This document summarizes the work of the Infoplàstica group, a class of 20 students from St. Pau Apòstol school in Tarragona, Spain. The group discussed the origins of legends and who invented them, developing over 50 notes on the topic in Knowledge Forum. They concluded that legends stem from strange real events and facts mixed with fantasy to make them interesting. Legends have collective rather than single authors and change over time through oral tradition. The group then divided into 4 teams to invent new legends about their local Francolí river, recording videos of the legends.

1. Mediterranean rivers
St. Pau Apòstol school
Tarragona – Spain
Who are we?
Infoplàstica group
http://www.wix.com/pboluda/infoplastica

2. Two important questions
KF work
Conclusions
Funny & creative work
Time & effort

3.  What is the origin of a legend?
 Who invented legends?
our discussions

4. • Our community: 20 students (15-16
years old)
• 54 notes developed by our students
in Knowledge Forum (KF®)
• 12 notes from other Catalonian
students
• 34,21 % density in read notes
• 12,1 % built on notes
• we worked together and our
conclusions are ….

5.  What is the origin of a legend?
There are 42 notes about it and our conclusions are :
 some strange and real facts happened in the past and gave
origin to a legend
 real and fantastic facts are mixed in legends. That is what make
legends interesting!
 as legends were basically orally transmitted, our actual legends
have different versions.
 some legends were transformed into tales
 Who invented legends?
There are 24 notes developing this item. Our conclusions are:
 there’s not an author, it’s a collective authorship
 some strange facts generated legends
 a fantastic part is needed in a legend, but the legend has to be
logical and consistent

6.  Our students suggest a new way to
create legends: facebook. If you
want to investigate it … have a try!
 We divided our class into 4 groups
and we invent new legends about
our local river: the Francolí river. If
you want to watch them …..
http://www.wix.com/pboluda/infoplastica

7.  We dedicated 12 hours to investigate, discuss in KF
and make conclusions.
 We worked 12 more hours to invent 4 different
legends, illustrate them and record 4 videos.

8. Thank you very much!
Yours sincerely;
St. Pau school
Tarragona - Spain