This specific project entitled "Finding Mary" is a part of an Erasmus+ program that is carried out in our school.One of our basic educational goals was to promote intercultural identity of the students. Bearing that in mind, there has been an attempt for students to get in touch with other languages and civilizations, especially Europeans, learn new information and travel virtually to the specific countries.

1. Title of the project:
“FINDING MARY”
11th Elementary School of Chalandri
4th Grade Class
Teacher’s name:
Argiro Nitsa, MEd in ICT
nitsa.arg@gmail.com

2. The project
 Duration: January - February 2016
 Target group: 4th Grade (15 students, three groups of 5 students)
 Part of the project: “Learning Foreign Languages though ICT 2015-2017”
 Compatible with principles of team-based learning
 Project-based learning

3. The aim and goals of the project
Promote intercultural identity of the students
Get in touch with other languages and civilizations
Give them the opportunity to work together
Get involved with ICT
Enjoy the whole procedure into a playfull context

4. Theoretical approaches
 Vygotsky’s theory of social construction.
Students achieve their cognitive independence through the
team, which acts as a “Support Framework” (Matsaggouras,
2000).
TEAM-BASED LEARNING

5. Theoretical approaches
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
Involves students in problem-solving investigations
Allows them to work autonomously
Construct their own knowledge through inquiry

6. 1st Activity
We received a parcel from an unknown sender
(Motive of the project)

7. We tried to open it!

8. It was a Fairy Tale!

9. We read it!

11. We tried to imagine and find the
countries where Mary traveled!

12. 2nd Activity
We painted the places
Mary traveled!

15. 3rd Activity
www.jigsawplanet.com

16. 4th Activity
We received a letter from Mary (the pin). She explained us that she
had been lost in a foreign country and asked us to find her!

18. 1. Children were divided into three groups.
2. Each team dealt with a particular country
(Poland, Rumania and Italy)

19. 3. They Used the “Google Earth” and “Wikipedia” software so
as to learn more information about these countries.

22. 5th Activity
They used the “Google Translate” software so as to
learn new words from Poland, Rumania and Italy!

26. They wrote down these new words with their meaning.

29. 6th Activity
Each group chose pictures of these places and
printed them down so as to create a collage.

37. They did a great job!!!

38. …Mary sent us the last letter. She thanked students because
they gave her so much information about these countries
and she finally found the way to come back home!!!

39. The results
This project made children:
Learn through collaboration
Discover and learn new countries
Use different computer tools and softwares
Enjoy the whole process

41. References
 Matsaggouras, H.(2000) Teaching and learning in collaborative groups.
Athens. Grigoris Publications.
 Marx, R. W., Blumenfeld, P. C., Krajcik, J. S., Blunk, M., Crawford, B.,
Kelley, B., & Meyer, K. M. (1994). Enacting project-based science:
Experiences of four middle grade teachers. Elementary School Journal.
94(5): p. 518.
 Thomas, J. (2000). A Review of the Research on Project-Based Learning.
The Autodesk Foundation.
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 http://www.jigsawplanet.com
 https://www.google.com/earth
 http://www.wikipedia.gr