the introduction news of the project on official and social platforms,

Including students in the project work process and giving them passwords,

Establishing a communication group of project partners and exchanging ideas about the process,

Providing information to students about other schools,

Determining project rules with the participation of teachers and students,

Preparing the project introduction video,

Organizing an online meeting with the participation of teachers and students,

Designing and voting on logo and posters

Procedures to be carried out in December 2024;

Preparing 2025 New Year celebration cards

Procedures to be carried out in January 2025;

Infographic

Procedures to be carried out in February 2025;

February 6th Safe Internet Day celebrations

Procedures to be carried out in March 2025;

Typographic designs with words describing your city

Procedures to be carried out in April 2025;

Preparing a talking avatar animation

Processes to be done in May 2025;

May 9 eTwinning Day themed board design

Common Product

a)eTwinning logo

b) Digital storybook

c)Calendar 2025

d) Acrostic poem

Collaborative Product

a) Word cloud

b)Poster painting

c) Digital map

Final Product

Creation of a common e-book on the subject of "Mosaic of Different Cultures: Cultural Exchange with eTwinning". Students will prepare text or visuals that reflect the history, food and cultural heritage of their own city and place them on the final slide page. The e-book will be shared online on the final product page on May 15, 2025.