B)
Second Phase: February 1998 to June 1998
(Planning
Trip)
Students
involved:
75 9th graders
+ 3 schools USA : Sycamore
School (rural area in Northern California); Lowell
School (San Francisco urban area); Phoenix ( Navajo reservation in Arizona)
Technology:
School:
- 3 computers
in teachers' room (slow dial-up connection)
- 7 computers
library/8 computers science room (no internet connection)
- 1 printer
Home:
- 1 computer
(slow dial-up connection)
- 1 printer
Note: Many students
already have computers but no internet connection
Process:
- teacher gives
assignment/plan in class after presenting target language
- some students
write letters on paper/some on Word and save it on floppy at home for a homework
mark
- teacher corrects
paper/floppies
- copies them
out at school/home on e-mail
- sends letters
to schools involved.
- receives letters
from USA
- prints them
out
- distributes
them to students who glue them in their copybooks in the correspondence journal.
Aims:
Practicing target
language /Discovering target country and people / preparing trip
Timeline:
- February/March
- Talking about summer holidays x winter holidays and activities
- March/ April
- Describing/Comparing towns/cities - asking for information
- May/June - Describing/Comparing
countries - asking for information
Evaluation:
letters
marked according to criteria given, feedback from participating teachers ,
feedback from students
Funds
or sponsoring:
none