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media type="custom" key="5747149" width="173" height="133" What happens if children revisit their hometown or region wearing modern art glass es? Experimenting new ways of viewing our places, assuming different “point of views” and sharing our findings with partners through the use of technology, may lead to intercultural awareness ?The aim of this project consists mainly in building a positive attitude in children towards modern art as a means of self-expression, as a tool for interpreting the world around us and as a way of getting to know each other.  COMUNICATION LANGUAGE English  WHAT IS THE AGE RANGE OF THE PUPILS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT? from 9 to 11  SUBJECTS AREA Art, ICT, Foreign languages, Geography  TOOLS  Video conference through Skype, e-mail, webpublishing, other software (power point, pictures, drawing software

AIMS The main aim of this project is to create an environment of shared meanings through the use of web tools where children can:

 - <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">start to understand modern ar t  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">- improve ICT skill s  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">recognize multiple viewpoints to explore the world around u s - improve their foreign language communication skills

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">WORK PROCESS <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> - Children will interact through Skype so they will prepare a //short speech and a short text// in English introducing themselves to their peers, selecting the information that are relevant to them. Tools: Skype video conference,email, wiki <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Children will prepare a //short ppt// ( titles of the slides in English) to be posted in the project wiki, containing pictures of some landmarks of their town or region. - <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Children will collect information about a modern art painter and, in order to evidence understanding, they will // paint a picture // of a view of their town or region according to the artist’s style. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">- <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Children will choose a picture of their partner’s town and elaborate it according to a “modern art style”. Alternatively, they can choose to modify it with the use of technology (Paint, Photoshop etc). Some of the products will be posted on the wiki, some of them will be shared during the //skype videochat//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">EXPECTED RESULTS

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- We expect that the children will become aware that, looking at the same issue from different perspectives, they can enrich their own experience of the world, realizing that similarities and differences are both important. Finally the children will learn how the internet can be an effective way to interact with others creating shared meanings.