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Web 2.0 in History and Civic Education:
An experience with wikis through the eTwinning Platform
By María Jesús Campos
Developed by:IES Parque de Lisboa (Madrid, Spain) English-Bilingual
Section, 14-15 years old students
National School for Plastic Art and Design (Kazanlak, Bulgaria), 14-16 years old students
Where did the idea of this project come from?Bilingual students need:
1. To share knowledge2. To practise English3. To work collaboratively, reach agreements
and produce materials with students from a different country and culture
Why eTwinning?It encourages the establishment of school
partnerships between European countries on the Internet
It offers a safe environment, easy access and management for students and teachers
It provides constant support and supervision through National Services
The project:European Cities: Past and Present
Objectives:1. To communicate, collaborate and reach
agreements with students in other European countries
2. To practice English3. To develop the students’ technological skills4. To learn about the history of European cities5. To contemplate their role as European citizens
Methodology:
Students play the leading role in the learning processTeachers act as mediators and facilitators Students and teachers communicate through the
eTwinning PlatformThey create and load materials on a wiki site
(europeancitiespastandpresent.wikispaces.com)
Tools:Web 2.0 tools: wiki, blog, xtranormal, CmapTools,
google.maps, etc.More traditional tools: PowerPoint, Moviemaker, etc.
Built onThe eTwinning Platform The European Cities –
Past and Present Wiki http://europeancitiespastandpresent.wikispaces.com
The eTwinning Platform1. Safe working space, only accessed by
authorized users
2. Divided in five areas: homepage, project activities, staff room, pupils corner and chat
HomepageGeneral informationCalendarBlogMembers
Staff roomOnly accessible to
teachers
On this area, educators reach agreements, communicate, solve problems, etc.
Students’ cornerAccessible to students and teachers On this area, pupils reach agreements, communicate,
solve problems, share concerns, etc.
Project activitiesThe area where
activities are developed
The WikiEuropean Cities: Past and Present
AdvantagesIt has more design optionsIt is the students’ work showcase on the InternetA wiki stores easy available contents to be used for
teaching or other purposesIt is easy to access and manageIt promotes the type of intelectual collaboration that
web 2.0. was meant to encourage
Focused on:Madrid (Spain) and Kazanlak (Bulgaria), the cities
which the students live inResearch on the cities’ history, main buildings, main
sites, sport centres, museums, festivals, etc.Develop language skills (English, Spanish and
Bulgarian)
Students have:ResearchedSet up web pages, videos, audios and presentationsReached agreements through the “discussion”
feature on the wikiTranslated their peers’ work into their own languages
ResultsAlthough the project is not yet finished , the students
have:1. Learnt about European cities2. Enjoyed meeting students from a different
country3. Realized that, despite cultural and linguistic
differences, what unites us is greater than what separates us.