1) The document outlines tasks for students in Barcelona, Spain to complete a blog about Barcelona and exchange information with students in Canada and the Netherlands. 2) Students are asked to explore aspects of culture like landmarks, food, music and share them on the blog along with videos and pictures of the city. 3) The final products will include content about landmarks, a recipe, and festivals in Barcelona to share with the partner schools.

1. BARCELONACONNECTIONS 1)Barcelonaguide 2) Let’s know The Netherlands 3) Let’s know Canada

2. Partners 1)Canada : Millerton Elementary /Junior High School in Millerton 2)Holland: Canisius Highshool 3)Spain: IES Barcelona Congrès

3. BARCELONAGUIDE TASKS AND FINAL PRODUCTS A )General Idea Explore aspect of our own culture and of the culture of the students we are working with, (Holland and Canada). Work on aspects such as landmarks , festivities, traditions, gastronomy and music.and famous personalities and create an e-guide.

4. 1) Tasks Barcelonaconnections blog Task1 : Short Video Presentation Write a short introduction about yourself Task 2 Interviewing tourists in Barcelona City center Prepare 15 questions you could ask tourists and film the interview. Task3: Look for a good videoclip about Barcelona and embed it on the blog Task4 : Landmarks Choose landmarks and write about them, include pictures. You can also use windows movie maker- voicethread presentation about Barcelona . Task 5: Barcelona nightlife , Restaurants and Entertainment Recommend a restaurant, pub, bar or disco. Upload a picture and write a short comment where you state why you like this Task 6: Choose a recipe , upload a picture and write the instuctions so that our collegues will be able to cook it Task 7: Accomodation Present some hotels where tourists could possibly go. Task about Barcelona to see how much you know.

5. Task 8: Famous personalities Choose a famous person related to the city and make a presentation. Task 10: Typical Catalan You should present things which are typical for Catalonia Sardana,Pa amb Tomaquet,Gegants Correfocs,Castellers,Sant JordiCatalan Flag,Barça,Els segadors,El cant dels ocells,Cagatió,Lamona,ElCaganer Tasks11Present some of our festivities,such as la castanyada, Sant Joan,San Jordi, All Saint's day, Christmas and the Three wise King, Task 13 Catalan Music Bands. Present some comtemporary music band or singer Task 14 Multiple-choice test for our colleagues from Canada and Holland .You will have to prepare 5o multiple-choice questions about the content of this blog and send them to our colleagues. Task 15 Do the multiple-choice test about Barcelona to see how much you know.

6. Final products Saint George 1 Saint George 2 Catalonia ● Giants ● Correfoc Landmarks Recipe

7. ● Trencadis ● InterviewTourists ● Landmarks

8. BLOG HOLLANDCONNECTIONS Make a mindmap. What does the word The Netherlands suggest to you. Task1 :Introducing yourself to the other students. Write a short presentation where you giveinformationabout your daily life, likes, dislikes, school, family, future dreams etc Task2: Make the Holland quizzes to see how much you already know about holland and its cultures Task 3 Watch the videoclip about the Stereotypes. What stereotypes does the video mention. How are the Dutch in reality .

9. Task 4 Fun facts about Holland. Find a suitable picture to illustrate each of the funfacts. Task 5 Browse through the Webpages given about life in The Netherlands and particularly about the way they tackle the water problem. Try to find the answers to the Questions . Task 6 Read about chantal’s life in the Netherlands and learn abouT the importance of windmills in the past.

10. Task 8 Vincent Van Gogh. Read through the web pages and read his biograpy. Do the quizzes to see how much you know. Look at the gallery of his paintings. Upload 5 pictures from Van Gogh on the blog and comment on them . Task 9 Anne Frank. Read and watch her lifestory and do the quizzes . -Make an imaginary interview with questions you could ask her and answers you could get by incorporating the information. Using http:// www.learningtools.arts.ubc.ca / timeline.htm create an on-line time line indicating the most important events in her life. Final Product: Produce an ISUU on-line magazine about the Netherlands

11. FINAL PRODUCTS ISSUU MAGAZINE Magazine Magazine1 Magazine 2

12. Our colleages write about Holland on the Wikis Here : We answer the multiple.choice questions

13. AND WATCH THE VIDEO ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL We also exchange e-mails About ourselves, About h ouserules

14. CANADABLOG TASKS Location: Canada Map Inuït: General Introduction Look through the picture gallery to learn who they are Early settlers: Make a glogster Poster about the Early settlers Practise your vocabulary using flashcards Choose a famous person from Canada and make a timeline http://www.learningtools.arts.ubc.ca/timeline.htm Emblems and symbols Mounted Police Do the on-Linequiz about Inuit. Treasure Hunt : The Inuit