This document outlines the agenda and tasks from a 4-day work meeting in France for the Comenius project "Let stones speak: rocking around our European heritage". It discusses compiling the final report, defining outcomes and results, partnership activities, and delegating tasks to complete the project wiki by July 30th, such as each partner contributing geological sites, educational materials, and documentation of partnership activities.

1. Le Luc, Var, France
4° work meeting
13 - 17 April 2015
Comenius «Let stones
speak: rocking around our
European heritage»

2. The agenda
 Apologies from the coordinator and
delegation of role to Marcel
 The Final Report
 Tasks to complete before 30/07/2015 and
delegation of tasks among partners.
 Rapid SWOT analysis

3. A very warm hello from Italy
 Sorry I can’t be with
you! (Old bones take
a long time to
mend!!)
 Marcel will take
over…. very
competently !
 Thanks also to Elisa
for substituting me!
 Have a wonderful
week together!!

4. Compilation of Final Report
 Our National Agencies won’t upload the Final
Report until June. However, we should
consider now what we have to write.
 After watching the explanation of parts that
we have to submit, could you please send
me a list of the OUTCOMES (RESULTS &
PRODUCTS) from each country?
 Please discuss the interpretation of terms:
results, products, activities, etc.

6. Section E.2 OUTCOMES - RESULTS
OUTCOMES = RESULTS + PRODUCTS
RESULTS = EVENTS = seminars,
workshops, local events,
laboratories
All four work meetings are events
 e.g. of a seminar
Lithuanian geologist Simonas
Saarmann Ph.D from the Dept. of
Geology & Mineralogy,Vilnius
University presented a series of
interactive lectures entitled
«Principles of Geology», «Shaping
the Earth» and «Geotourism» to all
participating partners.
 e.g. of a workshop
The Polish school orgainised a
hands-on workshop for all
participating countries entitled
«In search of agates». It
involved a geological guided
walk, the search for agates and
the subsequent cutting and
polishing of the stones.
 e.g. of a local event
The Italian school organised an
excursion in loco to the
magnetite mines of Cogne.

7. Section E.2 OUTCOMES-PRODUCTS
 PRODUCTS =
publications, websites, blogs,
forums, magazine, logos,
hand made products,
assignments, papers, etc.
produced together with
other partners or by an
individual school.
 EXAMPLES =
The Wikispace
The logo
Didactic tools (work
sheets, Powerpoint
presentations, films,
lesson plans)
Questionnaires
Wikiloc maps

8. Section F2:
PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES: DEFINITION
 This means a description of all activities carried
out locally and abroad to reach the results that
we outlined in E.2 (outcomes)
 e.g. What kind of preparatory activity was
organised with staff and students in order to
create a website, a magazine, a questionnaire,
an exhibition, etc.?
 What didactic activities were organised during
the project meetings?
 Tutoring of pupils by teachers from other
countries
 Collaboration between teachers and pupils
from different countries

10. Section F.2
PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES: EXAMPLES
 The Lithuanian school established a collaboration with the University
of Vilnius, whose member of staff, Dr. Saarmann, acted as
geological expert and advisor throughout the project. He prepared
didactic material and hands-on activities which can be re-used in
any teaching environment
 The Polish school made contact with an organiser and promoter of
geotourism, whose farm holidays include the searching for, cutting
and polishing of agates. The process was recorded by pupils so
they can explain it to peers.
 The Italian school (as well as most partners) organised an excursion
to a nearby mine, learned about methods of extraction,
interviewed a miner whose story showed what mining was like in
the past and researched the necessary facts
(accommodation/transport) in order to illustrate an itinerary of
economic geotourism in the area.

11. European Shared Treasure: EST
 New Result
Lithuania: A collection of idioms
referring to stones, rocks and
minerals.
Slovakia: didactic material and
lesson plans
Spain: An environmental camp in
Tremp.
A theatrical performance in
Catalan (subtitled in English) on
the founding of their town,
Igualada.
France: Didactic dvds «On the
roots of mountains», «Landcapes
of central Var»
 New Joint Result
The Wikispace
The logo
The Wikiloc trails
Rock & mineral collections
I.D card of rocks sampled
Geotourism guides
Earthcache lessons

12. Geotourism guides & Earthcache lessons
 Geotourism
guides/itineraries.
Italy will be responsible for these,
as I think they will be an excellent
outcome/product. There will be
at least one for each country. The
guide (PDF ) will contain a link to
the Wikiloc map, with indications
of cheap accommodation and
transport to the site, a didactic
description of rocks/minerals
found there with (preferably) a
work sheet that a geotourist could
complete. However, I need you
to complete the parts of the
Wikispace so I have all the
information.
 Earthcache lessons
Another excellent outcome!!
Italy has already submitted an
Earthcache lesson to the
Geological Society of America,
but hasn’t had a reply yet. If
another country wishes to do
so, there are guidelines in
many languages.

