Portugal meeting June 2014 "Water Every Drop Counts" Comenius

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WATER IN HISTORY &

GEOGRAPHYPORTUGAL 23-27JUNE 2014

Maria Papavasilopoulou Lina Moustakopoulou

GENIKO LYKEIO KARYSTOU


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A modern teaching

and presentation

method using a web

2.0 technology tool:

padlet


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LESSON OBJECTIVES

to teach students how the ele-

ment of water is closely related

to the geography and history of

Greece

to enrich students knowledgeconcerning geographical and his-

torical features of their country

to familiarize students with web

2.0 technology

to develop students imagination

and creativity through the use of

modern computer applications

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The idea we had was to study the Aegean sea, Greeces most important channel of communication with the

world from antiquity to present. We thought of involving our students in an innovative way of presenting

the information they find.

How?

By using a new tool, a computer application which allows them to categorise and display their material on-

line. Thus, the outcome is like posting information on a wall which is accessible to all. . There they can

post texts, pictures, videos and whatever else they find useful. The name of the tool ispadlet and the link for

the specific presentation is: http://padlet.com/soflok/v6yhrdqow6va

Below, you can see only parts of this presentation as it is displayed on the link above. There is not enough

space for all the texts and pictures. We invite you to join the link and see how it actually works.

The Aegean Seais the sea which lies between the coast of the mainland , the coast of Asia Minor and Crete . It has beenformed by the subsidence and elevations, great and long changes of the elements of the sea water and earth billions of years

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The Aegean Sea
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ago. The result was the formation of coastlines, many islands , and the great variation inthe topography of the bottom with rivers , shoulders , ditches , pits and grooves. All this combined with the wonderful climate, make the Aegean Sea one of the

most well-known seas of the world . Far from being random is that it has been for centu-

ries the cradle of great civilizations and crossroads for trade and communication between

the peop les o f the West and East ,North and South .

Who was the Aegean sea named after?

There is a beautiful ancient Greek myth giving the etymology of the name Aegaio.

Let us narrate to you this tale and you will surely understand a lot about the

character of the adventurous and brave Greek salesmen of the past.

Once upon a time there lived a horrible monster on the island of Crete. This creaturewas called Minotaur, meaning somebody with the head of a bull on the body of a man.This monster was ugly, but powerful and all people dreaded its existence.

In the meantime, Athens was ruled by the king Aegeas. His son,Theseus , who was braveand fearless, decided to go to Crete to slay the Minotaur. He set off on his ship and sailedto Crete. He had made a promise to his father to kill the monster and he had also told himthat if he managed to beat the monster , he would change the sails on his ship from blackto white.

Theseus killed the Minotaur but sailing back home he forgot to change the sails. His fa-ther, who was waiting anxiously for his sons ship at Cape Sounion, suddenly saw his sons

ship coming back with black sails on !!

Desperate and certain that he had lost his beloved son, Aegeas fell into the sea and

d r o w n e d . S i n c e t h e n , t h e S e a w a s n a m e d A e g e a n .

Description of activities: Students, under the guidance of their teachers, work in groups, look for

information and study how the Aegean sea has influenced Greek his-

tory and geography.

They also relate their studies with the islands of the Aegean sea which

have also played a great role in our countrys development through

the ages.

We teach students how the new computer tool works, practicing at itsdifferent stages.

Students create their own presentation, using the web 2.0 tool (padlet)

and show it to the whole class so that everybody experiences this new

method.

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1.Materials needed:

A computer

Online connection

The tool:padlet

Relevant pictures

Relevant videos

2.Tasks for students:

For this activity students have to:

Discuss the topic in groups and with their teacher Look for information in books and the internet and study it

Collect relevant pictures/photos to be displayed with their texts

Learn how to use the new computer application

Practice on posting their material

Finalize the form of their material and present it on the internet

Give feedback discussing the experience of the new method and

sharing it with other students

3.Learning outcomes:

What our students have gained through this activity:

they acquired new knowledge and enriched their own concerning their

countrys history and geography related to the Aegean sea.

they realized the importance of the element of water for peoples life

they became familiar with an innovative method of teaching and are in-

volved in it actively, creating their own presentation

they developed their creativity and imagination

they became more motivated during the learning process

they cooperated with each other and discovered how team work can be

effective and enjoyable.

ASSIGNMENTS:

As a follow-up, students can create a digital poster, for example their own map

of part of the Aegean sea, using another web 2.0 tool:glogster.

INTERIDISCIPLINARITY:

In order to carry out this activity we combined the following school subjects:

History and Mythology, Geography, English and Computer Science.

More activities!!

The activities that follow are based on the same concept and students used the

web 2.0 tools to work so they are more briefly described below:

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We used the padlet tool to present a

gorge and an ancient port in our area.

Its name is Archampolis and is situated

on a remote but beautiful site near our

town Karystos, in South Evia.

The idea is the same and the students

worked in a similar wayposting theirmaterial online. The padlet tool and the

link is:http://padlet.com/

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A gorge is a narrowvalleywith steep, rocky walls located between hills or

mountains. The term comes from the French word gorge, which means throator neck. A gorge is often smaller than acanyon, although both words are used

to describe deep, narrow valleys with astreamor river running along their bot-

t o m .

A number of natural forces form gorges. The most common is erosiondue to

streams or rivers. Streams carve through hard layers ofrock, breaking down

or eroding it.Sedimentfrom the worn-away rock is then carrieddownstream.

Over time, this erosion will form the steep walls of a gorge. The flooding of

streams or rivers increases the speed and intensity of this erosion, creating

deeper and wider gorges.

That is how the gorge in our region was created . The ancient site of Archam-

polis is at the end of this gorge, just by the sea where the waters reach, flowing

from the high mountain above. The rich green and plants and the impressive

rocks form a unique image and as one walks on the path following the gorge to

the sea, he/she can feel the power of the beauty of nature.

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How gorges are created

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Another group of students worked with

another tool: the issu. This gives someone

theability to make his/her presentation in

the form of an e-book. Teachers canuse this

tool to present new material to students and

students can use it to present information

they have found or a project they havecreated.

Our students worked on the topic of the

ancient Greek myth of Europe. The link is

http://issuu.com/vaggelisdamila/docs/

europa.
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In Greek mythology Europa was a Phoenician woman of high lineage, from

whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken. The story

of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull was a Cretan story.

The etymology of her Greek name ("!#$- "wide" or "broad" and "%"eye(s)" or

"face")[ suggests that Europa as a goddess represented the cow (with a wide

face) Hathor, at least on some symbolic level. Metaphorically, at a later date

her name could be construed as the intelligent or open-minded, analogous to

glaukopis (&'($)#*+,) attributed to Athena. However, Ernest Klein suggests a

possible Semitic origin in Akkadian erebu "to go down, set" (in reference to the

sun) which would parallel occident.(western world)

Ending this presentation here, we can say that working with these innovative

tools we learned a lot (both teachers and students), we had great fun and we

experienced an adventure into a new technology world.

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Europe

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Documents

Portugal meeting June 2014 "Water Every Drop Counts" Comenius