13. TASKS TO COMPLETE BEFORE 31/07/2015 and
delegation of tasks among partners
 Although the deadline is
September, I think it’s best
to submit our Final Reports
earlier, so that we can
remember everything we
did.
 Every partner has to look at
the Wikispace, at the drop-
down menu, and fill in the
parts that are missing. For
example, the page
dedicated to «geological
heritage» is incomplete.
Every school must add 2
rocks and 2 minerals, with a
brief description.
 I would like to ask each of
you to be responsible for
the completion of one or
two sections of the
Wikispace. I hope you
agree.
 It’s not necessary that
each partner contributes
to every section of the
project Wikispace, but it is
recommended that as
many activities and
outcomes as possible are
completed.

14. Silviya
Thanks for all your
contributions…. the
idioms, your pupils’ film
of Iceland and the
video lesson of senoir
students teaching the
younger ones, «A
geography lesson».
https://letstonesspeak.
wikispaces.com/Video
Fantastic!!!
 Requests
 Could you please move the
video from «Movies» to
«Teaching aspiring geologists»?
 Could you also upload the
Powerpoint that your students
showed? And any work sheets
or teaching aids they used with
the younger pupils?
 Could you encourage some
other partners to plan and film
a similar lesson with another
class in their school or a school
nearby as a peer –teaching/
peer-learning experiment?

15. Violetta
 Thanks for your
great contributions
to «Stones in
cultural heritage»
and above all your
tracks and
descriptions on
«Geotourism and
Wikiloc»
 Requests
Could you please make sure
that every partner uploads at
least one track with a
description of its geological
value, some information
about cheap accomodation
near and transport to the site,
including prices?
Partners who have already
uploaded trails, please check
that you have included
transport & accommodation
details and prices.

16. Eva
 Thanks for
everything you do
to make the
project work!
 Could you please ask
our partners to choose a
man-made, historically
important building,
which is near to a
geological site
(previously registered on
Wikiloc), and upload an
image and a
description about it?
 https://letstonesspeak.wi
kispaces.com/Man-
made+stone+constructi
ons

17. Ulfur
 Thanks for the
greatest project
meeting
experience!
 Your country, albeit
a bit cool, is a
treasure chest of
natural, awe-
inspiring wonders!!
 Request
 Given that your
students are talented
and inventive, could
you please ask them to
update the section «A
day in the life of…..» by
asking all the pupils
present at the meeting
in France to pass on
their material to
upload to our project
Wikispace.

18. Jan
Together with Sylvija, Jan
has read the application
form and follows the rules.
He has contributed to
every section!
Thanks a million for all the
didactic material that you
have uploaded. I hope
partners are taking
advantage of its usefulness
in class.
https://letstonesspeak.wikis
paces.com/Didactic+tools
 Could you please encourage
partners to organise an excursion
to a local mine and upload their
findings? If they have trouble with
Wikiloc, can you give them a
hand?
 I think we need to have more
examples of «monitoring». Pupils
should do your aptitude test
«Geology, ICT and Culture quiz»
again so we can compare results
with their initial attempts.
 It’s necesary to have some
feedback from colleagues and
parents regarding their opinion of
the impact of Comenius. I’ll
prepare a «survey monkey» but it
has to be translated into the
local language.

19. Marcel
 Thanks for the
language portfolio
(excellent!!), the
theatrical
performance
«Aqualata’s
Legend» and your
Catalan
determination!
 Could you please
ensure that all
partners complete
the page on
«geological
heritage» with a
description of 2
rocks and 2
minerals?

20. Extra homework
 Could each school
that has hosted a
project meeting
(Lithuania, Poland,
Iceland & France)
please upload their
itinerary or a brief
description of what
we saw and did to
the work meeting
section?
 Did any school
publish an article
about the project
meeting in Iceland?
If so, please upload it
to «Work meetings»
 Please add your
contributions to as
many sections of the
Wikispace as
possible.

21. Extra tasks
 Encourage all pupils to take
Jan’s online aptitude test
«Geology, ICT and culture
quiz»
https://testmoz.com/199968?
logout=1#student
 Translate the Survey Monkey
questionnaire into your local
language and ask
colleagues and parents to
answer questions, using the
link on our Wikispace
 Is any school
planning to
organise a
Comenius /
Erasmus+ day?
Highly
recommended for
dissemination of
the project.

22. Thanks …..
 for your continued collaboration
 for your hard work
 for your imaginative contributions